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Andrew Bailey

Andrew Scott Bailey (twitter: @AndrewBailey40)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: May 31, 1984 in Voorhees, NJ
High School: Paul VI HS (Haddonfield, NJ)
School: Wagner College (Staten Island, NY)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 6th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 2009
Team: Athletics 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$3.9M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.000, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2006	22	OAK-min	A-	2	5	.286	2.02	13	10	0	0	0	58.0	39	20	13	2	20	0	53	3	2	237		1.017	6.1	0.3	3.1	8.2	2.65	VAN · NORW
2007	23	OAK-min	A+,A,AAA	5	8	.385	3.46	23	22	1	1	0	125.0	101	57	48	14	54	1	150	12	2	526		1.240	7.3	1.0	3.9	10.8	2.78	STK,KNC,SAC · CALL,MIDW,PCL
2008	24	OAK-min	AA	5	9	.357	4.32	37	15	6	0	0	110.1	99	63	53	13	56	1	110	6	6	485		1.405	8.1	1.1	4.6	9.0	1.96	MDL · TL
2009	25	OAK	AL	6	3	.667	1.84	68	0	54	0	26	83.1	49	17	17	5	24	3	91	0	6	323	239	0.876	5.3	0.5	2.6	9.8	3.79	AS,RoY-1
2010	26	OAK-min	AAA	0	0		27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	5		4.500	40.5	0.0	0.0	13.5		SAC · PCL
2010	26	OAK	AL	1	3	.250	1.47	47	0	42	0	25	49.0	34	8	8	3	13	1	42	0	0	189	281	0.959	6.2	0.6	2.4	7.7	3.23	AS
2011	27	OAK-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	4	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	18		1.000	6.8	0.0	2.2	6.8	3.00	SAC · PCL
2011	27	OAK	AL	0	4	.000	3.24	42	0	37	0	24	41.2	34	18	15	3	12	2	41	0	0	170	126	1.104	7.3	0.6	2.6	8.9	3.42
3 Yrs				7	10	.412	2.07	157	0	133	0	75	174.0	117	43	40	11	49	6	174	0	6	682	205	0.954	6.1	0.6	2.5	9.0	3.55
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.412	2.07	68	0	58	0	32	75	51	19	17	5	21	3	75	0	3	295	205	0.954	6.1	0.6	2.5	9.0	3.55

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
2009	25	OAK	AL	83.1	68	17	1.84	4.91	-0.15	-0.36	97.3	4.57	25	2.5	1.4	0.3	3.6	36	.537	.516	$400,000	AS,RoY-1
2010	26	OAK	AL	49.0	47	8	1.47	4.37	0.32	-0.33	100.3	3.72	12	1.3	1.7	0.3	2.1	18	.527	.508	$435,000	AS
2011	27	OAK	AL	41.2	42	18	3.89	4.51	-0.09	-0.34	98.7	4.20	1	0.1	1.7	-0.1	0.5	6	.503	.501	$465,000
3 Seasons				174.0	157	43	2.22	4.66	-0.00	-0.35	98.5	4.24	38	3.9	1.6	0.5	6.2	60	.525	.508	$1,300,000

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2009	OAK	AL	25
2010	OAK	AL	26	0	0	0		0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	3.000	0.0	0.0	27.0	27.0	1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2009	25	OAK	AL	68	323	294	17	49	5	2	5	1	0	24	91	.167	.228	.248	.476	.220	73	3	0	3	2	3	4
2010	26	OAK	AL	47	189	171	8	34	7	0	3	3	1	13	42	.199	.251	.292	.544	.240	50	4	0	2	3	1	2
2011	27	OAK	AL	42	170	156	18	34	11	1	3	5	0	12	41	.218	.272	.359	.631	.274	56	3	0	1	1	2	3
3 Yrs				157	682	621	43	117	23	3	11	9	1	49	174	.188	.246	.288	.534	.240	179	10	0	6	6	6	9
162 Game Avg.				68	295	269	19	51	10	1	5	4	0	21	75	.188	.246	.288	.534	.240	78	4	0	3	3	3	4
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.407	.733	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2009	25	OAK	AL	25.0	2.5	334	2.8	9.0	-6.2	1.42	2.6	-0.6	26.5	2.6	1.42	29.1	28	19	20
2010	26	OAK	AL	14.9	1.5	202	1.8	6.6	-4.8	1.84	1.3	-0.4	15.1	1.6	1.84	14.6	22	13	11
2011	27	OAK	AL	3.2	0.3	174	0.9	5.7	-4.8	1.87	0.5	0.0	3.0	0.3	1.86	2.5	20	12	10
3 Yrs				43.1	4.3	710	5.5	21.3	-15.9	1.65	4.4	-1.1	44.6	4.5	1.65	46.2	70	44	41

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2009	25	OAK	AL	68	68	54	6	3	30	26	4	87%	32	2	23	8	35%	9	1.420	28	19	20	41	12	15	14	54	22	1	22	17	3.7	19
2010	26	OAK	AL	47	47	42	1	3	28	25	3	89%	28	0	16	6	38%	9	1.842	22	13	11	36	7	4	9	38	8	6	8	9	3.1	16
2011	27	OAK	AL	42	42	37	0	4	26	24	2	92%	27	1	3	1	33%	9	1.865	20	12	10	34	5	3	2	40	2	3	2	9	3.0	17
3 Yrs				157	157	133	7	10	84	75	9	89%	87	3	42	15	36%		1.648	70	44	41	111	24	22	25	132	32	10	32	35	3.3	17

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2009	25	OAK	AL	323	52%	1.6%	28.2%	7.4%	3.7%	25%	0.70	0.83	62%	17%	5.2%	19%	61	3	5%
2010	26	OAK	AL	189	55%	1.6%	22.2%	6.9%	5.3%	29%	0.61	0.86	68%	19%	4.2%	12%	26	4	15%
2011	27	OAK	AL	170	43%	1.8%	24.1%	7.1%	8.8%	44%	0.59	0.68	66%	17%	5.0%	18%	21	3	14%
3 Yrs				682	51%	1.6%	25.5%	7.2%	5.4%	32%	0.64	0.80	65%	18%	4.8%	16%	108	10	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.4%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2009	25	OAK	AL	323	1259	3.90	819	65%	29%	22%	23%	25%	71%	3%	46%	69%	59%	5%	15	8	24%	79	42	6	20%	12	4	0	0	0
2010	26	OAK	AL	189	752	3.98	505	67%	27%	17%	30%	27%	73%	2%	49%	77%	60%	4%	8	3	33%	63	39	5	29%	8	4	0	0	0
2011	27	OAK	AL	170	700	4.12	465	66%	26%	16%	32%	25%	74%	3%	49%	78%	59%	2%	4	2	29%	50	28	2	20%	5	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				682	2711	3.98	1789	66%	28%	19%	27%	26%	72%	2%	48%	73%	59%	4%	27	13	28%	192	109	13	22%	25	9	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2009	25	OAK	AL	323	49	9	1	5	0	11	1	4	3	2	16	8	3	50%	4	6	0	113	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
2010	26	OAK	AL	189	34	4	0	3	0	4	2	1	1	2	8	4	0	50%	2	0	2	72	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2011	27	OAK	AL	170	34	6	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	3	5	2	1	40%	3	0	0	57	5	0	100%	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				682	117	19	1	11	0	18	3	8	4	7	29	14	4	48%	9	6	2	242	9	1	90%	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2009	25	6	3	.667	1.84	68	54	26	83.1	49	17	17	5	24	3	91	6	323	239	0.876	5.3	0.5	2.6	9.8	3.79	239
2010	26	7	6	.538	1.70	115	96	51	132.1	83	25	25	8	37	4	133	6	512	253	0.907	5.6	0.5	2.5	9.0	3.59	253
2011	27	7	10	.412	2.07	157	133	75	174.0	117	43	40	11	49	6	174	6	682	205	0.954	6.1	0.6	2.5	9.0	3.55	205

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2009	25	7	2	.778	1.84	83.0	49	19	17	5	24	91	0.880	5.3	2.6	9.9	3.79	0.5	68
2010	26	4	1	.800	1.76	46.0	36	10	9	3	14	40	1.087	7.0	2.7	7.8	2.86	0.6	47
2011	27	2	2	.500	3.60	40.0	36	18	16	3	13	40	1.225	8.1	2.9	9.0	3.08	0.7	42
3 Yrs		13	5	.722	2.24	169.0	121	47	42	11	51	171	1.018	6.4		9.1	3.35	0.6	157

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2009 2010 *	Awards (yr lg award) 2009 AL Rookie of the Year	Saves s c a p y 2009 AL 26 (9th) 2010 AL 25 (10th) Active 75 (31st) Career 75 (184th)	Games Finished s c a p y 2009 AL 54 (6th) 2010 AL 42 (10th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2009 AL 25 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2009 AL 2.5 (7th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2009 AL 26.47 (7th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2009 AL 2.6 (7th)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2009 AL 2.6 (8th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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