Primary Position: Catcher
Birthplace: Salisbury
First, Middle Nams: George Thomas
Date of Birth: Sept. 12, 1924 Date and Place of Death: Nov. 4, 1994, Hendersonville
Burial: Western Carolina Veteran’s Cemetery, Black Mountain, NC
High School: China Grove High School, China Grove, NC
Bats: R Throws: R Height and Weight: 6-2, 185
Debut Year: 1952 Final Year: 1952 Years Played: 1
Team and Year: Washington Senators, 1952
Career Summary
G AB H R RBI HR BA. OBP. SLG. WAR
10 23 5 3 6 0 .217 .280 304 -0.2
George Bradshaw was considered a solid, minor-league catcher when he finally got the call in 1952. He had spent almost six years in the low minors. At his last two stops – in Statesville and Morganton in North Carolina – he had smashed more than 30 homer runs and had hit close to .330.
That attracted the attention of the Washington Senators. When his time came, though, Bradshaw lasted about a month in Washington. He appeared in 10 games and hit just over .200. He finished his baseball career as, once again, a solid minor-league catcher.