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Mark Bradley (baseball)
Mark Allen Bradley (born December 3, 1956, Elizabethtown, Kentucky) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. The Elizabethtown High School graduate was originally an infielder when he was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft. He batted .283 with seventy home runs and 442 runs batted in over seven seasons in the Dodgers' farm system when he received a September call up in . His only hit in six at bats was a double off the Houston Astros' Billy Smith. Back in triple A for , he batted .317 with twelve home runs and 101 RBIs for the Pacific Coast League's Albuquerque Dukes. Receiving a second September call up that year, he was 1-for-3 with a run scored. Bradley's name came up several times at the Winter meetings that year. At one point, he and pitchers Burt Hooton and Dave Stewart and minor league pitcher Orel Hershiser were traded to the Texas Rangers for catcher Jim Sundberg, but Sundberg vetoed the deal. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outfielder
An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to catch fly balls and ground balls then to return them to the infield for the out or before the runner advances, if there are any runners on the bases. As an outfielder, they normally play behind the six players located in the field. By convention, each of the nine defensive positions in baseball is numbered. The outfield positions are 7 (left field), 8 (center field) and 9 (right field). These numbers are shorthand designations useful in baseball scorekeeping and are not necessarily the same as the squad numbers worn on player uniforms. Outfielders named to the MLB All-Century Team are Hank Aaron, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Pete Rose, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Ken Griffey Jr. Strategy Players can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
