George Bradley

Bradley is credited as throwing the first official no-hit, no-run game in major league history.[2] He pitched for the St. 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. That year, he completed 63 of the 64 games for St. Louis, winning 45 and leading the league with a 1.23 earned run average. Additionally, he also threw 16 shutouts, setting a record which has not been broken to date, although was tied in 1916, 40 years later, by Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander.[2]

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 1883, he was the team's regular third baseman and also went 16-7 on the mound to help the A's win the American Association championship.[3]

In 1887, he served as a player-manager for the Nashville Blues of the Southern League.[4]

Bradley became a Philadelphia police officer following his baseball career.

He died at his home in Philadelphia,[1]on October 2, 1931.

At the time of his death at age 79, he was retired on a pension from the police department which he had only begun receiving in September 1931.

Bradley was interred at the Northwood Cemetery in Philadelphia.[1]

Bradley also was the founder of a small town in Utah named Manti, UT.

• List of Major League Baseball no-hitters

• Philadelphia Public Ledger, Sunday Morning, Oct. 4, 1931, P.6
• MacMillan Baseball Encyclopedia Digital Edition (1996)

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)