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Howard Bailey

Howard Lee Bailey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 31, 1957 in Grand Haven, MI
School: Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1981
Team: Tigers 1981-1983

Final Game: October 1, 1983
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1981 23 DET AL 1 4 .200 7.36 9 5 2 0 0 0 36.2 45 31 30 4 13 2 17 3 0 3 165 52 1.582 11.0 1.0 3.2 4.2 1.31
1982 24 DET AL 0 0 0.00 8 0 5 0 0 1 10.0 6 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 37 0.800 5.4 0.0 1.8 2.7 1.50
1983 25 DET AL 5 5 .500 4.88 33 3 15 0 0 0 72.0 69 45 39 11 25 3 21 2 0 1 302 81 1.306 8.6 1.4 3.1 2.6 0.84
3 Yrs 6 9 .400 5.23 50 8 22 0 0 1 118.2 120 76 69 15 40 6 41 5 0 4 504 75 1.348 9.1 1.1 3.0 3.1 1.03
162 Game Avg. 7 11 .400 5.23 59 9 26 0 0 1 139 141 89 81 18 47 7 48 6 0 5 591 75 1.348 9.1 1.1 3.0 3.1 1.03

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 GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1981 23 DET AL 36.2 9 5 31 7.61 3.87 0.64 0.01 102.0 3.29 -18 -1.6 .2 0.1 -1.2 -15 .319 .490 $
1982 24 DET AL 10.0 8 0 0 0.00 4.73 0.48 -0.37 99.5 3.86 4 0.5 1.4 0.1 0.6 5 .559 .503 $
1983 25 DET AL 72.0 33 3 45 5.63 4.70 0.55 -0.25 94.4 3.69 -16 -1.6 .9 -0.1 -1.0 -8 .453 .490 $
3 Seasons 118.2 50 8 76 5.76 4.45 0.57 -0.18 97.2 3.58 -29 -2.7 1.0 0.1 -1.6 -18 .446 .494 $

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
1981 23 DET AL 9 165 146 31 45 4 1 4 3 3 13 17 .308 .372 .432 .803 .323 63 1 3 1 2 2 0
1982 24 DET AL 8 37 33 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .182 .222 .182 .404 .194 6 1 0 1 1 1 0
1983 25 DET AL 33 302 271 45 69 12 1 11 2 2 25 21 .255 .321 .428 .749 .242 116 10 2 3 1 3 4
3 Yrs 50 504 450 76 120 16 2 15 5 5 40 41 .267 .331 .411 .742 .264 185 12 5 5 4 6 4
162 Game Avg. 59 591 528 89 141 19 2 18 6 6 47 48 .267 .331 .411 .742 .264 217 14 6 6 5 7 5
MLB Averages .260 .323 .384 .707 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1981 23 DET AL -13.0 -1.2 175 -0.8 1.8 -2.6 .73 -0.4 -0.7 -14.0 -1.3 0.73 -7.5 0 0 3
1982 24 DET AL 4.7 0.5 37 0.4 0.5 -0.2 .71 0.4 0.1 4.1 0.4 0.71 5.1 3 1 4
1983 25 DET AL -8.7 -0.8 309 -1.3 3.4 -4.7 .68 -0.3 -1.6 -12.1 -1.2 0.68 -5.8 7 8 14
3 Yrs -16.9 -1.6 521 -1.7 5.8 -7.5 .70 -0.3 -2.2 -22.0 -2.1 0.70 -8.1 10 9 21

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1981 23 DET AL 9 5 1 4 0 1 1 1 4 .200 0 0 0 0 1 20% 41.2 51 24 7 4 1 1 2.8 3.5 5.3
1983 25 DET AL 33 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 39.3 62 27 13 5 1 2 4.3 4.0 5.7
2 Yrs 42 8 2 6 0 1 1 2 6 .250 0 0 0 0 2 25% 40 62 24 20 9 2 3 3.4 3.7 5.5
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 98 -12 4.2 4.2 6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1981 23 DET AL 9 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 .730 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 4 0 4 0 7.5
1982 24 DET AL 8 8 5 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 7 3 43% 8 .706 3 1 4 3 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 3.8
1983 25 DET AL 33 30 15 4 3 1 0 1 0% 2 1 22 8 36% 5 .678 7 8 14 2 4 24 15 15 15 10 15 2 5.5
3 Yrs 50 42 22 4 3 2 1 1 50% 4 2 30 12 40% .697 10 9 21 5 5 32 20 22 23 13 23 4 5.4

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%
1981 23 DET AL 165 33% 2.4% 10.3% 7.9% 5.5% 20% 2.03 77% 29 1 3%
1982 24 DET AL 37 27% 0.0% 8.1% 5.4% 0.0% 0% 5.75 84% 3 1 33%
1983 25 DET AL 302 33% 3.6% 7.0% 8.3% 8.0% 35% 1.43 79% 54 10 19%
3 Yrs 504 33% 3.0% 8.1% 7.9% 6.6% 28% 1.74 79% 86 12 14%
MLB Averages 43% 2.0% 13.1% 8.4% 6.5% 28% 1.10 75% 11%

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
1981 23 DET AL 165 45 4 0 3 2 2 2 2 11 11 1 100% 0 3 0 55 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0
1982 24 DET AL 37 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1983 25 DET AL 302 69 11 1 6 6 5 7 4 24 15 1 63% 4 1 1 96 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
3 Yrs 504 120 15 1 10 8 7 9 6 37 27 2 73% 4 4 1 160 5 5 50% 4 5 1 0 0 0 3 2 14 0
MLB Averages 53% 66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1981 23 1 4 .200 7.36 9 5 2 0 0 0 36.2 45 31 30 4 13 2 17 3 0 3 165 52 1.582 11.0 1.0 3.2 4.2 1.31 52
1982 24 1 4 .200 5.79 17 5 7 0 0 1 46.2 51 31 30 4 15 3 20 3 0 3 202 67 1.414 9.8 0.8 2.9 3.9 1.33 67
1983 25 6 9 .400 5.23 50 8 22 0 0 1 118.2 120 76 69 15 40 6 41 5 0 4 504 75 1.348 9.1 1.1 3.0 3.1 1.03 75

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1981 23 1 4 .200 9.00 51.0 72 57 51 6 21 23 5 1.824 12.7 3.7 4.1 1.10 1.1 9
1982 24 1 0 1.000 0.00 9.0 7 0 0 0 2 3 0 1.000 7.0 2.0 3.0 1.50 0.0 8
1983 25 2 5 .286 5.78 67.0 73 48 43 12 26 20 2 1.478 9.8 3.5 2.7 0.77 1.6 33
3 Yrs 4 9 .308 6.66 127.0 152 105 94 18 49 46 7 1.583 10.8 3.3 0.94 1.3 50

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