Jeff Brantley

Jeff Brantley
Pitcher
Born: (1963-09-05) September 5, 1963 Florence, Alabama
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 5, 1988 for the San Francisco Giants
Last MLB appearance
May 23, 2001 for the Texas Rangers
Career statistics
Win–loss record	43–46
Earned run average	3.39
Strikeouts	728
Saves	172
Teams
San Francisco Giants (1988–1993) Cincinnati Reds (1994–1997) St. Louis Cardinals (1998) Philadelphia Phillies (1999–2000) Texas Rangers (2001)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star selection (1990) 1996 NL Rolaids Relief Man of the Year

Jeffrey Hoke (Jeff) Brantley, (born September 5, 1963), is a former relief pitcher and current Major League Baseball broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds. His 14-year playing career lasted from 1988 to 2001.

Collegiate career

Brantley played college baseball at Mississippi State University, where he was a teammate of Will Clark, Rafael Palmeiro and Bobby Thigpen on a Bulldogs 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.

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. He was also a member of the 1989 San Francisco Giants team that defeated the Chicago Cubs to win the National League pennant and eventually lost to the Oakland A's in the World Series.

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

In 2010 he was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.

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 the Cincinnati Reds Radio Network (flagship station WLW 700 AM), joining Marty Brennaman and Thom Brennaman and the FSN Ohio television broadcast team with Chris Welsh and George Grande.

Personal

He and his wife are the parents of one daughter, Elizabeth and one son, Mason. Brantley also has two children from his first marriage, Emily and Murphy. He lettered in three sports at W. A. Berry High School, which was replaced by Hoover High School (Alabama).

See also

• List of Major League Baseball saves champions
• List of Major League Baseball all-time saves leaders

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)