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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
2	2	Apr 6	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
3	3	Apr 7 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
4	4	Apr 7 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-4	CG	43	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
5	5	Apr 9	DET		NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 11	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
7	7	Apr 12	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
8	8	Apr 13	DET	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS	32	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 14	DET	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
10	10	Apr 15	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
11	11	Apr 17	DET		BAL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
12	12	Apr 20	DET		MIL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
13	13	Apr 21	DET		MIL	W,6-5	GS	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
14	14	Apr 23	DET		MIN	L,0-1	CG	40	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
15	15	Apr 24	DET		MIN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
16	16	Apr 26	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
17	17	Apr 27	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
18	18	Apr 28	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
19	19	Apr 30	DET	@	KCR	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	DET	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
21	21	May 2	DET	@	KCR	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
22	22	May 3	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
23	23	May 4	DET	@	MIN	L,0-10	GS	34	7.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
24	24	May 5	DET	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
25	25	May 6	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
26	26	May 7	DET		CHW	L,0-1	CG	38	11.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
27	27	May 10	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
28	28	May 11	DET		BOS	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	5	4	1	10	1	SS
29	29	May 12	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
30	30	May 14	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
31	31	May 15	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
32	32	May 17	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
33	33	May 18	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
34	34	May 19 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
35	35	May 19 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
36	36	May 20	DET	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
37	37	May 21	DET	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
38	38	May 22	DET	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
39	39	May 23	DET	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
40	40	May 24	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
41	41	May 25	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
42	42	May 26	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
43	43	May 27	DET	@	OAK	L,2-12	GS	41	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
44	44	May 28	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
45	45	May 29	DET	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
46	46	May 31	DET	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	47	Jun 1	DET	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
48	48	Jun 2	DET	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
49	49	Jun 4 (1)	DET		OAK	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
50	50	Jun 4 (2)	DET		OAK	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
51	51	Jun 5	DET		OAK	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
52	52	Jun 7	DET		CAL	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
53	53	Jun 8	DET		CAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
54	54	Jun 9	DET		CAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
55	55	Jun 10	DET		TEX	L,3-6	GS	35	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
56	56	Jun 11	DET		TEX	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
57	57	Jun 12	DET		TEX	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
58	58	Jun 14	DET		KCR	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
59	59	Jun 15	DET		KCR	W,11-9	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
60	60	Jun 16	DET		KCR	W,3-2	GS	42	10.0	4	6	0	10	0	SS
61	61	Jun 17	DET	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
62	62	Jun 18	DET	@	TEX	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
63	63	Jun 19	DET	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	45	11.0	4	4	1	9	1	SS
64	64	Jun 21	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
65	65	Jun 22	DET	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
66	66	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
67	67	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
68	68	Jun 25	DET	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
69	69	Jun 26	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
70	70	Jun 27	DET		MIL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
71	71	Jun 28	DET		MIL	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	0	9	0	9	0	SS
72	72	Jun 29	DET		MIL	L,0-9	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
73	73	Jun 30 (1)	DET		MIL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
74	74	Jun 30 (2)	DET		MIL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	75	Jul 1	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	2	SS
76	76	Jul 2	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
77	77	Jul 3	DET		NYY	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
78	78	Jul 4	DET		NYY	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
79	79	Jul 5 (1)	DET		CHW	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
80	80	Jul 5 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
81	81	Jul 6	DET		CHW	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
82	82	Jul 7	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
83	83	Jul 8	DET	@	MIN	L,2-6	GS	34	7.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
84	84	Jul 9	DET	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	49	10.1	0	1	0	1	0	SS
85	85	Jul 10	DET	@	MIN	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
86	86	Jul 12	DET	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
87	87	Jul 13	DET	@	KCR	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
88	88	Jul 14	DET	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	58	13.2	0	5	0	5	1	SS
89	89	Jul 15	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	2	4	0	6	0	SS
90	90	Jul 16	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
91	91	Jul 17	DET	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
92	92	Jul 18	DET		MIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
93	93	Jul 19	DET		MIN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
94	94	Jul 20	DET		MIN	L,6-12	CG	50	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
95	95	Jul 21	DET		MIN	L,7-10	CG	49	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
96	96	Jul 25	DET		BOS	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
97	97	Jul 26	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	40	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
98	98	Jul 27	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
99	99	Jul 28	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
100	100	Jul 29	DET	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
101	101	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
102	102	Jul 31	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	103	Aug 1	DET	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
104	104	Aug 2	DET	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
105	105	Aug 3	DET		BAL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
106	106	Aug 4 (1)	DET		BAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
107	107	Aug 4 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
108	108	Aug 5 (1)	DET		BAL	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
109	109	Aug 5 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
110	110	Aug 6	DET		CLE	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
111	111	Aug 7	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
112	112	Aug 8	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
113	113	Aug 9	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
114	115 (1)	Aug 11	DET	@	TEX	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
115	116	Aug 12	DET		KCR	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
116	117	Aug 13	DET		KCR	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
117	119 (1)	Aug 16	DET	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
118	121 (1)	Aug 18	DET	@	OAK	L,3-13	CG	44	8.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
119	122	Aug 19	DET	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	36	8.2	2	4	0	6	1	SS
120	124 (1)	Aug 21	DET	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
121	125	Aug 23	DET		TEX	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
122	127 (1)	Aug 25	DET		TEX	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
123	128	Aug 26	DET		CAL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
124	129	Aug 27	DET		CAL	L,6-7	CG	56	13.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
125	130	Aug 28	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
126	131	Aug 30	DET		OAK	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	0	8	1	9	1	SS
127	132	Aug 31	DET		OAK	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	133	Sep 1	DET		OAK	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
129	134	Sep 3 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-5	GS	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
130	136 (1)	Sep 4	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
131	137	Sep 6	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
132	138	Sep 7 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
133	139	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
134	140	Sep 8	DET	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
135	141	Sep 9	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
136	142	Sep 10	DET	@	CLE	L,6-12	GS	24	4.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
137	143	Sep 11	DET		MIL	L,0-3	GS	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
138	144	Sep 12	DET		MIL	W,9-7	GS	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
139	145	Sep 13	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
140	146	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,7-10	GS	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
141	147	Sep 15	DET		NYY	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
142	148	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
143	149	Sep 18	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
144	150	Sep 19	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
145	152 (1)	Sep 21	DET	@	MIL	L,2-6	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
146	154 (1)	Sep 24	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
147	155	Sep 25	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
148	156	Sep 26	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	47	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
149	157	Sep 27	DET		BOS	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
150	159 (1)	Sep 29	DET		BOS	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
151	160	Sep 30	DET		BAL	L,6-12	CG	47	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
152	161	Oct 1	DET		BAL	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
153	162	Oct 2	DET		BAL	L,4-5	GS	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
							153gm		1325.0	239	498	21	758	89