Brad William Radke (born October 27, 1972) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played his entire 12-season career with the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Radke won 148 career games and was one of the most consistent pitchers in the Twins organization during the late 1990s.

[4] Once he was in the majors though, he was valued highly and the Twins were offered a large amount of talent for him, but they never gave him up.

He was, however, also known for giving up home runs, yielding as many as 40 in a single season, and he was often plagued by first-inning troubles.

His susceptibility to home runs was lampooned in a commercial for Sega Sports' World Series Baseball II in 1995, and featured Radke watching as home runs sailed out of the park.

A stress fracture in his shoulder suffered in late August sidelined him as of September 2.

On September 12, he threw catch from a distance of 110 feet (34 m) (slightly less than twice the distance from the pitcher's mound to home plate) without pain, an important step in the way to his return for the last week or two of the season and the Twins' playoff drive, and even more important with Francisco Liriano's season appearing to be over with the reappearance of pain in his left elbow on September 13.

On September 28, Radke returned to action, pitching five innings and surrendering one unearned run, earning no decision in a 2-1 Twins victory over the Kansas City Royals.

[7][8] At the time of his retirement, Radke ranked second in franchise history in starts (377), third in wins (148), third in innings pitched (2,451) and third in strikeouts (1,467).