Brad Halsey | |||
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Pitcher | |||
Born: Houston, Texas |
February 14, 1981|||
Died: October 31, 2014 New Braunfels, Texas |
(aged 33)|||
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MLB debut | |||
June 19, 2004, for the New York Yankees | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
October 1, 2006, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 14–19 | ||
Earned run average | 4.84 | ||
Strikeouts | 160 | ||
Teams | |||
Bradford Alexander Halsey (February 14, 1981 – October 31, 2014) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees in 2004, for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2005, and for the Oakland Athletics in 2006.
Halsey attended Westfield High School in Houston, Texas. He then attended Hill College were he dominated with 11 wins along with his SS Dustin Murphy in Hillsboro TX. Then enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was the ace starting pitcher for the Texas Longhorn baseball team. With Halsey, the Longhorns won the 2002 College World Series.
The New York Yankees selected Halsey in the eighth round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft. He signed with the Yankees, receiving a $130,000 signing bonus. Halsey spent most of the 2004 season with the Columbus Clippers of the Class AAA International League, pitching to a 11–4 win–loss record with a 2.63 earned run average (ERA) in 144 innings. He posted a 2.95 strikeout-to-walk ratio (109-to-37), while opponents batted .237 against him with eight home runs.