Brady Clark Los Angeles Dodgers:
Brady Clark was born on April 18, 1973 in Portland, Oregon. Brady Clark is a Major League Baseball center fielder who currently plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Brady is a class of 1991 graduate of Sunset High School in Portland, Oregon and 1996 graduate of the University of San Diego.
Clark was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cincinnati Reds in 1996 after graduating from college. He would have to wait until September 9, 2000 to make his MLB debut. Brady would stay with the Reds until midway through the 2002 season when he was traded to the New York Mets to complete a deal that sent Shawn Estes to the Reds.
He was claimed off of waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the New York Mets in 2003. Following the 2004 season the Brewers traded starting center fielder Scott Podsednik for Carlos Lee, clearing way for Brady Clark to become the starting center fielder. Clark made the most of the opportunity in 2005 with a team leading batting average of .306 with 94 runs scored. Clark established career highs in batting average, hits, runs scored, doubles, home runs, runs batted in, sacrifice hits, and hit batsman in 145 games played in the 2005 season.
Following Clark's breakout 2005 season, the Brewers and Clark entered into contract negotiations. In a deal to avoid an arbitration hearing on February 8, 2006 at 9:30 a.m., Clark and the Brewers agreed to a one-year, $3.2 million contract after a long negotiation process at 1:45 a.m., with under eight hours before the hearing was scheduled to begin. After announcing the original deal that morning, the sides would agree to a two-year, $7 million deal later in the day with just one phone call. Under his current contract Brady Clark will become a free agent following the 2007 season.
On March 26, 2007 Brady Clark and cash considerations were traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Elmer Dessens. Clark made his Dodgers debut on April 2nd, 2007 at Miller Park, his former home ballpark when he played with the Brewers. Entering the game in the 6th inning, Clark recorded a 9th inning, one-out double, one of only two Dodger hits on the day off of Brewers ace Ben Sheets.
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