George Bradley

American baseball player (1852–1931)

For other people named George Bradley, see George Bradley (disambiguation).

Baseball player

George Bradley

Pitcher / Third baseman
Born: (1852-07-13)July 13, 1852
Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died: October 2, 1931(1931-10-02) (aged 79)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut
May 4, 1875, for the St. Louis Brown Stockings
Last MLB appearance
August 8, 1888, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
Win–loss record| 171–151
Earned run average| 2.43
Strikeouts| 671
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams

* St. Louis Brown Stockings (1875–1876)
* Chicago White Stockings (1877)
* Troy Trojans (1879)
* Providence Grays (1880)
* Detroit Wolverines (1881)
* Cleveland Blues (1881–1883)
* Philadelphia Athletics (1883)
* Cincinnati Outlaw Reds (1884)
* Philadelphia Athletics (1886)
* Baltimore Orioles (1888)

Career highlights and awards

* NL ERA leader (1876)
* Pitched first no-hitter in MLB history on July 15, 1876

George Washington Bradley (July 13, 1852 – October 2, 1931), nicknamed "Grin", was an American professional baseball player who was a pitcher and infielder. He played for multiple teams in the early years of the National League, the oldest league still active in Major League Baseball (MLB). Bradley is noted for pitching the first no-hitter that is officially recognized by MLB, on July 15, 1876, for the St. Louis Brown Stockings against the Hartford Dark Blues. As a player, he was listed at 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) and 175 pounds (79 kg); he threw and batted right-handed.[1]

## Baseball career

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Bradley is credited as throwing the first official no-hit, no-run game in major league history.[2] He pitched for the St. Louis Brown Stockings in the clubs victory over the Hartford Dark Blues on July 15, 1876. The score ended 2–0 without a hit being allowed by Bradley. That year, he completed 63 of the 64 games for St. Louis, winning 45 and leading the league with a 1.23 earned run average. Additionally, he also threw 16 shutouts, setting a record which has not been broken to date, although was tied in 1916, 40 years later, by Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander.[2]

After 1876, Bradley was not as effective as a pitcher and played mostly other positions after 1879. He was involved in professional baseball for 30 years, 19 of them with the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1883, he was the team's regular third baseman and also went 16–7 on the mound to help the A's win the American Association championship.[3]

In 1887, he served as a player-manager for the Nashville Blues of the Southern League.[4]

## Later life

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Bradley became a Philadelphia police officer following his baseball career.

He died at his home in Philadelphia,[1]on October 2, 1931.

At the time of his death at age 79, he was retired on a pension from the police department which he had only begun receiving in September 1931.

Bradley was interred at the Northwood Cemetery in Philadelphia.[1]

## See also

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* List of Major League Baseball no-hitters

## References

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1. ^ a b c "George Bradley Stats". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved November 20, 2006.
2. ^ a b Ivor-Campbell, Fred. "George Bradley". baseballbiography.com. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
3. ^ "1883 Philadelphia Athletics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
4. ^ Traughber, Bill. "Looking Back: Nashville Blues." Nashville Sounds. April 26, 2004. Retrieved on March 22, 2008.

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

## External links

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*   * Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
* George Bradley at the SABR Baseball Biography Project

Achievements

Preceded by

Joe Borden
(not recognized by MLB)

|  No-hitter pitcher
July 15, 1876  | Succeeded by

Lee Richmond

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Philadelphia Athletics 1883 American Association champions

* Jersey Bakley
* Jud Birchall
* Bob Blakiston
* George Bradley
* Fred Corey
* Jumping Jack Jones
* Lon Knight
* Bobby Mathews
* Mike Moynahan
* Jack O'Brien
* Ed Rowen
* Harry Stovey
* Cub Stricker

* Manager: Lon Knight

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National League season ERA leaders

* 1876: Bradley
* 1877: Bond
* 1878: Ward
* 1879: Bond
* 1880: Keefe
* 1881: Weidman
* 1882: Corcoran
* 1883: J. McCormick
* 1884: Radbourn
* 1885: Keefe
* 1886: Boyle
* 1887: Casey
* 1888: Keefe
* 1889: Clarkson
* 1890: Rhines
* 1891: Ewing
* 1892: Young
* 1893: Breitenstein
* 1894: Rusie
* 1895: Maul
* 1896: Rhines
* 1897: Rusie
* 1898: Griffith
* 1899: Willis
* 1900: Waddell
* 1901: Tannehill
* 1902: Taylor
* 1903: Leever
* 1904: McGinnity
* 1905: Mathewson
* 1906: M. Brown
* 1907: Pfiester
* 1908: Mathewson
* 1909: Mathewson
* 1910: Cole
* 1911: Mathewson
* 1912: Tesreau
* 1913: Mathewson
* 1914: Doak
* 1915: Alexander
* 1916: Alexander
* 1917: Anderson
* 1918: Vaughn
* 1919: Alexander
* 1920: Alexander
* 1921: Doak
* 1922: Douglas
* 1923: Luque
* 1924: Vance
* 1925: Luque
* 1926: Kremer
* 1927: Kremer
* 1928: Vance
* 1929: Walker
* 1930: Vance
* 1931: Walker
* 1932: Warneke
* 1933: Hubbell
* 1934: Hubbell
* 1935: Blanton
* 1936: Hubbell
* 1937: Turner
* 1938: Lee
* 1939: Walters
* 1940: Walters
* 1941: Riddle
* 1942: Cooper
* 1943: Lanier
* 1944: Heusser
* 1945: Prim
* 1946: Pollet
* 1947: Spahn
* 1948: Brecheen
* 1949: Koslo
* 1950: Maglie
* 1951: Nichols Jr.
* 1952: Wilhelm
* 1953: Spahn
* 1954: Antonelli
* 1955: Friend
* 1956: Burdette
* 1957: Podres
* 1958: Miller
* 1959: S. Jones
* 1960: M. McCormick
* 1961: Spahn
* 1962: Koufax
* 1963: Koufax
* 1964: Koufax
* 1965: Koufax
* 1966: Koufax
* 1967: Niekro
* 1968: Gibson
* 1969: Marichal
* 1970: Seaver
* 1971: Seaver
* 1972: Carlton
* 1973: Seaver
* 1974: Capra
* 1975: R. Jones
* 1976: Denny
* 1977: Candelaria
* 1978: Swan
* 1979: Richard
* 1980: Sutton
* 1981: Ryan
* 1982: Rogers
* 1983: Hammaker
* 1984: Peña
* 1985: Gooden
* 1986: Scott
* 1987: Ryan
* 1988: Magrane
* 1989: Garrelts
* 1990: Darwin
* 1991: D. Martínez
* 1992: Swift
* 1993: Maddux
* 1994: Maddux
* 1995: Maddux
* 1996: K. Brown
* 1997: P. Martínez
* 1998: Maddux
* 1999: R. Johnson
* 2000: K. Brown
* 2001: R. Johnson
* 2002: R. Johnson
* 2003: Schmidt
* 2004: Peavy
* 2005: Clemens
* 2006: Oswalt
* 2007: Peavy
* 2008: Santana
* 2009: Carpenter
* 2010: J. Johnson
* 2011: Kershaw
* 2012: Kershaw
* 2013: Kershaw
* 2014: Kershaw
* 2015: Greinke
* 2016: Hendricks
* 2017: Kershaw
* 2018: deGrom
* 2019: Ryu
* 2020: Bauer
* 2021: Burnes
* 2022: Urías
* 2023: Snell
* 2024: Sale

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Chicago Cubs Opening Day starting pitchers

* Vic Aldridge
* Grover Cleveland Alexander
* Bob Anderson
* Jake Arrieta
* Mike Bielecki
* Doug Bird
* Sheriff Blake
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* Jim Brosnan
* Clay Bryant
* Jim Bullinger
* Ray Burris
* Don Cardwell
* Larry Cheney
* John Clarkson
* King Cole
* Wilbur Cooper
* Larry Corcoran
* Ryan Dempster
* Paul Derringer
* Larry French
* Danny Friend
* Fred Goldsmith
* Clark Griffith
* Ad Gumbert
* Kyle Hendricks
* Frank Hiller
* Glen Hobbie
* Bill Hutchison
* Danny Jackson
* Larry Jackson
* Ferguson Jenkins
* Terry Larkin
* Jimmy Lavender
* Bill Lee
* Dutch Leonard
* Jon Lester
* Jon Lieber
* Pat Luby
* Carl Lundgren
* Greg Maddux
* George McConnell
* Willie McGill
* Russ Meyer
* Paul Minner
* Mike Morgan
* Terry Mulholland
* Jaime Navarro
* Joe Niekro
* Tiny Osborne
* Orval Overall
* Claude Passeau
* Ed Reulbach
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* Charlie Root
* Bob Rush
* Dick Ruthven
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* Johnny Schmitz
* Albert Spalding
* Justin Steele
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