What years did Brad Penny play?

Brad Penny played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2014.

Was Brad Penny a pitcher?

Yes. Brad Penny pitched in the major leagues, recording 121 wins and 1273 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Brad Penny hit?

Brad Penny hit 3 career home runs with 83 hits.

Brad Penny

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2000-2014)

W–L 121–101

ERA 4.29

WHIP 1.38

SO 1,273

Pitcher PIV 12197.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 270 lb
Born: 5/24/1978 in Blackwell, OK, USA
MLB Debut: 2000-04-07
Last Game: 2014-09-26
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Bradley Wayne Penny

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Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
121	101	349	319	4	2	0	1925.0	2,030	917	194	619	1,273	4.29	12197.4

Career ERA 4.29 vs. league average 4.29 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2000	FLO	NL	8	7	23	22	0	0	119.7	120	64	60	80	4.81	4.77 (-1%)	-207.5
2001	FLO	NL	10	10	31	31	1	1	205.0	183	84	54	154	3.69	4.42 (+17%)	5485.0
2002	FLO	NL	8	7	24	24	1	1	129.3	148	67	50	93	4.66	4.28 (-9%)	-769.9
2003	FLO	NL	14	10	32	32	0	0	196.3	195	90	56	138	4.13	4.40 (+6%)	2461.1
2004	FLO	NL	8	8	21	21	0	0	131.3	124	46	39	105	3.15	4.46 (+29%)	3591.8
2004	LAN	NL	1	2	3	3	0	0	11.7	6	4	6	6	3.09	4.46 (+31%)	-387.2
2005	LAN	NL	7	9	29	29	1	0	175.3	185	76	41	122	3.90	4.29 (+9%)	2948.6
2006	LAN	NL	16	9	34	33	0	0	189.0	206	91	54	148	4.33	4.53 (+4%)	3138.4
2007	LAN	NL	16	4	33	33	0	0	208.0	199	70	73	135	3.03	4.47 (+32%)	4577.0
2008	LAN	NL	6	9	19	17	0	0	94.7	112	66	42	51	6.27	4.32 (-45%)	-2229.4
2009	BOS	AL	7	8	24	24	0	0	131.7	160	82	42	89	5.61	4.32 (-30%)	-568.8
2009	SFN	NL	4	1	6	6	1	0	41.7	31	12	9	20	2.59	4.32 (+40%)	-24.3
2010	SLN	NL	3	4	9	9	0	0	55.7	63	20	9	35	3.23	4.08 (+21%)	953.5
2011	DET	AL	11	11	31	31	0	0	181.7	222	107	62	74	5.30	3.94 (-34%)	-4885.1
2012	SFN	NL	0	1	22	0	0	0	28.0	42	19	9	10	6.11	4.01 (-52%)	-906.1
2014	MIA	NL	2	1	8	4	0	0	26.0	34	19	13	13	6.58	3.74 (-76%)	-979.5
Career · 16 seasons			121	101	349	319	4	2	1,925.0	2,030	917	619	1,273	4.29	—	12,197

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
351	529	27	83	17	2	3	34	0	3	173	.157	.166	.214	.380	-2,147

Career AVG .157 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — 40.2% below league average.

Career OBP .166 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — 49.6% below league average.

Career SLG .214 vs. league average .417 across their career seasons — 48.7% below league average.

Career OPS .380 vs. league average .747 across their career seasons — 49.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2000	FLO	NL	24	45	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	17	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	FLO	NL	31	62	5	10	1	1	0	1	1	19	.161	.263 (-39%)	.332 (-47%)	.426 (-51%)	.758 (-49%)	-514.1
2002	FLO	NL	24	48	1	8	2	0	0	1	0	14	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	FLO	NL	33	68	3	9	1	1	2	8	0	27	.132	.264 (-50%)	.332 (-60%)	.422 (-37%)	.754 (-47%)	-550.5
2004	FLO	NL	21	47	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	13	.064	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	LAN	NL	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	LAN	NL	29	50	1	8	3	0	0	3	1	17	.160	.264 (-40%)	.330 (-42%)	.418 (-47%)	.749 (-45%)	-372.7
2006	LAN	NL	34	65	3	12	3	0	0	5	0	16	.185	.269 (-31%)	.336 (-45%)	.431 (-47%)	.768 (-46%)	-504.3
2007	LAN	NL	33	65	7	16	6	0	0	7	1	23	.246	.268 (-8%)	.335 (-17%)	.422 (-20%)	.758 (-19%)	-205.4
2008	LAN	NL	19	26	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	7	.192	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	BOS	AL	24	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	SFN	NL	6	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	SLN	NL	9	19	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	6	.158	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	DET	AL	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	SFN	NL	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	MIA	NL	8	6	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			351	529	27	83	17	2	3	34	3	173	.157	—	—	—	—	-2,147

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
9	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	.500

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	RBI	SO	AVG
2011	ALCS	DET	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	NLDS1	LAN	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	NLCS	FLO	3	1	0	0	1	.000
2003	NLDS1	FLO	2	1	1	0	0	1.000
2003	WS	FLO	2	2	1	2	0	.500

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	2	9	4	0	24.7	38	21	13	15	7.66

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2011	ALCS	DET	0	0	1	0	1.7	7	5	2	1	27.00
2006	NLDS1	LAN	0	1	1	0	1.0	2	2	2	1	18.00
2003	NLCS	FLO	1	1	3	1	4.0	9	7	3	0	15.75
2003	NLDS1	FLO	0	0	2	1	5.7	5	4	1	6	6.35
2003	WS	FLO	2	0	2	2	12.3	15	3	5	7	2.19

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	179	262	16	41	3	22	.156
Away	172	267	11	42	0	12	.157

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	177	988.1	1002	422	297	650	3.84
Away	172	936.2	1028	495	322	623	4.76

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	SO
2014-09-26	MIA	WAS	W	0	0	0	0	0
2014-09-16	MIA	NYN	L	0	0	0	0	0
2014-09-08	MIA	MIL	W	2	0	1	0	1
2014-09-02	MIA	NYN	L	0	0	0	0	0
2014-08-29	MIA	ATL	L	0	0	0	0	0
2014-08-24	MIA	COL	L	1	0	0	0	0
2014-08-14	MIA	AZ	W	2	1	1	1	1
2014-08-09	MIA	CIN	W	1	0	0	0	1
2012-09-29	SFG	SDP	L	0	0	0	0	0
2012-09-25	SFG	AZ	L	0	0	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2014-09-26	MIA	WAS	—	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	0
2014-09-16	MIA	NYN	—	2.0	5	3	3	0	2	2
2014-09-08	MIA	MIL	W	6.0	4	2	2	3	1	0
2014-09-02	MIA	NYN	L	3.0	7	4	4	1	2	0
2014-08-29	MIA	ATL	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2014-08-24	MIA	COL	—	2.1	6	3	3	1	1	0
2014-08-14	MIA	AZ	—	5.0	5	4	4	3	3	0
2014-08-09	MIA	CIN	W	5.0	4	2	1	4	3	1
2012-09-29	SFG	SDP	—	1.0	4	2	2	2	0	0
2012-09-25	SFG	AZ	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	349	319	132	232	8	22

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2000	FLO	P	23	22	11	17	2	1
2001	FLO	P	31	31	10	27	0	1
2002	FLO	P	24	24	12	14	0	1
2003	FLO	P	32	32	19	12	1	1
2004	FLO	P	21	21	14	15	1	1
2004	LAN	P	3	3	1	0	0	0
2005	LAN	P	29	29	11	25	0	3
2006	LAN	P	34	33	7	22	1	6
2007	LAN	P	33	33	13	23	0	2
2008	LAN	P	19	17	6	17	1	2
2009	BOS	P	24	24	9	8	0	0
2009	SFN	P	6	6	4	7	1	1
2010	SLN	P	9	9	2	9	0	0
2011	DET	P	31	31	8	26	1	1
2012	SFN	P	22	0	3	4	0	2
2014	MIA	P	8	4	2	6	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	349

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
2011	DET	AL	$3,000,000
2010	SLN	NL	$7,500,000
2009	BOS	AL	$5,000,000
2008	LAN	NL	$9,250,000
2007	LAN	NL	$7,750,000
2006	LAN	NL	$5,250,000
2005	LAN	NL	$5,100,000
2004	FLO	NL	$3,725,000
2003	FLO	NL	$1,875,000
2002	FLO	NL	$377,500
2001	FLO	NL	$260,000
2000	FLO	NL	$200,000
Total Career Earnings			$49,287,500

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2007	Cy Young Award	NL	3rd	14.0	160	0

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Career Spans

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Frequently Asked Questions about Brad Penny

What years did Brad Penny play?: Brad Penny played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2014.
Was Brad Penny a pitcher?: Yes. Brad Penny pitched in the major leagues, recording 121 wins and 1273 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Brad Penny hit?: Brad Penny hit 3 career home runs with 83 hits.