Milton Obelle Bradley...has one child, Jeremiah Christian (12/11/05)...drafted out of Long Beach Polytechnic High School by Montreal in the second round of the 1996 draft...started "Bradley's Crew" in 2004, a program in which he hosted local youths and volunteers at Dodger Stadium and met with them prior to the game...was the Dodgers' nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award in 2005, which honors the player on each team whose service in the community is most representative of the former Pittsburgh Pirate outfielder...nominated by the players as a finalist for the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award...opened a pair of baseball academies that bear his name - the first came on April 30 in Baldwin Hills and the second on July 30 in Long Beach...visited Children's Hospital Los Angeles on August 10 with teammates José Valentin and Jeff Weaver, as the trio spent time with patients in the Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases...enjoys all sports, playing cards and poetry.

Milton was named to the American League All-Star team, getting the start at designated hitter in his first career Mid-Summer Classic ... established several career highs in his lone season with Texas, including 22 home runs and 77 RBI. © Also established career marks with 78 runs, 233 total bases, 80 walks, 13 intentional walks and nine hit by pitches. © Led the club with a .321 batting average, the third-best mark in the A.L., and just seven points behind league leader Joe Mauer (.328). © His .999 OPS led the American League and was fourth-highest in the majors behind Albert Pujols (1.114), Chipper Jones (1.044) and Manny Ramirez (1.031). © Led the league with a club-record .436 on-base percentage. Also ranked fourth in the league with a .563 slugging percentage, becoming just the fourth player in Rangers history to lead the team in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging in the same season (previously done by Alex Rodriguez in 2002, Buddy Bell in 1982 and Al Oliver in 1979). © Was selected to the A.L. All-Star Team by his fellow players, recording the highest peer vote total in the designated hitter category (481 votes) ... also finished sixth in fan voting among A.L. outfielders. Named the starting designated hitter by A.L. manager Terry Francona after fan selection David Ortiz was unable to play due to injury ... was 0-for-2 with a walk and a stolen base. © Named A.L. co-Player of the Week for June 2-8 along with Chicago's Joe Crede ... batted .478 with five homers and nine RBI en route to his first career weekly honor. © Appeared in 126 games, and did not see time on the disabled list for the first time since 2004, when he appeared in a career-best 141 contests. © Made 117 starts, 114 batting cleanup and three starts batting fifth ... made 97 starts at designated hitter, 19 in right field and one in left field. © Hit .328 (21-for-64) with runners in scoring position, May 22 through the end of the season. © Batted at least .313 in every month of the season except September (.286) ... hit for a higher average after the All-Star break (.331) than before (.316). © Committed three errors in the outfield but recorded four outfield assists in 20 games defensively. Is one of just five players in the last 23 seasons (1986-2008) to record at least four outfield assists in 20 games defensively: Jim Edmonds (California, 1993), Deion Sanders (Cincinnati, 2001), Karim Garcia (Cleveland, 2001) and Desi Relaford (Kansas City, 2003). © Of his 22 homers, 10 either tied the game or gave Texas the lead. © Belted two home runs June 3 vs. Cleveland, his seventh career multihomer game and the fourth time he homered from both sides of the plate. © Reached safely via a hit or a walk in each of his first 24 starts, matching Texas' third-longest, season-opening on-base streak in club history. © Matched a club record with five walks in a 14-inning win April 16 at Toronto ... also had four walks July 25 at Oakland, becoming the only major league player with multiple four-plus walk games in 2008. © Scored a run in a career-high 10 consecutive games, June 1-11, the second longest streak in the A.L. (Ian Kinsler, 11). © Led the A.L. in batting average, on-base and slugging through the game August 29 at the Angels before slipping in average and slugging. © Ejected four times on the season: May 21 at Minnesota, May 23 at Cleveland, July 26 at Oakland and September 13 at Oakland.