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That year, he completed 63 of Saint Louis" 64 games, winning 45 and leading the league with a 1.23 earned run average.
That year, he completed 63 of Saint Louis" 64 games, winning 45 and leading the league with a 1.23 earned run average.
He was 5"10.5" and weighed 175 lbs. Bradley threw the first official no-hit, no-run game in major league history. He pitched for the Saint Louis Brown Stockings in the club"s victory over the Hartford Dark Blues on July 15, 1876.
The score ended 2-0 without a hit being allowed by Bradley.
He also threw 16 shutouts, setting a record that has not been broken. After 1876, Bradley was not as effective as a pitcher and played mostly other positions after 1879.
He was involved in professional baseball for 30 years, 19 of them with the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1887, he served as a player-manager for the Nashville Blues of the Southern League.
Bradley became a Philadelphia police officer following his baseball career.
He died in Philadelphia at his home. At the time of his death, he was retired on a pension from the police department which he had received beginning in September 1931. Bradley was interred at the Northwood Cemetery in Philadelphia.
