Bradley Wayne "Brad" Penny is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball. Penny has spent portions of his career in Major League Baseball with the Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers. Penny was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma. He graduated from Broken Arrow Senior High where he was an All-State selection and Frontier Conference Pitcher of the Year. He was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 5th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft, and... signed with the Diamondbacks on June 4, 1996. He was immediately sent to the Arizona Summer League, where he ranked fourth in the league in ERA and was named Arizona's Organizational Pitcher of the Month in August. With the South Bend Silver Hawks in 1997, he was 10–5 with an ERA of 2.73 in 25 starts. In 1998, with the High Desert Mavericks, he went 14–5 with a 2.
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| Birthdate: | May 24, 1978 |
| Birthplace: | Blackwell, Oklahoma |
| Age: | 33 |
| All Positions Played: | Pitcher, Starting pitcher |