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Hubie Brooks
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 37 of 1218 players
Brooks
Hubert Brooks
Born: September 24, 1956 at Los Angeles, Cal.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.00 Weight: 188

Hubie Brooks has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 15 times, most recently on August 11, 2023.

3b of ss 2b

First Mets game: September 4, 1980
Last Mets game: August 18, 1991

Cousin of Donnie Moore

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Mike Crawford
January 28, 2002
I had the pleasure of meeting him in Phoenix and playing golf in his group at the ASU golf course a couple of years ago. I didn't know who he was when we went off the first tee, but I can honestly say he is one of the most genuine and personable people I have ever met. Class act both then and now!

Mr. Sparkle
January 28, 2002
I loved this guy when he was a Met. Back in the early 80's there wasn't much to root for but Hubie and Mookie were both great to root for and brought a real excitement. It sucked seeing him shipped off in the Carter trade although you can't argue with that trade. And then he really excelled with the Expos which kinda hurt.

It was great to see the "Doober" come back in 91 but he wasn't the same player. Still, he'll always be one of my favorites.

Lee Margolis
February 24, 2002
I ran into Hubie at the Blue Note jazz club in Greenwich Village when he was with KC and in town to play the Yankees. (He was released a few days later.) He told me that he was a big jazz fan and hung out there alot, but could never get any of the other players to go with him.

I told him that I always appreciated his hustle and he thanked me and said that he remembered breaking in with Mookie and Wally (Backman). Then he looked at me sort of sadly and said "Now, Mookie's kid is playing".

Hubie is a classy guy and was a solid ballplayer.

NL
October 20, 2002
Had to love Hubie. A legitimate major leaguer who handled everything like a pro and never acted stupid. I agree that when they were terrible, at least we had Hubie and Mookie to point to with some pride and hope. Can never argue with the trade for Carter - most baseball fans forget that you have to give something of value to get something of value - but I do wish he'd been a Met for some of the glory. His hitting streak was a real highlight during the bleak years. One of my all-time favorite Mets.

Steve Green
December 4, 2002
Fun to watch play....versatile, looked like a kid doing what he liked, and a hitter, seemingly one of those .290-style hitters (of whom the Yankees of the late 70's used to have great success amassing).

Poster rg's mention of Hubie being a tough two-out hitter brings back another recall: He was also a very tough two-STRIKE hitter to retire.

Shari
December 7, 2002
I remember Hubie as being one of the small glimmers of hope on that dreadful dynasty of horrible players. Watching him play made a Met fan feel that somehow there would be some light at the end of the tunnel, I was kind of sorry he was traded and never got enjoy the success of the 1986 and 1988 seasons.

Kiwiwriter
July 19, 2004
He was always one of my favorite Mets. He hustled, he played good defense, he hit line drives, he was personable and outgoing. His grandfather Leandrus Brooks played in the Negro Leagues.

Just before he was traded, the Mets Inside Pitch had an article headlined, "Hubie Brooks: The Indispensible Met." Boy, did we look stupid!

When he came back in 1991, he was clearly a shadow of his prior self. He hit .238 in his second go-round, in which he was called upon to replace Darryl Strawberry in the order. Tall order.

I'm sorry he missed 1986. Like Ed Lynch.

KMT
February 27, 2005
I can't argue with anything that's been written here before me. Class act and hustling ballplayer. Hubie was one of the few bright lights in an awfully dim time for the Mets! I wish he could have been a part of the '86 team as well! Does anyone remember a game in Cincinnati? Hubie on third base, I think. Reds pitcher throws pitch all the way to the screen on the fly. Hubie takes off for home. The ball caroms right back to the catcher, he makes a tag on the sliding Hubie. Hubie's out! Only happens to the Mets!

Jonathan Stern
December 21, 2005
He left just when the Mets were getting good and came back just when the Mets were going back to being bad again. My lingering Hubie Brooks memory? Breaking up David Cone and Buddy Harrelson before fists were thrown during a disastrous 1991 game. The look on Brooks's face said it all: This is a lost season.

La Vera Smith-Wade
March 9, 2007
Just wanted to share with everyone that loves Hubie as much as I do. Hubie is my first cousin and a very genuine man. I love him so very much and again thank all of his fans for the fantastic words you share about him.

Charlie Biggs
November 21, 2007
I have mentioned how I used to live at Shea in the 1980's. I was friends with Hubie back when he was with the Mets. He always gave 100% and I would look forward to watch him play. He taught me how to tape up my bats, and everyone asks me where did I learn to tape up my bats like I do. I tell them Hubie Brooks did it.

My most memorable moment has got to be in spring training in 1985 in St.Petersburg. The Mets were playing the Expos and I was hoping to see Hubie while I was there. I did not see him before the game and since it was my first time at Al Lang I didn't even know where anything was, so after the game I find the Expos bus and ask someone if they saw Hubie get on the bus yet. They tell me he's on the bus already. I'm there outside the bus for a couple of seconds and to my surprise Hubie comes running off the bus all smiles to say hi to me. He and I chat about him getting traded to the Expos and how I made the trip to Florida for the spring. I wished him the best for the season and was glad when he made the all-star team for Expos in 1985.

Hubie you are a great guy.

Tom Birkley
November 21, 2007
I roomed with Hubie at Mesa JC my first year, Hubie went on to ASU. What a great guy! I so much enjoyed rooming with him and better yet, watching him play ball! I knew he would make it to the bigs, he could do it all! I hope I get the chance to talk to him again someday. Tom.

Ken Akerman
March 30, 2008
Hubie Brooks played collegiate baseball at Arizona State University (ASU) and is a member of ASU's Hall of Fame.

edward clark
December 11, 2008
Hubie was always a class act. I followed his career and pulled for the Mets along with you. I only wished that I had seen more of his high school and college game. I still pull for the Mets because of him.

Rick Henry
July 13, 2011
Hubie was a very likeable young man. I knew him from his days on the Dominguez High School baseball team. Yes he was a slow runner but a great ball player. His high school nickname was Boo Boo.

Ronell Warren 'Brooklyn' Alman
December 27, 2012
Hubert Brooks Jr. was a pure sport who handled things with class. I remember when Brooks came to the Mets late in the 1980 season as a third baseman. Brooks helped stabilize the third base position. Brooks also played second base and shortstop as well. In his first full season he hit .307 and finished in the top ten in hitting. I watched him play in 1982.

It really was too bad when he was traded away prior to the 1985 season to the Montreal Expos.

I watched him play again when he returned to the Mets in 1991 as an outfielder. I will never forget when Bud Harrelson and David Cone got into a tiff in the dugout during a game. It was Hubie who separated the two and shouted as if to say, "Come on guys, cut that stuff out."

Mark Beckner
March 1, 2013
Just played a round of golf with Hubie. What a nice man. He was introduced to me as Junior, but for some reason I thought he was a retired professional athlete. After we started talking and he told me his friends called him Junior but his name was Hubie. Hubie Brooks. I immediately recognized the name and the conversation centered around baseball and other sports as well. What a humble, genuine down-to-earth man. I hope to see him some day back on the links.

TM
May 8, 2020
Our college (Eckerd) 'night' home field was Al Lang. As a player, we went for free. After a spring training game, in 1980, Hubie was waiting for a ride. A father, son, me, Pat Zachry and Hubie. The kid asked Zachry for his autograph. He was already a ROY etc. Zachry Looked down at him and said "No". The Reds team bus was approaching. A car drove up and some Mets players were yelling for Hubie to come on. Hubie waved them off. He waited for Zachry to get on the bus then gave the kid his autograph on a shirt or something special. I will NEVER forget that. Gave up a ride, didn't show up Zachry and made a kid happy and left a father without having to explain that some people are 'whatever'. The space of one minute. Then Hubie walked back towards the stadium as he now needed a ride. I should have offered him one.

Later in life I knew Kelly Winkles, Bobby Winkles daughter. I asked her, "Who was the nicest player you ever knew". Instant answer: "Hubie Brooks". Her dad was a the ASU coach before Hubie's time but was a coach for the Expos. She spent her entire life moving from team to team. She had to have known 1000 plus players. Instant. Answer. That says it all.

Alex
February 5, 2024
The first thing that struck me was his draft log. If I may post this from Baseball Reference:

"Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 19th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Dominguez HS (Compton, CA), the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (5th) of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ), the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (14th) of the 1976 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ), the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1977 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ), the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1977 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) and the New York Mets in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)."

What in the world is that mess?? He was taken in six different drafts and in five different first rounds. He must have really known his eventual perceived value, because he kept holding out and he was eventually taken third overall in the June regular draft, not some secondary or less-well-known draft.

Lots of #3 overall picks end up doing nothing with their careers; some don't even make the majors. But Brooks put together quite the stat line, which culminated in him being placed on the Hall of Fame ballot in 2000.

Though he had his best years with Montreal, he was still an impressive player for those Mets of the in-between years—he hit .308 his first two seasons, then had 16 home runs in his last year before heading off to the Expos for some guy named Gerald Carter or something like that.

Despite his accomplishments with New York, it took him a while to garner significant support in the Mets Hall of Fame project I run on another website. He was eventually chosen in a Veterans Committee election with 85.71% of the vote.

I've also written him autograph requests through the mail three times, all through his home address, but he hasn't responded. The most recent was in 2023.








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