Brad Penny
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| Los Angeles Dodgers — No. 31 | |
| Starting pitcher | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
|---|---|
| April 7, 2000 for the Florida Marlins | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through the 2006 season) |
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| Wins | 72 |
| Strikeouts | 846 |
| Earned run average | 4.21 |
| Former teams | |
Brad Penny (born May 24, 1978 in Blackwell, Oklahoma) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Penny began his career for the Florida Marlins in 2000. On June 30, 2004, Penny was traded along with Hee-Seop Choi and pitching prospect Bill Murphy to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Guillermo Mota, Juan Encarnacion and Paul Lo Duca. He bats and throws right handed.
Penny is currently dating actress Eliza Dushku.
During the 2005 season, Penny wagered a Florida Marlins batboy $500 to see if the batboy could drink, and keep down, a gallon of milk within one hour. The batboy accepted and finished off the gallon, but was unable to keep from vomiting. The Florida Marlins suspended the batboy for six games after learning of the bet. After the incident, Penny quipped: "It's kind of ridiculous that you get a 10-game suspension for steroids and a six-game suspension for milk."[1]
Penny was named by Houston Astros manager Phil Garner as the National League's starting pitcher in the 2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. He hurled two innings, allowing one home run to Vladimir Guerrero, striking out the side (Ichiro Suzuki, Derek Jeter, and David Ortiz) in the first inning, and receiving a no-decision. [2]
On September 24, 2006 against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Penny joined the very rare group of pitchers who have struck out four batters in one inning. Due to the dropped third strike rule, Penny was credited with striking out Chad Tracy, but because catcher Russell Martin failed to cleanly catch the ball, Tracy was allowed to attempt to run to first before being thrown out. Despite giving up three runs in the inning, Penny recorded three more strike outs to complete the four strike out inning.
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