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Ed
Brinkman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: December 8, 1941 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1975   
Gold Glove 1974   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1961 19 MON NL     3 3 4 3 3 3 5 4 5 4 3 4 6 6 6
1962 20 MON NL     3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 4 6 6 6
1963 21 MON NL     3 3 4 4 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 4 7 6 6
1964 22 MON NL     4 4 4 4 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1965 23 SEM AL     4 4 4 4 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1966 24 SEM AL     4 4 4 4 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 4 6 6 6
1967 25 SEM AL     4 4 5 3 3 3 7 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1968 26 SEM AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
1969 27 SEM AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 6
1970 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 4 5 7 6 6
1971 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1972 30 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1973 31 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1974 32 SEM AL $ 1,325,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 6
1975 33 SEM AL $ 1,980,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
1976 34 SEM AL $ 1,980,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 6
1977 35 SEM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 5
1978 36 BAL AL $ 300,000   2 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,980,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1961 19 A   137 519 95 147 14 4 33 91 8 4 66 64 .283 .364 .516 .880 96.6  
1962 20 A   137 563 80 137 22 2 11 56 13 2 77 86 .243 .334 .348 .683 71.7  
1963 21 A   137 576 91 174 32 2 18 76 16 9 60 79 .302 .368 .458 .826 93.8  
1964 22 AA   111 427 50 107 19 4 9 49 6 3 41 75 .251 .316 .377 .693 51.6  
    A   26 110 16 32 4 3 7 18 0 0 9 22 .291 .345 .573 .917 20.7  
1965 23 AA   137 537 90 156 25 5 17 77 5 0 60 74 .291 .362 .451 .812 86.9  
1966 24 AA   137 562 88 157 24 5 19 59 13 4 61 89 .279 .350 .441 .791 87.3  
1967 25 AAA   31 117 14 22 2 0 0 9 1 5 7 12 .188 .234 .205 .439 3.3  
    AA   106 412 64 123 21 2 18 59 3 1 46 57 .299 .369 .490 .859 72.2  
1968 26 AAA   136 439 41 107 25 1 10 58 2 7 41 74 .244 .308 .374 .682 49.1  
1969 27 AAA   80 245 29 57 12 1 7 29 4 2 28 54 .233 .311 .376 .687 29.8  
    AA   56 240 38 71 16 2 7 37 4 1 21 42 .296 .352 .467 .819 38.0  
1970 28 SEM AL 71 186 14 41 8 3 1 27 1 0 9 31 .220 .256 .312 .568 15.6 1.0
    AAA   26 107 13 34 4 1 4 26 2 1 5 18 .318 .348 .486 .834 16.9  
1971 29 SEM AL 92 238 34 56 9 1 1 20 2 2 18 47 .235 .285 .294 .579 18.9 0.3
1972 30 SEM AL 154 521 61 135 25 3 5 49 4 5 41 84 .259 .313 .347 .661 55.0 5.7
1973 31 SEM AL 97 266 28 68 17 1 5 30 0 0 22 52 .256 .315 .383 .698 29.2 3.7
1974 32 SEM AL 155 538 65 147 28 1 11 71 2 1 37 75 .273 .323 .390 .713 63.2 9.0
1975 33 SEM AL 90 209 19 51 8 1 3 15 0 1 18 32 .244 .303 .335 .638 19.9 1.2
1976 34 SEM AL 109 206 22 43 8 5 0 14 0 0 9 39 .209 .244 .296 .540 13.6 0.0
1977 35 SEM AL 66 127 16 32 8 1 1 17 0 0 11 18 .252 .305 .354 .659 12.8 1.2
    AAA   4 20 5 7 2 0 2 5 0 0 1 2 .350 .381 .750 1.131 4.9  
1978 36 BAL AL 29 53 3 7 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 5 .132 .179 .170 .348 0.1 0.0
9 Years Sim 863 2344 262 580 113 16 27 250 9 9 168 383 .247 .298 .344 .642 228.3 22.1
5 Years AAA 277 928 102 227 45 3 23 127 9 15 82 160 .245 .308 .374 .681 104.0  
5 Years AA 547 2178 330 614 105 18 70 281 31 9 229 337 .282 .350 .443 .793 336.0  
4 Years A 437 1768 282 490 72 11 69 241 37 15 212 251 .277 .359 .447 .807 282.9  
14 Years Minors 1261 4874 714 1331 222 32 162 649 77 39 523 748 .273 .346 .431 .777 723.0  
162 Game Average 440 49 108 21 3 5 46 1 1 31 71 .247 .298 .344 .642 42.9  
Career Highs 155 538 65 147 28 5 11 71 4 5 41 84 .273 .323 .390 .713 63.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1244 145 314 58 10 12 142 6 2 84 195 .252 .299 .344 .643 126.2
vs LH   1100 117 266 55 6 15 108 3 7 84 188 .242 .298 .344 .641 109.2
Home 434 1171 134 295 47 8 14 129 4 2 80 183 .252 .299 .342 .641 118.5
Away 429 1173 128 285 66 8 13 121 5 7 88 200 .243 .297 .346 .643 116.9
RISP   587 0 134 28 2 7 211 0 0 42 107 .228 .272 .319 .590 51.6
Pinch Hitting   15 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333 .412 .333 .745 2.2
Close/Late   270 35 86 15 4 2 26 0 0 25 24 .319 .379 .426 .805 41.2
Mar/Apr 139 350 47 93 17 3 6 35 1 1 30 58 .266 .322 .383 .705 42.9
May 153 411 48 109 16 2 9 51 2 0 29 72 .265 .313 .380 .693 48.8
June 154 432 56 100 27 3 2 41 1 1 31 72 .231 .284 .322 .606 38.0
July 129 343 36 92 21 2 5 35 2 1 15 48 .268 .299 .385 .684 37.4
August 154 424 42 106 20 5 3 43 1 2 35 81 .250 .309 .342 .651 43.8
Sep/Oct 134 384 33 80 12 1 2 45 2 4 28 52 .208 .262 .260 .522 24.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1970 28 SEM AL 2B 56 44 414.7 82 194 8 35 .972 5.99   2.2
    1B 4 4 28.0 24 6 0 3 1.000 9.64   0.0
    RF 2 2 18.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50   0.2
    SS 7 0 9.7 5 5 0 2 1.000 9.32   0.1
    3B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50    
1971 29 SEM AL SS 45 36 317.0 37 129 2 23 .988 4.71   2.0
    2B 36 36 307.0 81 129 4 33 .981 6.16   1.3
    3B 8 1 20.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.1
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1972 30 SEM AL SS 154 154 1346.3 204 583 28 106 .966 5.26   7.3
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1973 31 SEM AL SS 69 58 544.0 88 268 8 47 .978 5.89   3.7
    2B 21 6 83.0 18 44 1 7 .984 6.72   0.6
    3B 4 3 26.0 1 4 1 0 .833 1.73   0.0
    CF 2 2 18.0 5 0 1 0 .833 2.50   0.1
    RF 2 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1974 32 SEM AL SS 151 149 1306.3 230 604 25 129 .971 5.75   8.1
    CF 3 2 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.1
    2B 3 0 5.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1975 33 SEM AL SS 77 62 553.0 85 228 20 40 .940 5.09   2.7
    RF 2 1 9.3 4 1 1 1 .833 4.82   0.1
    3B 4 0 8.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 3 1 0 .750 9.00   0.0
    CF 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 34 SEM AL SS 86 58 532.0 93 235 7 46 .979 5.55   3.0
    2B 22 0 30.7 5 9 2 2 .875 4.11   0.1
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 35 SEM AL SS 41 18 198.0 38 96 3 22 .978 6.09   1.8
    2B 19 15 136.3 26 45 0 12 1.000 4.69   0.7
    3B 3 0 6.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 36 BAL AL LF 6 0 17.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.1
    CF 4 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
    1B 4 0 7.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    SS 3 0 5.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.1
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  SS 633 535 4811.3 780 2152 93 415 .969 5.48   28.8
  2B 159 101 979.7 213 428 16 90 .976 5.89   5.0
  3B 26 4 72.0 4 15 1 0 .950 2.38   0.3
  CF 14 4 48.0 17 0 1 0 .944 3.19   0.2
  RF 9 4 43.3 14 1 1 1 .938 3.12   0.3
  1B 10 4 38.0 35 6 0 3 1.000 9.71   0.1
  LF 12 0 24.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.28   0.1
Career Totals   863 652 6017.0 1072 2602 112 509 .970 5.50   34.7
Career Highs   159 154 1351.3 237 609 28 130 1.000 6.19    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1971 29 SEM AL 10 34 4 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .206 .250 .265 .515
1972 30 SEM AL 13 49 6 14 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .286 .286 .347 .633
1973 31 SEM AL 6 15 4 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .333 .412 .533 .945
1974 32 SEM AL 11 34 8 12 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 .353 .405 .500 .905
1975 33 SEM AL 12 27 5 9 3 0 1 6 0 0 1 7 .333 .357 .556 .913
1976 34 SEM AL 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Career Post-Season Batting 57 164 27 49 11 1 2 14 0 0 7 22 .299 .331 .415 .746
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1974-10-155
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Chuck Harrison (971)
  2. Dick Bartell (971)
  3. Bill Mazeroski (963)
  4. Dave Concepcion (959)
  5. Rocky Krsnich (958)
  6. Damon Phillips (957)
  7. Bill Almon (954)
  8. Tim Flannery (953)
  9. Glenn Beckert (950)
  10. Dick Schofield (949)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 48th overall pick, by Montreal in 1961
Injured on 5/18/1961 with a Bruised Finger, out for 3 days
Injured on 5/17/1964 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 11 weeks
Injured on 8/2/1964 with a Bruised Hand, out for 5 days
Traded from Montreal to Seattle on 2/13/1965 (Going to SEM: 2B Ed Brinkman. Going to MON: P Jerry Walker)
Injured on 8/15/1965 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Injured on 5/2/1969 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 5/17/1970, off Jerry Reuss (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 7/20/1970, off Clyde Wright (NYA)
Injured on 9/26/1970 with a Broken Hand, out for 5 weeks
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Toronto on 7/26/1972
Injured on 10/16/1972 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/13/1973 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,325,000 through salary arbitration
7/1/1974: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $1,980,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1974
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1975
9/22/1976: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $1,110,000 per year, for 2 years
Released by Seattle on 10/4/1977
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 4/3/1978 to a minor league deal
 
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