Brad Radke

American baseball pitcher with Twins

Brad Radke - American baseball pitcher with Twins
Born

October 27th, 1972
52 years ago

Category

Athletes & Sports Figures

Country

United States

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Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in 1991, one of the prominent pitchers in Major League Baseball during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Played a key role in the Twins' 2002 AL Central Division championship team. Achieved a career record of 148 wins and 139 losses with a 4.22 earned run average over 12 seasons. Retired after the 2006 season and later became a sports commentator.

Played for Minnesota Twins from 1995 to 2006

Selected for the 1997 All-Star Game

Helped lead the Twins to the 2002 AL Central title

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