Ed Bailey
Lonas Edgar Bailey Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 15, 1931 in Strawberry Plains, TN
High School: Strong (Strawberry Plains, TN)
School: University of Tennessee
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1953
Final Game: April 26, 1966
Died: March 23, 2007 in Knoxville, TN
Relatives: Brother of Jim Bailey
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1953 CIN NL 22 C 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .983 4.65 0
1954 CIN NL 23 C 61 53 473.2 220 194 20 6 2 .973 0.0 0.0 0 4.07 3.51 .986 5.36 4.57 4 8 9 9 50%
1955 CIN NL 24 C 11 9 76.0 52 42 8 2 3 .962 1.0 15.8 1 5.92 4.55 .987 5.65 4.82 1 1 0 4 100%
1956 CIN NL 25 C 106 102 924.0 572 511 52 9 10 .984 6.0 7.8 6 5.48 5.31 .985 5.83 5.01 4 10 30 25 45% AS,MVP-18
1957 CIN NL 26 C 115 109 985.1 588 542 41 5 5 .991 5.0 6.1 5 5.33 5.07 .988 5.98 4.99 5 18 21 18 46% AS
1958 CIN NL 27 C 99 95 854.1 488 438 44 6 6 .988 7.0 9.8 7 5.08 4.87 .988 6.06 5.19 4 12 17 16 48%
1959 CIN NL 28 C 117 110 961.2 619 549 64 6 6 .990 12.0 15.0 12 5.74 5.24 .989 6.34 5.24 3 17 20 27 57%
1960 CIN NL 29 C 129 124 1081.0 680 621 52 7 8 .990 6.0 6.7 6 5.60 5.22 .986 6.58 5.41 6 26 37 33 47% AS
1961 TOT NL 30 C 115 105 935.2 740 683 45 12 4 .984 2.0 2.6 2 7.00 6.33 .985 6.39 5.17 6 18 39 18 32% AS
1961 CIN NL 30 C 12 12 97.1 61 54 5 2 0 .967 1.0 12.3 1 5.46 4.92 .985 6.39 5.17 1 0 1 2 67%
1961 SFG NL 30 C 103 93 838.1 679 629 40 10 4 .985 1.0 1.4 1 7.18 6.50 .985 6.39 5.17 5 18 38 16 30%
1961 SFG NL 30 LF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 1.93 1.50 AS
1961 SFG NL 30 OF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.19 1.90 AS
1962 SFG NL 31 C 75 69 613.2 450 419 25 6 3 .987 0.0 0.0 0 6.51 5.92 .987 6.72 5.50 3 12 27 6 18%
1963 SFG NL 32 C 88 83 759.1 612 560 44 8 3 .987 -2.0 -3.2 -2 7.16 6.86 .986 7.07 6.02 3 18 40 16 29% AS
1964 MLN NL 33 C 80 74 626.2 452 416 28 8 3 .982 -4.0 -7.7 -4 6.38 5.55 .988 6.81 5.91 6 26 25 13 34%
1965 TOT NL 34 C 66 50 440.0 318 286 27 5 4 .984 -3.0 -8.2 -3 6.40 4.74 .988 6.96 5.80 3 21 28 10 26%
1965 TOT NL 34 1B 5 1 18.0 19 16 2 1 2 .947 -0.3 -20.0 -0.3 -0.4 0.1 0 9.00 3.60 .995 10.05 8.60
1965 SFG NL 34 C 12 5 52.0 53 49 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.17 4.42 .989 6.96 5.80 0 3 1 2 67%
1965 SFG NL 34 1B 2 1 12.0 15 12 2 1 1 .933 0.1 10.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 10.50 7.00 .993 10.05 8.60
1965 CHC NL 34 C 54 45 388.0 265 237 23 5 3 .981 -3.0 -9.3 -3 6.03 4.81 .988 6.96 5.80 3 18 27 8 23%
1965 CHC NL 34 1B 3 0 6.0 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -80.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 6.00 1.33 1.000 10.05 8.60
13 Seasons C 1064 983 8731.1 5797 5267 450 80 57 .986 30.0 4.1 30 5.89 5.37 .987 6.35 5.32 48 187 293 195 40%
1 Season 1B 5 1 18.0 19 16 2 1 2 .947 -0.3 -20.0 -0.3 -0.4 0.1 0 9.00 3.60 .995 10.05 8.60
1 Season LF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 1.93 1.50
1 Season OF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.19 1.90
14 Seasons TOT 1070 985 8756.1 5817 5284 452 81 59 .986 29.8 4.1 -0.2 -0.3 0.1 0 0 30 5.90 5.36 .973 6.35 5.33 48 187 293 195 40%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1953 CIN NL 22 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CIN NL 23 73 53 73 73 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1955 CIN NL 24 21 9 21 21 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1956 CIN NL 25 118 102 118 118 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
1957 CIN NL 26 122 109 122 122 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1958 CIN NL 27 112 95 112 112 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1959 CIN NL 28 121 110 121 121 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1960 CIN NL 29 133 124 133 133 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1961 SFG NL 30 107 94 107 107 0 103 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 0
1961 CIN NL 30 12 12 12 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 SFG NL 31 96 69 96 96 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1963 SFG NL 32 105 83 105 105 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1964 MLN NL 33 95 74 95 95 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1965 CHC NL 34 66 45 66 66 0 54 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1965 SFG NL 34 24 6 24 24 0 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1966 CAL AL 35 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
14 Seasons 1212 985 1212 1212 0 1064 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 182 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 CIN NL 23 2100 5.03 5.27 42 90% 1 0 194 15 1 25 153 19 6 0 0 2 6 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 1 5 80%
1955 CIN NL 24 332 3.91 4.62 9 89% 0 0 43 7 3 0 33 9 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 2 50%
1956 CIN NL 25 3989 4.04 4.41 89 96% 0 0 519 73 5 9 432 47 7 4 0 4 9 1 4 4 0 10 1 2 4 5 100%
1957 CIN NL 26 4296 4.58 4.96 69 99% 0 0 548 53 3 12 478 36 12 0 0 6 5 2 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 7 100%
1958 CIN NL 27 3708 3.87 4.19 61 98% 1 0 449 34 5 23 387 46 12 1 1 5 6 0 2 4 0 6 0 2 3 9 100%
1959 CIN NL 28 4245 4.31 4.87 74 100% 1 0 555 57 3 14 481 57 12 1 0 6 6 1 2 3 0 6 0 1 2 5 100%
1960 CIN NL 29 4677 4.05 4.50 76 97% 1 0 625 58 2 15 550 55 14 0 0 3 7 0 2 5 0 9 0 1 2 5 100%
1961 SFG NL 30 3673 3.91 4.36 57 91% 0 0 629 44 2 8 575 41 8 0 0 9 10 0 1 9 3 4 0 0 1 10 80%
1961 CIN NL 30 415 3.33 3.51 11 82% 0 0 54 6 1 1 46 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1962 SFG NL 31 2641 3.30 3.93 39 95% 0 0 417 34 2 4 377 19 2 0 1 8 6 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 1 5 80%
1963 SFG NL 32 3281 3.40 3.98 53 91% 0 0 559 35 3 11 510 43 13 1 0 4 8 1 4 3 2 3 0 0 1 9 78%
1964 MLN NL 33 2661 4.38 4.94 32 97% 1 1 410 21 2 6 381 28 4 4 1 3 8 1 3 4 0 3 0 1 2 2 100%
1965 CHC NL 34 1722 4.24 4.94 25 80% 0 0 237 15 2 9 211 23 5 0 0 7 5 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
1965 SFG NL 34 226 3.81 4.50 6 83% 0 1 49 4 0 1 44 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
12 Seasons 37966 4.07 4.54 643 95% 5 2 5288 456 34 138 4658 432 100 11 3 59 80 6 28 46 6 60 1 9 18 67 90%
MLB Averages 3.78 4.28 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 CIN NL 23 4 8 804 9 9 8 50% 9 7 0 1 0 1 2 0 30 12 0.80 1.08
1955 CIN NL 24 1 1 129 0 4 4 100% 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 0.80
1956 CIN NL 25 4 10 1453 30 25 24 45% 25 21 5 3 0 1 3 1 56 33 1.33 1.06
1957 CIN NL 26 5 18 1602 21 18 14 46% 18 13 1 4 2 1 3 0 69 25 1.48 1.15
1958 CIN NL 27 4 12 1383 17 16 16 48% 17 13 0 3 0 0 6 1 46 29 0.83 1.28
1959 CIN NL 28 4 17 1602 20 27 27 57% 17 26 2 1 1 0 7 0 54 41 1.37 1.17
1960 CIN NL 29 6 26 1723 37 33 29 47% 31 24 6 6 0 3 4 0 94 38 1.16 1.05
1961 SFG NL 30 5 18 1305 38 16 14 30% 36 12 1 2 1 2 3 1 76 32 1.12 0.98
1961 CIN NL 30 1 0 126 1 2 2 67% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0.54 0.71
1962 SFG NL 31 3 12 987 27 6 6 18% 24 5 3 1 0 0 2 0 54 13 1.04 0.73
1963 SFG NL 32 3 18 1148 40 16 16 29% 37 14 2 0 1 2 0 0 69 20 1.35 1.31
1964 MLN NL 33 6 26 937 25 13 11 34% 22 12 3 0 0 1 2 0 72 20 1.03 1.11
1965 CHC NL 34 3 18 598 27 8 7 23% 23 6 4 1 0 1 3 0 59 12 1.14 0.65
1965 SFG NL 34 0 3 85 1 2 1 67% 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 1.08 1.37
12 Seasons 49 187 13882 293 195 179 40% 261 158 27 24 5 13 35 3 692 285 1.18 1.08
MLB Averages 39% 1.20 1.18

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 CHC NL 34 24 54% 75% 33% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1965 SFG NL 34 59 41% 85% 25% 5 80% 0 12 1 11 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1 Season 83 45% 82% 28% 5 80% 0 16 1 15 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1961 SFG NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 45% 95% 50% 1 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 45% 95% 50% 1 100%
MLB Averages 56.8% 2.3% 62% 78% 28% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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