:Leon Brinkopf

{{Short description|American baseball player (1926–1998)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Leon Brinkopf

| image = Leon Brinkopf 1950.jpg

| caption = Brinkopf in 1950

| position = Shortstop

| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|10|20}}

| birth_place= Cape Girardeau, Missouri

| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|07|02|1926|10|20}}

| death_place= Cape Girardeau, Missouri

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = April 18

| debutyear = 1952

| debutteam = Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = May 5

| finalyear = 1952

| finalteam = Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .182

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 0

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 2

| teams =

• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1952}})

}}

Leon Clarence Brinkopf (October 20, 1926 – July 2, 1998) was a right-handed shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs in 1952.

Brinkopf was originally signed by the St. Louis Browns in 1944 but found himself released a year later. He made his way to the Chicago Cubs' farm system after they acquired him from his independent minor league team in Dallas, Texas, in exchange for former Cub big-leaguer Roy Easterwood. Brinkopf debuted with the Cubs on April 18, 1952, and appeared in a total of nine games, including his final big-league contest on May 5. The sum of his Major League Baseball experience was four hits (all singles) in 22 at-bats (a .182 batting average), 2 RBI and a run scored.

Brinkopf died on July 2, 1998, in his birthplace of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.