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**Brad Thompson**
Brad Thompson
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	Free Agent — No. --
	Pitcher
	Born: January 31, 1982 (age 27)
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
	May 8, 2005 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics; (through August 27, 2009)
Win-Loss	21-17
Earned Run Average	4.40
Strikeouts	174
O-AVE	.281
WHIP	1.40
Teams
	St. Louis Cardinals (2005-2009);
Career highlights and awards
	World Series champion (2006);

Bradley Joseph Thompson (born January 31, 1982 in Las Vegas, Nevada), is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent.

He is 6'1 and weighs 190 pounds. He went to college at Dixie State JC in Utah. He made his major league debut on May 8, 2005. In his rookie season, he had 40 appearances and a 2.95 ERA in 55 innings pitched. On July 3, 2006 Thompson was sent back down to the Memphis Redbirds, the St. Louis Cardinals AAA minor league team.

In 2007, Brad had been in and out of the St. Louis Cardinals starting rotation and finished the season with an 8-6 record and a 4.73 ERA to go with 53 strikeouts. In 2008, Brad opened the season in the starting rotation and pitched 6.2 scoreless innings and picked up the win in his first start

Thompson throws 4-seam and 2-seam fastballs, slider, and a sweeping curve.

Brad holds the AA Single-season scoreless innings streak.

He was optioned to the AAA Memphis Redbirds team on April 23, 2008.

The Cardinals released Thompson on November 4, 2009.

Thompson was married this off-season to his wife, Andrea, with former teammate, pitcher Randy Flores, presiding over the ceremony^[1]. He resides in St. Louis, Missouri.