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Ed Brinkman played 15 major-league seasons (1961-1975) as a SS (1,795), 3B (19), 2B (5), OF (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20 | WS2 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .091 | .258 | -27 |
| 1962 | 21 | WS2 | 54 | 133 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 28 | .165 | .461 | 29 |
| 1963 | 22 | WS2 | 145 | 514 | 44 | 117 | 7 | 45 | 5 | 31 | 86 | .228 | .595 | 72 |
| 1964 | 23 | WS2 | 132 | 447 | 54 | 100 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 26 | 99 | .224 | .606 | 73 |
| 1965 | 24 | WS2 | 154 | 444 | 35 | 82 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 38 | 82 | .185 | .508 | 50 |
| 1966 | 25 | WS2 | 158 | 582 | 42 | 133 | 7 | 48 | 7 | 29 | 105 | .229 | .589 | 74 |
| 1967 | 26 | WS2 | 109 | 320 | 21 | 60 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 24 | 58 | .188 | .490 | 50 |
| 1968 | 27 | WS2 | 77 | 193 | 12 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 31 | .187 | .462 | 46 |
| 1969 | 28 | WS2 | 151 | 576 | 71 | 153 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 50 | 42 | .266 | .653 | 89 |
| 1970 | 29 | WS2 | 158 | 625 | 63 | 164 | 1 | 40 | 8 | 60 | 41 | .262 | .631 | 82 |
| 1971 | 30 | DET | 159 | 527 | 40 | 120 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 44 | 54 | .228 | .568 | 68 |
| 1972 | 31 | DET | 156 | 516 | 42 | 105 | 6 | 49 | 0 | 38 | 51 | .203 | .538 | 66 |
| 1973 | 32 | DET | 162 | 515 | 55 | 122 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 34 | 79 | .237 | .609 | 72 |
| 1974 | 33 | DET | 153 | 502 | 55 | 111 | 14 | 54 | 2 | 29 | 71 | .221 | .613 | 76 |
| 1975 | 34 | TEX|NYA | 45 | 65 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .169 | .479 | 35 |
| 1975 | 34 | SLN | 28 | 75 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .240 | .639 | 84 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 1962 | SS | 38 | 31 | 64 | 81 | 9 | 20 |
| 1962 | 3B | 10 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| 1963 | SS | 143 | 143 | 241 | 462 | 37 | 97 |
| 1964 | SS | 125 | 119 | 234 | 364 | 19 | 75 |
| 1965 | SS | 150 | 131 | 292 | 369 | 25 | 76 |
| 1966 | SS | 158 | 157 | 263 | 501 | 28 | 83 |
| 1967 | SS | 109 | 95 | 160 | 309 | 10 | 54 |
| 1968 | SS | 74 | 66 | 97 | 197 | 10 | 28 |
| 1968 | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1968 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | SS | 150 | 149 | 248 | 511 | 19 | 92 |
| 1970 | SS | 157 | 157 | 301 | 569 | 23 | 103 |
| 1971 | SS | 159 | 158 | 235 | 513 | 15 | 91 |
| 1972 | SS | 156 | 156 | 233 | 495 | 7 | 81 |
| 1973 | SS | 162 | 159 | 249 | 480 | 24 | 89 |
| 1974 | SS | 151 | 151 | 237 | 493 | 21 | 88 |
| 1974 | 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 1975 | SS | 63 | 43 | 70 | 122 | 12 | 28 |
| 1975 | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Ed Brinkman won: Gold Glove 1972 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1972, 1969.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 7 / 336 | 0 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 62 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.