Ed Brinkman

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: December 8, 1941 in Cincinnati, OH us

Died: September 30, 2008 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)

School: University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: September 6, 1961 (Age 19-272d, 11,886th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1975 (Age 33-294d)
vs. BAL 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Edwin Albert Brinkman

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Relatives: Brother of Chuck Brinkman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.2

6045

1355

.224

550

RBI

461

OBP

.280

SLG

.300

OPS

.580

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-47 / in Starts: 18-25
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 155 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	104 (54-31-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 155 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	98 (48-32-16)

Most Driven In
K Reitz	3
T Simmons	1
K Hernandez	1
B Oliver	1
B Bonds	1
Self	1
R Bladt	0

Most Driven In By
S Alomar	2
T Sizemore	1
L MelÃ©ndez	1
B Forsch	1
Self	1
L Brock	1
B McBride	1

1975 Batting Game Log

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1975 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1773	1	Apr 7	STL		MON	L,4-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.89	-0.064	1.36	-0.06%	-0.59	SS
2	1774	2	Apr 9	STL		MON	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8	.44	-0.014	.64	-0.01%	-0.30	SS
3	1775	3	Apr 10	STL		MON	W,7-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1.77	0.089	2.71	0.08%	0.63	SS
4	1776	4	Apr 11	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.385	.742	8	.40	0.034	.65	0.03%	1.41	SS
5	1777	5	Apr 12	STL	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS-8	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.353	.467	.820	8	1.11	0.046	1.95	0.05%	-0.45	SS
6	1778	6	Apr 13	STL	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.400	.471	.871	8	1.27	0.044	2.36	0.05%	0.45	SS
7	1779	7	Apr 16	STL		NYM	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.391	.450	.841	8	1.06	0.107	1.75	0.11%	0.98	SS
8	1780	8	Apr 17	STL		NYM	L,7-14	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.407	.478	.886	8	1.05	0.124	1.92	0.14%	0.67	SS
9	1781	9	Apr 18	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG(13)	6	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.370	.424	.519	.943	8	2.14	0.169	3.87	0.18%	0.32	SS
10	1782	10	Apr 19	STL		PIT	L,1-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.389	.467	.856	8	.32	-0.024	.60	-0.03%	-0.79	SS
11	1783	11	Apr 20	STL		PIT	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.455	.839	8	.86	-0.002	1.49	0.00%	-0.13	SS
12	1784	12	Apr 22	STL	@	NYM	L,5-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.351	.395	.459	.855	8	1.53	-0.026	2.39	-0.03%	-0.18	SS
13	1785	13	Apr 23	STL	@	NYM	L,1-7	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.370	.425	.795	8	.81	-0.055	1.25	-0.05%	-0.56	SS
14	1786	14	Apr 25	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.360	.395	.755	8	1.59	-0.150	2.48	-0.14%	-1.17	SS
15	1787	15	Apr 26	STL	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.352	.383	.735	8	1.28	-0.010	1.91	-0.01%	-0.55	SS
16	1788	16	Apr 29	STL	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.345	.373	.717	8	.35	-0.030	.42	-0.02%	-0.13	SS
17	1789	17	Apr 30	STL	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.344	.358	.703	8	.71	-0.036	.98	-0.03%	-0.06	SS
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	1790	18	May 2	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.263	.323	.333	.656	8	.30	-0.046	.39	-0.04%	-1.49	SS
19	1791	19	May 3	STL		CHC	L,3-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.259	.318	.328	.646	8	2.05	-0.080	2.87	-0.07%	-0.72	SS
20	1792	20	May 4	STL		CHC	L,6-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.313	.322	.635	8	1.43	-0.039	1.87	-0.03%	-0.35	SS
21	1793	26 (5)	May 11	STL		SFG	W,4-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.309	.317	.625	9	1.28	-0.034	1.13	-0.02%	-0.35	PH
22	1794	27	May 12	STL		LAD	L,4-6	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.304	.311	.616	9	.87	-0.022	.91	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
23	1795	31 (3)	May 17	STL	@	SFG	W,17-2	CG	5	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.266	.338	.375	.713	8	.16	0.006	.12	0.00%	0.70	SS
24	1796	32	May 18	STL	@	SFG	L,0-2	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.329	.364	.693	8	.87	-0.043	.74	-0.02%	-0.31	SS
25	1797	33	May 19	STL	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG(10)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.316	.348	.664	8	.95	-0.069	.67	-0.03%	-0.43	SS
26	1798	34	May 20	STL	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.301	.329	.630	8	1.06	-0.102	.73	-0.04%	-1.22	SS
27	1799	38 (3)	May 25	STL	@	LAD	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.310	.338	.647	9	.06	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.20	PH
28	1800	41 (2)	May 28	STL		SDP	W,6-5	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.306	.333	.639	9	1.34	-0.034	1.04	-0.02%	-0.10	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Texas Rangers
29	1801	51	Jun 7	TEX	@	CLE	W,5-4	8-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.299	.325	.624	7	2.50	-0.124	2.45	-0.07%	-0.88	3B
				Player went from Texas Rangers to New York Yankees
30	1802	57	Jun 14	NYY		CHW	L,2-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.289	.313	.601	8	.95	-0.070	2.26	-0.10%	-1.01	SS
31	1803	60 (2)	Jun 17 (1)	NYY		MIL	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.289	.313	.601	9						SS
32	1804	61	Jun 17 (2)	NYY		MIL	W,4-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.283	.305	.587	8	1.02	-0.050	2.76	-0.08%	-0.38	SS
33	1805	62	Jun 18	NYY		MIL	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.295	.341	.636	8	.74	0.053	1.99	0.09%	0.67	SS
34	1806	65 (2)	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.293	.337	.630	8	.76	0.074	1.60	0.09%	0.56	SS
35	1807	66	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.301	.344	.645	8	.98	0.041	2.27	0.06%	0.47	SS
36	1808	67	Jun 23	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.299	.351	.650	8	.96	-0.073	2.37	-0.11%	-1.07	SS
37	1809	69 (1)	Jun 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.291	.340	.631	8	1.41	-0.105	3.80	-0.17%	-0.71	SS
38	1810	70	Jun 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.286	.333	.619	8	.76	-0.040	3.07	-0.10%	-0.35	SS
39	1811	71	Jun 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.296	.337	.632	8	.45	-0.002	1.82	-0.01%	0.28	SS
40	1812	72	Jun 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.288	.327	.615	8	.91	-0.054	3.81	-0.14%	-0.67	SS
41	1813	73	Jun 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.283	.321	.604	8	1.16	-0.066	4.75	-0.16%	-0.70	SS
42	1814	74	Jun 30	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.282	.336	.619	8	.83	-0.042	2.77	-0.08%	-0.17	SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	1815	75	Jul 1	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.278	.330	.608	8	1.04	-0.048	3.41	-0.10%	-0.58	SS
44	1816	76	Jul 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.278	.330	.608	8						SS
45	1817	77	Jul 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.220	.271	.322	.593	8	1.33	-0.130	3.33	-0.20%	-0.88	SS
46	1818	78	Jul 4	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.265	.314	.579	8	1.23	-0.089	3.06	-0.13%	-0.66	SS
47	1819	79	Jul 5	NYY		BAL	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.210	.259	.306	.566	8	1.68	-0.182	4.18	-0.27%	-1.46	SS
48	1820	83 (3)	Jul 9	NYY		TEX	L,0-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.259	.306	.566	8						SS
49	1821	84	Jul 10	NYY		MIN	L,3-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.259	.306	.566	8						SS
50	1822	87 (2)	Jul 12 susp	NYY		MIN	W,8-7	10-GF(16)	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.214	.268	.317	.586	9	1.91	0.283	3.85	0.34%	1.12	2B
51	1823	89 (1)	Jul 18	NYY	@	TEX	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.268	.317	.586	8						SS
52	1824	90	Jul 19	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.268	.317	.586	9						SS
53	1825	92 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.270	.318	.587	9	1.27	-0.027	1.84	-0.02%	-0.20	SS
54	1826	93	Jul 21	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.270	.318	.587	8						SS
55	1827	95 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	7-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.268	.315	.583	9	2.30	-0.058	3.54	-0.05%	-0.23	SS 2B
56	1828	98 (2)	Jul 26	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.268	.315	.583	8						SS
57	1829	100 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,0-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.268	.315	.583	8						2B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
58	1830	105 (4)	Aug 2	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.268	.315	.583	5						3B
59	1831	106	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,12-1	5-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.273	.315	.588	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.25	PR 3B
60	1832	115 (8)	Aug 11	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.271	.313	.584	9	.04	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.73	SS
61	1833	123 (7)	Aug 20	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.271	.313	.584	9						SS
62	1834	131 (7)	Aug 28	NYY		OAK	W,3-2	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.276	.313	.589	9	1.22	0.036	.01	0.00%	0.12	SS
63	1835	134 (2)	Aug 31	NYY		KCR	L,0-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.276	.313	.589	5						3B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
64	1836	135	Sep 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.211	.272	.308	.580	7	.50	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.30	3B
65	1837	136	Sep 2	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.272	.308	.580	9						SS
66	1838	138 (1)	Sep 4	NYY	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.204	.265	.299	.564	9	.43	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-1.92	SS
67	1839	139	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.265	.299	.564	9						SS
68	1840	141 (1)	Sep 6	NYY	@	BAL	L,6-7	11-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.265	.299	.564	9						SS
69	1841	146 (4)	Sep 11	NYY		MIL	W,10-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.265	.299	.564	5						3B
70	1842	147	Sep 13 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,1-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.265	.299	.564	9						SS
71	1843	150 (2)	Sep 16	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-5	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.265	.299	.564	9						SS
72	1844	152 (1)	Sep 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.265	.299	.564	9						SS
73	1845	154 (1)	Sep 21 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.265	.299	.564	9						SS
74	1846	160 (5)	Sep 28 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.266	.300	.566	8	1.44	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.20	SS
							27-47		155	140	8	29	8	1	1	8	10	2	17	2	1	2	3	6	0	0	.207	.266	.300	.566		1.02	-1.028	1.88	-1.22%	-14.39

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