- Bill Bradford
:"For other uses, see
William Bradford ".William D. Bradford (
August 28 ,1921 -August 22 ,2000 ) was arelief pitcher inMajor League Baseball who played briefly for the Kansas City Athletics during the 1956 season. Listed at 6' 2", 180 lb., Bradford batted and threwright-handed . He was born in Choctaw, Arkansas.Bradford was a major league player whose career, statistically speaking, was only slightly different than that of
Eddie Gaedel orMoonlight Graham .On April 24, 1956, Bradford debuted with the Athletics in the eight inning of a game against Detroit. In two innings of work, he allowed two runs on two hits with a walk and no
strikeout s, and never appeared in a major league game again.Bradford died in
Fairfield Bay, Arkansas at age 78.ee also
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Cup of coffee External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bradfbi01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbradb106.htm Retrosheet]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1956/B04240KC11956.htm Box score]
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