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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
2	2	Apr 18	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 19	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 20	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
5	5	Apr 22	DET	@	MIL	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
6	6	Apr 23	DET	@	MIL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
7	7	Apr 25	DET	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 26	DET	@	TEX	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
9	9	Apr 28	DET		CHW	W,12-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
10	10	Apr 29	DET		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
11	11	Apr 30	DET		CHW	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 2	DET		KCR	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
13	13	May 3	DET		KCR	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
14	14	May 5	DET		TEX	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
15	15	May 6	DET		TEX	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
16	16	May 7	DET		TEX	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
17	17	May 9	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
18	18	May 10	DET	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
19	19	May 13	DET	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
20	20	May 14 (1)	DET	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
21	21	May 14 (2)	DET	@	KCR	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
22	22	May 15	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
23	23	May 16	DET		BAL	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
24	24	May 17	DET		BAL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
25	25	May 18	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
26	26	May 19	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GS	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
27	27	May 20	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
28	28	May 21	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
29	29	May 23	DET		MIL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
30	30	May 24	DET		MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
31	31	May 25	DET		MIL	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
32	32	May 26	DET	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
33	33	May 27	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
34	34	May 28	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
35	35	May 29 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
36	36	May 29 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
37	37	May 31	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
39	39	Jun 2	DET		MIN	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
40	40	Jun 3	DET		MIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
41	41	Jun 4	DET		MIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
42	42	Jun 6 (1)	DET		CAL	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
43	43	Jun 6 (2)	DET		CAL	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
44	44	Jun 7	DET		CAL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
45	45	Jun 9	DET		OAK	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
46	46	Jun 10	DET		OAK	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
47	47	Jun 11	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
48	48	Jun 12	DET	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
49	49	Jun 13	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
50	50	Jun 14	DET	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
51	51	Jun 16	DET	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
52	52	Jun 17	DET	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
53	53	Jun 18	DET	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
54	54	Jun 19	DET	@	OAK	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
55	55	Jun 20	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
56	56	Jun 21	DET	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	8	0	10	0	SS
57	57	Jun 24 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
58	58	Jun 24 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	42	12.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
59	59	Jun 25	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
60	60	Jun 26	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
61	61	Jun 27	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
62	62	Jun 28	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
63	63	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	W,8-4	GS	26	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
64	64	Jun 30	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	65	Jul 1	DET		BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
66	66	Jul 2	DET		BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
67	67	Jul 3	DET		BAL	L,3-15	CG	50	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
68	68	Jul 4	DET	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
69	69	Jul 5	DET	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
70	70	Jul 6	DET	@	KCR	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
71	71	Jul 7	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
72	72	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
73	73	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
74	74	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
75	75	Jul 10	DET		TEX	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
76	76	Jul 11	DET		TEX	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
77	77	Jul 12	DET		TEX	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
78	78	Jul 13	DET		KCR	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
79	79	Jul 14	DET		KCR	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
80	80	Jul 15	DET		KCR	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
81	81	Jul 16	DET		KCR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
82	82	Jul 17	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
83	83	Jul 18	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
84	84	Jul 19	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
85	85	Jul 20	DET	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
86	86	Jul 21	DET	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	10	0	13	1	SS
87	87	Jul 22	DET	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
88	88	Jul 23	DET	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
89	89	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	8	0	10	2	SS
90	90	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
91	91	Jul 28	DET	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	0	3	0	3	1	SS
92	92	Jul 29	DET	@	MIL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
93	93	Jul 30 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
94	94	Jul 30 (2)	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
95	95	Jul 31	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	96	Aug 1	DET		MIL	L,0-9	CG	34	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
97	97	Aug 2	DET		MIL	L,1-13	GS	27	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
98	98	Aug 3	DET		MIL	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
99	99	Aug 4	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
100	100	Aug 5	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	49	11.0	3	5	1	9	0	SS
101	101	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
102	102	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
103	103	Aug 8	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
104	104	Aug 9 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
105	105	Aug 9 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
106	106	Aug 10	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
107	107	Aug 11	DET		CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
108	108	Aug 12	DET		CLE	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
109	109	Aug 13 (1)	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
110	110	Aug 13 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-9	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
111	111	Aug 15	DET		MIN	L,6-7	CG	58	13.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
112	112	Aug 17 (1)	DET		MIN	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
113	113	Aug 17 (2)	DET		MIN	L,6-7	GS	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
114	114	Aug 18	DET		CAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
115	115	Aug 19	DET		CAL	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
116	116	Aug 20	DET		CAL	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
117	117	Aug 21	DET		OAK	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
118	118	Aug 22	DET		OAK	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
119	119	Aug 23	DET		OAK	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
120	120	Aug 26	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	44	11.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
121	121	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	50	11.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
122	122	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	MIN	W,1-0	CG	39	11.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
123	123	Aug 29	DET	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
124	124	Aug 30	DET	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
125	125	Aug 31	DET	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	126	Sep 1	DET	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
127	127	Sep 2	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	44	11.0	5	8	0	13	1	SS
128	128	Sep 3	DET	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
129	129	Sep 4	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
130	130	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
131	131	Sep 6	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
132	132	Sep 7	DET	@	BAL	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
133	133	Sep 8	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
134	134	Sep 9	DET		NYY	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
135	135	Sep 10	DET		NYY	L,0-5	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
136	136	Sep 11	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	26	6.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
137	137	Sep 12	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	3	SS
138	138	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,6-5	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
139	139	Sep 15	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
140	140	Sep 16	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
141	141	Sep 17	DET	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
142	142	Sep 19 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
143	143	Sep 19 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
144	144	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
145	145	Sep 21	DET	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
146	146	Sep 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
147	147	Sep 23	DET	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
148	148	Sep 24	DET	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
149	149	Sep 27	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	49	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
150	150	Sep 28	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	49	12.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
151	151	Sep 29	DET		MIL	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
152	152	Sep 30	DET		MIL	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	SS
153	153	Oct 1	DET		MIL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
154	154	Oct 2	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
155	155	Oct 3	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
156	156	Oct 4	DET		BOS	L,1-4	GS	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
							156gm		1370.1	233	495	7	735	81