George W. Bradley
[edit] Biography
Born on July 13, 1852 in Reading, Pennsylvania, George Bradley (George Washington Bradley) played for the St. Louis Brown Stockings, Chicago White Stockings, Troy Trojans, Providence Grays, Detroit Wolverines, Cleveland Spiders, Philadelphia Athletics, Cincinnati Outlaw Reds and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 11 year career. Bradley broke into the bigs on May 4, 1875 with the St. Louis Brown Stockings, and put up a 2.05 ERA in 535.2 innings pitched in 1875, his rookie year.
Most people believe that George Bradley's best season was 1876, when he posted a 1.23 ERA, won 45 games and struck out 103 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1875
| STL
| n
| 60
| 60
| 33
| 26
| 2.05
| 60
| 304
| 122
| 57
| 4
| 0
| 535.2
| 540
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1876
| STL
| N
| 64
| 64
| 45
| 19
| 1.23
| 103
| 229
| 78
| 63
| 16
| 0
| 573
| 470
| 3
| 38
| 0
| 34
| 0
|
| 1877
| CHI
| N
| 50
| 44
| 18
| 23
| 3.31
| 59
| 266
| 145
| 35
| 2
| 0
| 394
| 452
| 4
| 39
| 0
| 39
| 0
|
| 1879
| TRO
| N
| 54
| 54
| 13
| 40
| 2.85
| 133
| 361
| 154
| 53
| 3
| 0
| 487
| 590
| 12
| 26
| 0
| 43
| 0
|
| 1880
| PRO
| N
| 28
| 20
| 13
| 8
| 1.38
| 54
| 66
| 30
| 16
| 4
| 1
| 196
| 158
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 7
| 0
|
| 1881
| CLE
| N
| 6
| 6
| 2
| 4
| 3.88
| 6
| 36
| 22
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 51
| 70
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1882
| CLE
| N
| 18
| 16
| 6
| 9
| 3.73
| 32
| 102
| 61
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 147
| 164
| 5
| 22
| 0
| 14
| 0
|
| 1883
| PHI
| a
| 26
| 23
| 16
| 7
| 3.15
| 56
| 129
| 75
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 214.1
| 215
| 7
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| CIN
| U
| 41
| 38
| 25
| 15
| 2.71
| 168
| 203
| 103
| 36
| 3
| 0
| 342
| 350
| 7
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| UA
|
| 41
| 38
| 25
| 15
| 2.71
| 168
| 203
| 103
| 36
| 3
| 0
| 342
| 350
| 7
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 220
| 204
| 97
| 103
| 2.39
| 387
| 1060
| 490
| 187
| 25
| 1
| 1848
| 1904
| 28
| 134
| 0
| 139
| 0
|
| Total
| NA
|
| 60
| 60
| 33
| 26
| 2.05
| 60
| 304
| 122
| 57
| 4
| 0
| 535.2
| 540
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 26
| 23
| 16
| 7
| 3.15
| 56
| 129
| 75
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 214.1
| 215
| 7
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 347
| 325
| 171
| 151
| 2.42
| 671
| 1696
| 790
| 302
| 32
| 1
| 2940
| 3009
| 45
| 196
| 0
| 139
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1875
| STL
| n
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1875
| STL
| n
| P
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 121
| 20
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .896
|
| 1875
| STL
| n
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1875
| STL
| n
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1876
| STL
| N
| P
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 50
| 87
| 12
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| 1877
| CHI
| N
| P
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 71
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1877
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1877
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 18
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .690
|
| 1877
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1879
| TRO
| N
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1879
| TRO
| N
| P
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 132
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .867
|
| 1879
| TRO
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1879
| TRO
| N
| 3B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 17
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .786
|
| 1879
| TRO
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1880
| PRO
| N
| 3B
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 76
| 165
| 40
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .858
|
| 1880
| PRO
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1880
| PRO
| N
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 49
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .879
|
| 1880
| PRO
| N
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .455
|
| 1881
| DET
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1881
| CLE
| N
| SS
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 21
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .700
|
| 1881
| CLE
| N
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1881
| CLE
| N
| 3B
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 78
| 76
| 24
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .865
|
| 1881
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1881
| TOT
| N
| SS
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 22
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .698
|
| 1882
| CLE
| N
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 42
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .897
|
| 1882
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1882
| CLE
| N
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 59
| 3
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1883
| PHI
| a
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 39
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1883
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .786
|
| 1883
| PHI
| a
| 3B
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 106
| 43
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .779
|
| 1883
| PHI
| a
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .692
|
| 1883
| CLE
| N
| SS
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 11
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .792
|
| 1884
| CIN
| U
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 81
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .912
|
| 1884
| CIN
| U
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .880
|
| 1884
| CIN
| U
| OF
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .806
|
| 1884
| CIN
| U
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 11
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .789
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| SS
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 48
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .849
|
| 1888
| BAL
| a
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .600
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 152
| 5
| 15
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .913
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 60
| 9
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .767
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 347
| 0
| 0
| 216
| 630
| 98
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .896
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 170
| 0
| 0
| 216
| 382
| 126
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .826
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 97
| 36
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .792
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1875
| STL
| n
| 60
| 254
| 28
| 62
| 0
| 24
| .244
| .247
| .295
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1876
| STL
| N
| 64
| 265
| 29
| 66
| 0
| 28
| .249
| .257
| .321
| 7
| 6
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1877
| CHI
| N
| 55
| 214
| 31
| 52
| 0
| 12
| .243
| .264
| .304
| 7
| 3
| 6
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1879
| TRO
| N
| 63
| 251
| 36
| 62
| 0
| 23
| .247
| .250
| .323
| 9
| 5
| 1
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1880
| PRO
| N
| 82
| 309
| 32
| 70
| 0
| 23
| .227
| .239
| .288
| 7
| 6
| 5
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1881
| DET
| N
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1881
| CLE
| N
| 60
| 241
| 21
| 60
| 2
| 18
| .249
| .261
| .324
| 10
| 1
| 4
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1881
| TOT
| N
| 61
| 245
| 21
| 60
| 2
| 18
| .245
| .257
| .318
| 10
| 1
| 4
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1882
| CLE
| N
| 30
| 115
| 16
| 21
| 0
| 6
| .183
| .210
| .226
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| PHI
| a
| 76
| 312
| 47
| 73
| 1
| 36
| .234
| .253
| .301
| 8
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| CLE
| N
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .313
| .313
| .438
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| Total
|
| 80
| 328
| 47
| 78
| 1
| 37
| .238
| .256
| .308
| 8
| 6
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| CIN
| U
| 58
| 226
| 31
| 43
| 0
| 0
| .190
| .215
| .270
| 4
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| 13
| 48
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .083
| .102
| .125
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| BAL
| a
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| UA
|
| 58
| 226
| 31
| 43
| 0
| 0
| .190
| .215
| .270
| 4
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 359
| 1415
| 165
| 336
| 2
| 111
| .237
| .250
| .305
| 45
| 22
| 23
| 131
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NA
|
| 60
| 254
| 28
| 62
| 0
| 24
| .244
| .247
| .295
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 90
| 363
| 48
| 77
| 1
| 37
| .212
| .231
| .275
| 8
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 567
| 2258
| 272
| 518
| 3
| 172
| .229
| .243
| .295
| 64
| 38
| 40
| 150
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Cleveland Spiders to Philadelphia Athletics for $340 or $500 (@June, 1883).
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