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+

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

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	DET	@	MIN	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
2	2	Apr 6	DET	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
3	4 (1)	Apr 8	DET		CHW	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
4	6 (1)	Apr 12	DET	@	NYY	W,13-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
5	7	Apr 13	DET	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
6	8	Apr 14	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
7	9	Apr 15	DET	@	CHW	W,6-0	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
8	10	Apr 16	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
9	12 (1)	Apr 20	DET		KCR	L,7-8	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B SS
10	13	Apr 22	DET		SEA	W,4-0	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
11	14	Apr 23	DET		SEA	W,4-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
12	15	Apr 24	DET		SEA	W,4-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
13	16	Apr 27	DET	@	CAL	L,3-13	CG	48	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
14	17	Apr 29	DET	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	18	May 1 (1)	DET	@	OAK	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
16	19	May 1 (2)	DET	@	OAK	L,0-2	GS	27	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B SS
17	20	May 3	DET	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
18	22 (1)	May 6	DET		CAL	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
19	23	May 7	DET		CAL	L,5-6	CG	51	12.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
20	24	May 8	DET		CAL	W,5-1	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
21	25	May 10	DET		OAK	W,4-3	GF	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
22	26	May 11	DET		OAK	W,5-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
23	27	May 12	DET		OAK	L,4-11	GF	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
24	28	May 13	DET	@	KCR	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
25	29	May 14	DET	@	KCR	W,11-10	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
26	30	May 15	DET	@	KCR	W,6-4	GS	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
27	31	May 16	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
28	32	May 17	DET		NYY	L,5-7		18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
29	33	May 18	DET		NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	34	May 19	DET		TEX	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
31	36 (1)	May 21	DET		TEX	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
32	37	May 22	DET		TEX	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
33	38	May 23	DET	@	TOR	L,0-4	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B SS
34	40 (1)	May 25	DET	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
35	41	May 27 (1)	DET		MIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
36	42	May 27 (2)	DET		MIN	W,2-1	CG	47	12.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
37	43	May 28	DET		MIN	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
38	44	May 29	DET		MIN	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
39	45	May 30	DET		TOR	L,4-6	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	46	Jun 1	DET		TOR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
41	47	Jun 2	DET		TOR	L,1-6	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
42	48	Jun 3	DET	@	TEX	W,12-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
43	49	Jun 4	DET	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
44	50	Jun 5	DET	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
45	51	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
46	52	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
47	53	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
48	54	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
49	55	Jun 10	DET		CLE	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
50	56	Jun 11	DET		CLE	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
51	57	Jun 12 (1)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
52	58	Jun 12 (2)	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
53	59	Jun 14	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
54	60	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
55	61	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
56	62	Jun 17	DET	@	CLE	W,11-4	GS	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B SS
57	63	Jun 18	DET	@	CLE	L,8-12	GS	43	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B SS
58	64	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B SS
59	65	Jun 20	DET		MIL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
60	66	Jun 21	DET		MIL	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
61	67	Jun 22	DET		MIL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
62	68	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
63	69	Jun 25	DET	@	BAL	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
64	70	Jun 26	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
65	71	Jun 28	DET	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
66	72	Jun 29	DET	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	7	2	0	9	1	SS
67	73	Jun 30	DET	@	MIL	L,1-4	GS	31	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	74	Jul 1	DET		BAL	L,5-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
69	75	Jul 2	DET		BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
70	76	Jul 3	DET		BAL	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
71	77	Jul 8	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	5	2	9	0	SS
72	78	Jul 9	DET		OAK	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
73	79	Jul 10	DET		OAK	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	2	SS
74	81 (1)	Jul 12	DET		CAL	W,5-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
75	82	Jul 13	DET		CAL	W,7-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
76	84 (1)	Jul 15	DET	@	SEA	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
77	85	Jul 16	DET	@	SEA	L,0-1	GS	27	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
78	86	Jul 17	DET	@	SEA	W,8-1	CG	40	10.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
79	88 (1)	Jul 19	DET	@	OAK	W,4-3	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
80	90 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	CAL	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
81	91	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B SS
82	92	Jul 22	DET	@	CAL	W,13-11	GF	19	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
83	94 (1)	Jul 24	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3		14	4.0	0	3	0	3	0	PR 3B
84	95	Jul 26	DET		SEA	W,8-3	GS	27	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
85	97 (1)	Jul 28	DET		SEA	W,6-1	GS	24	6.0	1	7	0	8	2	2B
86	98	Jul 29 susp	DET		KCR	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
87	99	Jul 30	DET		KCR	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
88	100	Jul 31 (1)	DET		KCR	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
89	101	Jul 31 (2)	DET		KCR	L,5-7	GS	27	6.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	102	Aug 1	DET		KCR	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
91	103	Aug 2	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 3B
92	104	Aug 3	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
93	106 (1)	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
94	107	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	L,3-13	GF	4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
95	109 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	DET		CHW	L,4-5	GF	18	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 3B
96	110	Aug 8 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
97	112 (1)	Aug 11	DET		NYY	L,5-6	GS	24	5.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
98	113	Aug 12	DET		NYY	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
99	114	Aug 13	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
100	115	Aug 14	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
101	116	Aug 15	DET	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
102	117	Aug 16	DET	@	KCR	L,7-18	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
103	120 (2)	Aug 20	DET	@	MIN	W,9-1	GS	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B 3B
104	121	Aug 21	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	35	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
105	122	Aug 22	DET	@	TEX	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	124 (1)	Aug 24	DET	@	TEX	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
107	125	Aug 25	DET		CHW	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
108	127 (1)	Aug 27	DET		TOR	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
109	128	Aug 28	DET		TOR	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
110	129	Aug 29	DET		MIN	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
111	130	Aug 30	DET		MIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
112	131	Aug 31	DET		TEX	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	132	Sep 1	DET		TEX	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
114	133	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	TOR	W,9-8	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
115	134	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	TOR	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
116	135	Sep 3	DET	@	TOR	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
117	136	Sep 4	DET	@	TOR	L,3-6	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
118	137	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
119	139 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-3		5	1.0	1	1	1	3	0	PR 3B
120	141 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
121	143 (1)	Sep 11	DET	@	MIL	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
122	144	Sep 12	DET		CLE	W,5-1	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
123	147 (2)	Sep 16	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
124	149 (1)	Sep 18	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	GF	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
125	151 (1)	Sep 21 (1)	DET		BAL	L,0-6		13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
126	152	Sep 21 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
127	153	Sep 22	DET		BAL	W,5-4	GS	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
128	155 (1)	Sep 24	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
129	156	Sep 25	DET		BOS	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 3B
130	157	Sep 27	DET	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
131	158	Sep 28	DET	@	BAL	W,9-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
132	159	Sep 29	DET	@	BAL	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
133	160	Sep 30	DET		MIL	L,2-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
134	161	Oct 1	DET		MIL	L,1-10	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
135	162	Oct 2	DET		MIL	L,4-7		11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
							143gm		929.2	97	254	22	373	34