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.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 9	DET		BOS	W,6-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
2	3	Apr 10	DET		BOS	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
3	8 (4)	Apr 16	DET	@	CHW	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
4	11 (2)	Apr 19	DET		CLE	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
5	16 (4)	Apr 26	DET		CHW	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
6	19 (2)	Apr 30	DET		KCR	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	27 (7)	May 10	DET	@	MIN	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	5	2	1	8	1	2B
8	31 (3)	May 14	DET		TEX	W,8-2	GF	7	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	2B
9	35 (3)	May 20	DET		SEA	W,12-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
10	37 (1)	May 22	DET		SEA	L,3-5	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF RF
11	38	May 23	DET		OAK	L,1-5	GF	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
12	39	May 24	DET		OAK	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
13	40	May 25	DET		OAK	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
14	41	May 26	DET		OAK	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
15	42	May 28	DET	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
16	43	May 29	DET	@	CAL	W,7-4	GS	18	5.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
17	45 (1)	May 31	DET	@	SEA	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	48 (2)	Jun 3	DET	@	OAK	L,4-6	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
19	50 (1)	Jun 6	DET		TOR	L,2-12	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
20	59 (8)	Jun 15	DET	@	TOR	L,6-9	GS	30	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
21	60	Jun 16	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
22	61	Jun 17	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
23	62	Jun 18	DET	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
24	63	Jun 19	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
25	64	Jun 20	DET	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
26	65	Jun 21	DET	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
27	66	Jun 22	DET	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	3B
28	67	Jun 24	DET		BAL	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
29	68	Jun 25	DET		BAL	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
30	69	Jun 26	DET		BAL	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
31	70	Jun 27	DET		MIL	W,4-2	CG	44	11.0	2	6	1	9	0	3B
32	71	Jun 28	DET		MIL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
33	72	Jun 29 (1)	DET		MIL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
34	73	Jun 29 (2)	DET		MIL	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
35	74	Jun 30	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	75	Jul 1	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	4	3	0	7	2	2B
37	76	Jul 2	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
38	77	Jul 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-9	GS	29	5.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
39	82 (4)	Jul 8	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
40	83	Jul 9	DET	@	MIN	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
41	85 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	DET	@	KCR	W,8-7	GS	47	11.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS 3B
42	86	Jul 12	DET	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
43	87	Jul 13	DET	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
44	89 (1)	Jul 18	DET		TEX	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
45	92 (2)	Jul 21	DET		MIN	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
46	94 (1)	Jul 23	DET		MIN	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
47	95	Jul 24	DET		KCR	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
48	96	Jul 25	DET		KCR	W,9-2	GS	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B SS
49	97	Jul 26	DET		KCR	W,4-3	GS	43	11.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS 3B
50	98	Jul 27	DET		KCR	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
51	100 (1)	Jul 29	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
52	101	Jul 30	DET	@	CLE	W,11-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	103 (1)	Aug 1	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
54	104	Aug 2	DET	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
55	107 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	DET		CLE	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
56	108	Aug 7 (1)	DET		CLE	W,15-1	GF	16	4.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
57	121 (12)	Aug 19 (2)	DET		CAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
58	122	Aug 20	DET		CAL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
59	123	Aug 21	DET		CAL	L,1-6	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	125 (1)	Aug 23	DET		SEA	W,14-0	GF	25	6.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
61	126	Aug 24	DET		SEA	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
62	132 (5)	Aug 31	DET	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	134 (1)	Sep 2	DET	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
64	137 (2)	Sep 6	DET	@	OAK	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
65	138	Sep 7	DET	@	OAK	L,4-8	GS	35	7.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
66	141 (2)	Sep 11	DET		MIL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
67	142	Sep 12	DET		BAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
68	143	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
69	144	Sep 14	DET		BAL	W,7-0	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
70	145	Sep 16	DET	@	TOR	L,4-6	GS	33	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	147 (1)	Sep 19	DET		NYY	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
72	148	Sep 20	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	2B
73	151 (2)	Sep 23	DET		TOR	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
74	153 (1)	Sep 25	DET		TOR	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
75	154	Sep 26	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
76	155	Sep 27	DET	@	NYY	W,1-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
77	157 (1)	Sep 30	DET	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
78	158	Oct 1	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
79	160 (1)	Oct 3	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	3B
80	161	Oct 4	DET	@	BAL	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
							84gm		604.0	106	144	7	257	26