Hubie Brooks
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Hubie Brooks was an infielder for the Mets from 1980 to 1984 and in 1991. He collected 640 hits in 654 games during his time in New York. Hubie hit 44 home runs and drove in 269 runs with a batting average of .267 as a Met.
Brooks was drafted by the Mets out of Arizona State University in 1978. He began his Mets career by hitting .308 in 24 games in 1980. Hubie got his first major league hit at San Diego on September 6 and his first home run on October 4 at St. Louis.
In 1981, Brooks established himself as a Mets regular. In the strike-shortened season, Hubie led the team with 110 hits, 21 doubles and a .307 batting average. On September 20, he got 4 of the Mets' 22 hits in a 7-6 win over the Cardinals at Shea Stadium.
Hubie played 126 games for the Mets in 1982, all as a third baseman. He got 114 hits during the season, 25 of which were for extra bases. Brooks got two singles, a double and a triple in the Mets' 9-5 win over the Astros on May 30 at Shea. He also singled in the ninth inning to drive home the winning run against the Pirates on June 9.
In 150 games in 1983, Hubie batted .251 with 18 doubles, 4 triples and 5 home runs. On May 6 against the Reds, he homered with two out in the bottom of the 10th inning to retie a game won by the Mets in the 13th. Brooks drove in three runs with a double and a triple in the Mets' 11-4 win at Pittsburgh on May 16. He hit a three-run homer to put the Mets ahead in a 7-5 win over the Cardinals on June 23 at Shea. In a 10-1 Mets victory at St. Louis on June 28, Hubie had a double and four singles.
On July 31, 1983, Brooks broke up a no-hit bid by Pittsburgh's Jose DeLeon with a single in the ninth inning. The Mets won this game in 12 innings. Also in '83, Hubie got a run-scoring single in the tenth to give the Mets a 5-4 win over the Pirates on September 19.
Brooks set a personal high with 234 total bases in 1984 - a season in which he also set a new Mets' record with a 24-game hitting streak. In '84, Hubie hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning that gave the Mets a 7-6 win over the Expos at Shea on April 19. Against the Cubs on August 8, he had three singles and a home run with four runs scored in a losing cause. On September 12, Brooks homered to drive in the only two runs of Dwight Gooden's shutout over the Pirates.
On December 10, 1984, Brooks was traded with three other players to the Montreal Expos for catcher Gary Carter. Hubie played five seasons in Montreal and one with the Los Angeles Dodgers. On December 15, 1990, he returned to the Mets in a trade for Bob Ojeda and minor leaguer Greg Hansell.
In his second game back with the Mets in 1991, Brooks hit a home run in the 10th inning for a 2-1 win over the Phillies at Shea on April 9. In a game at San Diego on May 14, he hit a grand slam that propelled the Mets to a 6-1 victory over the Padres. On June 20, Hubie had a double, two home runs and four RBIs in the Mets' 9-7 win over the Braves at Atlanta.
Following the '91 season, Brooks was traded to the California Angels for outfielder Dave Gallagher. Hubie played for the Angels in 1992 and for the Kansas City Royals in 1993 and 1994 to finish his career.
