Al Brazle
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[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | STL | N | P | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1946 | STL | N | P | 37 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .950 |
| 1947 | STL | N | P | 44 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .981 |
| 1948 | STL | N | P | 42 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1949 | STL | N | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .956 |
| 1950 | STL | N | P | 46 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .902 |
| 1951 | STL | N | P | 56 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .920 |
| 1952 | STL | N | P | 46 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .947 |
| 1953 | STL | N | P | 60 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1954 | STL | N | P | 58 | 0 | 84.1 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .944 |
| Total | P | 441 | 0 | 84.1 | 43 | 284 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .962 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | STL | N | 13 | 32 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | .281 | .281 | .375 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | STL | N | 37 | 52 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | .212 | .212 | .212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1947 | STL | N | 44 | 64 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 5 | .219 | .231 | .234 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | STL | N | 45 | 55 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 7 | .145 | .161 | .164 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1949 | STL | N | 39 | 82 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | .134 | .134 | .134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1950 | STL | N | 47 | 61 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 5 | .213 | .213 | .213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1951 | STL | N | 56 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .109 | .109 | .109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | STL | N | 46 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .156 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1953 | STL | N | 60 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | STL | N | 58 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 445 | 453 | 37 | 80 | 0 | 31 | .177 | .180 | .192 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 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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