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.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	DET	@	MIN	W,8-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	2	Apr 5	DET	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 6	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
4	4	Apr 7	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 8	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
6	6	Apr 10	DET		TEX	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	7	Apr 12	DET		TEX	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
8	8	Apr 13	DET	@	BOS	W,13-9	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	3	3B
9	9	Apr 18	DET		KCR	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
10	11 (1)	Apr 20	DET		CHW	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
11	12	Apr 21	DET		CHW	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
12	13	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,9-1	GF	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B 2B
13	15 (1)	Apr 24 (2)	DET		MIN	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B 3B
14	16	Apr 25	DET	@	TEX	W,9-4	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
15	17	Apr 26	DET	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
16	18	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,4-8		20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
17	19	Apr 28	DET		CLE	W,6-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
18	20	Apr 29	DET		CLE	W,6-1	GS	32	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS 3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	21	May 1	DET		BOS	W,11-2	GS	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B 3B
20	23 (1)	May 3	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
21	24	May 4	DET	@	CLE	W,9-2	GF	15	4.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B 2B
22	25	May 5	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	26	May 6	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	GF	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	27	May 7	DET	@	KCR	W,10-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B 2B
25	28	May 8	DET	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
26	29	May 9	DET	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
27	30	May 11	DET		CAL	W,8-2	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 3B
28	31	May 12	DET		CAL	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
29	32	May 14	DET		SEA	W,7-5	GS	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
30	33	May 15	DET		SEA	W,6-4	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
31	34	May 16	DET		SEA	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
32	36 (1)	May 19	DET		OAK	W,5-4	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
33	37	May 20	DET		OAK	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
34	38	May 22	DET	@	CAL	W,3-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
35	39	May 23	DET	@	CAL	W,4-2	GS	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
36	40	May 24	DET	@	CAL	W,5-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
37	41	May 25	DET	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
38	42	May 26	DET	@	SEA	L,5-9	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
39	44 (1)	May 28	DET	@	OAK	W,6-2	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	45	May 29	DET	@	OAK	L,5-8	GF	18	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
41	46	May 30	DET	@	OAK	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	47	Jun 1	DET		BAL	W,14-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B SS
43	49 (1)	Jun 3	DET		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
44	50	Jun 4	DET		TOR	W,6-3	GF	12	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
45	51	Jun 5	DET		TOR	L,4-8	GS	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS 3B
46	53 (1)	Jun 7	DET		TOR	W,5-3	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
47	54	Jun 8	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
48	55	Jun 9	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
49	56	Jun 10 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,10-4	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
50	57	Jun 10 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-0	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
51	58	Jun 11	DET	@	TOR	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
52	59	Jun 12	DET	@	TOR	L,3-12	GF	10	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH SS
53	61 (1)	Jun 15	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
54	62	Jun 16	DET	@	MIL	W,6-0	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
55	63	Jun 17	DET	@	MIL	W,7-4	GS	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B 3B
56	65 (1)	Jun 19	DET		NYY	W,7-6	GS	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	66	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,9-6	GS	27	6.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
58	68 (1)	Jun 22	DET		MIL	W,7-3	GS	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B 3B
59	71 (2)	Jun 25	DET	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS	34	7.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
60	72	Jun 26	DET	@	NYY	W,9-7	GS	45	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B 3B
61	73	Jun 27	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B 3B
62	75 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	DET		MIN	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	76	Jun 30	DET		MIN	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	77	Jul 1	DET		MIN	L,0-9	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	2B
65	78	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	7	0	9	2	3B
66	80 (1)	Jul 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
67	81	Jul 5	DET	@	TEX	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
68	82	Jul 6	DET	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
69	83	Jul 7	DET	@	TEX	W,5-2	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
70	84	Jul 8	DET	@	TEX	L,7-9	GS	31	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
71	86 (1)	Jul 13	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	GF	17	4.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
72	87	Jul 14	DET	@	MIN	W,6-5	GS	26	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
73	91 (3)	Jul 18	DET		CHW	L,6-10	CG	46	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
74	93 (1)	Jul 20	DET		TEX	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
75	94	Jul 21	DET		TEX	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
76	95	Jul 22	DET		TEX	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
77	98 (2)	Jul 25	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
78	99	Jul 27 (1)	DET		BOS	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
79	100	Jul 27 (2)	DET		BOS	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
80	101	Jul 28	DET		BOS	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
81	104 (2)	Jul 31 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-6	GS	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	105	Aug 1	DET		CLE	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	0	4	2	6	0	SS
83	106	Aug 2	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
84	107	Aug 3	DET		KCR	L,6-9	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
85	108	Aug 4	DET		KCR	L,5-9	GS	30	6.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
86	109	Aug 5 (1)	DET		KCR	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
87	110	Aug 5 (2)	DET		KCR	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
88	111	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
89	112	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	4	5	1	10	2	SS
90	113	Aug 7 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	GS	34	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
91	114	Aug 7 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
92	116 (1)	Aug 10	DET	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
93	117	Aug 11	DET	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
94	118	Aug 12	DET	@	KCR	W,8-4	GF	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
95	120 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	DET		CAL	L,1-12	GF	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
96	121	Aug 15	DET		CAL	W,8-3	GS	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS 3B
97	122	Aug 16	DET		CAL	W,8-7	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
98	123	Aug 17	DET		SEA	W,6-2	GF	25	5.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
99	124	Aug 18	DET		SEA	W,4-3	GS	10	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	141 (16)	Sep 7	DET	@	TOR	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR 3B
101	144 (2)	Sep 10	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B 3B
102	145	Sep 11	DET	@	BAL	W,9-2	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
103	148 (2)	Sep 15	DET		TOR	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
104	149	Sep 16	DET		TOR	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
105	150	Sep 17	DET		MIL	W,7-3	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	151	Sep 18	DET		MIL	W,3-0	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
107	160 (8)	Sep 28	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	GF	10	3.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
108	161	Sep 29	DET	@	NYY	W,11-3	GS	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
109	162	Sep 30	DET	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS	24	4.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
							122gm		634.2	98	187	12	297	35