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What is Milton Bradley's Net Worth and Salary?
Minor League Career, 1996-2000
Milton Bradley Jr. was born on April 15, 1978 in Los Angeles, California to supermarket clerk Charlena and Vietnam War veteran Milton Sr. He had four half-siblings from his mother's previous marriage. Reportedly, Bradley's father was a cocaine addict who abused his wife.
Milton Bradley is a former professional baseball outfielder who has a net worth of $18 million. During his professional career Milton Bradley played for numerous MLB teams from 2000 to 2011, including the Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, and Chicago Cubs. He had his best career season in 2008 with the Rangers when he led the American League with a .436 on-base percentage and earned his first and only All-Star selection. Notorious for his bad temper and behavior both on and off the field, Bradley was convicted on nine counts of domestic violence in 2013 and was sentenced to 32 months in prison. During his career Milton earned $48 million, the vast majority of which was earned from a three-year, $30 million deal with the Cubs that he signed in 2009.
In the 1996 MLB June amateur draft, Bradley was selected by the Montreal Expos in the second round. He began his professional baseball career in the organization's farm system with the Gulf Coast League's GCL Expos. In his first season, Bradley batted .241 with 27 hits. The next season, he played nine games for the GCL Expos before moving to the Vermont Expos. In 1998, Bradley played for the Cape Fear Crocs and the Jupiter Hammerheads, and in 1999 played for the Harrisburg Senators. With the Senators, he hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth in the final game of the Eastern League championship to give the team a 12-11 win over the Norwich Navigators. Bradley subsequently played for the Ottawa Lynx during the first half of the 2000 season.
At the end of July in 2001, Bradley was traded to the Cleveland Indians. He was subsequently assigned to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, with which he played 30 games. Bradley ended up playing in 10 games that season for the Indians. In 2002, he spent a couple stints on the disabled list and played six games with the Bisons while recovering. Bradley returned to the Indians in early June, and finished the season with a .249 batting average, 38 RBI, and nine home runs. Despite spending more time on the disabled list in 2003, Bradley led the Indians in stolen bases, with 17. After the season, he signed a new one-year contract with the team; however, he was traded in the spring of 2004.
As a teenager, Bradley attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School, where he played baseball. Although he planned to attend California State University, Long Beach for college, he ended up entering MLB when he was drafted in 1996.
Bradley made his MLB debut in July of 2000 when he was called up by the Expos. That season, he batted .221 with 15 RBI in 42 games. Bradley played 67 games with the Expos in 2001 before being traded.
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Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.