Jeff Brantley
Former MLB relief pitcher and broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds.
Jeffrey Hoke Brantley, known as Cowboy, is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for 14 seasons. He was hired in 2006 as a broadcaster for one of his former teams, the Cincinnati Reds.
Quick Facts
- Position
- Pitcher
- Born
- 5 September 1963
- Birthplace
- Florence, Alabama, U.S.
- Bats
- Right
- Debut league
- MLB
- Debut date
- August 5
- Debut year
- 1988
- Debut team
- San Francisco Giants
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Did You Know?
- Brantley lettered in three sports at W. A. Berry High School and was the quarterback on a state championship football team.
- He played college baseball at Mississippi State University alongside Will Clark, Rafael Palmeiro, and Bobby Thigpen.
- Brantley co-holds the SEC record for career wins by a pitcher with 45, tied with Kip Bouknight.
Major league career
Jeff Brantley pitched for four National League teams—the Giants, Reds, Cardinals, and Phillies—as well as the American League’s Texas Rangers. With the 1989 Giants, he won the NL pennant and appeared in three World Series games, posting a 4.15 ERA in a losing effort against Oakland. That same season, he made the All-Star team with a 5–3 record and a 1.56 ERA, and he led the NL with 44 saves. In 2010, the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame inducted him.
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