Milton Bradley played 12 years for 8 teams in the MLB. He amassed 976 hits, 125 homers, 541 runs, 481 RBI’s, and 88 stolen bases. For his career he hit .276/.364/.440 and he was a one time all star, in 2008 where he also placed 17th in MVP voting. These are solid numbers but many believed that Bradley didn’t reach even close to his full potential. His career was altered by many off the field incidents involving many women and later his wife. He was known as a hot-head, someone who gets ejected frequently and genuinely a menace both on and off the field. But as Milton Bradley was an african american, the media heightened and frequently made sure everyone knew how bad of a person he was. When he first signed with the Expos out of high school they were very happy to have him. He was eventually traded to the Indians. The general manager of the Indians at the time John Hart said this, “In Milton Bradley we are getting a top-of-the-order, middle-of-the-diamond player we feel will have a major impact at the major-league level in the near future”. In his time with the Indians he averaged 92 games played per season. Hitting right on his slash numbers and averaging 12 homers and 19 stolen bases per season, along with 41 doubles. In 2005 he was traded to the Dodgers and he had very similar numbers and averaged 108 games played, both his health and on and off field antics contributed to his often low games played tally. In the aforementioned 2008, Bradley had his best season playing a career high 126 games, hitting .321/.436/.563 with 22 homers and 77 RBI’s he led the league in OBP and OPS. Bradley could have been a great player but what his own work tarnishing his image as well as the media eventually contributed to his downfall.