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Jeff Brantley was
drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 1985. From Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia, we read:
"Jeffrey Hoke (Jeff) Brantley,
nicknamed "Cowboy"
(born September 5, 1963 in Florence, Alabama), is a former relief
pitcher with a 14 year career from
1988 to
2001. Brantley played college
baseball at Mississippi State University. He is the co-holder of the
SEC record for career wins by
a pitcher with 45, along with
University of South Carolina
and
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher
Kip Bouknight. He played for
the
San Francisco Giants,
Cincinnati Reds,
St. Louis Cardinals and
Philadelphia Phillies, all of
the
National League, and the
Texas Rangers of the
American League. He and his
wife are the parents of one daughter, Emily [6-7-88] and one son,
Murphy [11-13-90]. Jeff lettered in 3 sports at
Berry High School in
Hoover, Alabama. An
All-Star in
1990, Brantley led the
National League in
1996 with 44
saves. Brantley was a color
commentator for
ESPN broadcasts of
Major League Baseball games
and an in-studio contributor for
Baseball Tonight from 2002
through 2006. In 2007, will join the radio broadcast team of the
Cincinnati Reds on WLW 700 AM, joining
Marty Brennaman and
Thom Brennaman and the
FSN Ohio television broadcast
team with Chris Welsh and
George Grande".
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Jeff is son of the late Hoke S.
Brantley, son of James E. Brantley, of Wm Thomas Brantley of
Washington County, GA. This line is clearly shown back to Edward
Brantly of 1638.
An article on Jeff showing his line to
Edward was discussed in our 12th
report.
