George Bradley Notable

b. July 13, 1852 · St. Louis Brown Stockings 1875, St. Louis Brown Stockings 1876, Chicago White Stockings 1877, Troy Trojans 1879, Providence Grays 1880, Detroit Wolverines 1881, Cleveland Blues 1881–1883, Philadelphia Athletics 1883, 1886, Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 1884, Baltimore Orioles 1888

George Bradley played for nine clubs across 14 seasons as a third baseman, opening with the St. Louis Brown Stockings in 1875 and closing with the Baltimore Orioles in 1888.

Across 567 games he batted .229, with 518 hits and 272 runs. He finished with 3 home runs, 64 doubles and 5 stolen bases. He went 172 and 151 with a 2.43 earned run average, pitching 2,940 innings in 347 games. He struck out 671, completed 302 of his 325 starts and threw 33 shutouts.

He led the league in shutouts once, in 1876, with 16.

He was born in Reading, PA, USA on July 13, 1852, and died on October 2, 1931. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1875*	STL	60	254	28	62	7	3	0	24	1	19	3	.244
1876	STL	64	265	29	66	7	6	0	28	3	12	0	.249
1877	CHC	55	214	31	52	7	3	0	12	6	19	0	.243
1879	TRO	63	251	36	62	9	5	0	23	1	20	0	.247
1880	PRO	82	309	32	70	7	6	0	23	5	38	0	.227
1881	CLV/DTN	61	245	21	60	10	1	2	18	4	25	0	.245
1882	CLV	30	115	16	21	5	0	0	6	4	16	0	.183
1883	CLV/PHA	80	328	47	78	8	6	1	37	8	1	0	.238
1884	COR	58	226	31	43	4	7	0	0	7	0	0	.190
1886	PHA	13	48	1	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	.083
1888	BAL	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Major leagues	—	507	2004	244	456	57	35	3	148	39	133	2	.228
All seasons	—	567	2258	272	518	64	38	3	172	40	152	5	.229

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1875*	STL	33	26	60	60	0	535.2	540	127	17	60	2.13
1876	STL	45	19	64	64	0	573.0	470	78	38	103	1.23
1877	CHC	19	23	50	44	0	394.0	452	145	39	59	3.31
1879	TRO	13	40	54	54	0	487.0	590	154	26	133	2.85
1880	PRO	13	8	28	20	2	196.0	158	30	6	54	1.38
1881	CLV	2	4	6	6	0	51.0	70	22	3	6	3.88
1882	CLV	6	9	18	16	0	147.0	164	61	22	32	3.73
1883	PHA	16	7	26	23	0	214.1	215	75	22	56	3.15
1884	COR	25	15	41	38	0	342.0	350	103	23	168	2.71
Major leagues	—	139	125	287	265	2	2404.1	2469	668	179	611	2.50
All seasons	—	172	151	347	325	2	2940.0	3009	795	196	671	2.43

Seasons outside MLB's recognized major leagues appear in All seasons, but not in Major leagues or the leaderboards. For George Bradley, that is 1875–1875. Why totals can differ.

On this day & linked events

1852

Born July 13, 1852

Reading, PA, USA

1931

Died October 2, 1931

1875

Major-league debut: George Bradley

George Bradley made a major-league debut on May 4, 1875.

1888

Final major-league game: George Bradley

George Bradley played a final major-league game on August 8, 1888.

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