Al Brazle

Full Name: Alpha Eugene Brazle	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185	First Game: July 25, 1943
Birthdate: October 19, 1913	Final Game: September 24, 1954
Birthplace: Loyal, Oklahoma	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: October 24, 1973
Deathplace: Grand Junction, Colorado
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on October 19, 1913 in Loyal, Oklahoma, Al Brazle (Alpha Eugene Brazle) played for the St. Louis Cardinals for his entire 10 year career. Brazle broke into the bigs on July 25, 1943 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 1.53 ERA in 88 innings pitched in 1943, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Al Brazle's best season was 1952, when he posted a 2.72 ERA, won 12 games, notched 16 saves and struck out 55 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1943	STL	N	13	9	8	2	1.53	26	18	15	8	1	0	88	74	0	29	0	2	0
1946	STL	N	37	15	11	10	3.29	58	69	56	6	2	0	153.1	152	1	55	0	5	2
1947	STL	N	44	19	14	8	2.84	85	65	53	7	0	4	168	186	7	48	0	4	2
1948	STL	N	42	23	10	6	3.80	55	77	66	6	2	1	156.1	171	8	50	0	2	0
1949	STL	N	39	25	14	8	3.18	75	85	73	9	1	0	206.1	208	18	61	0	2	6
1950	STL	N	46	12	11	9	4.10	47	81	75	3	0	6	164.2	188	12	80	0	1	4
1951	STL	N	56	8	6	5	3.09	66	61	53	5	0	7	154.1	139	13	60	0	1	5
1952	STL	N	46	6	12	5	2.72	55	38	33	3	1	16	109.1	75	7	42	0	3	1
1953	STL	N	60	0	6	7	4.21	57	47	43	0	0	18	92	101	8	43	0	0	2
1954	STL	N	58	0	5	4	4.16	30	48	39	0	0	8	84.1	93	10	24	3	2	3
Total			441	117	97	64	3.31	554	589	506	47	7	60	1376.2	1387	84	492	3	22	25

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Year	Team		POS	G	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1943	STL	N	P	13	0	3	20	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1946	STL	N	P	37	0	5	33	2	1	0	0	0	.950
1947	STL	N	P	44	0	4	47	1	1	0	0	0	.981
1948	STL	N	P	42	0	5	45	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1949	STL	N	P	39	0	4	39	2	1	0	0	0	.956
1950	STL	N	P	46	0	6	31	4	3	0	0	0	.902
1951	STL	N	P	56	0	4	19	2	1	0	0	0	.920
1952	STL	N	P	46	0	5	13	1	0	0	0	0	.947
1953	STL	N	P	60	0	3	24	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	STL	N	P	58	84.1	4	13	1	2	1	2	1	.944
Total			P	441	84.1	43	284	13	11	1	2	1	.962

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1943	STL	N	13	32	4	9	4	.281	.281	.375	1	1	0	2	0	0
1946	STL	N	37	52	5	11	2	.212	.212	.212	0	0	0	2	2	6
1947	STL	N	44	64	6	14	5	.219	.231	.234	1	0	1	5	3	0
1948	STL	N	45	55	5	8	7	.145	.161	.164	1	0	1	9	0	1
1949	STL	N	39	82	7	11	2	.134	.134	.134	0	0	0	6	1	5
1950	STL	N	47	61	6	13	5	.213	.213	.213	0	0	0	8	0	2
1951	STL	N	56	46	1	5	2	.109	.109	.109	0	0	0	2	0	0
1952	STL	N	46	32	1	4	3	.125	.125	.156	1	0	0	2	1	2
1953	STL	N	60	15	2	5	0	.333	.333	.400	1	0	0	1	2	0
1954	STL	N	58	14	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	1
Total			445	453	37	80	31	.177	.180	.192	5	1	2	40	9	17

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1936).
Traded by Boston Red Sox to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Mike Ryba (September 5, 1940).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 19, 1954).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (January 4, 1955).
Released by Chicago White Sox (April 6, 1955).

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