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Ed Bailey
Lonas Edgar Bailey Jr.

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.
School University of Tennessee

Debut September 26, 1953
Final Game April 26, 1966
Born April 15, 1931 in Strawberry Plains, TN
Died March 23, 2007 in Knoxville, TN

Brother of Jim Bailey

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 22 CIN NL   2    8    1    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .375  .444  .500  146    4   0           0   0
 1954 23 CIN NL  73  183   21   36   2  3   9   20   1  0  35  34  .197  .324  .388   84   71   3   1       0   2
 1955 24 CIN NL  21   39    3    8   1  1   1    4   0  0   4  10  .205  .326  .359   79   14   0   0   0   3   2
 1956 25 CIN NL 118  383   59  115   8  2  28   75   2  0  52  50  .300  .385  .551  143  211   4   4  11   3   7 MVP-18,AS
 1957 26 CIN NL 122  391   54  102  15  2  20   48   5  3  73  69  .261  .377  .463  119  181   2   4   9   2   8 AS
 1958 27 CIN NL 112  360   39   90  23  1  11   59   2  2  47  61  .250  .337  .411   93  148   4   2  10   1   5
 1959 28 CIN NL 121  379   43  100  13  0  12   40   2  0  62  53  .264  .370  .393  101  149   4   0   6   2  10
 1960 29 CIN NL 133  441   52  115  19  3  13   67   1  0  59  70  .261  .346  .406  104  179   1   7   9   2   9 AS
 1961 30 TOT NL 119  383   43   94  13  1  13   53   1  5  45  46  .245  .326  .386   91  148   1   6   7   4   8 AS
         CIN NL  12   43    4   13   4  0   0    2   0  0   3   5  .302  .348  .395   96   17   0   0   1   0   0
         SFG NL 107  340   39   81   9  1  13   51   1  5  42  41  .238  .324  .385   90  131   1   6   6   4   8
 1962 31 SFG NL  96  254   32   59   9  1  17   45   1  1  42  42  .232  .351  .476  121  121   0   3   5   6   6
 1963 32 SFG NL 105  308   41   81   8  0  21   68   0  6  50  64  .263  .366  .494  147  152   0   2  11   1   6 AS
 1964 33 MLN NL  95  271   30   71  10  1   5   34   2  0  34  39  .262  .343  .362   98   98   0   3   2   1   7
 1965 34 TOT NL  90  178   14   41   6  0   5   26   0  1  40  35  .230  .363  .348  100   62   1   5   7   0  11
         SFG NL  24   28    1    3   0  0   0    3   0  0   6   7  .107  .250  .107    3    3   1   2   1   0   3
         CHC NL  66  150   13   38   6  0   5   23   0  1  34  28  .253  .385  .393  119   59   0   3   6   0   8
 1966 35 CAL AL   5    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .250  .000  -20    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1212 3581  432  915 128 15 155  540  17 18 545 577  .256  .355  .429  110 1538  20  37  77  25  81
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        479   58  122  17  2  21   72   2  2  73  77  .256  .355  .429  110  206   3   5  10   3  11
 Career High    133  441   59  115  23  3  28   75   5  6  73  70  .300  .385  .551  147  211   4   7  11   6  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 22 CIN NL    9    5    2  10.6   110| .375  .274| .444  .345| .500  .427| .944  .773| 146  .808   0.6   0.1   0%
 1954 23 CIN NL  222  153   23   4.0   111| .197  .276| .324  .348| .388  .427| .712  .775|  84  .421  -4.9  -0.5 100%
 1955 24 CIN NL   46   33    4   3.2   109| .205  .270| .326  .342| .359  .428| .685  .769|  79  .338  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1956 25 CIN NL  446  283   83   7.8   107| .300  .270| .385  .337| .551  .426| .936  .763| 143  .737  24.1   2.4 100%
 1957 26 CIN NL  472  306   72   6.4   108| .261  .275| .377  .340| .463  .426| .840  .766| 119  .642  13.1   1.3  62%
 1958 27 CIN NL  414  283   51   4.8   111| .250  .277| .337  .346| .411  .432| .748  .778|  93  .517  -3.4  -0.3  50%
 1959 28 CIN NL  447  293   58   5.3   108| .264  .275| .370  .341| .393  .425| .763  .766| 101  .562   2.1   0.2 100%
 1960 29 CIN NL  510  343   65   5.1   101| .261  .265| .346  .332| .406  .407| .752  .739| 104  .571   4.0   0.4 100%
 1961 30 TOT NL  439  309   48   4.2   103| .245  .267| .326  .333| .386  .416| .712  .749|  91  .447  -3.9  -0.4  16%
         CIN NL   46   30    6   5.3   107| .302  .272| .348  .339| .395  .424| .743  .763|  96  .562  -0.1   0.0   0%
         SFG NL  393  279   42   4.0   103| .238  .266| .324  .332| .385  .415| .709  .747|  90  .433  -3.8  -0.4  16%
 1962 31 SFG NL  305  205   44   5.7   102| .232  .269| .351  .336| .476  .408| .827  .744| 121  .604   8.4   0.8  50%
 1963 32 SFG NL  361  241   54   6.0    88| .263  .253| .366  .315| .494  .378| .860  .693| 147  .688  19.6   2.1   0%
 1964 33 MLN NL  309  210   35   4.5    94| .262  .265| .343  .322| .362  .393| .705  .715|  98  .541   0.7   0.1 100%
 1965 34 TOT NL  224  155   24   4.2    95| .230  .261| .363  .325| .348  .394| .711  .719| 100  .504   2.5   0.2   0%
         SFG NL   37   31    1   0.9    97| .107  .263| .250  .327| .107  .397| .357  .724|   3  .054  -3.4  -0.4   0%
         CHC NL  187  124   23   5.0    95| .253  .260| .385  .324| .393  .394| .778  .718| 119  .586   5.9   0.6   0%
 1966 35 CAL AL    4    3    0   0.0    87| .000  .245| .250  .311| .000  .378| .250  .689| -20  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     4208 2822  563   5.4   103| .256  .269| .355  .334| .429  .414| .784  .748| 110  .583  61.3   6.3  48%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1953 22 CIN NL C 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 4.65 0 1954 23 CIN NL C 61 194 20 6 2 .973 .986 3.51 4.57 4 1955 24 CIN NL C 11 42 8 2 3 .962 .986 4.55 4.82 1 1956 25 CIN NL C 106 511 52 9 10 .984 .985 5.31 5.01 5.48 5.83 102 924.0 4 10 30 25 AS 1957 26 CIN NL C 115 542 41 5 5 .991 .988 5.07 4.99 5.33 5.98 109 985.3 5 18 21 18 AS 1958 27 CIN NL C 99 438 44 6 6 .988 .988 4.87 5.19 5.08 6.06 95 854.3 4 12 17 16 1959 28 CIN NL C 117 549 64 6 6 .990 .989 5.24 5.24 5.74 6.34 110 961.7 3 17 20 27 1960 29 CIN NL C 129 621 52 7 8 .990 .986 5.22 5.41 5.60 6.58 124 1081.0 6 26 37 33 AS 1961 30 TOT NL C 115 683 45 12 4 .984 .985 6.33 5.17 7.00 6.39 105 935.6 6 18 39 18 AS CIN NL C 12 54 5 2 0 .967 .985 4.92 5.17 5.46 6.39 12 97.3 1 0 1 2 SFG NL C 103 629 40 10 4 .985 .985 6.50 5.17 7.18 6.39 93 838.3 5 18 38 16 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.50 1.29 1.93 1 7.0 AS 1962 31 SFG NL C 75 419 25 6 3 .987 .987 5.92 5.50 6.51 6.72 69 613.7 3 12 27 6 1963 32 SFG NL C 88 560 44 8 3 .987 .986 6.86 6.02 7.16 7.07 83 759.3 3 18 40 16 AS 1964 33 MLN NL C 80 416 28 8 3 .982 .988 5.55 5.91 6.39 6.81 74 625.7 6 26 25 13 1965 34 TOT NL C 66 286 27 5 4 .984 .988 4.74 5.80 6.40 6.96 50 440.0 3 21 28 10 TOT NL 1B 5 16 2 1 2 .947 .994 3.60 8.60 9.00 10.05 1 18.0 SFG NL C 12 49 4 0 1 1.000 .989 4.42 5.80 9.17 6.96 5 52.0 0 3 1 2 1B 2 12 2 1 1 .933 .993 7.00 8.60 10.50 10.05 1 12.0 CHC NL C 54 237 23 5 3 .981 .988 4.81 5.80 6.03 6.96 45 388.0 3 18 27 8 1B 3 4 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.33 8.60 6.00 10.05 0 6.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1965 34 TOT NL 1B 5 16 2 1 2 .947 .994 3.60 8.60 9.00 10.05 1 18.0 SFG NL 1B 2 12 2 1 1 .933 .993 7.00 8.60 10.50 10.05 1 12.0 CHC NL 1B 3 4 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.33 8.60 6.00 10.05 0 6.0 1953 22 CIN NL C 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 4.65 0 1954 23 CIN NL C 61 194 20 6 2 .973 .986 3.51 4.57 4 1955 24 CIN NL C 11 42 8 2 3 .962 .986 4.55 4.82 1 1956 25 CIN NL C 106 511 52 9 10 .984 .985 5.31 5.01 5.48 5.83 102 924.0 4 10 30 25 1957 26 CIN NL C 115 542 41 5 5 .991 .988 5.07 4.99 5.33 5.98 109 985.3 5 18 21 18 1958 27 CIN NL C 99 438 44 6 6 .988 .988 4.87 5.19 5.08 6.06 95 854.3 4 12 17 16 1959 28 CIN NL C 117 549 64 6 6 .990 .989 5.24 5.24 5.74 6.34 110 961.7 3 17 20 27 1960 29 CIN NL C 129 621 52 7 8 .990 .986 5.22 5.41 5.60 6.58 124 1081.0 6 26 37 33 1961 30 TOT NL C 115 683 45 12 4 .984 .985 6.33 5.17 7.00 6.39 105 935.6 6 18 39 18 CIN NL C 12 54 5 2 0 .967 .985 4.92 5.17 5.46 6.39 12 97.3 1 0 1 2 SFG NL C 103 629 40 10 4 .985 .985 6.50 5.17 7.18 6.39 93 838.3 5 18 38 16 1962 31 SFG NL C 75 419 25 6 3 .987 .987 5.92 5.50 6.51 6.72 69 613.7 3 12 27 6 1963 32 SFG NL C 88 560 44 8 3 .987 .986 6.86 6.02 7.16 7.07 83 759.3 3 18 40 16 1964 33 MLN NL C 80 416 28 8 3 .982 .988 5.55 5.91 6.39 6.81 74 625.7 6 26 25 13 1965 34 TOT NL C 66 286 27 5 4 .984 .988 4.74 5.80 6.40 6.96 50 440.0 3 21 28 10 SFG NL C 12 49 4 0 1 1.000 .989 4.42 5.80 9.17 6.96 5 52.0 0 3 1 2 CHC NL C 54 237 23 5 3 .981 .988 4.81 5.80 6.03 6.96 45 388.0 3 18 27 8 1961 30 SFG NL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.50 1.29 1.93 1 7.0 1961 30 SFG NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 1.29 2.19 1 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C*1064 5267 450 80 57 .986 .987 5.37 5.32 921 8180.7 48 178 284 182 1B* 5 16 2 1 2 .947 .994 3.60 8.60 1 18.0 LF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.50 1 7.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1070 5284 452 81 59 .986 .987 5.36 5.33
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1962   WS    SFG NYY     L   6  14   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   3  .071  .071  .286   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1956   CIN NL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1957   CIN NL   *   3   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1960-1 CIN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1960-2 CIN NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1961-2 SFG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1963   SFG NL   *   1   0   1  0  0  0   1   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/6      3   8   1   2  0  0  0   1   2   0   0  0   0   0   0  .250  .400  .250 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1956 (C)
1957 (C)
1960-1
1960-2 *
1961-2
1963 (C)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1956-NL-18-0.04
Car-1135-0.04 shares

Bases on Balls
1957 NL-73-8

Batting Wins
1956 NL-2.4-10

Sac. Flies
1960 NL-7-6

Intentional Walks
1957 NL-9-7
1958 NL-10-6
1960 NL-9-10
1963 NL-11-6

Caught Stealing
1961 NL-5-10

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 21.9 (546) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 20.5 (759) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

April 27, 1961: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later, Bob Schmidt, and Don Blasingame. The San Francisco Giants sent Sherman Jones (May 13, 1961) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

December 3, 1963: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later, Felipe Alou, and Billy Hoeft to the Milwaukee Braves for Del Crandall, Bob Shaw, and Bob Hendley. The San Francisco Giants sent Ernie Bowman (January 8, 1964) to the Milwaukee Braves to complete the trade.

February 1, 1965: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the San Francisco Giants for Billy O'Dell.

May 29, 1965: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Bob Hendley and Harvey Kuenn to the Chicago Cubs for Dick Bertell and Len Gabrielson.

January 15, 1966: Purchased by the California Angels from the Chicago Cubs.

May 7, 1966: Released by the California Angels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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