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Tom Brookens
Thomas Dale Brookens
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 10, 1953 in Chambersburg, PA
Schools: Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1979
Final Game: September 30, 1990
Relatives: Cousin of Ike Brookens
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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/D
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 *5/4D6
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 *54/68
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/D
1984 30 DET AL 113 253 224 32 55 11 4 5 26 6 6 19 33 .246 .306 .397 .703 94 89 2 1 8 1 0 564/D
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 *5/642D
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 54D6/98
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 5/64D9
1990 36 CLE AL 64 172 154 18 41 7 2 1 20 0 0 14 25 .266 .322 .357 .679 90 55 3 0 1 3 1 54/63D
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 90 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

Postseason Batting

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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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1979 DET AL 25 3B 42 38 338.0 146 39 99 8 11 .945 8.4 29.8 7.4 5.0 2.4 1 3.67 3.29 .953 3.07 2.66
1979 DET AL 25 2B 19 17 135.0 82 37 42 3 10 .963 -1.9 -16.9 -1.9 -2.4 0.5 0 5.27 4.16 .978 5.50 4.80
1979 DET AL 25 DH 1 0.0
1980 DET AL 26 3B 138 129 1133.0 420 112 279 29 27 .931 2.6 2.8 1.6 -0.8 2.5 1 3.11 2.83 .952 3.01 2.59
1980 DET AL 26 2B 9 8 62.0 39 13 26 0 10 1.000 1.7 32.9 0.7 0.9 -0.3 1 5.66 4.33 .979 5.60 4.91
1980 DET AL 26 DH 1 0.0
1980 DET AL 26 SS 1 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 7.20 4.00 .950 5.04 4.30
1981 DET AL 27 3B 71 70 587.2 207 58 139 10 13 .952 4.3 8.8 3.3 0.1 3.3 1 3.02 2.77 .950 2.95 2.52
1982 DET AL 28 3B 113 80 784.1 296 72 206 18 20 .939 10.8 16.5 10.8 1.5 9.3 0 3.19 2.46 .955 3.07 2.62
1982 DET AL 28 2B 26 18 166.0 96 37 57 2 7 .979 1.0 7.2 2.0 0.9 1.1 -1 5.10 3.62 .981 5.35 4.70
1982 DET AL 28 SS 9 4 33.2 20 7 13 0 0 1.000 0.9 32.1 0.9 0.4 0.5 0 5.35 2.22 .965 4.87 4.17
1982 DET AL 28 CF 1 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 40.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.50 3.00 1.000 2.85 2.50
1982 DET AL 28 OF 1 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 40.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.50 3.00 .967 2.40 2.20
1983 DET AL 29 3B 103 72 706.0 235 54 164 17 21 .928 6.6 11.2 5.6 5.0 0.7 1 2.78 2.12 .956 3.07 2.57
1983 DET AL 29 SS 30 17 166.2 101 35 62 4 9 .960 4.1 29.5 4.1 0.9 3.1 0 5.24 3.23 .963 4.75 4.15
1983 DET AL 29 2B 10 8 57.0 37 8 28 1 4 .973 1.8 37.9 1.8 -0.4 2.2 0 5.68 3.60 .981 5.35 4.77
1983 DET AL 29 DH 1 0.0
1984 DET AL 30 3B 68 22 297.0 98 32 63 3 10 .969 8.0 32.3 7.0 4.0 3.0 1 2.88 1.40 .949 2.75 2.19
1984 DET AL 30 SS 28 22 192.0 119 38 76 5 11 .958 1.1 6.9 2.1 -0.6 2.7 -1 5.34 4.07 .962 4.76 3.93
1984 DET AL 30 2B 26 19 145.2 80 28 48 4 14 .950 -4.4 -36.2 -5.4 -2.6 -2.9 1 4.70 2.92 .980 5.24 4.45
1984 DET AL 30 DH 1 0.0
1985 DET AL 31 3B 151 134 1191.0 407 123 261 23 26 .943 10.4 10.5 9.4 5.5 3.9 1 2.90 2.54 .954 2.85 2.38
1985 DET AL 31 SS 8 1 24.0 13 3 9 1 1 .923 0.3 15.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 4.50 1.50 .969 4.65 3.92
1985 DET AL 31 2B 3 2 19.1 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -6.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 3.72 2.67 .988 5.26 4.47
1985 DET AL 31 C 1 0 5.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 14.40 8.00 .988 6.12 5.00 0 0 2 0 0%
1985 DET AL 31 DH 1 0.0
1986 DET AL 32 3B 35 31 274.2 89 26 59 4 4 .955 2.5 10.9 2.5 1.0 1.6 0 2.79 2.43 .947 2.74 2.37
1986 DET AL 32 2B 31 25 225.1 130 67 61 2 18 .985 -6.3 -33.6 -5.3 -3.3 -2.1 -1 5.11 4.13 .981 5.10 4.34
1986 DET AL 32 DH 14 0.0
1986 DET AL 32 SS 14 9 94.0 38 13 24 1 4 .974 -0.7 -8.9 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 0 3.54 2.64 .966 4.53 3.94
1986 DET AL 32 OF 3 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -72.0 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.43 2.07
1986 DET AL 32 RF 3 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -60.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.14 1.80
1986 DET AL 32 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
1987 DET AL 33 3B 122 110 965.2 307 85 208 14 15 .954 -0.9 -1.1 0.1 -2.7 2.8 -1 2.73 2.40 .952 2.77 2.31
1987 DET AL 33 SS 16 11 106.0 44 14 28 2 8 .955 -0.2 -2.3 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 0 3.57 2.63 .970 4.59 4.02
1987 DET AL 33 2B 11 5 62.0 43 20 20 3 10 .930 -3.5 -67.7 -2.5 -1.7 -0.8 -1 5.81 3.64 .981 5.12 4.48
1988 DET AL 34 3B 136 126 1140.2 352 101 234 17 16 .952 -1.2 -1.3 -1.2 -3.3 2.1 0 2.64 2.46 .954 2.71 2.36
1988 DET AL 34 SS 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 -0.3 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 4.80 4.13
1988 DET AL 34 2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.40
1989 NYY AL 35 3B 51 36 322.1 94 17 70 7 4 .926 -8.4 -31.3 -7.4 -4.5 -2.9 -1 2.43 1.71 .944 2.73 2.34
1989 NYY AL 35 SS 7 1 18.2 9 2 7 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -12.9 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 4.34 1.29 .967 4.82 4.11
1989 NYY AL 35 2B 5 1 26.0 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 -0.6 -27.7 -0.6 -0.8 0.2 0 3.81 2.20 .982 5.23 4.50
1989 NYY AL 35 DH 3 0.0
1989 NYY AL 35 OF 3 2 16.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.0 75.0 1.0 0.9 0.1 0 2.81 1.67 .980 2.42 2.13
1989 NYY AL 35 RF 3 2 16.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.0 75.0 1.0 0.9 0.1 0 2.81 1.67 .980 2.31 1.90
1990 CLE AL 36 3B 35 19 184.2 65 9 51 5 4 .923 2.5 16.2 2.5 1.5 1.0 0 2.92 1.71 .945 2.75 2.32
1990 CLE AL 36 2B 21 18 153.1 89 40 48 1 14 .989 -2.6 -20.3 -2.6 -3.9 1.3 0 5.17 4.19 .984 5.23 4.53
1990 CLE AL 36 SS 3 1 10.0 9 5 4 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -24.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 8.10 3.00 .978 4.77 4.00
1990 CLE AL 36 1B 2 1 7.1 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -114.5 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 4.91 2.00 1.000 9.57 8.35
1990 CLE AL 36 DH 1 0.0
12 Seasons 3B 1065 867 7925.0 2716 728 1833 155 171 .943 45.6 6.9 41.6 12.3 29.7 4 2.91 2.40 .952 2.89 2.44
11 Seasons 2B 162 121 1052.2 616 256 344 16 89 .974 -14.7 -16.8 -13.7 -13.2 -0.8 -1 5.13 3.70 .981 5.28 4.57
10 Seasons SS 119 66 653.0 357 119 225 13 37 .964 4.6 8.5 5.6 0.4 5.0 -1 4.74 2.89 .965 4.70 4.04
8 Seasons DH 23 0.0
3 Seasons OF 7 3 32.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 22.5 0.6 0.7 -0.1 0 2.25 1.14 .975 2.42 2.11
2 Seasons RF 6 3 24.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 30.0 0.6 0.5 0.1 0 1.88 0.83 .980 2.25 1.85
1 Season 1B 2 1 7.1 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -114.5 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 4.91 2.00 1.000 9.57 8.35
2 Seasons CF 2 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 3.38 1.50 1.000 2.81 2.50
1 Season C 1 0 5.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 14.40 8.00 .988 6.12 5.00 0 0 2 0 0%
12 Seasons TOT 1356 1058 9675.0 3709 1120 2405 184 298 .950 35.4 4.4 33.4 -0.5 33.8 0 2 0 3.28 2.60 .909 3.27 2.85 0 0 2 0 0%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2027), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2394), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  9. Vance Law (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

January 9, 1975: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

January 22, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

February 9, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

March 23, 1989: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Charles Hudson.

November 20, 1989: Released by the New York Yankees.

December 8, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Detroit Tigers$250,000
1986Detroit Tigers$325,000
1987Detroit Tigers$360,000
1988Detroit Tigers$350,000
1989New York Yankees$475,000
1990Cleveland Indians$425,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,185,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Thomas Dale tim Tom tommy Brookens

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