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American baseball player (born 1944)
Baseball player
Buddy Bradford
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Outfielder
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Born:
(
1944-07-25
)
July 25, 1944
(age 79)
Mobile, Alabama
, U.S.
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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MLB:
September 9, 1966, for the Chicago White Sox
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NPB:
April 2, 1977, for the Kintetsu Buffaloes
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MLB:
July 24, 1976, for the Chicago White Sox
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NPB:
July 10, 1977, for the Kintetsu Buffaloes
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Batting average
| .226
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Home runs
| 52
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Runs batted in
| 175
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Batting average
| .192
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Home runs
| 4
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Runs batted in
| 11
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Charles William Bradford
(born July 25, 1944) is an
American
former professional
baseball
player. He played as an
outfielder
in
Major League Baseball
for the
Chicago White Sox
(1966?70, 1972?75 and 1976),
Cleveland Indians
(1970?71),
Cincinnati Reds
(1971) and
St. Louis Cardinals
(1975).
[1]
He also played one season for the
Kintetsu Buffaloes
(1977) in Japan.
Bradford was born in
Mobile, Alabama
. He was traded along with
Tommie Sisk
from the
White Sox
to the
Indians
for
Bob Miller
and
Barry Moore
before the trade deadline on June 15, 1970.
[2]
He was dealt along with
Greg Terlecky
from the Cardinals to the White Sox for
Lee Richard
on December 12, 1975.
[3]
After winning a starting position for the White Sox in
1976
, he was released later in the season after a poor offensive output.
In eleven MLB seasons, he played in 697 games, had 1,605 at-bats, 224 runs, 363 hits, 50 doubles, 8 triples, 52 home runs, 175 RBI, 36 stolen bases, 184 walks, .226 batting average, .311 on-base percentage, .364 slugging percentage, 585 total bases, 12 sacrifice hits, 11 sacrifice flies and 16 intentional walks. He had a strong arm and was a solid outfielder, although he never won a
Gold Glove Award
.
References
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edit
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- ^
Buddy Bradford
. baseball-reference.com
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Durso, Joseph. "Drabowsky Back in Oriole Fold,"
The New York Times
, Wednesday, June 17, 1970.
Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^
"Veeck triggers wild trade spree,"
The Associated Press
(AP), Saturday, December 13, 1975.
Retrieved May 3, 2020.
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