Tom Brookens

Third Base

1979—1990

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Third Base RANK
NR

Player Detail

Thomas Dale
GIVEN NAME
Brookens
SURNAME
August 10, 1953, in Chambersburg, PA
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1979—1990
Playing Career
Played from 25-36
PLAYING AGE
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Teams Played For
Third Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Detroit Tigers
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
The Pennsylvania Thumper, Brookie
NICKNAME
16
UNIFORM NUMBER
#8 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-10 / 165
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
July 10, 1979
Major League Debut
September 30, 1990
FINAL GAME

Related Content

Tom had a twin brother Tim, who also played professional baseball in the Detroit Tigers farm system.
  • Tom Brookens Scouting Report

30

HITTING

30

POWER

50

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1336
950
71
431
.246

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
11.5
57.0

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.663
.718
92.8

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.246
.296
.367

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Vance Law
Paul Molitor
Carney Lansford

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Lance Parrish
Don Mattingly
Lou Whitaker
Alan Trammell
Howard Johnson
Larry Herndon
Chet Lemon
Kirk Gibson
Jack Morris
Frank Tanana
Sparky Anderson

Tom Brookens Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Brookens
545
134
67
25
6
10
61
40
85
12
200
175
.246
.296
.367
663
AVG 3B
537
141
69
25
3
13
50
77
8
210
194
.263
.326
.392
.718

Tom Brookens Rankings

AT Third Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Third Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Tom Brookens PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
11.6
11.4
8.0
6.4
1.40
70.0
44.1
31.5
21.6
5.03
BLUE = Tom Brookens
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
83.4
81.9
UNK
46.0
10.1
347.8
200.2
143.2
95.5
25.6
BLUE = Tom Brookens
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B