Chad Bradford

Q: When was Chad Bradford born?

Chad Bradford was born on September 14, 1974.

Q: Where was Chad Bradford born?

Chad Bradford was born in Jackson, MS .

Q: How tall is Chad Bradford?

Chad Bradford is 6-5 (196 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Chad Bradford weigh when playing?

Chad Bradford weighed 205 lbs (92 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Chad Bradford play?

Chad Bradford played 12 seasons.

Q: Is Chad Bradford in the Hall of Fame?

Chad Bradford has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Chad Bradford drafted?

Chad Bradford was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 34th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hinds Community College (Raymond, MS) and the Chicago White Sox in the 13th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Chad Bradford have?

Chad Bradford had 313 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Chad Bradford played for?

Chad Bradford played for 6 teams; the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays.

Q: When did Chad Bradford retire?

Chad Bradford last played in 2009.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: September 14, 1974 in Jackson, MS us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 34th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hinds Community College (Raymond, MS) and the Chicago White Sox in the 13th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS).

High School: Byram HS (Jackson, MS)

Schools: Hinds Community College (Raymond, MS), University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)

Debut: August 1, 1998 (Age 23-321d, 17,310th in major league history)
vs. TEX 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 23, 2009 (Age 35-009d)
vs. SEA 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

Agents: Rex Gary

Full Name: Chadwick Lee Bradford

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.1

ERA

3.26

561

515.2

313

WHIP

1.288

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1996	21	CHW-min	A	0	2	.000	0.90	28	0	27	0	0	18	30.0	21	7	3	1	7	1	27	3	0	0	121			0.933	6.3	0.3	2.1	8.1	3.86	HCK SALL
1997	22	CHW-min	A+	3	7	.300	3.95	46	0	41	0	0	15	54.2	51	30	24	2	25	5	43	5	0	2	247			1.390	8.4	0.3	4.1	7.1	1.72	WSM CARL
1998	23	CHW-min	AAA,AA	5	2	.714	2.11	39	0	17	0	0	1	68.1	63	18	16	5	19	2	41	1	2	4	277			1.200	8.3	0.7	2.5	5.4	2.16	CGY,BIR PCL,SOUL
1998	23	CHW	AL	2	1	.667	3.23	29	0	8	0	0	1	30.2	27	16	11	0	7	0	11	0	1	1	125	143	3.11	1.109	7.9	0.0	2.1	3.2	1.57
1999	24	CHW-min	AAA	9	3	.750	1.94	47	0	19	0	0	5	74.1	63	19	16	2	15	0	56	2	0	0	293			1.049	7.6	0.2	1.8	6.8	3.73	CHR IL
1999	24	CHW	AL	0	0		19.64	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	9	8	8	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	24	27	10.77	3.818	22.1	2.5	12.3	0.0	0.00
2000	25	CHW-min	AAA	2	4	.333	1.51	55	0	25	0	0	10	53.2	38	18	9	2	12	1	42	3	0	1	212			0.932	6.4	0.3	2.0	7.0	3.50	CHR IL
2000	25	CHW	AL	1	0	1.000	1.98	12	0	5	0	0	0	13.2	13	4	3	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	52	260	2.04	1.024	8.6	0.0	0.7	5.9	9.00
2001	26	OAK-min	AAA	0	0		0.38	12	0	3	0	0	2	23.2	15	2	1	0	2	0	24	2	0	0	87			0.718	5.7	0.0	0.8	9.1	12.00	SAC PCL
2001	26	OAK	AL	2	1	.667	2.70	35	0	19	0	0	1	36.2	41	12	11	6	6	0	34	1	0	0	154	163	3.89	1.282	10.1	1.5	1.5	8.3	5.67
2002	27	OAK	AL	4	2	.667	3.11	75	0	14	0	0	2	75.1	73	29	26	2	14	5	56	5	1	0	311	140	2.58	1.155	8.7	0.2	1.7	6.7	4.00
2003	28	OAK	AL	7	4	.636	3.04	72	0	12	0	0	2	77.0	67	28	26	7	30	9	62	7	1	0	322	147	4.04	1.260	7.8	0.8	3.5	7.2	2.07
2004	29	OAK-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7			0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5		SAC PCL
2004	29	OAK	AL	5	7	.417	4.42	68	0	16	0	0	1	59.0	51	32	29	5	24	9	34	5	0	0	251	103	4.47	1.271	7.8	0.8	3.7	5.2	1.42
2005	30	OAK-min	AAA,Rk,A+	0	0		3.24	9	4	0	0	0	0	8.1	10	3	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	34			1.320	10.8	1.1	1.1	4.3	4.00	SAC,ATH,STK PCL,ARIZ,CALL
2005	30	BOS	AL	2	1	.667	3.86	31	0	2	0	0	0	23.1	29	10	10	1	4	1	10	3	0	2	104	119	3.62	1.414	11.2	0.4	1.5	3.9	2.50
2006	31	NYM	NL	4	2	.667	2.90	70	0	15	0	0	2	62.0	59	22	20	1	13	4	45	0	0	0	252	151	2.53	1.161	8.6	0.1	1.9	6.5	3.46
2007	32	BAL	AL	4	7	.364	3.34	78	0	14	0	0	2	64.2	77	28	24	1	16	3	29	6	0	0	289	139	3.56	1.438	10.7	0.1	2.2	4.0	1.81
2008	33	TOT	AL	4	3	.571	2.12	68	0	9	0	0	0	59.1	59	20	14	3	15	6	17	2	0	0	241	211	4.08	1.247	8.9	0.5	2.3	2.6	1.13
2008	33	BAL	AL	3	3	.500	2.45	47	0	5	0	0	0	40.1	41	17	11	2	7	3	13	1	0	0	160	183	3.73	1.190	9.1	0.4	1.6	2.9	1.86
2008	33	TBR	AL	1	0	1.000	1.42	21	0	4	0	0	0	19.0	18	3	3	1	8	3	4	1	0	0	81	315	4.82	1.368	8.5	0.5	3.8	1.9	0.50
2009	34	TBR-min	A+,AAA,AA	2	0	1.000	2.84	12	0	0	0	0	0	12.2	14	4	4	0	2	0	9	1	0	0	53			1.263	9.9	0.0	1.4	6.4	4.50	POE,DHM,MTG FLOR,IL,SOUL
2009	34	TBR	AL	1	0	1.000	4.35	20	0	1	0	0	0	10.1	22	5	5	1	2	1	6	0	0	0	55	103	3.77	2.323	19.2	0.9	1.7	5.2	3.00
12 Yrs				36	28	.563	3.26	561	0	115	0	0	11	515.2	527	214	187	28	137	39	313	29	3	4	2180	138	3.54	1.288	9.2	0.5	2.4	5.5	2.28
162 Game Avg.				4	3	.563	3.26	68	0	14	0	0	1	63	64	26	23	3	17	5	38	4	0	0	264	138	3.54	1.288	9.2	0.5	2.4	5.5	2.28

OAK (4 yrs)				18	14	.563	3.34	250	0	61	0	0	6	248.0	232	101	92	20	74	23	186	18	2	0	1038	133	3.68	1.234	8.4	0.7	2.7	6.8	2.51
CHW (3 yrs)				3	1	.750	4.13	44	0	13	0	0	1	48.0	49	28	22	1	13	1	20	0	1	2	201	117	3.39	1.292	9.2	0.2	2.4	3.8	1.54
TBR (2 yrs)				2	0	1.000	2.45	41	0	5	0	0	0	29.1	40	8	8	2	10	4	10	1	0	0	136	183	4.45	1.705	12.3	0.6	3.1	3.1	1.00
BAL (2 yrs)				7	10	.412	3.00	125	0	19	0	0	2	105.0	118	45	35	3	23	6	42	7	0	0	449	152	3.63	1.343	10.1	0.3	2.0	3.6	1.83
NYM (1 yr)				4	2	.667	2.90	70	0	15	0	0	2	62.0	59	22	20	1	13	4	45	0	0	0	252	151	2.53	1.161	8.6	0.1	1.9	6.5	3.46
BOS (1 yr)				2	1	.667	3.86	31	0	2	0	0	0	23.1	29	10	10	1	4	1	10	3	0	2	104	119	3.62	1.414	11.2	0.4	1.5	3.9	2.50

AL (11 yrs)				32	26	.552	3.31	491	0	100	0	0	9	453.2	468	192	167	27	124	35	268	29	3	4	1928	137	3.68	1.305	9.3	0.5	2.5	5.3	2.16
NL (1 yr)				4	2	.667	2.90	70	0	15	0	0	2	62.0	59	22	20	1	13	4	45	0	0	0	252	151	2.53	1.161	8.6	0.1	1.9	6.5	3.46

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Chad Bradford?

Chad Bradford is 48 years old.

When was Chad Bradford born?

Chad Bradford was born on September 14, 1974.

Where was Chad Bradford born?

Chad Bradford was born in Jackson, MS.

How tall is Chad Bradford?

Chad Bradford is 6-5 (196 cm) tall.

How much did Chad Bradford weigh when playing?

Chad Bradford weighed 205 lbs (92 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Chad Bradford play?

Chad Bradford played 12 seasons.

Is Chad Bradford in the Hall of Fame?

Chad Bradford has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Chad Bradford drafted?

Chad Bradford was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 34th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hinds Community College (Raymond, MS) and the Chicago White Sox in the 13th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS).

What position did Chad Bradford play?

Chad Bradford was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Chad Bradford have?

Chad Bradford had 313 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Chad Bradford played for?

Chad Bradford played for 6 teams; the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays.

When did Chad Bradford retire?

Chad Bradford last played in 2009.

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