Frank Brooks (baseball)

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1⁄3 innings, while surrendering only 40 hits and five home runs. Brooks's performance caught the eye of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who acquired him in a deadline deal for closerMike Williams. After the trade, Brooks spent time with two of the Pirates' affiliates, the Altoona Curve and the Nashville Sounds.

The New York Mets selected Brooks in the Rule 5 draft that off-season, and then immediately traded him to the Oakland Athletics. Brooks was one of five players chosen from the Pirates in the major league portion of that Rule 5 draft, a series of events that resulted in a great deal of criticism of Pirates' general manager, Dave Littlefield. [3] Brooks failed to stick with the Athletics, but when placed on waivers on March 18, was claimed by the Boston Red Sox. Boston likewise had trouble finding space for him on their roster, and when placed on waivers again on March 31, cleared them and was sent back to the Pirates.

After spending most of 2004 at Triple-A, Brooks made his major league debut on August 27, 2004, and went on to appear in eleven games with the Pirates. He pitched well in relief, striking out 17 batters in 161⁄3 innings and surrendering only a .175 batting average to opposing hitters, but his final season totals were distorted by a poor performance in an emergency start. The Pirates placed him on waivers to clear roster space at the end of the season, and he was claimed by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Brooks went through spring training with the Dodgers, but was placed on waivers yet again on April 13, 2005, and was claimed by the Atlanta Braves.

Brooks spent the majority of the 2005 season with the Braves' Triple-A affiliate, the Richmond Braves. He did earn a brief callup to Atlanta, pitching to two batters in a game against the San Diego Padres on May 16. At the end of the year, Brooks signed with the New York Yankees as a minor league free agent. [4] In April 2006, Brooks signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals. He was released on June 12 and five days later signed with the Boston Red Sox. Brooks spent the rest of 2006 pitching for the Red Sox Double-A affiliate, the Portland Sea Dogs. On November 8, 2006, Brooks signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres and became a free agent after the season.

On April 14, 2008, Brooks signed with the Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League.

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Frank Brooks
Relief pitcher
Born: (1978-09-06) September 6, 1978 (age 45)
Brooklyn, New York
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
August 27, 2004, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
May 16, 2005, for the Atlanta Braves