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Name Team Age
Al Brooks Retired (1961, Age 34) Died (1997, Age 70)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 17
(1952)		 3B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Thurman Munson League 0 7 years (112 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B- A 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C- B- B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ A  C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- C-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D- C  C+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C+ 0 6/14/1927
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (---)
D- (11.2 %) F  (0.3 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1952 NYA 30 88 9 20 4 0 0 6 7 16 0 0 4 .554 .281 .273 .227
1953 KC 63 248 31 57 8 3 7 33 16 48 11 9 5 .649 .278 .371 .230
1954 KC-WAS 142 531 68 132 16 6 18 71 48 103 16 2 3 .713 .310 .403 .249
1955 WAS 134 529 75 150 28 6 24 102 43 112 14 6 1 .835 .340 .495 .284
1956 WAS 123 480 55 127 19 2 8 74 33 94 16 5 5 .674 .312 .362 .265
1957 WAS 49 129 21 43 8 4 4 27 14 20 1 0 0 .949 .399 .550 .333
1958 WAS 89 311 41 92 18 1 11 58 29 65 5 2 3 .823 .357 .466 .296
1959 WAS 144 536 64 140 17 3 21 88 29 110 5 3 1 .722 .301 .422 .261
1960 WAS 117 313 33 79 15 2 10 34 16 52 0 1 2 .698 .289 .409 .252
1961 WAS-STL-CLE 56 142 19 31 4 1 6 14 13 33 0 0 4 .671 .284 .387 .218
Total 947 3307 416 871 137 28 109 507 248 653 68 28 28 .736 .315 .421 .263
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1961-11-01Al Brooks has retired from the Cleveland Grave-diggers
1961-09-22The Cleveland Grave-diggers have acquired Al Brooks from the waiver wire.
1961-09-02The St. Louis Perfectos have waived Al Brooks.
1961-07-13The St. Louis Perfectos have designated Al Brooks for assignment.
1961-06-21The St. Louis Perfectos have acquired Al Brooks from the waiver wire.
1961-06-11The Washington Presidents have promoted Don "No Soul" Simmons to the major league team. The Washington Presidents have promoted Charlie Cochrane to the major league team. The Washington Presidents have designated Al Brooks for assignment. The Washington Presidents have sent Haywood Tillman to the minors.
1957-06-24The Washington Presidents have promoted Al Brooks to the major league team. The Washington Presidents have promoted Roy Belcher to the major league team. The Washington Presidents have promoted Kid Steele to the major league team. The Washington Presidents have sent Walter Ross to the minors. The Washington Presidents have sent Jack Bero to the minors. The Washington Presidents have sent Stu Morgan to the minors.
1957-04-10The Washington Presidents have promoted Ted Donohue to the major league team. The Washington Presidents have sent Al Brooks to the minors.
1954-09-23A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Killers and the Washington Presidents. The Washington Presidents receive Andy Carlton, Al Brooks, Draft Pick - 1955 Round 2 (CIN), Draft Pick - 1955 Round 2 (NYA) from the Kansas City Killers in exchange for Dutch Patterson, Doug DeWitt.
1953-07-15A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Killers and the New York Cannibals. The New York Cannibals receive Bruce Li- Ching, Jim Sester from the Kansas City Killers in exchange for Al Brooks, Draft Pick - 1954 Round 2 (WAS), Draft Pick - 1954 Round 3 (NYA).
1952-10-03The New York Cannibals have sent Al Brooks to the minors.
1952-09-27The New York Cannibals have promoted Al Brooks to the major league team.
1952-06-10The New York Cannibals have sent Al Brooks down to the minors.
1952-04-01The New York Cannibals have renamed Al Tragesser to Al Brooks.
1952-04-01The New York Cannibals have promoted Al Tragesser to the major league team.