Brad Lesley
| Brad Lesley | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: September 11th, 1958 in Turlock , United States 
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| Died on: April 27, 2013 Marina del Rey , United States
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| Suggested: Right | Threw: Right |
| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| July 31, 1982 with the Cincinnati Reds | |
| Last MLB assignment | |
| October 4, 1985 at the Milwaukee Brewers | |
| MLB statistics (until end of career) |
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| Win - Loss | 1-3 |
| Strikeouts | 46 |
| ERA | 3.86 |
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Bradley Jay "Brad" Lesley (born September 11, 1958 in Turlock , California , † April 27, 2013 in Marina del Rey , California) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB) on the position of pitcher .
He played from 1982 to 1985 for the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers . Lesley was to motivate yourself for his aggressive style itself known and therefore was nicknamed The Animal ( the animal ). Outside the United States, he became known as Animaru "Animal" Resuri , primarily through his participation in the Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle . He came to the television show after playing two seasons with the Hankyu Braves in the Japanese Pacific League . After that he had other roles and appearances in various films. Among other things at the side of Takeshi Kitano , who also played Prince Takeshi in Takeshi's Castle, he played in 2000 in the Japanese film Brother . He also had a guest role in the 1992 American film Mr. Baseball with Tom Selleck in the lead role. In 1996 he was seen in Space Jam at the request of Michael Jordan .
Lesley was married to the Japanese Chiho Svimonoff with whom he had a son. The marriage ended in divorce. Most recently he lived in Los Angeles and worked for the San Francisco Giants as a youth coach.
Lesley died of kidney failure on April 27, 2013 at the age of 54 .
Web links
- Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
- Brad Lesley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary (English)
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| SURNAME | Lesley, Brad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lesley, Bradley Jay (full name); ア ニ マ ル ・ レ ス リ ー (Japanese); The Animal (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turlock , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 2013 |
| Place of death | Marina del Rey , California |