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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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More Stats

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
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

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
4 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1969	23	OAK	AL	101	5	-2	0	0	-2	-1	3	3	0.3	5	0.5	-0.2	$	7/9
1970	24	OAK	AL	19	2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$	/79

1972	26	OAK	AL	47	-2	0	1	-1	4	0	2	4	0.3	0	0.0	0.3	$10,500	8
1973	27	CAL	AL	7	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$11,100	/7
4 Seasons				174	4	-2	1	-1	1	-1	6	8	0.7	7	0.7	0.0	$21,600

OAK (3 yrs)				167	5	-2	1	-1	1	-1	6	9	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$10,500
CAL (1 yr)				7	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$11,100

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1969	OAK	AL	23	OF	21	21	21	185.2	37	35	2	0	1.000	-2	-10	1.79	1.76	.978	2.13	2.13
1969	OAK	AL	23	LF	16	16	16	145.1	34	32	2	0	1.000	0	4	2.11	2.13	.978	1.99	1.99
1969	OAK	AL	23	RF	5	5	5	40.1	5	5	0	0	1.000	-2	-60	1.12	1.00	.974	1.92	1.92
1970	OAK	AL	24	OF	5	4	3	36.0	4	4	0	0	1.000	-1	-40	1.00	0.80	.980	2.15	2.12
1970	OAK	AL	24	LF	4	2	2	21.0	3	3	0	0	1.000	-0	-11	1.29	0.75	.977	1.80	1.80
1970	OAK	AL	24	RF	2	2	1	15.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-80	0.60	0.50	.980	1.98	1.95
1972	OAK	AL	26	CF	11	11	11	101.0	43	40	0	3	.930	4	45	3.56	3.64	.987	2.65	2.64
1972	OAK	AL	26	OF	11	11	11	101.0	43	40	0	3	.930	4	45	3.56	3.64	.983	2.22	2.21
1973	CAL	AL	27	LF	1	1	1	8.0	0	0	0	0		-0	-45	0.00	0.00		2.02	2.00
1973	CAL	AL	27	OF	1	1	1	8.0	0	0	0	0		-0	-45	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.30
	4 Seasons			OF	38	37	36	330.2	84	79	2	3	.964	1	3	2.20	2.13	.981	2.16	2.16
	3 Seasons			LF	21	19	19	174.1	37	35	2	0	1.000	-0	-0	1.91	1.76	.978	1.97	1.95
	1 Season			CF	11	11	11	101.0	43	40	0	3	.930	4	45	3.56	3.64	.987	2.65	2.64
	2 Seasons			RF	7	7	6	55.1	6	6	0	0	1.000	-3	-65	0.98	0.86	.975	1.94	1.93
	4 Seasons			TOT	38	37	36	330.2	84	79	2	3	.964	1	3	2.20	2.13	.981	2.16	2.16

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 15th round of the 1965 amateur draft.
May 15, 1972: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Oakland Athletics.
March 25, 1973: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the California Angels for Bruce Kimm.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1972	26	Oakland Athletics	$10,500	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1973	27	California Angels	$11,100	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$21,600

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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