George Washington Bradley (July 13, 1852 – October 2, 1931), nicknamed "Grin", was an American professional baseball player who was a pitcher and infielder.
Bradley is noted for pitching the first no-hitter that is officially recognized by MLB, on July 15, 1876, for the St. Louis Brown Stockings against the Hartford Dark Blues.
That year, he completed 63 of the 64 games for St. Louis, winning 45 and leading the league with a 1.23 earned run average.
Additionally, he also threw 16 shutouts, setting a record which has not been broken to date, although was tied in 1916, 40 years later, by Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander.
At the time of his death at age 79, he was retired on a pension from the police department which he had only begun receiving in September 1931.