Al Brazle

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: October 19, 1913 in Loyal, OK us

Died: October 24, 1973 in Grand Junction, CO

Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Yellow Jacket, CO

High School: Lookeba-Sickles HS (Lookeba, OK)

Debut: July 25, 1943 (Age 29-279d, 9,488th in major league history)
vs. BSN 9.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 24, 1954 (Age 40-340d)
vs. MLN 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Alpha Eugene Brazle

Nicknames: Cotton

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1946 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.1

ERA

3.31

442

117

1377.0

554

WHIP

1.365

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 83 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 10 tying, 20 go ahead

1 Tm
STL	84

Platoon
vs RHB	67
vs LHB	17

Home/Road
Away	51
Home	33

Outs
0	32
2	29
1	23

7 Opps
NYG	18
BRO	17
CIN	13
BSN/MLN	13
CHC	11
PIT	7
PHI	5

47 Batters
Roy Campanella	5
Sid Gordon	4
Bobby Thomson	4
Walker Cooper	3
Ralph Kiner	3
Eddie Mathews	3
Hank Sauer	3
Andy Seminick	3
Bill Nicholson	3
Jackie Robinson	3
Connie Ryan	3
Andy Pafko	3
Nanny Fernandez	3
Willie Mays	2
Duke Snider	2
Sibby Sisti	2
Monte Irvin	2
Gil Hodges	2
Carl Furillo	2
Dusty Rhodes	2
Mike McCormick	1
Frankie Gustine	1
Cal Abrams	1
Johnny Pramesa	1
Randy Jackson	1
Hank Greenberg	1
Gus Bell	1
Sam Jethroe	1
Hank Edwards	1
Bob Elliott	1
Jack Dittmer	1
Al Dark	1
Danny Litwhiler	1
Larry Jansen	1
Joe Adcock	1
Tommy Brown	1
Gene Hermanski	1
Dixie Howell	1
Del Ennis	1
Earl Torgeson	1
Bill Serena	1
Bobby Hofman	1
Jim Greengrass	1
Jim Russell	1
Augie Galan	1
Rube Walker	1
Ray Noble	1

8 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	33
Crosley Fld (CIN)	11
Polo Grounds (NYC)	10
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	10
Braves Fld (BOS)	8
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	7
Forbes Fld (PIT)	3
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	2

Where Hit
7	45
9	14
89	3
8	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	56
2·HR gms	11
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	46
1--	15
12-	6
--3	5
-2-	4
1-3	4
123	3
-23	1

139 Runs
RISP	23
0 on	46
1 on	24
2 on	11
3 on	3
Any on	38

Inning
1	4
2	3
3	2
4	10
5	6
6	14
7	16
8	14
9	12
Extra	3

1-3	9
4-6	30
7-end	45

RelScore
+4..	15
+3	6
+2	5
+1	13
Tied	17
-1	8
-2	5
-3	4
-4..	11

Ahead	39
Tied	17
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	15
3B	14
LF	13
CF	12
RF	11
2B	8
1B	6
PH	2
SS	2
P	1

OrderPos
4th	23
3rd	15
6th	13
5th	9
2nd	9
7th	7
8th	4
1st	2
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	17
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	38

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1946-06-30 (1)	Ralph Kiner	PIT		STL	tied 0-0	b 4	2	-2-	2	4	8	23%	77%		Home Run; L. Handley Scores
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1947-05-25 (1)	Hank Greenberg	PIT	@	STL	behind 2-10	t 9	0	12-	3	4	3	0%	1%		Home Run; J. Russell Scores; W. Westlake Scores
3	3	2	1	1947-06-04	Nanny Fernandez	BSN		STL	tied 1-1	b 6	2	---	1	4	5	19%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	3	2	1947-06-04	Danny Litwhiler	BSN		STL	ahead 2-1	b 6	2	---	1	5	7	12%	82%		Home Run (LF-CF)
5	5	4	1	1947-07-05	Augie Galan	CIN		STL	tied 2-2	b 6	0	---	1	6	7	16%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	5	1	1947-07-18	Jackie Robinson	BRO		STL	ahead 5-0	b 7	1	1--	2	2	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Stanky Scores/unER
7	7	6	1	1947-09-19	Bill Nicholson	CHC	@	STL	behind 0-3	t 7	0	---	1	6	9	8%	19%		Home Run (CF-RF)
8	8	7	1	1947-09-26	Andy Pafko	CHC		STL	behind 0-4	b 4	0	---	1	4	8	7%	21%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1948-04-24	Andy Pafko	CHC		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-23	3	4	5	17%	80%		Home Run; H. Schenz Scores; E. Waitkus Scores
10	10	2	2	1948-04-24	Bill Nicholson	CHC		STL	ahead 3-2	b 4	1	---	1	6	9	11%	78%		Home Run
11	11	3	1	1948-05-16	Ralph Kiner	PIT	@	STL	ahead 2-1	t 8	0	---	1	4	7	12%	86%		Home Run
12	12	4	1	1948-06-27	Gil Hodges	BRO		STL	behind 1-5	b 6	2	---	1	6	2	5%	12%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	5	1	1948-07-04 (1)	Hank Sauer	CIN		STL	behind 0-3	b 1	1	12-	3	4	7	23%	53%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Wyrostek Scores; G. Hatton Scores
14	14	6	1	1948-08-28 (1)	Sid Gordon	NYG	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	5	16%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Lockman Scores
15	15	7	2	1948-08-28 (1)	Sid Gordon	NYG	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	--3	2	3	5	14%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Kennedy Scores
16	16	8	1	1948-08-29 (1)	Gene Hermanski	BRO	@	STL	ahead 7-1	t 5	2	-2-	2	8	9	3%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); R. Campanella Scores
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1949-04-22	Frankie Gustine	CHC	@	STL	behind 1-9	t 8	2	---	1	2	5
18	18	2	1	1949-05-09	Jackie Robinson	BRO		STL	behind 2-7	b 5	2	1--	2	4	4	9%	15%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Snider Scores
19	19	3	2	1949-05-09	Mike McCormick	BRO		STL	behind 4-9	b 7	0	---	1	2	7	3%	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	4	1	1949-05-17	Bill Nicholson	PHI	@	STL	behind 3-4	t 8	0	---	1	6	9
21	21	5	1	1949-05-22 (2)	Walker Cooper	NYG	@	STL	ahead 5-2	t 5	2	1--	2	7	2	11%	92%		Home Run (CF-RF); B. Thomson Scores
22	22	6	1	1949-06-12 (2)	Andy Seminick	PHI		STL	ahead 7-3	b 8	2	---	1	5	2	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	7	1	1949-06-15	Duke Snider	BRO	@	STL	behind 0-4	t 4	2	1--	2	7	8	12%	23%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Cox Scores/unER; D. Snider Scores/unER
24	24	8	1	1949-06-25	Sibby Sisti	BSN	@	STL	ahead 7-2	t 7	0	---	1	7	4	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	9	1	1949-07-04 (2)	Andy Pafko	CHC		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1-3	3	3	5	14%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Jeffcoat Scores/unER; P. Cavarretta Scores
26	26	10	2	1949-07-04 (2)	Hank Sauer	CHC		STL	ahead 4-0	b 7	2	---	1	4	7	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	11	1	1949-07-10 (2)	Dixie Howell	CIN		STL	behind 3-7	b 9	0	---	1	9	PH	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	12	1	1949-07-18	Sid Gordon	NYG		STL	behind 0-1	b 6	0	---	1	5	9	18%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
29	29	13	2	1949-07-18	Bobby Thomson	NYG		STL	behind 1-2	b 7	0	---	1	3	8	23%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	14	1	1949-08-17	Walker Cooper	CIN		STL	behind 0-3	b 5	0	---	1	4	2	10%	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	15	1	1949-08-24	Carl Furillo	BRO		STL	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	1	3	9	12%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	16	2	1949-08-24	Roy Campanella	BRO		STL	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	1	7	2	11%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	17	3	1949-08-24	Gil Hodges	BRO		STL	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	---	1	5	3	7%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	18	1	1949-08-30	Sibby Sisti	BSN		STL	ahead 7-4	b 7	0	---	1	2	6	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1950-05-03	Jim Russell	BRO	@	STL	tied 4-4	t 13	2	---	1	2	7	41%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	2	1	1950-05-30 (1)	Nanny Fernandez	PIT		STL	behind 7-17	b 8	2	---	1	6	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	3	2	1950-05-30 (1)	Nanny Fernandez	PIT		STL	behind 10-17	b 9	2	12-	3	6	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Kiner Scores; G. Bell Scores
38	38	4	1	1950-06-18	Jackie Robinson	BRO		STL	ahead 6-0	b 6	0	1-3	3	4	4	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hermanski Scores; D. Snider Scores
39	39	5	1	1950-06-29	Hank Sauer	CHC		STL	behind 0-1	b 4	1	1--	2	4	7	23%	66%		Home Run; P. Cavarretta Scores
40	40	6	1	1950-07-02	Ralph Kiner	PIT	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 8	0	---	1	4	7	12%	26%		Home Run (CF-RF)
41	41	7	1	1950-07-18	Carl Furillo	BRO	@	STL	behind 1-5	t 9	2	1--	2	5	9	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Robinson Scores
42	42	8	1	1950-07-28	Larry Jansen	NYG		STL	ahead 3-1	b 2	1	---	1	9	1	8%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	9	1	1950-08-03	Bob Elliott	BSN		STL	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	4	5	14%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	10	2	1950-08-03	Sam Jethroe	BSN		STL	ahead 2-1	b 6	2	1--	2	2	8	18%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hartsfield Scores
45	45	11	3	1950-08-03	Walker Cooper	BSN		STL	ahead 4-1	b 7	1	---	1	6	2	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	12	1	1950-08-19	Joe Adcock	CIN	@	STL	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	1	5	3	12%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1951-04-22	Rube Walker	CHC	@	STL	ahead 8-5	t 8	0	1--	2	8	2
48	48	2	1	1951-05-09	Ray Noble	NYG		STL	ahead 15-2	b 6	1	---	1	4	2	0%	100%		Home Run
49	49	3	2	1951-05-09	Bobby Thomson	NYG		STL	ahead 16-2	b 8	2	---	1	3	8	0%	100%		Home Run
50	50	4	1	1951-06-18	Al Dark	NYG	@	STL	ahead 3-2	t 9	1	---	1	2	6	10%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	5	1	1951-07-03	Connie Ryan	CIN		STL	ahead 6-4	b 7	0	---	1	2	4	5%	94%		Home Run
52	52	6	2	1951-07-03	Connie Ryan	CIN		STL	ahead 8-4	b 8	1	-2-	2	2	4	1%	100%		Home Run; L. Merriman Scores
53	53	7	1	1951-07-17	Earl Torgeson	BSN		STL	ahead 4-0	b 8	0	---	1	3	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	8	1	1951-07-22	Roy Campanella	BRO		STL	ahead 4-0	b 6	0	-2-	2	6	2	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hodges Scores
55	55	9	1	1951-07-27	Roy Campanella	BRO	@	STL	tied 9-9	t 9	1	12-	3	6	2	38%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Snider Scores; G. Hodges Scores
56	56	10	1	1951-08-19 (2)	Hank Edwards	CIN		STL	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	5	9	11%	53%		Home Run
57	57	11	1	1951-08-26 (2)	Sid Gordon	BSN		STL	ahead 1-0	b 7	0	---	1	4	5	10%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	12	1	1951-09-17	Tommy Brown	PHI	@	STL	tied 1-1	t 10	0	---	1	7	3
59	59	13	1	1951-09-22	Randy Jackson	CHC	@	STL	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	---	1	4	5
60	60	14	1	1951-09-25	Johnny Pramesa	CIN		STL	tied 3-3	b 14	1	123	4	8	2	17%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); T. Kluszewski Scores; C. Ryan Scores; L. Merriman Scores
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1952-06-09	Roy Campanella	BRO	@	STL	tied 2-2	t 8	0	--3	2	5	2	15%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Robinson Scores
62	62	2	1	1952-07-19	Jack Dittmer	BSN	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	--3	2	8	4	17%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Crowe Scores
63	63	3	1	1952-08-02	Connie Ryan	PHI		STL	ahead 2-1	b 8	2	123	4	1	4	11%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Jones Scores/unER; S. Burgess Scores/unER; E. Waitkus Scores/unER; C. Ryan Scores/unER
64	64	4	1	1952-08-08	Andy Seminick	CIN		STL	ahead 5-4	b 7	2	12-	3	7	2	18%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Marshall Scores; G. Hatton Scores
65	65	5	1	1952-08-25 (2)	Roy Campanella	BRO	@	STL	ahead 6-5	t 9	2	12-	3	4	2	14%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Cox Scores; P. Reese Scores
66	66	6	1	1952-09-15	Bobby Thomson	NYG		STL	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	3	8	13%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1953-04-26	Bill Serena	CHC		STL	tied 5-5	b 7	2	1--	2	6	4
68	68	2	1	1953-05-18	Monte Irvin	NYG	@	STL	tied 5-5	t 7	2	1-3	3	4	9	37%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Dark Scores; B. Hofman Scores
69	69	3	1	1953-05-28	Andy Seminick	CIN		STL	behind 6-8	b 9	1	1--	2	7	2	47%	59%		Home Run; W. Marshall Scores
70	70	4	1	1953-06-25	Bobby Hofman	NYG	@	STL	ahead 5-3	t 7	2	123	4	3	PH	16%	98%		Home Run; D. Mueller Scores; W. Lockman Scores; A. Dark Scores
71	71	5	1	1953-07-10	Eddie Mathews	MLN	@	STL	ahead 2-1	t 5	1	1--	2	3	5	18%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Logan Scores
72	72	6	1	1953-08-26	Dusty Rhodes	NYG		STL	ahead 10-4	b 7	1	---	1	6	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	7	2	1953-08-26	Bobby Thomson	NYG		STL	ahead 11-4	b 8	2	--3	2	4	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Dark Scores
74	74	8	1	1953-09-12	Cal Abrams	PIT	@	STL	behind 5-6	t 9	1	1--	2	1	9
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1954-04-25	Eddie Mathews	MLN	@	STL	behind 4-6	t 9	1	--3	2	3	5	34%	44%		Home Run; D. O'Connell Scores
76	76	2	1	1954-05-02 (1)	Monte Irvin	NYG	@	STL	behind 5-6	t 6	1	---	1	4	7	16%	47%		Home Run
77	77	3	1	1954-05-04	Del Ennis	PHI	@	STL	behind 5-7	t 7	1	1-3	3	4	7	39%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Ashburn Scores; E. Torgeson Scores
78	78	4	1	1954-06-03	Willie Mays	NYG	@	STL	ahead 11-8	t 9	0	1--	2	6	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Mueller Scores
79	79	5	1	1954-06-26	Duke Snider	BRO		STL	behind 4-6	b 9	2	1--	2	3	8	49%	54%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Hoak Scores
80	80	6	1	1954-06-29	Gus Bell	CIN		STL	tied 4-4	b 5	1	---	1	3	8	15%	69%		Home Run
81	81	7	1	1954-07-28	Willie Mays	NYG		STL	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	---	1	3	8	4%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
82	82	8	2	1954-07-28	Dusty Rhodes	NYG		STL	ahead 4-0	b 6	0	---	1	4	7	2%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
83	83	9	1	1954-08-22	Jim Greengrass	CIN	@	STL	behind 6-9	t 8	0	---	1	5	7	7%	14%		Home Run
84	84	10	1	1954-09-19	Eddie Mathews	MLN	@	STL	ahead 5-0	t 4	2	---	1	3	5	3%	94%		Home Run

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