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{{short description|American baseball player (1921-2000)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Bill Bradford
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|image=Bill Bradford (pitcher).jpg
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1921|8|28}}
|birth_place=[[Choctaw, Arkansas]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2000|8|22|1921|8|28}}
|death_place=[[Fairfield Bay, Arkansas]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 24
|debutyear=1956
|debutteam=Kansas City Athletics
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=April 24
|finalyear=1956
|finalteam=Kansas City Athletics
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=0–0
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=9.00
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=0
|teams=
*[[Kansas City Athletics]] (1956)
}}
'''William D. Bradford''' (August 28, 1921 – August 22, 2000) was an American [[relief pitcher]] in [[Major League Baseball]] who played in one game for the [[Kansas City Athletics]] during the [[1956 in baseball|1956]] season. Listed at {{height|ft=6|in=2}}, 180&nbsp;lb., Bradford batted and threw right-handed.

On April 24, 1956, Bradford debuted with the Athletics in the eight inning of a game against the [[Detroit Tigers]]. In two innings of work, he allowed two [[earned run]]s on two hits with a [[base on balls|walk]] and no [[strikeout]]s, and never appeared in a major league game again.

==See also==
*[[Cup of coffee (sports idiom)|Cup of coffee]]

==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=b/bradfbi01|fangraphs=1001298|brm=bradfo002wil|retro=B/Pbradb106}}
*[https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1956/B04240KC11956.htm Retrosheet Boxscore: Detroit Tigers 7, Kansas City Athletics 4, April 24, 1956]

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[[Category:People from Choctaw, Arkansas]]
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[[Category:Amarillo Gold Sox players]]
[[Category:Yakima Bears players]]
[[Category:Binghamton Triplets players]]
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[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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