George Bradley

Infobox MLB retired
name=George Bradley
position=Pitcher/Third baseman
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=July 13 1852
city-state|Reading|Pennsylvania
deathdate=death date and age|1931|10|2|1852|7|13
city-state|Philadelphia|Pennsylvania
debutdate=May 4
debutyear=by|1875
debutteam=St. Louis Brown Stockings
finaldate=August 8
finalyear=by|1888
finalteam=Baltimore Orioles
stat1label=W-L Record
stat1value=171-151
stat2label=ERA
stat2value=2.42
stat3label=CG
stat3value=302
teams=
*St. Louis Brown Stockings (by|1875-by|1876)
*Chicago White Stockings (by|1877)
*Troy Trojans (by|1879)
*Providence Grays (by|1880)
*Detroit Wolverines (by|1881)
*Cleveland Blues (by|1881-by|1883)
*Philadelphia Athletics (by|1883, by|1886)
*Cincinnati Outlaw Reds (by|1884)
*Baltimore Orioles (by|1888)
highlights=
*July 15, by|1876: Pitched first official no-hitter
*by|1876: Set record for most shutouts in a season (16) :"For the baseball umpire, see Foghorn Bradley. For the naval officer, see George Bradley (Medal of Honor recipient)."George Washington Bradley (July 13 1852 - October 2 1931), named for the first U.S. President, and nicknamed "Grin", was a National League pitcher and infielder in Major League Baseball. He was 5'10.5" and weighed 175 lbs. Bradley was born in Reading, Pennsylvania.cite web| title = George Bradley Stats | work = Baseball-Almanac.com | url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=bradlge01 | accessdate = 2006-11-20 ]

Bradley was the first man to pitch an official no-hit, no-run game in National League history.cite web| title = George Bradley | work = BaseballLibrary.com | first=Fred | last=Ivor-Campbell | url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/B/Bradley_George.stm | accessdate = 2006-11-20 ] He pitched for St. Louis in the club's victory over Hartford on July 15, 1876. The score ended 2-0 without a hit being allowed by Bradley. That same year he threw 16 shutouts over the course of the season, setting a record that has not been broken. Bradley was involved in professional baseball for thirty years, nineteen of them with the Philadelphia Athletics. He helped the A's win the championship of 1883.

He served as a player-manager in by|1887 for the minor league Nashville Blues of the Southern League. [Traughber, Bill. [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/news/newsarchive.asp?newsId=991 "Looking Back: Nashville Blues."] "Nashville Sounds". April 26 2004. Retrieved on March 22 2008.]

He became a Philadelphia police officer following baseball. He died in Philadelphia at his home. At the time of his death he was retired on a pension from the police department which he had received beginning in September 1931. Bradley was interred at the Northwood Cemetery in Philadelphia.

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins
*List of Major League Baseball ERA champions
*List of Major League Baseball no-hitters

References

*Philadelphia Public Ledger, Sunday Morning, Oct. 4, 1931, P.6
*MacMillan Baseball Encyclopedia Digital Edition (1996)

External links

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