Cliff Brantley

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1968)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Cliff Brantley

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1968|4|12}}

|birth_place=Staten Island, New York, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 3

|debutyear=1991

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 28

|finalyear=1992

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=4–8

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.25

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=57

|teams=

• Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1991}}–{{mlby|1992}})

}}

Clifford "Cliff" Brantley (born April 12, 1968) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies in {{by|1991}} and {{by|1992}}. In 34 career big league games, he had a 4–8 record with a 4.25 earned run average (ERA). Brantley batted and threw right-handed.

Brantley's father, Cleophas, was a star football player in Mississippi and New York Police Department officer and his mother, Margaret, was a star basketball player in North Carolina.{{cite news |last1=Travers |first1=Bill |title=Staten Island quarry |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122770354/staten-island-quarry/ |access-date=13 April 2023 |work=Daily News |date=1 June 1986 |pages=74}} Brantley starred in baseball and basketball at Port Richmond High School in Staten Island. He accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Michigan but chose to forego his commitment in favor of playing professional baseball.{{cite news |last1=Travers |first1=Bill |title=No minor adjustment for Brantley, Banks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122770047/no-minor-adjustment-for-brantley-banks/ |access-date=13 April 2023 |work=Daily News |date=23 July 1989 |pages=57}}

Brantley was drafted by the Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft.

Brantley's son, also named Cliff, played college baseball for Wagner and Adelphi before playing several years of minor league baseball.{{cite news |last1=Waggoner |first1=Jim |title=Staten Island outfielder Cliff Brantley follows father's path to professional baseball |url=https://www.silive.com/sports/2014/06/staten_island_outfielder_cliff_1.html |access-date=13 April 2023 |work=Staten Island Advance |date=8 June 2014 |language=en}}