Tom Brookens

09/03/2024

One of the most popular players for Tiger fans and manager Sparky Anderson was Tom Brookens who for ten years (1979 to 1988) primarily played third base man while performing like an old school ballplayer not afraid of getting his uniform dirty. The Pennsylvania native was also a valuable utility pla...

08/31/2024

08/27/2024

Detroit Tigers third baseman Tom Brookens #16 during an exhibition game in Florida.

08/27/2024

Minnesota Twins’ Tom Brunansky #24 is forced out at third base by Detroit Tigers third baseman Tom Brookens #16 during Game 3 of the American League Championship Series on October 10, 1987 at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan.

08/27/2024

Detroit Tigers third baseman Tom Brookens #16 dives for a ball during the 1987 American League Championship Series against the Minnesota Twins at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

08/22/2024

08/10/2024

Former Detroit Tigers outfielder/ hitting coach and 1968 & 1984 World Series Champion Gates Brown and former Detroit Tigers third baseman & 1984 World Series Champion Tom Brookens greet in the stands prior to the final MLB game at Tiger Stadium between the Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers on September 27, 1999.

08/01/2024

United States first base coach Tom Brookens #61 poses for a head shot for Pool C of the 2017 World Baseball Classic on March 7, 2017 at JetBlue Park at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida.

08/01/2024

Detroit Tigers’ Tom Brookens #16 avoids a tag by California Angels first baseman Wally Joyner #21 during a game on May 5, 1988 at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California.

12/05/2023

Congrats Skip

He’s in!

Congratulations to former Tigers manager and current special assistant Jim Leyland on his election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Class of 2024.

11/21/2023

R.I.P. Willie
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