Michael Brantley
Michael Brantley was born in Bellevue, Washington, United States on May 15th, 1987 and is the Baseball Player. At the age of 36, Michael Brantley biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Michael Charles Brantley Jr. (born May 15, 1987) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball. (MLB).
Mickey Brantley, a former MLB player and hitting coach, is his uncle. Brantley was selected in the 2005 MLB Draft after he competed for Central High School in Fort Pierce, Florida.
Brantley was traded to the Cleveland Indians along with other CC Sabathia prospects during the 2008 season.
In 2009, he made his MLB debut with the Indians.
Brantley was named an MLB All-Star and received the Silver Slugger Award in 2014.
Early life
Brantley was born in Bellevue, Washington. Mickey Brantley, his father, played in Major League Baseball (MLB) and was a member of the Seattle Mariners when Michael was born. Michael was born in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Brantley played in Southwestern Port St. Lucie Little League Baseball from age seven. Michael had to spend time with the Mets while Mickey was working as the hitting coach for the New York Mets in 1999.
Brantley attended Fort Pierce Central High School in Fort Pierce, Florida, where he competed for the baseball and golf teams. He had a.595 batting average, 22 runs, and collected 12 runs batted in and 32 stolen bases in his senior year for the baseball team. Brantley renounced his National Letter of Intent to play college baseball for the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers after being drafted out of high school.
Personal life
During the baseball offseason, Brantley lives in Port St. Lucie, Florida. He is married. Melissa, his wife, gave birth to their first child, a daughter, in September 2013. In February 2015, they had their second child, a boy, when they were born. In June 2017, their third son was born.
Brantley has a close friendship with his father. They chat by phone every morning to discuss his at bats from last week. Justin Brantley's cousin used to be in the Indians' team but has since been fired.
Professional career
Brantley was selected in the seventh round of the 2005 MLB Draft, with the 205th overall pick. Brantley, who signed with the Brewers, was one of their Rookie-level affiliates, the Helena Brewers of the Pioneer League and the Arizona Brewers of the Arizona League. In 44 games for Arizona, he batted.347 with 14 stolen bases, and.324 in ten games for Helena.
Brantley was assigned to the West Virginia Power of the Class A South Atlantic League by the Brewers in 2006. In 108 games for West Virginia, he batted.300 with 24 stolen bases. Brantley was a student at the University of West Virginia in 2007. The Brewers promoted Brantley to the Huntsville Stars of the Class AA Southern League, where he batted.335 in 56 games. Brantley's record when playing for Huntsville in 2008 was.319 with four home runs, 40 RBIs, and 28 stolen bases.
Brantley was traded by the Brewers to the Cleveland Indians on October 3, 2008, as the player to be named later (PTBNL) in the July 7 trade where the Brewers acquired CC Sabathia for Matt LaPorta, Zach Jackson, and Rob Bryson. The PTBNL's list of choices for the PTBNL was narrowed down to Brantley and Taylor Green. The Indians and Brewers decided that if the Brewers made it to the 2008 MLB postseason, they would make the pick. Since the Brewers advanced to the playoffs, the Indians had to choose Brantley, which they chose.
Brantley competed for the Columbus Clippers of the Class AAA International League in 2009. For the Clippers, he was.267. Brantley was promoted to the major leagues when major league rosters were expanded on September 1 by the Indians. In his first eight games, Brantley hit base safely. He started the 2009 season by replacing Grady Sizemore in center field. He hit.313 with 11 RBIs in 28 games during his time in Europe. Brantley opened the 2010 season with Cleveland, starting in left field on Opening Day due to Russell Branyan's injury. Branyan was activated by the Indians on April 19, but Brantley, who had batted 5-for-32, was sent to Columbus. Brantley batted.315 in 59 games for Columbus, and was recalled to the big leagues on July 4 after suffering an injury to Shin-Soo Choo. He was demoted to Columbus on July 27 after batting 11-for-70 with just one home run in 26 games during his second stint with the 2010 Indians. Brantley will be back in Cleveland, according to manager Manny Acta, and he was recalled to Cleveland on August 6 as the Indians' leadoff hitter. He batted.292 for the remainder of the season and finished the season with a.242 batting average.
Brantley batted.266 in 114 games in 2011. He hit seven home runs and careered 46 RBIs while also stealing 13 bases. Brantley's season ended early in August after he required surgery on the hamate bone in his right hand after missing time due to tendinitis in his right wrist. Brantley was moved to center field in 2012 to replace injured Grady Sizemore. He had a career-high 22-game hitting streak. Brantley takes a patient approach to the plate, which is followed by a short, compact swing. He rarely swings at the first pitch, and will only do so if he has determined the correct location and style of pitch. He was given the name "Dr. 4" in 2012 and was given the nickname "Dr.." Dennis Manoloff, a Cleveland Indians sports writer, is known for his smooth swing and approach at the plate. He batted.288 on-base percentage,.4042 on-base percentage, 37 doubles, and 60 RBIs, all securing new career highs in 144 games.
Brantley underwent surgery to fix a sports hernia following the 2012 season. The Indians signed center fielder Michael Bourn as a free agent before the 2013 season, and Brantley moved Brantley back to left field. With Brantley's representatives, the Indians discussed a contract extension, but talks came to a close before the season began. Brantley set a new Indians' franchise record for games without an error by an outfielder with 213, surpassing Rocky Colavito. Brantley had a breakthrough season in 2013 with 158 hits, ten home runs, 73 RBIs, and 17 stolen bases. At the end of the season, his errorless streak reached 245.
Brantley's salary arbitration claim was not allowed until the 2014 season. The Indians agreed Brantley to a four-year contract extension worth $25 million rather than going through arbitration, with a choice for a fifth season worth $11 million and a $3.5 million signing bonus. Brantley was chosen to play in the 2014 MLB All-Star Game after hitting.322 with 15 home runs and 63 RBIs during the first half of the season. He scored his 200th hit of the season on the final game of his 2014 season, making him the 18th player to do so in Indian history and first since Kenny Lofton reached the milestone in 1996. In 2014, he batted.327/.485/.506 for a career-high 20 home runs. Brantley received the Silver Slugger Award at the end of the season. He was named a finalist for the 2014 American League Most Valuable Player Award and ended in third place in the polling, behind champion Mike Trout and Victor Martnez.
Brantley batted.310/.379/.480, led the majors in doubles (45), and had the lowest strikeout percentage of all major league baseball players (8.6%). He also led the major leagues in walks-per-strikeout at 1.18 and had the highest contact percentage in the major leagues (92.6%).
Brantley underwent shoulder surgery in the offseason but the Indians recalled him in April. It was clear that a second surgery would be needed by August, bringing an end to his season. He hit.231/.282/ in 36 at bats in 2016.
Brantley was placed on the 10-day disabled list on August 9, 2017 due to a right ankle strain. He batted.299/.357/.444 with 9 home runs in 2017. Brantley's 2018 option was tested by the Indians on November 3, 2017.
Brantley was named in the 2018 MLB All-Star Game, hitting.306 with five home runs and 31 RBIs. With 17 home runs, he batted.309/.364/.468 in 2018, while having the highest contact percentage in the major leagues (90.9%).
Brantley signed a two-year, $32 million deal with the Houston Astros on December 17, 2018.
He batted.372/.503 with 40 doubles (5th in the AL), 22 home runs, and 90 RBIs in 575 at bats, while grounding into 21 double plays (4th). He had a tenacious Runs Saved (DRS) rating, the highest in the major leagues among left fielders on defense. Brantley was the last out of the 2019 World Series, after losing in Game 7 to Washington Nationals pitcher Daniel Hudson.
Brantley batted.300/.476/.476 (21th in the AL), 5 home runs, and 22 RBIs in 170 at bats in 2020. In 26 games, he was the DH and he played left field in 19 games.
Brantley re-signed with the Astros on January 25, 2021, on a two-year, $32 million deal, similar to the one he signed on December 17, 2018. In April and.410 in June, he batted.345 in April and June, remaining at or near the top of the AL batting leaders for a considerable portion of the season. Brantley was drafted to his fifth All-Star Game on July 4, batting.326/.475 in the first half of the season. It was his first pick since 2019. Brantley's second-half appearance was tempered by a lingering knee injury. He was batting.336 runs as of late July. In September, he had only 39 at bats and his average had dropped to.311 at season's end. He finished second to teammate Yuli Gurriel for the AL batting championship for the sixth time in his career, ranking him in the top ten in the AL in batting. With an 8.8 at bats per strikeout, he finished second in the AL. Overall, he hit.331.362.437 with eight home runs, 29 doubles, 68 runs scored, and 47 RBIs in 121 games and 581 plate appearances.
Brantley was able to win in all four games of the Division Series series against the Chicago White Sox, extending his hitting streak to fifteen straight postseason games. It's the longest postseason hitting streak for an Astros player as well as the fifth longest in MLB history. He lined a hit in the fifth inning to snap the streak to sixteen in Game 1 of the ALCS on October 15, extending the streak to 16.
Brantley singled home two runs in the second inning against the Seattle Mariners on May 4, 2022, extending the advantage to 3–0. He also doubled on the way to a 7-2 victory that brought the Mariners a clean sweep. Brantley's home run in the second innings off starter Nathan Eovaldi was the fourth of five Astros home runs, tied for a team in a single inning in a match against the Boston Red Sox on May 17. Brantley doubled and reached base three times against the Texas Rangers on June 14, including an eighth-inning single that sparked a rally as Houston defeated Houston, 4–3. Brantley scored a grand slam against the White Sox on June 17 in Houston, highlighting a ten-run sixth inning, which produced Houston's highest output in one frame since May 29, 2017.
Brantley was put on the 10-day injured list on June 27, owing to right shoulder pain. Brantley underwent right shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum, which ended his season early on August 12. He posted a.288 batting average and a.370 on-base percentage, placing second on the team at the time of the surgery. He had been the only American League player to bat at least.300 over the past four seasons.