Bobby Brooks

Robert Brooks Jr.

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 1, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Narbonne HS (Harbor City, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 15th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1969
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Angels 1969-1973

Final Game: June 5, 1973
Died: October 11, 1994 in Harbor City, CA
Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1965	19	MIN-min	A	66	235	235		69	16	5	8						.294	.294	.506	.800		119							SCL · NORL
1966	20	OAK-min	A	122	418	418		101	18	3	19						.242	.242	.435	.677		182							BUR,MOD · MIDW,CALL
1967	21	OAK-min	A	109	369	369		101	20	2	15						.274	.274	.461	.734		170							BUR · MIDW
1968	22	OAK-min	A	137	459	459		115	10	5	26						.251	.251	.464	.715		213							PNS · CARL
1969	23	OAK-min	AA	140	575	483	102	141	23	5	23	100	17	7	92	99	.292	.405	.503	.908		243							BIR · SOUL
1969	23	OAK	AL	29	101	79	13	19	5	0	3	10	0	2	20	24	.241	.396	.418	.814	133	33	0	1	0	1	1	7/9
1970	24	OAK-min	AAA	124	532	447	72	128	28	2	15	60	4	3	82	112	.286	.397	.459	.856		205		0	3	0			IWA · AA
1970	24	OAK	AL	7	19	18	2	6	1	0	2	5	0	1	1	7	.333	.368	.722	1.091	198	13	0	0	0	0	0	/79

1971	25	OAK-min	AAA	112	476	383	66	104	14	0	23	70	10	1	83	104	.272	.402	.488	.890		187		4	1	5			IWA · AA
1972	26	DET-min	AAA	90	331	264	39	58	8	2	10	28	2	2	65	65	.220	.372	.379	.750		100		0	0	2			TOL · IL
1972	26	OAK	AL	15	47	39	4	7	0	0	0	5	0	1	8	8	.179	.319	.179	.499	55	7	2	0	0	0	1	8
1973	27	ANA-min	AAA	88	335	281	47	69	14	1	12	39	3	3	48	63	.246	.356	.431	.787		121		2	1	3			SLC · PCL
1973	27	CAL	AL	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	-16	1	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1975	29	CHH,ASC	AAA																										CHH,ASC · MEX
4 Yrs				55	174	143	19	33	6	0	5	20	0	4	29	42	.231	.362	.378	.740	115	54	2	1	0	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	513	421	56	97	18	0	15	59	0	12	85	124	.231	.362	.378	.740	115	159	6	3	0	3	6

OAK (3 yrs)				51	167	136	19	32	6	0	5	20	0	4	29	39	.235	.371	.390	.761	121	53	2	1	0	1	2
CAL (1 yr)				4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	-16	1	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1969	23	OAK	AL	29	101	4	-1	0	-2	-1	0	0.0	3	3	0.3	.502	.500	0.5	-0.3	5	$	7/9
1970	24	OAK	AL	7	19	2	-0	0	-1	-0	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.509	.500	0.2	-0.2	2	$	/79

1972	26	OAK	AL	15	47	-1	0	-0	4	-0	2	0.3	2	4	0.5	.521	.502	0.0	0.5	0	$10,500	8
1973	27	CAL	AL	4	7	-0	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.484	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$11,100	/7
4 Seasons				55	174	5	-2	0	1	-2	3	0.3	5	8	0.9	.506	.501	0.7	-0.0	7	$21,600

OAK (3 yrs)				51	167	5	-2	0	1	-2	3	0.4	5	8	0.9	.508	.501	0.7	0.0	7	$10,500
CAL (1 yr)				4	7	-0	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.484	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$11,100

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1969	23	OAK	AL	101	63	15	6.4	91	.302	.241	.249	.396	.324	.418	.375	.814	.699	133	.683	5.0	0.5	.839	.405	.177	.0
1970	24	OAK	AL	19	13	4	8.3	95	.444	.333	.254	.368	.328	.722	.388	1.091	.717	198	.768	2.2	0.2	1.000	.389	.389	.0

1972	26	OAK	AL	47	35	2	1.5	79	.226	.179	.241	.319	.309	.179	.348	.499	.657	55	.172	-1.7	-0.2	.400	.179	.000
1973	27	CAL	AL	7	6	0	0.0	86	.250	.143	.249	.143	.316	.143	.366	.286	.682	-16	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
4 Yrs				174	117	21	4.8	88	.289	.231	.247	.362	.320	.378	.369	.740	.689	115	.579	4.4	0.4	.690	.322	.147	.0
162 Game Avg.				513	345	62	4.8	88	.289	.231	.247	.362	.320	.378	.369	.740	.689	115	.579	13	1	.690	.322	.147

OAK (3 yrs)				167	111	21	5.1	88	.290	.235	.247	.371	.320	.390	.369	.761	.689	121	.602	5.4	0.5	.718	.338	.154	.0
CAL (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	86	.250	.143	.249	.143	.316	.143	.366	.286	.682	-16	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.167	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	23	OAK	AL	101	3.0%	23.8%	19.8%	7.9%	42%	1.20	3.3	26.3	7.9	1.25	52%
1970	24	OAK	AL	19	10.5%	36.8%	5.3%	15.8%	50%	7.00	2.6	9.0	3.6	0.67	47%

1972	26	OAK	AL	47	0.0%	17.0%	17.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.9		7.8	0.60	66%
1973	27	CAL	AL	7	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3				57%
4 Yrs				174	2.9%	24.1%	16.7%	6.3%	33%	1.45	3.4	28.6	7.2	0.97	56%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.6%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.66	6.1	43.3	9.0	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1969	23	OAK	AL	5.0	0.5	105	0.5	2.4	-1.9	1.15	0.6	-0.1	3.4	0.4	1.03	4.7	0.85	4
1970	24	OAK	AL	2.2	0.2	20	0.3	0.6	-0.4	1.19	0.2	0.1	2.7	0.3	1.12	2.0	1.50	3

1972	26	OAK	AL	-1.7	-0.2	49	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	1.13	-0.2	-0.3	-0.7	-0.1	1.02	-1.3	0.66	4
1973	27	CAL	AL	-1.1	-0.1	7	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	2.18	-0.0	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	1.00	-0.3	3.36	3
4 Yrs				4.3	0.4	181	0.0	3.6	-3.6	1.19	0.5	-0.5	4.7	0.5	1.03	5.1	1.47	14

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1969	23	OAK	AL	1	0	27%	45	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	46%	5	3	2	2	2	0	6	1	4
1970	24	OAK	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

1972	26	OAK	AL	2	0	27%	15	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	27	CAL	AL	1	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				4	0	24%	63	0	4	0%	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	41%	8	5	3	2	2	0	7	2	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1969	23	OAK	AL	101	31%	19			4	1	0	0	0.85	3	0	3	1	2	1	2	0	0	0		25	0	0%	11	2	18%	75	7	9%	8	2	25%	4	2	50%	0
1970	24	OAK	AL	19	53%	6			3	0	0	0	1.50	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	0	0		19	3	16%	0	0		0	0		0

1972	26	OAK	AL	47	28%	7			4	1	0	1	0.66	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	9	2	22%	3	1	33%	33	5	15%	3	2	67%	2	2	100%	0
1973	27	CAL	AL	7	100%	1			3	0	0	0	3.36	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				174	35%	33			14	2	0	1	1.47	5	0	6	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	0%	42	2	5%	14	3	21%	131	15	11%	11	4	36%	6	4	67%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
1969	23	29	101	79	13	19	5	3	10	2	20	24	.241	.396	.418	.814	133	33	0	1	1	1
1970	24	36	120	97	15	25	6	5	15	3	21	31	.258	.392	.474	.866	146	46	0	1	1	1
1971	25	36	120	97	15	25	6	5	15	3	21	31	.258	.392	.474	.866	146	46	0	1	1	1
1972	26	51	167	136	19	32	6	5	20	4	29	39	.235	.371	.390	.761	121	53	2	1	1	2
1973	27	55	174	143	19	33	6	5	20	4	29	42	.231	.362	.378	.740	115	54	2	1	1	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1969	23	29	105	81	15	21	6	0	3	12	0	22	24	.259	.419	.444	.863	15	29
1970	24	7	19	18	2	6	1	0	2	5	0	1	7	.333	.368	.722	1.091	5	7

1972	26	16	52	42	6	9	0	0	0	7	0	10	8	.214	.365	.214	.580	3	15
1973	27	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
4 Yrs		56	183	148	23	36	7	0	5	24	0	33	42	.243	.383	.392	.774	23	55
162 Game Avg.		162	529	428	67	104	20	0	14	69	0	95	122	.243	.383	.392	.774	67	55

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