Bradley was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on August 10, 1992. He began playing baseball at the age of four then gridiron football in elementary school, as one of five children born to Charles and Pam Bradley.
His mother, the local school principal, would put him in classrooms with instructors she thought could handle his excessive enthusiasm.
Bradley switched to Broken Arrow Senior High School for his junior and senior years after two years at Muskogee High School.
Bradley had a 12–1 win-loss record, a 0.29 earned run average (ERA), a 17.29 strikeouts per nine innings thrown (K/9) ratio, and 137 strikeouts in his senior season.
He also led Broken Arrow in home runs and had a .395 batting average. Bradley was a key part of Broken Arrow’s 36–1 season in 2011, striking out 14 batters in a 4–0 shutout state championship win over Owasso High School.
Bradley was voted All-State Player of the Year by The Oklahoman at the end of the season. Bradley excelled in football as well, competing in the Elite 11 quarterback competition in 2010.
Bradley was named “Most Likely to be a Pro Athlete” by CFB counselors at this tournament.
Bradley was chosen seventh overall in the 2011 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Baltimore Orioles selected his friend and Owasso pitching competitor Dylan Bundy fourth overall, making 2011 the first year since 1973 that two Oklahoma high school students were drafted in the first round.
Is Archie Bradley Injured?
Yes. With a left abdominal strain, the Angels placed reliever Archie Bradley on the 10-day injured list.