Tom Bradley

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Thomas William Bradley

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 185 lb.
School University of Maryland
Debut September 9, 1969
Final Game September 15, 1975
Born March 16, 1947 in Asheville, NC USA

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Before embarking on a baseball career, bespectacled pitcher Tom Bradley earned a degree in Latin at the University of Maryland. He was originally drafted by the California Angels but had his greatest success with the Chicago White Sox, who acquired him following the 1970 season. In his first year with the Sox, he won 15 games, struck out 206, and threw 6 shutouts. He was even better at the start of 1972, beginning the year with a 10-4 mark before trailing off in the second half. That winter, Chicago traded him to the San Francisco Giants for Ken Henderson and Steve Stone, and he spent the last three seasons of his big league career with the Giants.

After his playing days ended, Bradley was head baseball coach at the Jacksonville University from 1979 to 1990 and at the University of Maryland from 1991 to 2000.

Bradley has been a minor league manager and coach since 2001. He was the manager of the Medicine Hat Blue Jays in 2001, and the pitching coach for the Charleston Alley Cats in 2002 and Auburn Doubledays in 2003. In 2004 he returned to Charleston and in 2005 he was pitching coach of the Lansing Lugnuts.

He joined the San Diego Padres organization in 2006 as the pitching coach of the Fort Wayne Wizards of the Midwest League and in 2007 moved on to the Eugene Emeralds. In 2008 he returned to Fort Wayne and in 2009 will stay as the team becomes the Fort Wayne Tincaps.