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.

What teams did Brad Penny play for?

Brad Penny played for 6 teams: the Miami Marlins (2000–2004, 2014), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2004–2008), the Boston Red Sox (2009), the San Francisco Giants (2009, 2012), the St. Louis Cardinals (2010), and the Detroit Tigers (2011).

Did Brad Penny win a Cy Young Award?

No. Brad Penny did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Brad Penny win?

Brad Penny was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Brad Penny's career stats?

In 349 games, Brad Penny went 121-101 with a 4.29 ERA, 1,273 strikeouts, and 1,925.0 innings pitched. At the plate he had 83 hits and 3 home runs.

What was Brad Penny's salary?

Brad Penny's last recorded salary was $3,000,000, in 2011. His highest recorded salary was $9,250,000, in 2008, and his lowest was $200,000, in 2000. The Salary History table lists each season from 2000 to 2011.

What position did Brad Penny play?

Brad Penny played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Brad Penny and how much did he weigh?

Brad Penny was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 270 pounds.

What was Brad Penny's career ERA?

Brad Penny finished with a 4.29 career ERA, going 121-101 with 1,273 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Brad Penny have?

Brad Penny recorded 1,273 career strikeouts.

Is Brad Penny in the Hall of Fame?

No. Brad Penny has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Brad Penny

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

Brad Penny was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2014 for 7 teams, including the Florida Marlins, a span of 15 seasons. Across 349 career appearances, he went 121-101 with a 4.29 ERA and 1,273 strikeouts. He also batted .157 with 3 home runs. Brad Penny was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 12197.4.

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 15, 2026

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

Brad Penny — 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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Brad Penny Stats, Bio & Career Records
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	119.2	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	129.1	148	67	50	93	4.66	4.28 (-9%)	-769.9
2003	FLO	NL	14	10	32	32	0	0	196.1	195	90	56	138	4.13	4.40 (+6%)	2461.1
2004	FLO	NL	8	8	21	21	0	0	131.1	124	46	39	105	3.15	4.46 (+29%)	3591.8
2004	LAN	NL	1	2	3	3	0	0	11.2	6	4	6	6	3.09	4.46 (+31%)	-387.2
2005	LAN	NL	7	9	29	29	1	0	175.1	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	94.2	112	66	42	51	6.27	4.32 (-45%)	-2229.4
2009	BOS	AL	7	8	24	24	0	0	131.2	160	82	42	89	5.61	4.32 (-30%)	-568.8
2009	SFN	NL	4	1	6	6	1	0	41.2	31	12	9	20	2.59	4.32 (+40%)	-24.3
2010	SLN	NL	3	4	9	9	0	0	55.2	63	20	9	35	3.23	4.08 (+21%)	953.5
2011	DET	AL	11	11	31	31	0	0	181.2	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

Brad Penny — 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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Brad Penny Stats, Bio & Career Records
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

Brad Penny — 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

Brad Penny — 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

Brad Penny — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	2	9	4	0	24.2	38	21	13	15	7.66

Playoff Pitching by Year

Brad Penny — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2011	ALCS	DET	0	0	1	0	1.2	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	5.2	5	4	1	6	6.35
2003	WS	FLO	2	0	2	2	12.1	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

Brad Penny — 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

Brad Penny — 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

Brad Penny — 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

Brad Penny — 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

Brad Penny — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	349	319	132	232	8	22

Season-by-Season Fielding

Brad Penny — 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.

Brad Penny Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	349

Salary History

Brad Penny's recorded salaries total $49,287,500 over 12 seasons, 2000 to 2011. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Penny's career ran from 2000 to 2014. No salary is recorded for 2012 and 2014.

Brad Penny — 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 recorded salary (partial)			$49,287,500

Award Voting History

Brad Penny — 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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Brad Penny: the record in brief

Brad Penny played a first major league game on April 7, 2000 and a last one on September 26, 2014. The team column moves through the Florida Marlins (2000 to 2004), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2004 through 2008), the Boston Red Sox (2009), the San Francisco Giants (2009 to 2012), the St. Louis Cardinals (2010), the Detroit Tigers (2011), and the Miami Marlins (2014). Penny is listed as a pitcher at 6-foot-4 and 270 pounds. Penny batted and threw right-handed, per the bio block. Penny was born on May 24, 1978, in Blackwell, OK, USA. The bio lists the given name Bradley Wayne.

The pitching table credits Penny with a 121-101 record and a 4.29 ERA in 349 games. Also on Penny's record: 1,273 strikeouts. Penny's 4.29 ERA was close to the 4.29 league figure for those seasons. 2006 brought Penny a season-high 16 wins. 2001 produced Penny's most strikeouts, 154. In 2007, one of the busiest seasons, Penny posted a 3.03 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.47.

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.
What teams did Brad Penny play for?: Brad Penny played for 6 teams: the Miami Marlins (2000–2004, 2014), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2004–2008), the Boston Red Sox (2009), the San Francisco Giants (2009, 2012), the St. Louis Cardinals (2010), and the Detroit Tigers (2011).
Did Brad Penny win a Cy Young Award?: No. Brad Penny did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Brad Penny win?: Brad Penny was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Brad Penny's career stats?: In 349 games, Brad Penny went 121-101 with a 4.29 ERA, 1,273 strikeouts, and 1,925.0 innings pitched. At the plate he had 83 hits and 3 home runs.
How much did Brad Penny earn in his career?: Brad Penny's recorded salaries total $49,287,500 over 12 seasons, 2000 to 2011. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Penny's career ran from 2000 to 2014. No salary is recorded for 2012 and 2014.
What was Brad Penny's salary?: Brad Penny's last recorded salary was $3,000,000, in 2011. His highest recorded salary was $9,250,000, in 2008, and his lowest was $200,000, in 2000. The Salary History table lists each season from 2000 to 2011.
What position did Brad Penny play?: Brad Penny played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Brad Penny and how much did he weigh?: Brad Penny was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 270 pounds.
What was Brad Penny's career ERA?: Brad Penny finished with a 4.29 career ERA, going 121-101 with 1,273 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Brad Penny have?: Brad Penny recorded 1,273 career strikeouts.
Is Brad Penny in the Hall of Fame?: No. Brad Penny has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.