Al Brazle
1943–1954 · bats L / throws L · St. Louis Cardinals
446G
.177AVG
.180OBP
.192SLG
More career statistics
80H
0HR
31RBI
0SB
97–64W–L
1,376.2IP
554K
3.31ERA
117GS
60SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 40 | 39 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 465 | 466 |
| Pitching · Games | 441 | 442 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,853 | 5,865 |
| Pitching · p er | 506 | 509 |
| Pitching · p hr | 83 | 84 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,130 | 4,131 |
| Pitching · p k | 554 | 558 |
| Pitching · p w | 492 | 493 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 446 | 465 | 453 | 37 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87 | .177 | .180 | .192 | .372 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,376.7 | 441 | 117 | 47 | 97 | 64 | 60 | 1,387 | 590 | 506 | 83 | 492 | 554 | 0 | 0 | 3.31 | 1.365 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1943-08-17 to 1943-09-11
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1946-08-17 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1947-05-18 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1949-07-18 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 229 | 233 | 42 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | .186 | .180 | .199 |
| Away | 217 | 233 | 38 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 21 | .167 | .172 | .185 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 24 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .125 | .143 |
| May | 70 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .159 | .156 | .175 |
| June | 78 | 98 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | .144 | .143 | .144 |
| July | 93 | 88 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | .200 | .205 | .235 |
| August | 97 | 102 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .176 | .202 |
| September | 83 | 95 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | .185 | .189 | .196 |
| October | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 74 | 77 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .189 | .182 | .189 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 66 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .235 | .222 | .275 |
| cincinnati-reds | 65 | 88 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | .129 | .136 | .141 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 62 | 54 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | .204 | .204 | .241 |
| new-york-giants | 59 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .070 | .067 | .070 |
| boston-braves | 53 | 83 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | .181 | .181 | .193 |
| chicago-cubs | 49 | 60 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | .237 | .250 | .254 |
| milwaukee-braves | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 32 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .281 | 87 | 26 |
| 1946 | St. Louis Cardinals | 37 | 52 | 11 | – | 2 | – | .212 | 154 | 60 |
| 1947 | St. Louis Cardinals | 44 | 64 | 14 | – | 5 | – | .219 | 168 | 86 |
| 1948 | St. Louis Cardinals | 45 | 55 | 8 | – | 7 | – | .145 | 156 | 55 |
| 1949 | St. Louis Cardinals | 39 | 82 | 11 | – | 2 | – | .134 | 206 | 75 |
| 1950 | St. Louis Cardinals | 47 | 61 | 13 | – | 5 | – | .213 | 164 | 47 |
| 1951 | St. Louis Cardinals | 56 | 46 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .109 | 154 | 67 |
| 1952 | St. Louis Cardinals | 46 | 32 | 4 | – | 3 | – | .125 | 109 | 55 |
| 1953 | St. Louis Cardinals | 61 | 15 | 5 | – | – | – | .333 | 92 | 56 |
| 1954 | St. Louis Cardinals | 58 | 14 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | 84 | 31 |