Brad Penny | |||
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Penny with the San Francisco Giants
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Pitcher | |||
Born: Blackwell, Oklahoma |
May 24, 1978 |||
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Professional debut | |||
MLB: April 7, 2000, for the Florida Marlins | |||
NPB: April 4, 2012, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |||
Last appearance | |||
NPB: April 4, 2012, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |||
MLB: September 26, 2014, for the Miami Marlins | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 121–101 | ||
Earned run average | 4.29 | ||
Strikeouts | 1,273 | ||
NPB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 0–1 | ||
Earned run average | 10.80 | ||
Strikeouts | 1 | ||
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Men's baseball | ||
Representing United States | ||
Pan American Games | ||
1999 Winnipeg | Team |
Bradley Wayne Penny (born May 24, 1978) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Penny played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida / Miami Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, and Detroit Tigers, and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He was an All Star in 2006 and 2007.
Penny was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma. He graduated from Broken Arrow Senior High where he was an All-State selection and Frontier Conference Pitcher of the Year.
He was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 5th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft, and signed with the Diamondbacks on June 4, 1996.
He was immediately sent to the Arizona Summer League, where he ranked fourth in the league in ERA (2.36) and was named Arizona's Organizational Pitcher of the Month in August. With the South Bend Silver Hawks in 1997, he was 10–5 with an ERA of 2.73 in 25 starts.
In 1998, with the High Desert Mavericks, he went 14–5 with a 2.96 ERA in 28 starts and was named to Baseball America's first team Minor League All-Stars, the California League Pitcher of the Year, California League Most Valuable Player, Arizona Diamondbacks Minor League Player of the Year and "A" Level Player of the Year.