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Tom Brookens

Thomas Dale Brookens

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 10, 1953 in Chambersburg, PA
School: Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1979
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Yankees/Indians 1979-1990

Final Game: September 30, 1990
Relatives: Cousin of Ike Brookens
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:00AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1497. Clint Barmes… #1498. Levi Meyerle… #1499. Ray Mueller… #1500. TOM BROOKENS… #1501. Shea Hillenbrand… #1502. Eric McNair… #1503. Jose Vizcaino… 

Standard Batting

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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
1979 25 DET AL 60 208 190 23 50 5 2 4 21 10 3 11 40 .263 .309 .374 .683 82 71 3 2 4 1 0 54
1980 26 DET AL 151 551 509 64 140 25 9 10 66 13 11 32 71 .275 .315 .418 .734 98 213 10 1 2 7 3 *5/46
1981 27 DET AL 71 265 239 19 58 10 1 4 25 5 3 14 43 .243 .284 .343 .627 78 82 5 2 4 6 0 *5
1982 28 DET AL 140 432 398 40 92 15 3 9 58 5 9 27 63 .231 .277 .352 .629 72 140 9 0 2 5 0 *54/6
1983 29 DET AL 138 374 332 50 71 13 3 6 32 10 4 29 46 .214 .276 .325 .602 68 108 3 2 5 6 2 564
1984 30 DET AL 113 253 224 32 55 11 4 5 26 6 6 19 33 .246 .306 .397 .703 93 89 2 1 8 1 0 564
1985 31 DET AL 156 522 485 54 115 34 6 7 47 14 5 27 78 .237 .277 .375 .652 77 182 8 0 9 1 0 *5/642
1986 32 DET AL 98 310 281 42 76 11 2 3 25 11 8 20 42 .270 .319 .356 .675 84 100 4 1 6 2 0 546/
1987 33 DET AL 143 490 444 59 107 15 3 13 59 7 4 33 63 .241 .295 .376 .671 80 167 8 2 9 2 3 *564
1988 34 DET AL 136 498 441 62 107 23 5 5 38 4 4 44 74 .243 .313 .351 .664 89 155 9 3 6 4 2 *5/64
1989 35 NYY AL 66 183 168 14 38 6 0 4 14 1 3 11 27 .226 .272 .333 .606 71 56 3 0 3 1 1 5/64
1990 36 CLE AL 64 172 154 18 41 7 2 1 20 0 0 14 25 .266 .322 .357 .679 91 55 3 0 1 3 1 54/63
12 Seasons 1336 4258 3865 477 950 175 40 71 431 86 60 281 605 .246 .296 .367 .663 82 1418 67 14 59 39 12
162 Game Avg. 162 516 469 58 115 21 5 9 52 10 7 34 73 .246 .296 .367 .663 82 172 8 2 7 5 1
DET (10 yrs) 1206 3903 3543 445 871 162 38 66 397 85 57 256 553 .246 .297 .369 .665 82 1307 61 14 55 35 10
CLE (1 yr) 64 172 154 18 41 7 2 1 20 0 0 14 25 .266 .322 .357 .679 91 55 3 0 1 3 1
NYY (1 yr) 66 183 168 14 38 6 0 4 14 1 3 11 27 .226 .272 .333 .606 71 56 3 0 3 1 1

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 Awards
1979 25 DET AL 208 -5 0 -1 -1 6 1 7 7 0.7 1 0.1 0.6 $ 54
1980 26 DET AL 551 -1 -3 4 2 4 1 17 25 2.5 20 2.0 0.5 $ *5/46
1981 27 DET AL 265 -8 -3 0 1 4 0 8 2 0.1 -2 -0.2 0.3 $ *5
1982 28 DET AL 432 -15 -3 -1 -1 13 1 14 8 0.7 -5 -0.5 1.2 $ *54/6
1983 29 DET AL 374 -16 2 2 2 12 2 12 17 1.6 4 0.4 1.2 $ 564
1984 30 DET AL 253 -2 -1 4 1 5 2 8 17 1.7 12 1.2 0.5 $ 564
1985 31 DET AL 522 -21 1 1 2 11 1 16 10 1.0 0 0.0 1.0 $250,000 *5/642
1986 32 DET AL 310 -7 -1 2 0 -5 0 10 0 -0.1 4 0.4 -0.5 $325,000 546/
1987 33 DET AL 490 -15 2 1 0 -5 2 15 0 0.1 5 0.5 -0.4 $360,000 *564
1988 34 DET AL 498 -6 0 -1 1 -1 1 16 10 0.9 11 1.1 -0.2 $350,000 *5/64
1989 35 NYY AL 183 -7 -2 -1 0 -8 0 6 -12 -1.3 -4 -0.4 -0.9 $475,000 5/64
1990 36 CLE AL 172 0 0 0 0 -1 0 6 5 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $425,000 54/63
12 Seasons 4258 -103 -8 10 7 35 11 135 89 8.4 52 5.2 3.2 $2,185,000
DET (10 yrs) 3903 -96 -6 11 7 45 11 123 96 9.2 50 5.0 4.2 $1,285,000
CLE (1 yr) 172 0 0 0 0 -1 0 6 5 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $425,000
NYY (1 yr) 183 -7 -2 -1 0 -8 0 6 -12 -1.3 -4 -0.4 -0.9 $475,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 30 DET AL ALCS KCR W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 30 DET AL WS SDP W 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 33 DET AL ALCS MIN L 5 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 10 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 ALCS 7 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1979 DET AL 25 3B 42 146 39 99 8 11 .945 8 3.29 .953 3.03
1979 DET AL 25 2B 19 82 37 42 3 10 .963 -2 4.16 .978 5.43
1979 DET AL 25 DH 1 1
1980 DET AL 26 3B 138 420 112 279 29 27 .931 3 2.83 .951 3.00
1980 DET AL 26 2B 9 39 13 26 0 10 1.000 2 4.33 .981 5.58
1980 DET AL 26 SS 1 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 -0 4.00 .962 5.00
1981 DET AL 27 3B 71 207 58 139 10 13 .952 4 2.77 .950 2.94
1982 DET AL 28 3B 113 296 72 206 18 20 .939 11 2.46 .954 3.05
1982 DET AL 28 2B 26 96 37 57 2 7 .979 1 3.62 .981 5.33
1982 DET AL 28 SS 9 20 7 13 0 0 1.000 1 2.22 .965 4.84
1982 DET AL 28 OF 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 3.00 .983 2.50
1982 DET AL 28 CF 1 0 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 4.50 3.00 .987 2.85 2.80
1983 DET AL 29 3B 103 235 54 164 17 21 .928 7 2.12 .955 3.05
1983 DET AL 29 SS 30 101 35 62 4 9 .960 4 3.23 .963 4.72
1983 DET AL 29 2B 10 37 8 28 1 4 .973 2 3.60 .981 5.32
1984 DET AL 30 3B 68 98 32 63 3 10 .969 8 1.40 .950 2.73
1984 DET AL 30 SS 28 119 38 76 5 11 .958 1 4.07 .962 4.72
1984 DET AL 30 2B 26 80 28 48 4 14 .950 -4 2.92 .980 5.21
1985 DET AL 31 3B 151 407 123 261 23 26 .943 10 2.54 .953 2.82
1985 DET AL 31 SS 8 13 3 9 1 1 .923 0 1.50 .964 4.60
1985 DET AL 31 2B 3 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 -0 2.67 .982 5.23
1985 DET AL 31 C 1 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0 8.00 .988 6.00 0 2 0 0%
1986 DET AL 32 3B 35 89 26 59 4 4 .955 2 2.43 .948 2.71
1986 DET AL 32 2B 31 130 67 61 2 18 .985 -6 4.13 .981 5.05
1986 DET AL 32 SS 14 38 13 24 1 4 .974 -1 2.64 .967 4.49
1986 DET AL 32 OF 3 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0.00 2.37
1986 DET AL 32 DH 11 11
1986 DET AL 32 RF 3 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 2.14 2.07
1986 DET AL 32 CF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.80
1987 DET AL 33 3B 122 307 85 208 14 15 .954 -1 2.40 .952 2.74
1987 DET AL 33 SS 16 44 14 28 2 8 .955 -0 2.63 .970 4.54
1987 DET AL 33 2B 11 43 20 20 3 10 .930 -4 3.64 .980 5.06
1988 DET AL 34 3B 136 352 101 234 17 16 .952 -1 2.46 .954 2.69
1988 DET AL 34 SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 4.67
1988 DET AL 34 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .980 5.10
1989 NYY AL 35 3B 51 94 17 70 7 4 .926 -8 1.71 .943 2.70
1989 NYY AL 35 SS 7 9 2 7 0 2 1.000 -0 1.29 .971 4.74
1989 NYY AL 35 2B 5 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 -1 2.20 .981 5.18
1989 NYY AL 35 OF 3 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1 1.67 .980 2.40
1989 NYY AL 35 RF 3 2 1 16.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1 75 2.81 1.67 .980 2.31 2.30
1989 NYY AL 35 DH 2 2
1990 CLE AL 36 3B 35 65 9 51 5 4 .923 2 1.71 .944 2.73
1990 CLE AL 36 2B 21 89 40 48 1 14 .989 -3 4.19 .984 5.18
1990 CLE AL 36 SS 3 9 5 4 0 1 1.000 -0 3.00 .973 4.70
1990 CLE AL 36 1B 2 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -1 2.00 .992 9.55
12 Seasons 3B 1065 2716 728 1833 155 171 .943 46 2.40 .952 2.86
11 Seasons 2B 162 616 256 344 16 89 .974 -15 3.70 .981 5.24
10 Seasons SS 119 357 119 225 13 37 .964 5 2.89 .965 4.67
3 Seasons OF 7 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1 1.14 .981 2.40
2 Seasons RF 6 3 1 24.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1 30 1.88 0.83 .980 2.25 2.18
1 Season 1B 2 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -1 2.00 .992 9.55
2 Seasons CF 2 0 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.38 1.50 .987 2.81 2.80
1 Season C 1 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0 8.00 .988 6.00 0 2 0 0%
12 Seasons TOT 1356 3709 1120 2405 184 298 .950 35 2.60 .958 3.31 0 2 0 0%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1983 AL  1.2 (8th)
1985 AL  1.0 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1985 AL  34 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1980 AL  9 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1981 AL  6 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1980 AL  11 (9th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1980 AL  29 (3rd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1980 AL  138 (4th)
Career  1,065 (88th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1980 AL  112 (5th)
1985 AL  123 (4th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1980 AL  279 (5th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1980 AL  29 (1st)
1982 AL  18 (5th)
1983 AL  17 (3rd)
1985 AL  23 (1st)
1988 AL  17 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1979 AL  8 (5th)
1981 AL  4 (4th)
1982 AL  11 (3rd)
1984 AL  8 (4th)
1985 AL  10 (2nd)
Career  46 (29th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1982 AL  3.19 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1980 AL  2.83 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2044), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1590), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Geoff Blum (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Marlon Anderson (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jerry Hairston (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jerry Hairston (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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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 Notes
198531Detroit Tigers$250,0001985 USA Today survey
198632Detroit Tigers$325,0001986 USA Today survey
198733Detroit Tigers$360,0001987 USA Today survey
198834Detroit Tigers$350,000*
198935New York Yankees$475,000*
199036Cleveland Indians$425,000USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,185,000
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $362,500 - 12/13/88 NYT -
*1989 - $450,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
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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