Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Brinkman's 35 shekaru na AL wasan wasan kwaikwayo ya wuce rikodin da Larry Barnett ya kafa (1968 <unk> 1999). Brinkman shine na biyar a duk lokacin da aka buga wasanni a cikin manyan wasannin. Uku daga cikin hudu da ke gabansa suna cikin Hall of Fame. Brinkman ya yi hukunci a cikin Wasannin Duniya uku: 1978, 1986, 1995). Ya yi hukunci a cikin gasar zakarun Amurka biyar (1976
, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1997), kuma a cikin wasanni uku na All-Star (1977, 1991, 1996), suna kiran kwallaye da kuma buga a 1991. Brinkman ya yi aiki da Division Series a 1981, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2004 da 2005. Har ila yau, ya yi aiki a cikin A. J. Burnett ba shi da kariya a kan San Diego Padres a ranar 12 ga Mayu, 2001. Brinkman ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban ma'aikata na ALCS a 1987 da 1997, da kuma na 2005 NLDS. An sanar da yin ritaya a ranar 22 ga Agusta, 2006. Tsohon alkalin wasa Bob Davidson ya dawo ya maye gurbin Brinkman a jerin manyan wasannin. Ya yi aiki a gida don wasan karshe a Comiskey Park a shekarar 1990.