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.

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 10	DET	@	CHW	W,11-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
2	5	Apr 11	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	GF	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
3	6	Apr 12	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
4	7	Apr 14	DET	@	KCR	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
5	8	Apr 15	DET	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
6	9	Apr 17	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
7	10	Apr 18	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
8	11	Apr 19	DET		CHW	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
9	12	Apr 20	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS	43	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS 3B
10	13	Apr 21	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
11	14	Apr 22	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS	26	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
12	15	Apr 24	DET		KCR	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
13	16	Apr 25	DET		KCR	W,13-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
14	17	Apr 26	DET		KCR	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	2B
15	18	Apr 27	DET	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
16	19	Apr 28	DET	@	SEA	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
17	20	Apr 29	DET	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
18	21	Apr 30	DET	@	CAL	W,12-4	GS	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	22	May 1	DET	@	OAK	L,1-2	GF	22	5.1	0	3	0	3	1	PR 3B
20	25 (2)	May 5	DET		SEA	L,5-7	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
21	26	May 6	DET		SEA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
22	27	May 8	DET		OAK	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
23	28	May 9	DET		OAK	L,7-8	GS	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
24	29	May 10	DET		OAK	W,7-6	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
25	30	May 11	DET		CAL	L,1-5		15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
26	31	May 12	DET		CAL	W,15-2	GF	16	4.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
27	32	May 13	DET		CAL	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
28	33	May 15	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
29	34	May 16	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
30	35	May 17	DET		CLE	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
31	36	May 18	DET	@	TEX	W,6-3	GF	30	6.0	4	2	0	6	2	PH 2B
32	37	May 19	DET	@	TEX	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
33	38	May 20	DET	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
34	39	May 22	DET	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
35	41 (1)	May 24	DET	@	MIN	W,7-2	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
36	42	May 25	DET		TEX	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
37	43	May 26	DET		TEX	W,8-7	GS	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
38	44	May 27	DET		TEX	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
39	45	May 29	DET		MIN	W,15-7	GS	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B 2B
40	46	May 31 (1)	DET		MIN	L,5-9	GS	43	9.0	0	2	2	4	0	3B 2B
41	47	May 31 (2)	DET		MIN	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	48	Jun 1	DET	@	CLE	L,6-9	GS	40	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B 2B
43	49	Jun 3	DET	@	CLE	W,15-3	GS	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B SS
44	50	Jun 4	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	47	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
45	51	Jun 5	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
46	52	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	GF	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR 3B
47	53	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	W,18-8	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
48	54	Jun 9	DET		MIL	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
49	55	Jun 10	DET		MIL	L,5-8	CG	44	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
50	56	Jun 11	DET		MIL	L,5-8	CG	49	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
51	57	Jun 12	DET		BOS	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
52	58	Jun 13	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
53	59	Jun 14	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
54	60	Jun 15	DET	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	61	Jun 16	DET	@	TOR	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
56	62	Jun 17	DET	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
57	63	Jun 19	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
58	64	Jun 20 susp	DET	@	BAL	L,5-9	GS	36	7.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
59	65	Jun 21	DET	@	BAL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
60	66	Jun 22	DET		TOR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
61	67	Jun 23	DET		TOR	L,7-8	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
62	68	Jun 24	DET		TOR	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
63	69	Jun 26	DET		BAL	W,9-0	GS	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B SS
64	70	Jun 27	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
65	71	Jun 28	DET		BAL	W,8-7	GS	36	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B 3B
66	72	Jun 29	DET	@	MIL	W,11-1	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
67	73	Jun 30	DET	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	74	Jul 1	DET	@	MIL	L,2-13	GS	47	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B SS
69	75	Jul 2	DET	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
70	76	Jul 3	DET	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
71	77	Jul 4	DET	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
72	78	Jul 5	DET	@	SEA	W,7-5	GS	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	79	Jul 6	DET	@	OAK	L,3-5	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
74	80	Jul 7	DET	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
75	81	Jul 8	DET	@	OAK	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
76	82	Jul 9	DET	@	CAL	L,2-5	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
77	83	Jul 10	DET	@	CAL	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
78	84	Jul 11	DET	@	CAL	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	85	Jul 12	DET	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
80	86	Jul 16	DET		SEA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
81	87	Jul 17	DET		SEA	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	3B
82	88	Jul 18	DET		SEA	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
83	89	Jul 19	DET		SEA	L,4-5	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
84	90	Jul 20	DET		OAK	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
85	91	Jul 21	DET		OAK	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
86	92	Jul 22	DET		OAK	L,1-10	GS	47	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	3B 2B
87	93	Jul 24	DET		CAL	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
88	94	Jul 25	DET		CAL	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
89	95	Jul 26	DET		CAL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
90	96	Jul 27	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
91	97	Jul 28	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
92	98	Jul 29	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
93	99	Jul 31	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	33	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	100	Aug 1	DET	@	NYY	W,10-5	GS	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
95	111 (10)	Aug 12	DET	@	CHW	W,8-7		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
96	116 (4)	Aug 18	DET		MIN	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
97	117	Aug 19	DET		MIN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
98	118	Aug 20	DET		MIN	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
99	119	Aug 21 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-12	GS	40	7.0	2	0	2	4	0	3B
100	120	Aug 21 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
101	121	Aug 22	DET	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
102	122	Aug 23	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
103	123	Aug 24	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
104	124	Aug 25	DET	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
105	125	Aug 26	DET	@	MIN	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
106	126	Aug 28	DET		TEX	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
107	127	Aug 29	DET		TEX	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
108	128	Aug 30	DET		TEX	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
109	129	Aug 31	DET		CLE	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	130	Sep 1	DET		CLE	W,6-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
111	131	Sep 2	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
112	133 (1)	Sep 4	DET	@	TEX	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
113	134	Sep 5	DET	@	TEX	L,7-8	CG	46	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
114	135	Sep 6	DET	@	TEX	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
115	136	Sep 7	DET	@	BAL	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
116	137	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-4	GF	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
117	138	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
118	139	Sep 10	DET	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS	25	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
119	140	Sep 11	DET	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
120	141	Sep 12	DET	@	MIL	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
121	142	Sep 13	DET	@	MIL	W,5-1	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
122	143	Sep 14	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
123	144	Sep 15	DET		BOS	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
124	145	Sep 16	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
125	146	Sep 18	DET		MIL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
126	147	Sep 19	DET		MIL	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
127	148	Sep 20	DET		MIL	L,4-11	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
128	149	Sep 21	DET	@	BOS	L,4-9	GS	38	7.0	2	4	1	7	1	3B
129	150	Sep 22	DET	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
130	151	Sep 23	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
131	152	Sep 24	DET	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
132	153	Sep 25	DET	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	3B
133	154	Sep 26	DET	@	TOR	L,9-10	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
134	155	Sep 27	DET	@	TOR	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
135	156	Sep 28	DET		BAL	L,0-3	GS	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
136	157	Sep 29	DET		BAL	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
137	158	Sep 30	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
138	159	Oct 1	DET		BAL	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
139	160	Oct 2	DET		TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
140	161	Oct 3	DET		TOR	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
							149gm		1133.2	119	256	19	394	33