Jeff Brantley

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Jeff Brantley
Jeff Brantley
Pitcher
Born: September 5, 1963 (1963-09-05) (age 44)
Florence, Alabama
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 5, 1988
for the San Francisco Giants
Final game
May 23, 2001
for the Texas Rangers
Career statistics
Wins - Losses     43-46
Saves     172
Strikeouts     728
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Jeffrey Hoke (Jeff) Brantley, (born September 5, 1963 in Florence, Alabama), is a former relief pitcher with a 14 year career from 1988 to 2001.

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[edit] Collegate career

Brantley played college baseball at Mississippi State University, where he was a teammate of Will Clark, Rafael Palmeiro and Bobby Thigpen on a Bulldog team that participated in the 1985 College World Series. He is the co-holder of the SEC record for career wins by a pitcher with 45, along with University of South Carolina and Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Kip Bouknight.

[edit] Major league career

He played for the San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies, all of the National League, and the Texas Rangers of the American League.

An All-Star in 1990, Brantley led the National League in 1996 with 44 saves.

[edit] Broadcasting career

Brantley was a color commentator for ESPN broadcasts of Major League Baseball games and an in-studio contributor for Baseball Tonight from 2002 through 2006. In 2007, he joined the radio broadcast team of the Cincinnati Reds on WLW 700 AM, joining Marty Brennaman and Thom Brennaman and the FSN Ohio television broadcast team with Chris Welsh and George Grande.

[edit] Personal

He and his wife are the parents of one daughter, Emily [6-7-88] and one son, Murphy [11-13-90]. Jeff lettered in 3 sports at Berry High School in Hoover, Alabama.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Randy Myers		 National League Saves Champion
1996
(with Todd Worrell)		 Succeeded by
Jeff Shaw
Preceded by
Tom Henke		 National League Rolaids Relief Man of the Year
1996		 Succeeded by
Jeff Shaw
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NL Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award
1976: Eastwick | 1977: Fingers | 1978: Fingers | 1979: Sutter | 1980: Fingers | 1981: Sutter | 1982: Sutter | 1983: Holland | 1984: Sutter | 1985: Reardon | 1986: Worrell | 1987: Bedrosian | 1988: Franco | 1989: Davis | 1990: Franco | 1991: Smith | 1992: Smith | 1993: Myers | 1994: Beck | 1995: Henke | 1996: Brantley | 1997: Shaw | 1998: Hoffman | 1999: Wagner | 2000: Alfonseca | 2001: Benítez | 2002: Smoltz | 2003: Gagné | 2004: Gagné | 2005: Cordero | 2006: Hoffman | 2007: Valverde
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Baseball Tonight Personalities
Hosts
Karl Ravech (Lead Host, 1996-present) · Chris Berman (Host, 1990-present) · Steve Berthiaume (Host, 2003-2005, 2007-present) · Gary Miller (Lead Host, 1990-1995) · Dave Marash (Host, 1990) · Rich Eisen (Host, 1996-2002) · Brian Kenny (Host, 2003) · Chris Myers (1991-1995) · Scott Reiss (Host, 2006)
Analysts
Orestes Destrade (Analyst, 2005-present) · Orel Hershiser (Analyst, 2006-present) · John Kruk (Lead Analyst, 2004-present) · Eduardo Perez (Analyst, 2007-present) · Steve Phillips (Lead Analyst, 2005-present) · Fernando Viña (Analyst, 2007-present) · Eric Young (Analyst, 2007-present) · Dusty Baker (Analyst, 2007) · Larry Bowa (Analyst, 2005) · Jeff Brantley (Analyst, 2002-2006) · Dave Campbell (Lead Analyst, 1990-2004) · Rob Dibble (Analyst, 1998-2004) · Ray Knight (Analyst, 1998-2003) · Mike Macfarlane (Analyst, 1999) · Tino Martinez (Analyst, 2006) · Brian McRae (Analyst, 2000-2005) · Harold Reynolds (Lead Analyst, 1996-2006) · Bill Robinson (Analyst, 1990-1991) · Buck Showalter (Lead Analyst, 2001-2002, 2008-present) · Rick Sutcliffe (Analyst, 2002-2003) · Bobby Valentine (Lead Analyst, 2003)
Reporters
Peter Gammons (Lead Reporter, 1990-present) · Tim Kurkjian (Reporter, 1998-present) · Buster Olney (Reporter, 2003-present) · Jayson Stark (2000-present)
Correspondents
Pedro Gomez (2004-present) · Bob Holtzman (2004-present)
See also: Major League Baseball on ESPN
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