bats birth_place position birth_date article_title name throws
right long beach , california catcher 31 july 1978 brad cresse
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brad cresse

bradley garrett cresse -lrb- born july 31 , 1978 -rrb- is an american former professional baseball catcher .
he attended los alamitos high school and marina high school , where he was recognized as one of the better high school baseball players in orange county .
he then attended louisiana state university -lrb- lsu -rrb- , where he played college baseball for the lsu tigers .
as a senior , cresse won the johnny bench award , given to the top collegiate catcher .
cresse was drafted by the arizona diamondbacks , and played in minor league baseball from 2000 through 2006 , when he retired .
he did not reach major league baseball .
