What years did Chad Bradford play?

Chad Bradford played in Major League Baseball from 1998 to 2009.

Was Chad Bradford a pitcher?

Yes. Chad Bradford pitched in the major leagues, recording 36 wins and 313 strikeouts.

What was Chad Bradford's career ERA?

Chad Bradford finished with a 3.26 career ERA, going 36-28 with 313 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Chad Bradford have?

Chad Bradford recorded 313 career strikeouts.

Is Chad Bradford in the Hall of Fame?

No. Chad Bradford has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

What teams did Chad Bradford play for?

Chad Bradford played for the Chicago White Sox, the Athletics, the Boston Red Sox, the New York Mets, the Baltimore Orioles, and the Tampa Bay Rays.

Chad Bradford

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1998-2009)

Chad Bradford was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1998 to 2009 for 6 teams, including the Chicago White Sox, a span of 12 seasons. Across 561 career appearances, he went 36-28 with a 3.26 ERA and 313 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 11902.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 36–28

ERA 3.26

WHIP 1.29

SO 313

Pitcher PIV 11902.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 205 lb
Born: 9/14/1974 in Jackson, MS, USA
MLB Debut: 1998-08-01
Last Game: 2009-09-23

Full name: Chadwick Lee Bradford

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Career Pitching Statistics

Chad Bradford — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
36	28	561	0	0	0	11	515.2	527	187	28	137	313	3.26	11902.1

Career ERA 3.26 vs. league average 4.45 across their career seasons — 26.7% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Chad Bradford Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1998	CHA	AL	2	1	29	1	30.2	27	11	7	11	3.23	4.43 (+27%)	1022.3
1999	CHA	AL	0	0	3	0	3.2	9	8	5	0	19.64	—	0.0
2000	CHA	AL	1	0	12	0	13.2	13	3	1	9	1.98	4.77 (+59%)	936.4
2001	OAK	AL	2	1	35	1	36.2	41	11	6	34	2.70	4.42 (+39%)	483.0
2002	OAK	AL	4	2	75	2	75.1	73	26	14	56	3.11	4.28 (+27%)	3253.1
2003	OAK	AL	7	4	72	2	77.0	67	26	30	62	3.04	4.40 (+31%)	694.6
2004	OAK	AL	5	7	68	1	59.0	51	29	24	34	4.42	4.46 (+1%)	-12.3
2005	BOS	AL	2	1	31	0	23.1	29	10	4	10	3.86	4.29 (+10%)	393.2
2006	NYN	NL	4	2	70	2	62.0	59	20	13	45	2.90	4.53 (+36%)	3128.6
2007	BAL	AL	4	7	78	2	64.2	77	24	16	29	3.34	4.47 (+25%)	1488.7
2008	BAL	AL	3	3	47	0	40.1	41	11	7	13	2.45	4.32 (+43%)	606.7
2008	TBA	AL	1	0	21	0	19.0	18	3	8	4	1.42	4.32 (+67%)	-233.9
2009	TBA	AL	1	0	20	0	10.1	22	5	2	6	4.35	4.32 (-1%)	141.7
Career · 13 seasons			36	28	561	11	515.2	527	187	137	313	3.26	—	11,902

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Chad Bradford — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
562	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Season-by-Season Batting

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Chad Bradford Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1998	CHA	AL	29	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	CHA	AL	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	CHA	AL	12	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	OAK	AL	35	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	OAK	AL	75	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	OAK	AL	72	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	OAK	AL	68	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	BOS	AL	31	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	NYN	NL	70	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	BAL	AL	78	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	BAL	AL	47	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	TBA	AL	21	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	TBA	AL	21	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			562	—	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Chad Bradford — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Chad Bradford — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2008	ALCS	TBA	3	.000
2008	ALDS2	TBA	2	.000
2008	WS	TBA	2	.000
2006	NLCS	NYN	5	.000
2006	NLDS1	NYN	2	.000
2005	ALDS1	BOS	2	.000
2003	ALDS2	OAK	4	.000
2002	ALDS2	OAK	2	.000
2001	ALDS2	OAK	1	.000
2000	ALDS2	CHA	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Chad Bradford — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	24	0	0	23.1	18	1	6	13	0.39

Playoff Pitching by Year

Chad Bradford — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2008	ALCS	TBA	3	3.0	4	1	2	1	3.00
2008	ALDS2	TBA	2	3.0	1	0	0	2	0.00
2008	WS	TBA	2	2.0	1	0	1	0	0.00
2006	NLCS	NYN	5	5.1	3	0	0	2	0.00
2006	NLDS1	NYN	2	0.1	1	0	1	0	0.00
2005	ALDS1	BOS	2	1.1	1	0	0	1	0.00
2003	ALDS2	OAK	4	3.2	4	0	2	5	0.00
2002	ALDS2	OAK	2	3.0	1	0	0	1	0.00
2001	ALDS2	OAK	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.00
2000	ALDS2	CHA	1	0.2	2	0	0	0	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Chad Bradford — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	287	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	275	0	0	0	0	0	—

Pitching — Home / Away

Chad Bradford — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	287	274.1	277	98	73	175	3.22
Away	274	241.1	250	89	64	138	3.32

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Chad Bradford — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2009-09-23	TBR	SEA	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009-09-15	TBR	BAL	—	0.2	1	2	2	1	0	1
2009-09-07	TBR	NYY	—	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0
2009-09-07	TBR	NYY	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2009-09-03	TBR	BOS	—	0.2	3	1	1	1	0	0
2009-09-02	TBR	BOS	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009-09-01	TBR	BOS	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009-08-28	TBR	DET	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2009-08-25	TBR	TOR	—	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0
2009-08-23	TBR	TEX	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Chad Bradford — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	561	0	31	109	6	2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Chad Bradford — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1998	CHA	P	29	1	8	1	0
1999	CHA	P	3	1	3	0	0
2000	CHA	P	12	0	2	0	0
2001	OAK	P	35	0	8	0	0
2002	OAK	P	75	10	10	1	1
2003	OAK	P	72	2	20	1	0
2004	OAK	P	68	5	13	2	0
2005	BOS	P	31	1	6	0	0
2006	NYN	P	70	3	10	0	0
2007	BAL	P	78	4	15	1	1
2008	BAL	P	47	2	12	0	0
2008	TBA	P	21	1	1	0	0
2009	TBA	P	20	1	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Chad Bradford Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	562

Salary History

Chad Bradford — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2009	TBA	AL	$3,666,666
2008	BAL	AL	$3,666,666
2007	BAL	AL	$3,166,667
2006	NYN	NL	$1,400,000
2005	OAK	AL	$1,400,000
2004	OAK	AL	$965,000
2003	OAK	AL	$331,000
2002	OAK	AL	$235,000
1998	CHA	AL	$170,000
Total Career Earnings			$15,000,999

College History

Chad Bradford — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Hinds Community College	Raymond	MS	1994, 1995
University of Southern Mississippi	Hattiesburg	MS	1996

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Chad Bradford: the record in brief

The profile opens with Chad Bradford's first major league game on August 1, 1998; the last one listed came on September 23, 2009. The season rows list, in order, the Chicago White Sox (1998 through 2000), the Oakland Athletics (2001 through 2004), the Boston Red Sox (2005), the New York Mets (2006), the Baltimore Orioles (2007 through 2008), and the Tampa Bay Rays (2008 through 2009). At 205 pounds on a 6-foot-5 frame, Bradford is listed as a pitcher. Bradford threw and hit right-handed, per the bio block. Bradford was born on September 14, 1974, in Jackson, MS, USA. Bradford's full given name, per the bio, is Chadwick Lee Bradford.

Bradford's career pitching line is 36 wins, 28 losses and a 3.26 ERA over 561 appearances. Bradford had 313 strikeouts and 11 saves. The leagues Bradford pitched in allowed 4.45 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 26.7% better than average. Bradford won 7 games in 2003, the most of any season listed. In 2006, one of the busiest seasons, Bradford posted a 2.90 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.53. By Pitcher PIV, Baseball Data Hub's measure of run prevention relative to each season's league, Bradford's career adds up to 11,902.1.

Frequently Asked Questions about Chad Bradford

What years did Chad Bradford play?: Chad Bradford played in Major League Baseball from 1998 to 2009.
Was Chad Bradford a pitcher?: Yes. Chad Bradford pitched in the major leagues, recording 36 wins and 313 strikeouts.
What was Chad Bradford's career ERA?: Chad Bradford finished with a 3.26 career ERA, going 36-28 with 313 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Chad Bradford have?: Chad Bradford recorded 313 career strikeouts.
Is Chad Bradford in the Hall of Fame?: No. Chad Bradford has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
What teams did Chad Bradford play for?: Chad Bradford played for the Chicago White Sox, the Athletics, the Boston Red Sox, the New York Mets, the Baltimore Orioles, and the Tampa Bay Rays.