Bradley Wayne Penny (born May 24, 1978) is a major league starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. Penny has spent portions of his career with the Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Boston Red Sox.
Penny was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma. He graduated from Broken Arrow High School where he was an All-State selection and Frontier Conference Pitcher of the Year.
He was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 5th round of the 1996 Maj...
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Bradley Wayne Penny (born May 24, 1978) is a major league starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. Penny has spent portions of his career with the Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Boston Red Sox.
Penny was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma. He graduated from Broken Arrow High School where he was an All-State selection and Frontier Conference Pitcher of the Year.
He was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 5th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft, and signed with the Diamondbacks on June 4, 1996.
He was immediately sent to the Arizona Summer League, where he ranked fourth in the league in ERA (2.36) and was named Arizona's Organizational Pitcher of the Month in August. With the South Bend Silver Hawks in 1997, he was 10-5 with an ERA of 2.73 in 25 starts.
In 1998, with the High Desert Mavericks, he went 14-5 with a 2.96 ERA in 28 starts and was named to Baseball America's first team Minor League All-Stars, the California League Pitcher of the Year, California...
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