Jeff Brantley

Jeffrey Hoke "Cowboy" Brantley (born September 5, 1963 in Florence), is a former professional baseball relief pitcher with a 14 year career from 1988 to 2001.

After lettering in 3 sports at Hoover's W. A. Berry High School, Brantley played college baseball at Mississippi State University. 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.

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

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 WLW 700 AM, joining Marty Brennaman and Thom Brennaman and the FSN Ohio television broadcast team with Chris Welsh and George Grande.

He and his wife are the parents of one daughter, Emily and one son, Murphy.

References

• Jeff Brantley. (2007, July 2). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15:29, July 12, 2007 [1]
• Jeff Brantley profile at al.com, accessed July 12, 2007