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.

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
2	2	Apr 6	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 7	DET	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 8	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 9	DET	@	KCR	W,11-4	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 10	DET	@	KCR	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
7	7	Apr 12	DET		TEX	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
8	8	Apr 14	DET		TEX	L,1-2	GS	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 16	DET		KCR	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
10	10	Apr 17	DET		KCR	W,8-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
11	11	Apr 18	DET		KCR	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
12	12	Apr 19	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
13	13	Apr 21	DET		BOS	L,3-12	CG	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
14	14	Apr 22	DET	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
15	15	Apr 23	DET	@	TEX	W,7-6	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
16	20 (4)	Apr 29	DET		SEA	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
17	21	Apr 30	DET		SEA	W,4-3	CG	44	12.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	22	May 1	DET		SEA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
19	23	May 2	DET		OAK	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
20	24	May 3	DET		OAK	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
21	25	May 4	DET	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
22	26	May 5	DET	@	CAL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	27	May 6	DET	@	SEA	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
24	28	May 7	DET	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
25	29	May 8	DET	@	SEA	W,9-3	GF	25	5.0	0	2	0	2	1	PH 3B
26	31 (1)	May 10	DET	@	OAK	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
27	32	May 11	DET	@	OAK	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
28	33	May 13	DET		MIN	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
29	35 (1)	May 15	DET		MIN	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
30	37 (1)	May 17	DET	@	MIL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
31	38	May 18	DET	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
32	39	May 20	DET	@	CHW	W,14-6	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
33	40	May 21	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH 3B
34	43 (2)	May 25	DET		MIL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
35	44	May 26	DET		MIL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
36	45	May 27	DET	@	MIN	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
37	46	May 28	DET	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
38	47	May 29	DET	@	MIN	L,3-6	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
39	48	May 31	DET		CHW	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	49	Jun 1	DET		CHW	W,9-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
41	50	Jun 3	DET		CLE	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
42	51	Jun 4	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
43	52	Jun 5	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
44	53	Jun 6	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
45	55 (1)	Jun 8	DET	@	BAL	W,12-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
46	56	Jun 9	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
47	57	Jun 10	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
48	58	Jun 11	DET	@	CLE	W,11-3	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
49	59	Jun 12	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
50	61 (1)	Jun 14	DET		BAL	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
51	62	Jun 15	DET		BAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
52	63	Jun 16	DET		TOR	L,5-13	CG	45	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
53	64	Jun 17	DET		TOR	W,12-5	CG	45	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
54	65	Jun 18	DET		TOR	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
55	66	Jun 19	DET		TOR	L,4-6	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS 3B
56	67	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	68	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
58	69	Jun 22	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
59	70	Jun 24	DET	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
60	71	Jun 25	DET	@	TOR	W,7-2	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	72	Jun 26	DET	@	TOR	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
62	73	Jun 27	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
63	74	Jun 28	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
64	75	Jun 29	DET	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	76	Jul 1	DET		CAL	W,11-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	77	Jul 2	DET		CAL	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
67	78	Jul 3	DET		CAL	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
68	79	Jul 4	DET		SEA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
69	80	Jul 5	DET		SEA	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
70	81	Jul 6	DET		SEA	W,7-6	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
71	82	Jul 7	DET		OAK	W,8-1	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
72	83	Jul 8	DET		OAK	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
73	84	Jul 9	DET		OAK	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
74	85	Jul 10	DET		OAK	L,2-8	GS	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
75	88 (2)	Jul 16	DET	@	CAL	W,10-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
76	90 (1)	Jul 18	DET	@	SEA	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
77	91	Jul 19	DET	@	SEA	L,6-9	GS	30	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
78	93 (1)	Jul 22	DET	@	OAK	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
79	96 (2)	Jul 26	DET		KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
80	97	Jul 27	DET		KCR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
81	98	Jul 28	DET		KCR	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
82	99	Jul 29 (1)	DET		TEX	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
83	101 (1)	Jul 30	DET		TEX	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
84	102	Jul 31	DET		TEX	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	103	Aug 1	DET	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
86	104	Aug 2	DET	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
87	105	Aug 3	DET	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
88	106	Aug 4	DET		BOS	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
89	107	Aug 5 (1)	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
90	108	Aug 5 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
91	110 (1)	Aug 7	DET		BOS	L,0-3	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
92	111	Aug 8	DET	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
93	113 (1)	Aug 10	DET	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
94	114	Aug 12	DET	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
95	115	Aug 13	DET	@	BOS	L,4-16	CG	53	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
96	116	Aug 14	DET	@	BOS	W,18-6	GF	19	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
97	117	Aug 15	DET		MIN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
98	118	Aug 16	DET		MIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
99	119	Aug 17	DET		MIN	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
100	120	Aug 18	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
101	124 (3)	Aug 22	DET	@	MIN	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
102	127 (2)	Aug 26	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	51	12.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
103	128	Aug 27	DET	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	50	11.2	1	2	1	4	0	3B
104	129	Aug 28	DET	@	MIL	L,10-12	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
105	130	Aug 29	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
106	131	Aug 30	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
107	132	Aug 31	DET	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	133	Sep 1	DET		MIL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
109	134	Sep 2	DET		MIL	L,0-5	GS	29	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
110	135	Sep 3	DET		MIL	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
111	136	Sep 4	DET		MIL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
112	137	Sep 5	DET		TOR	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
113	138	Sep 6	DET		TOR	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
114	139	Sep 7	DET		TOR	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
115	140	Sep 8	DET	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.2	2	3	0	5	1	3B
116	142 (1)	Sep 10	DET	@	NYY	L,4-9	GS	41	7.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
117	143	Sep 11	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	65	17.0	5	2	0	7	0	3B
118	144	Sep 12	DET	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
119	145	Sep 13	DET	@	TOR	L,1-9	GS	38	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
120	146	Sep 14	DET	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
121	147	Sep 16	DET		BAL	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
122	148	Sep 17	DET		BAL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
123	149	Sep 18	DET		BAL	L,0-2	GS	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
124	150	Sep 19	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
125	151	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
126	152	Sep 21	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
127	153	Sep 22	DET	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
128	154	Sep 23	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	2	3	0	5	0	3B
129	155	Sep 25 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
130	156	Sep 25 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-4	GF	13	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B SS 2B
131	157	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
132	158	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B SS
133	159	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
134	160	Sep 30	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
135	161	Oct 1	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
136	162	Oct 2	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							140gm		1144.2	101	235	17	353	16