Brad Baisley

Brad Michael Baisley

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 9", Weight: 205 lb.
• High School Land O' Lakes High School

• Born August 24, 1979 in Dade City, FL USA

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Biographical Information

The brother of big leaguer Jeff Baisley and minor leaguer Brian Baisley, pitcher Brad Baisley played seven seasons of minor league ball.

Selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the second round of the 1998 amateur draft, Baisley was the #45 overall selection, between Mark Prior and Gerald Laird. He had gone 8-3 with a 1.10 ERA and 86 K in 64 IP as a high school senior. The Phillies signed him for $700,000. He was their third pick, following Pat Burrell and Eric Valent and preceding Jorge Padilla and Jason Michaels in rounds 3 and 4. He began his pro career that year with the Martinsville Phillies, going 3-2 with a 3.58 ERA in 7 starts. Baseball America named him the #7 prospect in the Appalachian League, between Juan Figueroa and Ntema Ndungidi.

He had his best season the following summer, posting a 10-7 record and a 2.26 ERA in 23 starts for the Piedmont Boll Weevils. On August 12th of that year, he threw a no-hitter against the Hagerstown Suns. He was third in the South Atlantic League in ERA, behind Jason Standridge and Edwin Gonzalez. Standridge beat him out as the All-Star RHP in the SAL. Baseball America ranked him as the SAL's #5 prospect (between Felipe Lopez and Rico Washington), the Phillies' #2 prospect (after Burrell) and the #52 prospect in baseball (between Luis Rivera and Jesus Colome.

The tall right-hander fell to 3-9, 3.74 with the 2000 Clearwater Threshers while battling injuries. Baseball America still pegged him as baseball's #79 prospect, between Dernell Stenson and Mike MacDougal. 2001 marked further decline with Clearwater (2-4, 3.78) and the Reading Phillies (5-4, 6.50). He tied Jason Kershner for 4th in the Phillies chain with 72 earned runs allowed and tied Frank Brooks for 4th with 18 homers allowed. He had a 7-9, 4.17 record for Reading in 2002 with 51 walks to 64 K in 116 2/3 IP. In 2003, he was with the Lakewood BlueClaws (0-2, 6.91) and Clearwater (0-1, 1 R in 2 IP).

He moved on to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2004, going 0-3 with a 4.79 ERA for the Vero Beach Dodgers. He ended that year, and his career, in the New York Yankees organization, going 0-2 with a 9.88 ERA for the Battle Creek Yankees.

Overall, Baisley had finished 30-43 with a 4.02 ERA in 113 minor league games (100 starts). In 573 1/3 IP, he allowed 577 hits and 200 walks while striking out 368.

Sources

• 1999-2001 Baseball Almanacs
• Baseball America