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Al
Brazle		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: October 19, 1913 in Usa, OK, LOYAL
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 29 BRK NL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 7 6 6 8 7 7
1944 30 BRK NL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 7 6 6 8 7 7
1945 31 BRK NL $ 300,000 5 5 4 4 7 6 6 8 7 7
1946 32 BRK NL $ 350,000 5 5 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1947 33 BRK NL $ 350,000 4 5 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1948 34 BRK NL $ 350,000 3 5 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1949 35 DET AL $ 364,000 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 6
1950 36 BSN NL $ 680,000 3 4 4 4 6 5 5 6 5 5
1951 37 BSN NL $ 680,000 3 4 4 4 6 5 5 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 3 4 4 4 6 5 5 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 680,000 6 5 4 4 7 6 6 8 7 7
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
1943 29 BRK NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1944 30 BRK NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1945 31 BRK NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1946 32 BRK NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1947 33 BRK NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1948 34 BRK NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1949 35 DET AL $ 364,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1950 36 BSN NL $ 680,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1951 37 BSN NL $ 680,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 680,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1943 29 SDP NL 2 5 .286 40 0 0 0 9 41.7 42 20 3 15 8 4.32 .264 .320 .377 .698 4.3
  BRK NL 4 3 .571 24 0 0 0 2 29.0 32 13 2 11 9 4.04 .281 .336 .377 .713 3.0
  TOT   6 8 .429 64 0 0 0 11 70.7 74 33 5 26 17 4.20 .271 .327 .377 .704 7.3
1944 30 BRK NL 6 5 .545 49 0 0 0 2 61.3 76 31 3 31 15 4.55 .306 .382 .399 .781 2.4
1945 31 BRK NL 4 2 .667 33 0 0 0 0 36.7 37 19 2 12 11 4.66 .264 .323 .350 .673 2.1
1946 32 BRK NL 5 7 .417 58 0 0 0 3 69.0 94 49 7 31 17 6.39 .328 .396 .449 .845 0.0
1947 33 BRK NL 2 3 .400 65 0 0 0 3 71.3 80 43 6 34 23 5.43 .285 .363 .384 .747 2.3
1948 34 BRK NL 9 3 .750 52 0 0 0 1 71.3 80 32 7 40 18 4.04 .292 .385 .398 .783 6.2
1949 35 DET AL 1 1 .500 35 0 0 0 7 32.0 40 19 4 15 10 5.34 .294 .364 .471 .835 2.0
1950 36 BSN NL 1 5 .167 45 0 0 0 2 44.3 62 35 5 30 11 7.11 .332 .425 .465 .890 0.0
1951 37 AAA   0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 0 18.7 14 6 2 14 10 2.89 .209 .346 .328 .674  
8 Years Sim 34 34 .500 401 0 0 0 29 456.6 543 261 39 219 122 5.14 .297 .372 .410 .782 22.2
1 Years AAA 0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 0 18.7 14 6 2 14 10 2.89 .209 .346 .328 .674  
Season Average 4 4 .500 50 0 0 0 3 57.1 67 32 4 27 15 5.14 .297 .372 .410 .782  
Career Highs 9 8 .750 65 0 0 0 11 71.3 94 49 7 40 23 7.11 .332 .425 .471 .890  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   331 157 27 130 69   .301 .375 .416 .791
vs LH   212 104 12 89 53   .292 .369 .400 .769
Home 25 19 .568 223 0 0 0 9 259.3 302 148 21 135 74 5.14 .292 .374 .398 .772
Away 9 15 .375 178 0 0 0 20 197.3 241 113 18 84 48 5.15 .304 .371 .424 .795
Mar/Apr 3 6 .333 58 0 0 0 5 58.3 65 39 3 27 18 6.02 .284 .359 .358 .717
May 6 4 .600 65 0 0 0 4 74.6 86 44 5 42 21 5.31 .286 .373 .369 .742
June 5 7 .417 88 0 0 0 6 98.3 125 61 11 43 31 5.58 .312 .378 .454 .832
July 7 9 .438 69 0 0 0 5 86.3 102 36 6 35 22 3.75 .301 .366 .392 .759
August 7 2 .778 61 0 0 0 6 77.6 89 43 8 41 19 4.99 .295 .379 .424 .803
Sep/Oct 6 6 .500 60 0 0 0 3 61.3 76 38 6 31 11 5.58 .299 .375 .441 .816
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
1943 29 SDP NL 40 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
  BRK NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
  TOT   64 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0 0.6
1944 30 BRK NL 49 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1945 31 BRK NL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1946 32 BRK NL 58 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1947 33 BRK NL 65 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.2
1948 34 BRK NL 52 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1949 35 DET AL 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1950 36 BSN NL 45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
8 Years Sim 401 31 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .129 .129 .129 .258 -0.3 0.8
162 Game Average 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .129 .129 .129 .258 -0.1  
Career Highs 65 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0  
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   20 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .150 .150 .150 .300 -0.1
vs LH   11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.5
Home 223 21 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .190 .190 .190 .381 0.4
Away 103 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
RISP   8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
Close/Late   9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.3
Mar/Apr 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
May 13 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
June 56 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
July 39 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
August 39 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
Sep/Oct 25 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1943 29 SDP NL P 40 0 41.7 2 8 1 1 .909 2.16    
  BRK NL P 24 0 29.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.17    
  TOT   P 64 0 70.7 4 13 1 1 .944 2.17    
1944 30 BRK NL P 49 0 61.3 3 9 1 0 .923 1.76    
1945 31 BRK NL P 33 0 36.7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.72    
1946 32 BRK NL P 58 0 69.0 4 18 0 2 1.000 2.87    
1947 33 BRK NL P 65 0 71.3 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1948 34 BRK NL P 52 0 71.3 2 15 0 2 1.000 2.14    
1949 35 DET AL P 35 0 32.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.84    
1950 36 BSN NL P 45 0 44.3 8 11 0 1 1.000 3.86    
Career Totals   401 0 456.6 25 85 2 6 .982 2.17    
Career Highs   65 0 71.3 8 18 1 2 1.000 3.86    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1944 30 BRK NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 0.00 .143 .333 .429 .762
1945 31 BRK NL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .333 .333 .667 1.000
1946 32 BRK NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 4.3 7 1 0 1 0 2.08 .350 .381 .400 .781
1949 35 DET AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 8 8 1 4 0 30.90 .533 .632 .800 1.432
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 9.7 17 9 1 7 1 8.39 .378 .462 .556 1.017
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1943-6-11
1949-7-7
 Games Pitched
1943-10-64
1946-9-58
1947-6-65
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by San Diego in 1943
Earned first career win on 4/13/1943
Had first career hit on 6/29/1943, off Bill Lohrman (DET)
Traded from San Diego to Brooklyn on 7/1/1943 (Going to SDP: 3B Lew Riggs. Going to BRK: P Bob Logan, P Al Brazle)
Injured on 7/28/1943 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week
Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1945
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1949 to a 1-year deal worth $364,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/12/1950 to a 2-year deal worth $680,000 per year
Injured on 7/28/1950 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks
 
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