Tom Brookens

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 165lb (178cm, 74kg)

Born: August 10, 1953 in Chambersburg, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (4th) of the 1975 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania (Mansfield, PA).

School: Mansfield University of Pennsylvania (Mansfield, PA)

Debut: July 10, 1979 (Age 25-334d, 14,200th in major league history)
vs. MIN 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1990 (Age 37-051d)
vs. BAL 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Thomas Dale Brookens

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Relatives: Cousin of Ike Brookens

1984 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.5

3865

950

.246

477

RBI

431

OBP

.297

SLG

.367

OPS

.663

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 71 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 8 tying, 14 go ahead

3 Tms
DET	66
NYY	4
CLE	1

Platoon
vs LHP	37
vs RHP	34

Home/Road
Home	41
Away	30

Outs
2	29
1	22
0	20

13 Opps
MIL	11
BOS	7
TEX	7
CLE	7
BAL	6
MIN	5
KCR	5
NYY	5
TOR	5
CHW	5
OAK	4
CAL	2
SEA	2

60 Pitchers
Mike Caldwell	3
Tim Birtsas	2
Charlie Hough	2
Steve Carlton	2
Teddy Higuera	2
Bill Travers	2
Dave Righetti	2
Scott McGregor	2
Juan Nieves	2
Dennis Leonard	2
Jim Abbott	1
Al Nipper	1
Steve Crawford	1
Dickie Noles	1
Ron Guidry	1
Rick Anderson	1
Dave Frost	1
Bob Owchinko	1
Pete Redfern	1
Cecilio Guante	1
Dennis Rasmussen	1
Doyle Alexander	1
Wes Gardner	1
Salomé Barojas	1
Paul Mitchell	1
Ken Dixon	1
Dan Spillner	1
Dave Tobik	1
Guy Hoffman	1
Joey McLaughlin	1
Phil Huffman	1
John Henry Johnson	1
Ed Vande Berg	1
Mike Cook	1
Greg Swindell	1
Paul Kilgus	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Rich Gale	1
Steve McCatty	1
Jim Clancy	1
Frank Tanana	1
Greg Harris	1
John Pacella	1
Frank Viola	1
Mike Flanagan	1
Bob Ojeda	1
John Tudor	1
Bud Black	1
Steve Stone	1
Dennis Lamp	1
Frank Wills	1
Bryan Oelkers	1
Tom Brennan	1
Doc Medich	1
Richard Dotson	1
Bob Stanley	1
Greg Hibbard	1
Jerry Reuss	1
Curt Young	1
Joe Klink	1

13 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	41
County Stad (MIL)	7
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
Arlington St (ARL)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	49
78	3
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	60
6	2
3	2
1	2
5	2
2	1
4	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	71

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	44
1--	13
12-	5
-2-	4
123	2
1-3	2
-23	1

110 RBI
RISP	14
0 on	44
1 on	17
2 on	8
3 on	2
Any on	27

Inning
1	6
2	6
3	12
4	10
5	9
6	7
7	6
8	10
9	3
Extra	2

1-3	24
4-6	26
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	14
+3	5
+2	9
+1	6
Tied	9
-1	12
-2	4
-3	5
-4..	7

Ahead	34
Tied	9
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	60
3-2	3
0-0	2
1-1	2
1-0	1
2-1	1
3-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	60
SS	5
2B	4
1B	1
PH	1

OrderPos
8th	27
9th	23
7th	9
2nd	6
1st	3
6th	2
5th	1

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	37

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1979-07-24	DET		MIL	Bill Travers	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---		1	8	5	0.115	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1979-07-26	DET		MIL	Paul Mitchell	ahead 4-0	b 7	1	---		1	8	5	0.018	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1979-07-27	DET	@	TOR	Phil Huffman	behind 0-1	t 5	1	1--		2	7	5	0.245	61%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Greene Scores
4	4	4	1	1979-09-30	DET		BOS	Bob Stanley	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--		2	2	4	0.145	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. LeFlore Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1980-04-19	DET		KCR	Dennis Leonard	behind 1-5	b 3	0	---		1	8	5	0.072	24%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	2	1	1980-07-12	DET	@	BOS	John Tudor	tied 1-1	t 2	2	---		1	7	5	0.105	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	3	1	1980-08-11	DET		BOS	Bob Ojeda	behind 0-3	b 1	0	1--		2	2	5	0.146	45%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Lentine Scores
8	8	4	1	1980-08-18	DET	@	MIL	Bill Travers	behind 4-12	t 9	2	---		1	2	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	5	1	1980-08-20	DET	@	MIL	Mike Caldwell	ahead 4-2	t 6	1	1--		2	8	5	0.129	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hebner Scores
10	10	6	1	1980-09-02 (2)	DET		CHW	Richard Dotson	ahead 5-1	b 8	1	---		1	8	5	0.008	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	7	1	1980-09-03	DET		CHW	Guy Hoffman	behind 0-1	b 5	1	---		1	7	5	0.156	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	8	1	1980-09-19	DET		CLE	Bob Owchinko	behind 0-3	b 4	1	-2-		2	7	5	0.165	40%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Parrish Scores
13	13	9	1	1980-09-21	DET		CLE	Dan Spillner	ahead 4-0	b 1	1	12-		3	8	5	0.079	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Parrish Scores; A. Cowens Scores
14	14	10	1	1980-09-22	DET		TOR	Joey McLaughlin	behind 0-2	b 2	2	12-		3	8	5	0.288	62%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Parrish Scores; A. Cowens Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1981-05-19	DET		TEX	John Henry Johnson	ahead 11-0	b 8	1	1-3		3	8	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Parrish Scores; A. Cowens Scores
16	16	2	1	1981-06-11	DET	@	MIN	Pete Redfern	behind 1-2	t 6	2	1-3		3	6	5	0.426	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Trammell Scores; C. Summers Scores
17	17	3	1	1981-08-25	DET		KCR	Dennis Leonard	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---		1	8	5	0.110	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	4	1	1981-09-29	DET		BAL	Steve Stone	ahead 5-0	b 3	2	---		1	8	5	0.026	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1982-05-09	DET		CHW	Salomé Barojas	behind 2-4	b 9	0	---		1	5	PH	0.109	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	2	1	1982-05-30 (2)	DET	@	OAK	Steve McCatty	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	5	0.103	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	3	1	1982-06-09 (2)	DET		CLE	Tom Brennan	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---		1	8	5	0.121	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	4	1	1982-06-12	DET	@	MIL	Mike Caldwell	ahead 5-3	t 6	0	1--		2	7	5	0.111	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Parrish Scores
23	23	5	1	1982-07-15	DET	@	MIN	John Pacella	ahead 11-1	t 4	0	12-		3	8	5	0.001	100%		Home Run; E. Cabell Scores; J. Wockenfuss Scores
24	24	6	1	1982-07-16	DET	@	MIN	Frank Viola	behind 1-2	t 2	2	-2-		2	8	5	0.189	57%		Home Run; J. Wockenfuss Scores
25	25	7	1	1982-08-13	DET		KCR	Dave Frost	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	1--		2	8	5	0.118	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Lemon Scores
26	26	8	1	1982-08-18	DET		SEA	Gaylord Perry	ahead 3-2	b 7	0	---		1	9	6	0.098	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	9	1	1982-09-06	DET	@	MIL	Doc Medich	tied 5-5	t 10	0	---		1	8	5	0.345	84%		Home Run
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1983-04-12	DET	@	NYY	Ron Guidry	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	---		1	8	5	0.093	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	2	1	1983-05-18	DET		NYY	Dave Righetti	behind 0-6	b 5	1	---		1	9	5	0.024	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	3	1	1983-05-22	DET		TEX	Dave Tobik	ahead 9-5	b 8	0	---		1	8	5	0.006	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	4	1	1983-07-02	DET		BAL	Scott McGregor	behind 0-3	b 3	0	---		1	8	6	0.093	32%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	5	1	1983-08-27	DET		TOR	Doyle Alexander	behind 0-2	b 3	1	---		1	9	5	0.111	40%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	6	1	1983-09-01	DET		TEX	Frank Tanana	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---		1	9	5	0.115	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1984-06-03	DET		BAL	Mike Flanagan	behind 0-2	b 7	2	---		1	9	5	0.126	27%		Home Run
35	35	2	1	1984-08-03	DET		KCR	Bud Black	behind 2-8	b 5	0	---		1	8	6	0.029	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	3	1	1984-08-06 (1)	DET	@	BOS	Rich Gale	ahead 7-6	t 6	0	---		1	9	6	0.119	78%		Home Run
37	37	4	1	1984-09-16	DET		TOR	Dennis Lamp	ahead 5-0	b 3	2	-2-		2	8	5	0.040	97%		Home Run; L. Herndon Scores
38	38	5	1	1984-09-18	DET		MIL	Mike Caldwell	ahead 2-0	b 7	0	---	6,(3-2) CBFBBX	1	9	5	0.053	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1985-06-05	DET		SEA	Frank Wills	ahead 4-2	b 6	2	---		1	9	5	0.075	90%		Home Run
40	40	2	1	1985-06-14	DET	@	NYY	Dennis Rasmussen	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---		1	9	5	0.114	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	3	1	1985-06-30	DET		TOR	Jim Clancy	behind 0-4	b 1	0	1--		2	2	5	0.126	35%		Home Run; L. Whitaker Scores
42	42	4	1	1985-07-05	DET	@	TEX	Charlie Hough	behind 0-3	t 5	2	---		1	8	5	0.075	20%		Home Run
43	43	5	1	1985-08-20	DET	@	OAK	Tim Birtsas	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	---		1	9	5	0.051	94%		Home Run
44	44	6	1	1985-08-31	DET		OAK	Tim Birtsas	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	---		1	9	5	0.081	87%		Home Run
45	45	7	1	1985-10-04	DET	@	BAL	Scott McGregor	behind 1-5	t 9	1	---		1	8	5	0.008	1%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1986-06-16	DET	@	BAL	Ken Dixon	ahead 2-1	t 8	2	12-		3	9	5	0.220	96%		Home Run; A. Trammell Scores; P. Sheridan Scores
47	47	2	1	1986-08-05 (2)	DET		CLE	Bryan Oelkers	ahead 4-1	b 3	1	1--		2	7	5	0.087	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Evans Scores
48	48	3	1	1986-09-11	DET		MIL	Juan Nieves	ahead 5-0	b 4	1	---		1	1	4	0.024	97%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1987-04-25	DET		KCR	Rick Anderson	ahead 10-2	b 8	2	12-		3	9	4	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Bergman Scores; C. Lemon Scores
50	50	2	1	1987-05-13	DET		CAL	Mike Cook	ahead 7-0	b 3	2	1--		2	9	5	0.018	99%		Home Run (LF-CF); D. Coles Scores
51	51	3	1	1987-05-17	DET		CLE	Steve Carlton	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	---		1	8	6	0.109	76%		Home Run
52	52	4	1	1987-05-29	DET		MIN	Joe Klink	ahead 7-1	b 5	1	123		4	9	4	0.013	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Sheridan Scores/unER; M. Heath Scores; C. Lemon Scores
53	53	5	1	1987-06-03	DET	@	CLE	Ed Vande Berg	ahead 6-3	t 3	1	1--		2	9	5	0.104	89%		Home Run; C. Lemon Scores
54	54	6	1	1987-06-07	DET	@	BOS	Steve Crawford	ahead 12-7	t 8	2	-23		3	9	5	0.017	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Nokes Scores; C. Lemon Scores
55	55	7	1	1987-06-12	DET		BOS	Wes Gardner	ahead 7-4	b 8	2	---		1	9	5	0.019	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	8	1	1987-07-31	DET	@	NYY	Dave Righetti	behind 3-4	t 8	2	-2-		2	9	5	0.473	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Lemon Scores
57	57	9	1	1987-08-18	DET		MIN	Steve Carlton	ahead 4-0	b 1	2	1--		2	8	5	0.078	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Lemon Scores/unER; T. Brookens Scores/unER
58	58	10	1	1987-09-05	DET	@	TEX	Greg Harris	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	9	5	0.103	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
59	59	11	1	1987-09-10	DET	@	MIL	Juan Nieves	behind 1-4	t 5	0	---		1	8	5	0.085	26%		Home Run
60	60	12	1	1987-09-11	DET	@	MIL	Teddy Higuera	behind 0-1	t 5	2	---		1	8	5	0.132	45%		Home Run
61	61	13	1	1987-09-21	DET	@	BOS	Al Nipper	behind 1-8	t 7	2	---		1	9	5	0.005	1%		Home Run
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	1988-04-22	DET	@	TEX	Paul Kilgus	ahead 3-1	t 4	2	1--	5,(3-1) C11BBBX	2	8	5	0.153	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Knight Scores
63	63	2	1	1988-05-02	DET		OAK	Curt Young	behind 1-2	b 8	2	---	6,(3-2) BCBBFX	1	2	5	0.339	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
64	64	3	1	1988-06-14	DET		BAL	Dickie Noles	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	9	5	0.177	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. Evans Scores; C. Lemon Scores; M. Nokes Scores
65	65	4	1	1988-06-20	DET		NYY	Cecilio Guante	tied 1-1	b 10	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	5	0.425	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
66	66	5	1	1988-07-30	DET		TEX	Charlie Hough	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	9	5	0.065	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1989-04-21	NYY	@	CLE	Greg Swindell	behind 2-3	t 4	2	---	7,(3-2) BCCFBBX	1	7	5	0.130	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
68	68	2	1	1989-05-06	NYY	@	CHW	Jerry Reuss	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	5	0.133	47%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
69	69	3	1	1989-05-12	NYY	@	CAL	Jim Abbott	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	1--	5,(2-2) FSBBX	2	7	5	0.102	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); S. Balboni Scores
70	70	4	1	1989-07-19	NYY	@	CHW	Greg Hibbard	behind 3-4	t 6	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	6	5	0.174	47%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1990-08-22	CLE	@	MIL	Teddy Higuera	tied 2-2	t 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	3	0.296	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)