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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	37-34 / in Starts: 36-34
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 265 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	167 (93-48-26)
Avg. MLBer w/ 265 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	161 (79-53-27)

Most Driven In
Self	4
L Parrish	4
A Cowens	3
S Kemp	3
J Wockenfuss	2
R Jackson	2
C Summers	2
L Jones	1

Most Driven In By
L Whitaker	4
R Peters	4
Self	4
A Trammell	2
S Papi	1
S Kemp	1
A Cowens	1
M Kelleher	1

1981 Batting Game Log

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1981 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	212	23 (22)	May 5	DET	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	.70	0.007	.34	0.00%	0.76	3B
2	213	24	May 6	DET	@	OAK	W,3-2	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.250	.286	.536	8	2.37	-0.029	.98	-0.01%	-0.77	3B
3	214	25	May 7	DET	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.417	.400	.817	8	1.45	0.102	.65	0.03%	1.29	3B
4	215	26	May 8	DET	@	CAL	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.313	.286	.598	8	.67	-0.033	.32	-0.01%	-0.22	3B
5	216	27	May 9	DET	@	CAL	L,1-15	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.350	.294	.644	7	.65	-0.049	.36	-0.02%	-0.08	3B
6	217	28	May 10	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.292	.238	.530	8	.86	-0.090	.39	-0.02%	-0.99	3B
7	218	29	May 12	DET		SEA	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.321	.280	.601	7	.41	-0.039	.16	-0.01%	0.09	3B
8	219	30	May 13	DET		SEA	W,1-0	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.290	.250	.540	6	1.74	-0.137	.78	-0.04%	-0.99	3B
9	220	31	May 15	DET		CAL	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.324	.290	.614	8	.65	0.025	.28	0.01%	0.75	3B
10	221	32	May 16	DET		CAL	W,7-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.324	.342	.324	.666	8	1.05	0.124	.47	0.03%	1.00	3B
11	222	33	May 17	DET		CAL	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.341	.324	.666	8	.60	0.022	.28	0.01%	0.16	3B
12	223	34	May 18	DET		TEX	L,5-13	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.311	.293	.604	7	.44	-0.043	.19	-0.01%	-0.94	3B
13	224	35	May 19	DET		TEX	W,14-1	GS-9	5	5	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.300	.348	.648	8	.28	-0.032	.10	-0.01%	0.96	3B
14	225	36	May 20	DET		TEX	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.296	.340	.636	8	1.18	0.045	.44	0.01%	0.20	3B
15	226	37	May 22	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.276	.315	.591	8	1.42	-0.140	.74	-0.04%	-0.87	3B
16	227	38	May 23	DET		BAL	L,2-9	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.262	.298	.561	8	.69	-0.054	.28	-0.01%	-0.66	3B
17	228	39	May 24 (1)	DET		BAL	W,8-2	GS-8	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.246	.262	.311	.573	8	.58	0.012	.22	0.00%	-0.22	3B
18	229	40	May 24 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-3	GS-9	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.277	.290	.354	.644	8	.69	0.010	.29	0.00%	-0.09	3B
19	230	41	May 25	DET	@	MIL	W,12-3	GS-7	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.284	.301	.358	.660	6	.61	0.001	.26	0.00%	0.29	3B
20	231	42	May 26	DET	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.299	.352	.651	8	.20	-0.003	.10	0.00%	-0.08	3B
21	232	43	May 27	DET	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.296	.347	.643	6	.67	-0.039	.29	-0.01%	-0.32	3B
22	233	44	May 28	DET	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.298	.346	.644	6	.87	0.003	.35	0.00%	-0.22	3B
23	234	45	May 29	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.272	.295	.333	.629	8	1.01	-0.061	.39	-0.01%	-0.97	3B
24	235	46	May 30	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.282	.304	.341	.646	8	.88	0.030	.29	0.01%	0.30	3B
25	236	47	May 31	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS-8	4	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.316	.375	.691	7	.86	0.000	.36	0.00%	0.22	3B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	237	51 (3)	Jun 5	DET		MIN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.306	.363	.669	4	.94	-0.070	.37	-0.02%	-0.67	3B
27	238	52	Jun 6	DET		MIN	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.294	.347	.641	7	.22	-0.022	.09	-0.01%	-1.33	3B
28	239	53	Jun 7	DET		MIN	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.302	.354	.655	4	.87	0.005	.37	0.00%	-0.16	3B
29	240	54	Jun 8	DET	@	TEX	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.275	.300	.343	.643	4	.53	-0.057	.26	-0.02%	-0.64	3B
30	241	55	Jun 9	DET	@	TEX	W,5-0	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.276	.298	.343	.641	5	.89	0.014	.37	0.00%	1.38	3B
31	242	56	Jun 10	DET	@	MIN	W,4-2	GS-8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.284	.305	.358	.663	5	.93	0.114	.46	0.03%	1.46	3B
32	243	57	Jun 11	DET	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.301	.377	.678	6	1.12	0.363	.65	0.13%	1.19	3B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	244	58	Aug 10	DET		TOR	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.315	.385	.700	8	1.74	0.167	2.18	0.13%	0.92	3B
34	245	59	Aug 11	DET		TOR	L,4-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.303	.369	.672	5	1.54	-0.198	2.13	-0.16%	-1.35	3B
35	246	60	Aug 12	DET		TOR	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.294	.357	.651	8	2.18	-0.195	2.78	-0.15%	-0.88	3B
36	247	61	Aug 13	DET		NYY	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.286	.346	.632	5	1.35	-0.149	1.42	-0.09%	-1.33	3B
37	248	62	Aug 14	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.301	.361	.662	5	.62	0.028	.50	0.01%	0.35	3B
38	249	70 (7)	Aug 23	DET		TEX	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.272	.295	.353	.647	8	1.60	-0.092	3.11	-0.11%	-1.40	3B
39	250	71	Aug 24	DET		KCR	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.293	.357	.650	8	1.75	-0.130	3.45	-0.15%	-0.95	3B
40	251	72	Aug 25	DET		KCR	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.292	.375	.667	8	1.01	0.024	1.91	0.03%	0.53	3B
41	252	73	Aug 26	DET		KCR	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.270	.291	.372	.663	8	.50	-0.049	1.03	-0.06%	-1.60	3B
42	253	74	Aug 27	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.292	.371	.663	7	.71	-0.020	1.38	-0.02%	-0.15	3B
43	254	75	Aug 28	DET	@	MIN	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.287	.364	.650	8	.57	-0.043	1.04	-0.05%	-0.56	3B
44	255	76	Aug 29	DET	@	MIN	L,1-7	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.293	.365	.659	8	.55	0.047	.94	0.05%	0.20	3B
45	256	77	Aug 30	DET	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.292	.363	.655	8	1.13	0.003	1.66	0.00%	0.11	3B
46	257	78	Aug 31	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.276	.303	.368	.671	8	.73	0.091	1.27	0.10%	1.11	3B
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	258	79	Sep 1	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.302	.371	.673	8	1.37	-0.045	2.63	-0.05%	-0.01	3B
48	259	80	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.306	.371	.677	8	1.42	0.121	3.00	0.15%	0.34	3B
49	260	81	Sep 3	DET	@	TEX	W,8-5	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.316	.382	.697	8	.59	0.131	1.35	0.18%	1.59	3B
50	261	82	Sep 4	DET	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.309	.373	.682	8	1.47	-0.148	3.59	-0.22%	-0.91	3B
51	262	83	Sep 5	DET	@	TEX	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.303	.365	.667	8	.94	-0.133	2.32	-0.20%	-1.33	3B
52	263	84	Sep 6	DET	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.302	.368	.669	8	.79	-0.042	1.95	-0.06%	-0.22	3B
53	264	85	Sep 7	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.297	.362	.659	8	1.18	-0.055	3.34	-0.09%	-0.51	3B
54	265	86	Sep 8	DET		BOS	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.298	.361	.659	8	.89	-0.051	2.58	-0.09%	-0.29	3B
55	266	87	Sep 9	DET		BOS	L,5-6	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.264	.293	.358	.651	8	.77	-0.003	2.23	-0.01%	-0.35	3B
56	267	90 (2)	Sep 13	DET		CLE	W,8-6	CG	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.297	.371	.668	8	.78	0.198	2.34	0.36%	1.29	3B
57	268	91	Sep 14	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.293	.365	.658	8	1.02	-0.079	3.36	-0.16%	-0.61	3B
58	269	92	Sep 16 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.290	.361	.652	8	1.02	-0.054	3.69	-0.12%	-0.45	3B
59	270	93	Sep 16 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.285	.354	.639	8	1.96	-0.165	7.53	-0.38%	-1.07	3B
60	271	94	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.255	.281	.351	.632	8	2.27	-0.140	9.10	-0.34%	-1.02	3B
61	272	98 (3)	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	W,5-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.251	.278	.346	.624	8	.90	-0.088	3.23	-0.19%	-0.92	3B
62	273	99	Sep 22	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.273	.340	.612	8	.83	-0.078	3.20	-0.18%	-0.86	3B
63	274	100	Sep 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.244	.270	.336	.607	8	1.14	-0.084	4.03	-0.18%	-0.63	3B
64	275	101	Sep 25	DET		MIL	L,6-8	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.274	.333	.608	7	1.17	-0.017	6.31	-0.05%	0.08	3B
65	276	103 (1)	Sep 27	DET		MIL	W,2-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.273	.332	.605	9	1.79	-0.045	9.93	-0.15%	-0.22	PH 3B
66	277	104	Sep 28	DET		BAL	L,3-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.270	.327	.597	8	.87	-0.066	4.10	-0.19%	-0.74	3B
67	278	105	Sep 29	DET		BAL	W,14-0	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.280	.345	.626	8	.23	0.038	.96	0.10%	1.92	3B
68	279	106	Oct 1	DET		BAL	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.283	.343	.626	8	1.01	-0.020	.36	0.00%	-0.35	3B
69	280	107	Oct 2	DET	@	MIL	L,2-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.280	.339	.619	8	.84	-0.066	8.50	-0.40%	-0.83	3B
70	281	108	Oct 3	DET	@	MIL	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.280	.336	.616	8	1.12	-0.007	10.66	-0.04%	-0.07	3B
71	282	109	Oct 4	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.243	.284	.343	.627	8	1.29	0.167	.00	0.00%	1.24	3B
							37-34		265	239	19	58	10	1	4	25	14	0	43	2	4	6	2	5	5	3	.243	.284	.343	.627		.98	-1.268	1.69	-2.77%	-10.10

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