Ed Brinkman

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: December 8, 1941 in Cincinnati, OH us

Died: September 30, 2008 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)

School: University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: September 6, 1961 (Age 19-272d, 11,886th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1975 (Age 33-294d)
vs. BAL 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Edwin Albert Brinkman

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Relatives: Brother of Chuck Brinkman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.2

6045

1355

.224

550

RBI

461

OBP

.280

SLG

.300

OPS

.580

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	DET		CLE	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
2	2	Apr 9	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
3	3	Apr 10	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	1	7	0	8	1	SS
4	4	Apr 11 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	4	4	1	9	1	SS
5	5	Apr 11 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
6	6	Apr 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	2	SS
7	7	Apr 14	DET	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
8	8	Apr 15	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
9	9	Apr 16	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
10	10	Apr 17	DET		BOS	W,10-9	CG	50	10.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
11	11	Apr 18	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
12	12	Apr 20	DET		BAL	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
13	13	Apr 21	DET		BAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
14	14	Apr 23	DET	@	OAK	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
15	15	Apr 24	DET	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
16	16	Apr 25	DET	@	OAK	W,10-2	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
17	17	Apr 26	DET	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
18	18	Apr 27	DET	@	KCR	L,1-8	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
19	19	Apr 28	DET	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
20	20	Apr 30	DET	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	DET	@	CAL	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
22	22	May 2	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
23	23	May 4	DET		OAK	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
24	24	May 5	DET		OAK	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
25	25	May 7	DET		KCR	W,3-1	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
26	26	May 8	DET		KCR	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
27	27	May 9	DET		KCR	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
28	28	May 10	DET		CAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
29	29	May 11	DET		CAL	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
30	30	May 12	DET		CAL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
31	31	May 14	DET	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
32	32	May 15	DET	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	54	14.2	1	8	0	9	1	SS
33	33	May 16	DET	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
34	34	May 17	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
35	35	May 18	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
36	36	May 19	DET	@	CLE	W,12-1	CG	39	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
37	37	May 20	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	46	11.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
38	38	May 21	DET		WSA	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
39	39	May 22	DET		WSA	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
40	40	May 23 (1)	DET		WSA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
41	41	May 23 (2)	DET		WSA	W,11-0	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
42	42	May 25	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
43	43	May 26	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
44	44	May 27	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
45	45	May 28	DET	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
46	46	May 29	DET	@	MIL	L,2-9	GS	25	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
47	47	May 30	DET	@	MIL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
48	48	May 31	DET	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	49	Jun 1	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
50	50	Jun 2	DET	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
51	51	Jun 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
52	52	Jun 5	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
53	53	Jun 6	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS	29	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
54	54	Jun 8	DET		MIL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
55	55	Jun 9	DET		MIL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
56	56	Jun 10	DET		MIL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
57	57	Jun 11	DET		MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
58	58	Jun 12	DET		MIN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
59	59	Jun 13	DET		MIN	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
60	60	Jun 14	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
61	61	Jun 15	DET		CHW	L,1-6	GS	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
62	62	Jun 16	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
63	63	Jun 17	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
64	64	Jun 18	DET	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
65	65	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
66	66	Jun 20 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
67	67	Jun 20 susp	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	39	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	SS
68	68	Jun 22 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
69	69	Jun 22 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	31	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
70	70	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	53	12.1	2	2	0	4	1	SS
71	73 (2)	Jun 26	DET		CLE	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
72	74	Jun 27	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
73	75	Jun 28 susp	DET	@	BAL	W,9-4	GS	37	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
74	76	Jun 29	DET	@	BAL	L,6-15	GS	35	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
75	77	Jun 30	DET		BOS	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	78	Jul 1	DET		BOS	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
77	79	Jul 2	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
78	80	Jul 3	DET		BAL	L,1-8	GS	25	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
79	81	Jul 4	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
80	82	Jul 6	DET		NYY	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
81	83	Jul 7	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	49	11.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
82	84	Jul 8	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
83	85	Jul 9	DET	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	41	11.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
84	86	Jul 10	DET	@	WSA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
85	87	Jul 11	DET	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	0	4	0	4	1	SS
86	88	Jul 15	DET	@	OAK	L,7-8	GS	30	6.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
87	89	Jul 16	DET	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
88	90	Jul 17	DET	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
89	91	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
90	92	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	2	5	0	7	0	SS
91	93	Jul 19	DET	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
92	94	Jul 20	DET	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
93	95	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	43	11.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
94	96	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	47	8.2	4	4	0	8	1	SS
95	97	Jul 23	DET		OAK	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
96	98	Jul 24	DET		OAK	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
97	99	Jul 25 (1)	DET		OAK	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
98	100	Jul 25 (2)	DET		OAK	L,1-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
99	101	Jul 27	DET		KCR	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
100	102	Jul 28	DET		KCR	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
101	103	Jul 29	DET		KCR	W,10-9	GS	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	3	SS
102	104	Jul 30	DET		CAL	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
103	105	Jul 31	DET		CAL	L,2-3	CG	45	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	106	Aug 1	DET		CAL	W,4-3	CG	68	16.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
105	107	Aug 2	DET		WSA	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
106	108	Aug 3	DET		WSA	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
107	109	Aug 4	DET		WSA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
108	110	Aug 5	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
109	111	Aug 6	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
110	112	Aug 7	DET	@	BOS	W,12-8	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
111	113	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
112	114	Aug 9	DET	@	BOS	L,11-12	CG	45	8.2	2	4	0	6	0	SS
113	115	Aug 10	DET	@	MIL	W,12-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
114	116	Aug 11	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
115	117	Aug 12	DET	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
116	118	Aug 13	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	0	2	0	2	2	SS
117	119	Aug 14	DET	@	MIN	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
118	120	Aug 15	DET	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
119	121	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
120	122	Aug 17 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
121	123	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
122	124	Aug 20	DET		MIL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
123	125	Aug 21	DET		MIL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
124	126	Aug 22	DET		MIL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
125	127	Aug 23	DET		MIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
126	128	Aug 24	DET		MIN	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
127	129	Aug 25	DET		MIN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
128	130	Aug 27	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
129	131	Aug 28	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
130	132	Aug 29	DET		CHW	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
131	133	Aug 31 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
132	134	Aug 31 (2)	DET		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
133	135	Sep 1	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
134	136	Sep 2	DET		CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
135	137	Sep 3	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
136	138	Sep 4	DET	@	NYY	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
137	139	Sep 5	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	29	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
138	140	Sep 6	DET	@	WSA	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
139	141	Sep 7	DET	@	WSA	W,3-2	GS	23	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
140	142	Sep 8	DET	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
141	143	Sep 9	DET		BOS	L,6-12	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
142	144	Sep 10	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
143	145	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
144	146	Sep 12	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
145	147	Sep 13 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
146	148	Sep 13 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
147	149	Sep 14	DET	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
148	150	Sep 15	DET		WSA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
149	151	Sep 16	DET		WSA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
150	152	Sep 17 (1)	DET		BAL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
151	153	Sep 17 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
152	154	Sep 18	DET		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
153	155	Sep 19	DET		BAL	L,1-8	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
154	156	Sep 21	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
155	157	Sep 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
156	158	Sep 24	DET		NYY	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
157	160 (1)	Sep 26	DET		NYY	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
158	161	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
159	162	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
							159gm		1395.2	235	513	15	763	91