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Brady Clark
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Outfielder
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San Diego Padres
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Right
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Right
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September 3
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2000
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Cincinnati Reds
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2006 season
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Hits
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529
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Home Runs
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36
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Batting Average
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278
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(born
April 18 ,
1973 in
Portland, Oregon ) is a
Major League Baseball Outfielder who is currently in the
San Diego Padres organization. Brady is a class of 1991 graduate of
Sunset High School in
Portland, Oregon and
1996 graduate of the
University Of San Diego . He was a
West Coast Conference All-Star in 1995 in college.
Clark was signed as an undrafted free agent by the
Cincinnati Reds in 1996 after graduating from college. He began his professional career with the Class-A
Burlington Bees in 1997, hitting .325 with 11 homers and 31 steals and being selected to the
Midwest League All-Star team.
He played for the Double-A
Chattanooga Lookouts in 1998-99. In 99, he hit .326 with 17 homers and 25 steals. He was honored with a selection as a Double-A All-Star,
Southern League All-Star and Southern League Most Valuable Player.
Played for the Triple-A
Louisville RiverBats in 2000 & 2001.
Made his major league debut on
September 3 2000 as a pinch hitter against the
Montreal Expos . Recorded his first big league hit on
September 13 against
Felix Heredia of the
Chicago Cubs . His first home run was against
Chicago White Sox pitcher
Mark Buehrle as the leadoff hitter in the 1st inning on
June 13 2001 .
Brady was traded by the Reds to the
New York Mets on
August 15 2002 for
Shawn Estes . He played in 10 games for the Mets, primarily as a pinch hitter in 2002, getting 5 hits in 12 at bats.
at
Miller Park on June 6, 2005]]
He was claimed off of waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the New York Mets in 2003. Following the
2004 season the Brewers traded starting center fielder
Scott Podsednik for
Carlos Lee , clearing way for Brady Clark to become the starting center fielder. Clark made the most of the opportunity in 2005 with a team leading batting average of .306 with 94 runs scored. Clark established career highs in batting average, hits, runs scored, doubles, home runs, runs batted in, sacrifice hits, and hit batsman in 145 games played in the 2005 season.
Following Clark's breakout 2005 season, the Brewers and Clark entered into contract negotiations. In a deal to avoid an arbitration hearing on
February 8 ,
2006 at 9:30 a.m., Clark and the Brewers agreed to a one-year, $3.2 million contract after a long negotiation process at 1:45 a.m., with under eight hours before the hearing was scheduled to begin. After announcing the original deal that morning, the sides would agree to a two-year, $7 million deal later in the day with just one phone call
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On March 26, 2007 Brady Clark and cash considerations were traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for
Elmer Dessens .
[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070326&content_id=1860018&vkey=spt2007news&fext=.jsp] Clark made his Dodgers debut on
April 2nd ,
2007 at
Miller Park , his former home ballpark when he played with the Brewers. Entering the game in the 6th inning, Clark recorded a 9th inning, one-out double, one of only two Dodger hits on the day off of Brewers ace
Ben Sheets .[http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20070402&content_id=1874746&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil]
He saw limited playing time with the Dodgers, primarily as a defensive replacement/pinch runner and was eventually released on June 20, 2007.
Brady Clark was signed to a minor league deal by the
Boston Red Sox on
July 26 ,
2007 .
{Link without Title} He requested and had his release from Boston granted on August 6, 2007, after little over a week with their AAA club in Pawtucket.
Brady Clark was signed to a minor league deal by the
San Diego Padres after being granted his release from the Boston Red Sox on August 6, 2007. He is currently playing with the Portland Beavers, the AAA affiliate of the Padres in the Pacific Coast League. The Padres called Clark up when the rosters expanded on September 1st.
- 2002 Cincinnati Reds/New York Mets $233,000
- 2003 Milwuakee Brewers $312,500
- 2004 Milwaukee Brewers $376,000
- 2005 Milwaukee Brewers $1,425,000
- 2006 Milwaukee Brewers $3,200,000
- 2007 Los Angeles Dodgers $3,800,000
