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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 11	DET	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
2	3	Apr 12	DET	@	KCR	L,6-8	GF	19	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
3	4	Apr 13	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
4	6 (1)	Apr 16	DET	@	BOS	L,9-10	GS	33	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
5	8 (1)	Apr 18	DET		KCR	L,6-9	CG	52	11.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
6	9	Apr 19	DET		KCR	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	10	Apr 20	DET		KCR	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
8	11	Apr 21	DET	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
9	14 (2)	Apr 25	DET		BOS	W,11-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
10	15	Apr 26	DET		BOS	L,7-12	GS	40	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
11	17 (1)	Apr 29	DET		TEX	L,5-10	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	20 (2)	May 3	DET	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
13	23 (2)	May 6	DET	@	SEA	W,9-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
14	24	May 7	DET	@	SEA	L,6-7	GF	15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
15	25	May 8	DET	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B
16	26	May 9	DET	@	CAL	W,6-5		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
17	27	May 10	DET	@	CAL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
18	28	May 11	DET	@	CAL	W,4-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
19	31 (2)	May 16	DET		BAL	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
20	32	May 18	DET		BAL	W,6-4	GS	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
21	33	May 19	DET		NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
22	34	May 20	DET		NYY	W,12-8	GS	23	5.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
23	35	May 21	DET		NYY	L,5-9	CG	49	11.0	4	2	0	6	1	3B
24	37 (1)	May 23	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
25	38	May 24	DET	@	BAL	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
26	39	May 25	DET	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS	43	11.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B 3B
27	40	May 26	DET	@	NYY	L,5-13	GS	35	7.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
28	41	May 27	DET	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
29	42	May 28	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
30	43	May 30	DET		CAL	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
31	44	May 31	DET		CAL	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	45	Jun 2	DET		SEA	T,3-3	CG	51	13.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
33	46	Jun 3	DET		SEA	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
34	47	Jun 4	DET		SEA	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
35	48	Jun 6	DET	@	MIL	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	4	3	1	8	0	3B
36	49	Jun 7	DET	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
37	50	Jun 8	DET	@	MIL	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
38	51	Jun 10	DET		MIN	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
39	52	Jun 11	DET		MIN	L,5-9	GS	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
40	53	Jun 12	DET		MIN	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
41	54	Jun 13	DET		CHW	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
42	55	Jun 14	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
43	56	Jun 16 (1)	DET		MIL	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
44	57	Jun 16 (2)	DET		MIL	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
45	58	Jun 17	DET		MIL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
46	59	Jun 19	DET	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
47	60	Jun 20	DET	@	CHW	W,5-3	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
48	61	Jun 21	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	3B
49	62	Jun 22 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	3B
50	63	Jun 22 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
51	64	Jun 23	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	1	6	2	3B
52	65	Jun 24	DET	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
53	66	Jun 25	DET	@	CLE	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
54	67	Jun 27	DET	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
55	68	Jun 28	DET	@	TOR	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	69	Jun 29	DET	@	TOR	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
57	70	Jun 30	DET		CLE	W,9-4	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	71	Jul 1	DET		CLE	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
59	72	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
60	73	Jul 3	DET		TOR	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
61	74	Jul 4	DET		TOR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	75	Jul 5	DET		TOR	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
63	76	Jul 6	DET		TOR	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	77	Jul 10	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
65	78	Jul 11	DET	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	79	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	80	Jul 13	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
68	81	Jul 14	DET	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
69	82	Jul 16	DET	@	OAK	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
70	83	Jul 17	DET	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
71	84	Jul 18	DET	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	44	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
72	85	Jul 19	DET	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	42	10.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
73	86	Jul 20	DET	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
74	87	Jul 21	DET	@	CAL	W,14-3	GS	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
75	88	Jul 22	DET	@	CAL	L,4-6	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
76	89	Jul 23	DET	@	CAL	W,7-6	GS	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
77	90	Jul 25	DET		OAK	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
78	91	Jul 26	DET		OAK	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	92	Jul 27 (1)	DET		OAK	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
80	93	Jul 27 (2)	DET		OAK	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
81	94	Jul 28	DET		CAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
82	95	Jul 29	DET		CAL	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	96	Jul 30	DET		CAL	L,5-6	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
84	97	Jul 31	DET		CAL	W,15-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	98	Aug 1 (1)	DET		SEA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
86	100 (1)	Aug 2	DET		SEA	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
87	101	Aug 3	DET		SEA	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
88	102	Aug 4	DET		KCR	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
89	103	Aug 5	DET		KCR	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
90	104	Aug 6	DET		KCR	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
91	105	Aug 8	DET	@	TEX	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
92	106	Aug 9	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	0	3	0	3	0	3B
93	107	Aug 10	DET	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
94	108	Aug 11	DET		BOS	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
95	109	Aug 12	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
96	110	Aug 13	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
97	111	Aug 14	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
98	112	Aug 15	DET		TEX	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
99	113	Aug 16	DET		TEX	L,5-12	CG	50	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
100	114	Aug 17 (1)	DET		TEX	L,3-9	GS	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	115	Aug 17 (2)	DET		TEX	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
102	116	Aug 18	DET	@	MIL	L,5-12	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
103	117	Aug 19	DET	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
104	118	Aug 20	DET	@	MIL	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
105	119	Aug 21 (1)	DET	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
106	120	Aug 21 (2)	DET	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
107	121	Aug 22	DET	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
108	122	Aug 23	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
109	123	Aug 24	DET	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	3B
110	124	Aug 26	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
111	125	Aug 27	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	58	13.1	3	1	0	4	0	3B
112	126	Aug 28	DET		MIL	W,11-7	CG	52	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
113	127	Aug 29	DET		MIL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
114	128	Aug 30	DET		MIL	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
115	129	Aug 31	DET		MIL	L,6-11	GS	31	6.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	131 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	DET		CHW	W,11-2	GS	27	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
117	132	Sep 2 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
118	133	Sep 3	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
119	134	Sep 5	DET		MIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
120	135	Sep 6	DET		MIN	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	4	7	0	3B
121	136	Sep 7	DET		MIN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
122	137	Sep 8 (1)	DET		BAL	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
123	138	Sep 8 (2)	DET		BAL	L,6-8	GS	25	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
124	139	Sep 9	DET		BAL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
125	140	Sep 10	DET		BAL	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
126	141	Sep 12	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
127	142	Sep 13	DET	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	52	13.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
128	143	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	44	11.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
129	144	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
130	145	Sep 16	DET	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
131	146	Sep 17	DET	@	BAL	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
132	147	Sep 18	DET	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
133	148	Sep 19	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
134	149	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
135	150	Sep 21	DET		CLE	W,13-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
136	151	Sep 22	DET		TOR	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
137	154 (2)	Sep 26	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
138	155	Sep 27	DET		NYY	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
139	156	Sep 28	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
140	157	Sep 29	DET	@	TOR	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
141	158	Sep 30	DET	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
142	159	Oct 1	DET	@	TOR	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
143	160	Oct 2	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
144	161	Oct 4 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
145	162	Oct 4 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
146	163	Oct 5	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	26	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
							148gm		1200.0	127	307	29	463	38