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Brinkman		  
Nickname: Bats
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: July 6, 1950 in Canada
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1980    1981    1983   
All-Star Selections 1978    1979    1980    1984   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 23 CLG FL   3 3 3 6 5 5 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3
1975 24 CLG FL   4 4 4 8 8 8 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 4
1976 25 CLG FL $ 300,000 6 6 6 8 8 8 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4
1977 26 CLG FL $ 300,000 6 6 6 8 8 8 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4
1978 27 CLG FL $ 300,000 6 6 6 8 8 8 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4
1979 28 CLG FL $ 3,478,571 6 6 6 8 8 8 0 0 0 3 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4
1980 29 CLG FL $ 3,542,857 6 6 6 8 8 8 0 0 0 3 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 3 3 6 5 5 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,542,857 6 6 6 8 8 8 0 0 0 3 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4
                                             
  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
1981 30 CLG FL $ 3,542,857   15 15 15 9 9 9 14 14 14 15 15 15 12 11 11
1982 31 CLG FL $ 4,621,000   16 16 16 10 9 10 14 14 14 15 15 15 11 10 11
1983 32 CLG FL $ 4,621,000   15 15 15 8 7 8 12 12 12 15 15 15 11 10 10
1984 33 CLG FL $ 4,621,000   15 15 15 8 7 8 12 11 11 15 15 15 10 9 10
1985 34 CLG FL $ 4,750,000   13 13 13 4 4 4 10 9 10 13 13 13 8 7 8
1986 35 CLG FL $ 4,750,000   10 10 10 2 2 2 8 7 8 13 13 13 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,542,857   10 10 10 2 2 2 8 7 8 13 13 13 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,750,000   16 16 16 10 9 10 14 14 14 15 15 15 12 11 11
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 23 A   92 329 45 107 18 0 4 34 1 0 25 81 .325 .373 .416 .789 48.6  
1975 24 AAA   38 145 16 28 7 0 2 12 1 0 10 30 .193 .245 .283 .528 9.8  
    AA   94 365 47 120 29 0 5 36 2 0 24 83 .329 .370 .449 .819 56.1  
1976 25 CLG FL 86 247 32 76 22 0 10 42 1 0 13 45 .308 .350 .518 .868 40.5 7.7
    AAA   46 186 32 60 14 0 2 23 3 0 21 41 .323 .391 .430 .821 30.5  
1977 26 CLG FL 120 452 62 135 40 4 8 64 1 1 28 65 .299 .352 .458 .810 66.5 13.8
1978 27 CLG FL 150 555 67 164 46 0 8 79 1 2 50 81 .295 .359 .422 .780 80.5 14.3
1979 28 CLG FL 152 580 80 181 46 1 6 73 3 3 64 91 .312 .392 .426 .818 93.3 18.0
1980 29 CLG FL 149 567 93 165 42 2 9 68 1 1 55 94 .291 .365 .420 .785 83.5 15.8
1981 30 CLG FL 136 478 86 149 40 0 7 74 5 0 51 93 .312 .386 .439 .825 79.2 16.3
1982 31 CLG FL 144 538 91 161 40 0 13 66 3 0 77 111 .299 .405 .446 .851 95.1 20.6
1983 32 CLG FL 134 495 54 136 40 0 8 63 1 1 44 87 .275 .344 .404 .748 66.0 9.8
1984 33 CLG FL 140 554 84 174 42 0 6 67 2 0 58 110 .314 .387 .422 .810 89.7 19.7
1985 34 CLG FL 113 365 40 99 22 0 1 41 1 0 23 79 .271 .327 .340 .667 39.1 4.5
1986 35 CLG FL 106 319 25 65 10 0 3 16 2 0 27 104 .204 .285 .263 .548 24.8 0.0
11 Years Sim 1430 5150 714 1505 390 7 79 653 21 8 490 960 .292 .365 .417 .782 758.2 140.5
2 Years AAA 84 331 48 88 21 0 4 35 4 0 31 71 .266 .337 .366 .702 40.3  
1 Years AA 94 365 47 120 29 0 5 36 2 0 24 83 .329 .379 .449 .829 56.1  
1 Years A 92 329 45 107 18 0 4 34 1 0 25 81 .325 .386 .416 .803 48.6  
4 Years Minors 270 1025 140 315 68 0 13 105 7 0 80 235 .307 .368 .412 .779 145.0  
162 Game Average 583 80 170 44 0 8 73 2 0 55 108 .292 .365 .417 .782 85.9  
Career Highs 152 580 93 181 46 4 13 79 5 3 77 111 .314 .405 .518 .868 95.1  
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   3373 457 965 248 4 42 404 12 8 313 622 .286 .359 .399 .759 453.6
vs LH   1777 257 540 142 3 37 249 9 0 177 338 .304 .376 .450 .825 280.7
Home 706 2510 351 742 194 5 35 301 12 3 236 465 .296 .370 .419 .788 361.0
Away 724 2640 363 763 196 2 44 352 9 5 254 495 .289 .360 .415 .775 373.2
RISP   1363 0 392 102 2 16 537 0 0 153 274 .288 .365 .401 .766 193.4
Pinch Hitting   133 9 27 12 0 2 21 1 0 8 36 .203 .257 .338 .595 10.7
Close/Late   632 74 192 52 1 7 90 0 0 59 113 .304 .367 .422 .789 92.4
Mar/Apr 229 871 125 231 62 0 18 90 3 0 82 179 .265 .341 .398 .739 113.0
May 235 852 122 249 78 2 10 102 2 2 93 154 .292 .375 .424 .798 125.6
June 217 736 105 227 49 1 12 100 3 1 82 139 .308 .386 .427 .812 115.3
July 242 880 120 259 77 1 11 111 6 1 78 165 .294 .362 .422 .783 125.0
August 263 947 113 273 58 2 11 126 3 3 72 171 .288 .348 .389 .737 120.0
Sep/Oct 244 864 129 266 66 1 17 124 4 1 83 152 .308 .383 .446 .828 135.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1976 25 CLG FL C 68 49 475.7 333 28 3 1 .992 6.83 40 14 .350 4 1.6
    CF 3 3 25.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 26 CLG FL C 118 108 975.0 697 56 6 1 .992 6.95 101 33 .327 4 3.8
1978 27 CLG FL C 144 140 1247.7 833 80 10 6 .989 6.59 148 46 .311 6 6.3
1979 28 CLG FL C 146 138 1238.0 849 86 16 1 .983 6.80 178 55 .309 2 5.1
    1B 1 0 4.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 29 CLG FL C 146 139 1249.0 900 84 8 4 .992 7.09 146 51 .349 6 9.0
1981 30 CLG FL C 126 113 1053.7 836 68 13 0 .986 7.72 155 50 .323 4 8.1
    1B 1 0 7.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 11.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 31 CLG FL C 141 137 1246.3 930 92 18 3 .983 7.38 191 58 .304 3 7.1
1983 32 CLG FL C 132 128 1170.7 855 81 13 1 .986 7.20 153 59 .386 8 6.7
1984 33 CLG FL C 139 137 1211.7 865 83 17 3 .982 7.04 172 54 .314 2 7.1
1985 34 CLG FL C 92 87 776.0 569 41 7 2 .989 7.07 104 26 .250 1 4.5
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1986 35 CLG FL C 92 84 751.3 559 46 11 1 .982 7.25 109 35 .321 3 2.7
  C 1344 1260 11395.0 8226 745 122 23 .987 7.09 1497 481 .321 43 61.9
  CF 3 3 25.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 2 0 11.0 15 1 0 1 1.000 13.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1351 1263 11437.6 8248 749 122 25 .987 7.08 1497 481 .321 43 62.0
Career Highs   147 140 1249.0 930 92 18 6 .992 7.73 191 59 .386 8  
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
1981 30 CLG FL 3 11 2 4 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 1 .364 .462 .818 1.280
1982 31 CLG FL 10 38 7 9 1 0 2 11 0 0 4 10 .237 .333 .421 .754
1983 32 CLG FL 4 21 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .238 .238 .286 .524
1984 33 CLG FL 3 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .154 .083 .237
1985 34 CLG FL 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .286 .375 .286 .661
Career Post-Season Batting 22 89 10 21 4 0 3 18 0 0 6 22 .236 .310 .382 .692
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.
Batting Average
1979-8-.312
1984-7-.314
 On-Base Pct
1979-6-.392
1981-10-.386
1982-4-.405
1984-6-.387
 OPS
1982-9-.851
 XR
1982-9-95.1
 Hits
1984-9-174
 Singles
1984-6-126
Doubles
1977-5-40
1978-4-46
1979-3-46
1980-6-42
CAR-40-390
 Walks
1979-7-64
1982-7-77
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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History
Released by Omaha on 7/11/1973
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Calgary in 1974
Injured on 7/22/1974 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 7 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 6/3/1976, off Joseph Porter (BIR)
Injured on 9/11/1976 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Injured on 5/21/1977 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 5 weeks
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Won Slick Fielder Award at Catcher in 1980
Won Player of the Week award on 7/16/1981, hitting .529 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Won Slick Fielder Award at Catcher in 1981
 
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