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.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	DET	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 10	DET	@	KCR	L,2-5	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 3B
3	3	Apr 11	DET	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
4	4	Apr 12	DET	@	TOR	L,5-9	GF	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
5	7 (2)	Apr 15	DET		TOR	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
6	8	Apr 16	DET		NYY	L,2-10	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
7	9	Apr 17	DET		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
8	10	Apr 18	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
9	11	Apr 19	DET		KCR	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
10	12	Apr 20	DET		KCR	W,8-0	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
11	13	Apr 21	DET		KCR	W,4-1	GS	19	5.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
12	14	Apr 22	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	GF	12	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
13	15	Apr 23	DET	@	NYY	W,9-1	GF	14	3.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
14	16	Apr 24	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
15	17	Apr 25	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
16	18	Apr 27	DET	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
17	20 (1)	Apr 29	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
18	21	Apr 30	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	44	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	23 (1)	May 2	DET	@	CHW	L,3-10	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
20	24	May 4	DET		TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
21	25	May 5	DET		TEX	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
22	26	May 7	DET		CHW	L,5-8	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
23	27	May 8	DET		CHW	L,4-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
24	29 (1)	May 10	DET	@	TEX	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
25	30	May 13	DET		MIN	W,6-2	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH 3B
26	32 (1)	May 15	DET		MIN	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B 3B
27	33	May 16	DET		MIN	W,7-6	GS	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
28	34	May 18	DET		OAK	W,11-9	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
29	35	May 19	DET		OAK	W,6-3	GF	12	3.0	0	3	0	3	0	PH 3B
30	36	May 20	DET		OAK	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
31	38 (1)	May 22	DET		CAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
32	39	May 23	DET		CAL	L,2-7	GS	34	7.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
33	40	May 25	DET	@	SEA	L,6-7		15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
34	41	May 26	DET	@	SEA	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
35	42	May 28	DET	@	OAK	W,6-4	GF	17	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	PR 3B
36	43	May 29	DET	@	OAK	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
37	44	May 30 (1)	DET	@	OAK	W,5-2	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
38	45	May 30 (2)	DET	@	OAK	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	46	May 31	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	47	Jun 1	DET	@	CAL	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
41	48	Jun 2	DET	@	CAL	W,5-4	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
42	49	Jun 4	DET		SEA	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
43	50	Jun 6	DET		SEA	W,10-2	GF	15	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
44	51	Jun 8	DET		CLE	W,8-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
45	52	Jun 9 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
46	53	Jun 9 susp	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	71	18.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
47	54	Jun 11	DET	@	MIL	L,6-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
48	55	Jun 12	DET	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	3B
49	56	Jun 13	DET	@	MIL	L,5-13	GS	33	6.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
50	57	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
51	58	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
52	59	Jun 17	DET		MIL	L,2-3	CG	43	11.0	0	5	1	6	1	3B
53	60	Jun 18	DET		MIL	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
54	63 (2)	Jun 21	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
55	64	Jun 22	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	10	2.1	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
56	66 (1)	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	W,7-1	GS	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B 3B
57	67	Jun 25	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
58	69 (1)	Jun 27	DET	@	BAL	L,1-13	GF	28	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
59	70	Jun 29	DET		BOS	L,2-4	GS	31	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
60	71	Jun 30	DET		BOS	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	72	Jul 1	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GS	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B 3B
62	73	Jul 2	DET		BAL	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
63	74	Jul 3	DET		BAL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	75	Jul 4	DET		BAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
65	77 (1)	Jul 6	DET		MIN	W,11-6	GF	23	5.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
66	78	Jul 7	DET	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
67	79	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
68	80	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	30	8.1	1	7	0	8	0	3B
69	81	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	TEX	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS 3B
70	82	Jul 10 (1)	DET	@	TEX	L,5-6	GS	38	8.1	3	4	2	9	0	2B 3B SS
71	83	Jul 10 (2)	DET	@	TEX	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
72	84	Jul 11	DET	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
73	85	Jul 15	DET	@	MIN	W,18-2	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
74	86	Jul 16	DET	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
75	87	Jul 17	DET	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
76	88	Jul 18	DET	@	MIN	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
77	89	Jul 19	DET		CHW	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
78	90	Jul 20	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	9	0	9	1	3B
79	91	Jul 21	DET		CHW	L,3-9	CG	57	12.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
80	92	Jul 23	DET		TEX	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
81	93	Jul 24	DET		TEX	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	3B
82	94	Jul 25 (1)	DET		TEX	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
83	95	Jul 25 (2)	DET		TEX	W,7-6	GS	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B SS
84	96	Jul 26	DET	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
85	97	Jul 27	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
86	98	Jul 28	DET	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
87	99	Jul 30	DET	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	47	11.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
88	100	Jul 31	DET	@	TOR	L,0-1	CG	39	9.2	2	1	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	101	Aug 1	DET	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
90	102	Aug 2	DET	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS	45	9.1	1	1	1	3	0	3B SS
91	104 (1)	Aug 4	DET	@	KCR	W,7-1	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
92	105	Aug 5 (1)	DET		TOR	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
93	106	Aug 5 (2)	DET		TOR	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
94	107	Aug 6	DET		TOR	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
95	108	Aug 7	DET		TOR	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
96	109	Aug 8 (1)	DET		TOR	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	2	4	0	3B
97	111 (1)	Aug 9	DET		NYY	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
98	112	Aug 10	DET		NYY	W,10-1	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
99	113	Aug 11	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	44	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
100	114	Aug 13	DET		KCR	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
101	115	Aug 14	DET		KCR	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
102	116	Aug 15	DET		KCR	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
103	117	Aug 16	DET		SEA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
104	118	Aug 17 (1)	DET		SEA	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
105	119	Aug 17 (2)	DET		SEA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
106	120	Aug 18	DET		SEA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
107	121	Aug 20	DET	@	CAL	W,8-6	GS	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS 3B
108	122	Aug 21	DET	@	CAL	L,1-13	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
109	123	Aug 22	DET	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
110	126 (2)	Aug 26	DET	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
111	127	Aug 27	DET	@	SEA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
112	128	Aug 28	DET	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	0	4	2	6	0	3B
113	129	Aug 29	DET	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
114	130	Aug 31	DET		CAL	L,0-11	GS	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B 2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	131	Sep 1	DET		CAL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
116	132	Sep 2	DET		CAL	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
117	133	Sep 3	DET		OAK	W,6-3	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
118	135 (1)	Sep 5	DET		OAK	W,8-1	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
119	136	Sep 6	DET	@	MIL	W,6-5	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
120	137	Sep 7	DET	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
121	138	Sep 8	DET	@	MIL	L,7-9	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
122	139	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
123	141 (1)	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
124	145 (3)	Sep 16	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
125	146	Sep 17	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
126	148 (1)	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
127	149	Sep 20	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
128	150	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	W,11-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B 2B
129	151	Sep 23	DET	@	BAL	W,10-5	GS	26	5.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
130	152	Sep 24	DET		CLE	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	3B
131	153	Sep 25	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
132	155 (1)	Sep 28	DET		BAL	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
133	156	Sep 29	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
134	157	Sep 30	DET		BAL	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
135	158	Oct 1 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	3B
136	159	Oct 1 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
137	161 (1)	Oct 2 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
138	162	Oct 3	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
							149gm		990.0	119	276	20	415	27