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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 8	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 11	DET		BAL	L,1-3	CG	48	12.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
4	4	Apr 12	DET		BAL	L,0-1	CG	41	10.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
5	5	Apr 13	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
6	6	Apr 14	DET		CLE	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
7	7	Apr 15	DET		CLE	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
8	8	Apr 16	DET	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
9	9	Apr 17	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 18	DET	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
11	11	Apr 19	DET	@	BOS	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
12	12	Apr 20	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	45	9.2	0	2	0	2	1	SS
13	13	Apr 21	DET	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
14	14	Apr 22	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
15	15	Apr 24	DET	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
16	16	Apr 25	DET	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
17	17	Apr 26	DET	@	TEX	W,3-2	GS	28	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
18	18	Apr 27	DET		KCR	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
19	19	Apr 28	DET		KCR	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
20	20	Apr 29	DET		KCR	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	DET		CAL	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
22	22	May 2	DET		CAL	L,3-5	CG	46	12.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
23	23	May 4	DET		TEX	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
24	24	May 5	DET		TEX	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
25	25	May 6	DET		TEX	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
26	26	May 8	DET	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	2	5	0	SS
27	27	May 9	DET	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
28	28	May 10	DET	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
29	29	May 11	DET		MIL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	2	7	0	SS
30	30	May 12	DET		MIL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
31	31	May 13	DET		MIL	L,5-6	CG	44	10.0	4	2	2	8	0	SS
32	32	May 14	DET	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
33	33	May 16	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
34	34	May 17	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
35	35	May 18	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
36	36	May 19	DET	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
37	37	May 20 (1)	DET	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
38	38	May 20 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
39	39	May 22	DET		NYY	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
40	40	May 23	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
41	41	May 24	DET		NYY	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
42	42	May 25	DET		OAK	W,1-0	CG	49	13.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
43	43	May 26	DET		OAK	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
44	44	May 28	DET		OAK	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
45	45	May 30	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
46	46	May 31	DET	@	CHW	L,2-10	GS	33	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	47	Jun 1	DET	@	MIN	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
48	48	Jun 2	DET	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	2	2	0	4	0	SS
49	49	Jun 3	DET	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
50	50	Jun 5	DET	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
51	51	Jun 6	DET	@	CAL	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
52	52	Jun 7	DET	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
53	53	Jun 8	DET	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
54	54	Jun 9	DET	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
55	55	Jun 10	DET	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
56	56	Jun 12	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
57	57	Jun 13	DET		CHW	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
58	58	Jun 15	DET		MIN	L,6-13	CG	48	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
59	59	Jun 16	DET		MIN	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
60	60	Jun 17	DET		MIN	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
61	61	Jun 18	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
62	62	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	39	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	SS
63	63	Jun 20	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
64	64	Jun 21	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	24	6.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
65	65	Jun 22	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	17	4.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
66	66	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
67	67	Jun 24 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
68	68	Jun 24 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	1	4	0	5	1	SS
69	69	Jun 25	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
70	70	Jun 26	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
71	71	Jun 27 (1)	DET		MIL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
72	72	Jun 27 (2)	DET		MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
73	73	Jun 28	DET		MIL	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
74	74	Jun 29	DET		BAL	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
75	75	Jun 30	DET		BAL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	76	Jul 1 (1)	DET		BAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
77	77	Jul 1 (2)	DET		BAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	7	1	8	1	SS
78	78	Jul 2	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
79	79	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
80	80	Jul 4	DET		CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
81	81	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	45	11.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
82	82	Jul 6	DET	@	KCR	L,1-12	CG	47	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
83	83	Jul 7	DET	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
84	84	Jul 8	DET	@	KCR	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
85	85	Jul 9	DET		TEX	L,7-9	CG	56	12.0	2	7	1	10	1	SS
86	86	Jul 10	DET		TEX	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
87	87	Jul 11	DET		TEX	W,14-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
88	88	Jul 12	DET		CAL	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
89	89	Jul 13	DET		CAL	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
90	90	Jul 14	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
91	91	Jul 15	DET		CAL	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
92	92	Jul 16	DET		KCR	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	3	6	2	11	3	SS
93	93	Jul 17	DET		KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
94	94	Jul 18	DET		KCR	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
95	95	Jul 20	DET	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
96	96	Jul 21	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
97	97	Jul 22	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	SS
98	98	Jul 26	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
99	99	Jul 27	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
100	100	Jul 28	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
101	101	Jul 29	DET	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
102	102	Jul 30	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
103	103	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
104	104	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	105	Aug 1	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
106	106	Aug 2	DET	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	1	7	1	SS
107	107	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
108	108	Aug 4	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	58	14.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
109	109	Aug 5	DET		NYY	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
110	110	Aug 6	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
111	111	Aug 7 (1)	DET		OAK	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
112	112	Aug 7 (2)	DET		OAK	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
113	113	Aug 8	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
114	114	Aug 9	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
115	115	Aug 10	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
116	116	Aug 11	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
117	117	Aug 12	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
118	118	Aug 13	DET	@	MIN	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
119	119	Aug 14	DET	@	MIN	L,1-12	GS	33	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
120	120	Aug 15	DET	@	MIN	L,7-9	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
121	121	Aug 17	DET	@	CAL	L,2-10	GS	35	6.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
122	122	Aug 18	DET	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
123	123	Aug 19	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
124	124	Aug 20	DET	@	OAK	L,2-7	GS	25	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
125	125	Aug 21	DET	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
126	126	Aug 22	DET	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
127	127	Aug 24	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS	31	8.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
128	128	Aug 25	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
129	129	Aug 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS	22	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
130	130	Aug 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
131	131	Aug 27	DET		MIN	L,3-5	GS	33	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
132	132	Aug 28	DET		MIN	L,0-5	GS	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
133	133	Aug 29	DET		MIN	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
134	134	Aug 30	DET		CLE	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
135	135	Aug 31	DET		CLE	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
136	136	Sep 1	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	44	11.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
137	137	Sep 2	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
138	138	Sep 3	DET		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
139	139	Sep 4	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
140	140	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
141	141	Sep 6	DET	@	CLE	L,4-10	GS	34	6.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
142	142	Sep 7	DET	@	BOS	L,3-11	GS	33	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
143	143	Sep 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
144	144	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
145	145	Sep 10	DET	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
146	146	Sep 11	DET	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	36	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
147	147	Sep 14	DET		MIL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
148	148	Sep 15	DET		MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
149	149	Sep 16	DET		MIL	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
150	150	Sep 18	DET		BAL	L,2-6	GS	36	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
151	151	Sep 19	DET		BAL	W,10-1	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
152	152	Sep 20	DET		BAL	L,0-9	GS	31	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
153	153	Sep 21	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
154	154	Sep 22	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
155	155	Sep 23	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
156	156	Sep 24	DET		BOS	L,0-14	GS	32	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
157	157	Sep 25	DET	@	BAL	L,3-8	GS	34	6.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
158	158	Sep 26	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
159	159	Sep 27	DET	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
160	160	Sep 28	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
161	161	Sep 29	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
162	162	Sep 30	DET	@	NYY	W,8-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
							162gm		1390.2	249	480	24	753	89