Homer Bailey

David Dewitt Bailey (Homer)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: May 3, 1986 in La Grange, TX
High School: La Grange HS (La Grange, TX)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed July 22, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 2007
Team: Reds 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.43M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.017, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Octagon SHillard, JDSmart [*]
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
2004	18	CIN-min	Rk	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		RDL · GULF
2005	19	CIN-min	A	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		DAY · MIDW
2006	20	CIN-min	AA,A+	26	19	16	1	1	0	1	2	10	.063	.158	.063	.220		1	0	0	1		CNG,SAR · SOUL,FLOR
2007	21	CIN-min	AAA,A+	14	10	8	1	1	0	2	1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347		1	0	1	0		LOU,SAR · IL,FLOR
2007	21	CIN	NL	9	12	11	3	3	1	2	0	5	.273	.273	.364	.636	60	4	0	1	0	/1
2008	22	CIN-min	AAA	19	15	9	2	2	2	0	2	1	.222	.364	.444	.808		4	0	4	0		LOU · IL
2008	22	CIN	NL	8	12	10	0	1	1	0	0	5	.100	.100	.200	.300	-24	2	1	2	0	/1
2009	23	CIN-min	AAA	14	9	7	1	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125		0	0	1	0		LOU · IL
2009	23	CIN	NL	22	43	38	0	3	0	2	0	17	.079	.079	.079	.158	-58	3	1	5	0	1
2010	24	CIN-min	A,AAA	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	2	0		DAY,LOU · MIDW,IL
2010	24	CIN	NL	19	39	33	1	7	0	2	2	15	.212	.257	.212	.469	28	7	1	4	0	1
2011	25	CIN-min	AAA	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0		LOU · IL
2011	25	CIN	NL	23	45	39	7	11	2	2	1	11	.282	.300	.333	.633	72	13	1	5	0	1
2012	26	CIN	NL	10	21	20	0	3	0	3	0	6	.150	.150	.150	.300	-19	3	2	1	0	1
6 Yrs				91	172	151	11	28	4	11	3	59	.185	.201	.212	.413	11	32	6	18	0
162 Game Avg.				162	306	269	20	50	7	20	5	105	.185	.201	.212	.413	11	57	11	32	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2007	21	CIN	NL	9	12	-1	-0	0	2	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.514	.501	0.1	2	$	/1
2008	22	CIN	NL	8	12	-2	0	-0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.491	.500	-0.1	-0	$	/1
2009	23	CIN	NL	22	43	-10	-0	-0	6	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.482	.498	-0.4	-3	$	1
2010	24	CIN	NL	19	39	-3	0	0	5	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.513	.501	0.2	3	$418,000	1
2011	25	CIN	NL	23	45	-2	-1	-0	6	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.514	.502	0.3	4	$441,000	1
2012	26	CIN	NL	10	21	-3	0	0	3	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0	$	1
6 Seasons				91	172	-21	-1	-0	23	2	0.2	5	6	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	6	$859,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
2007	21	CIN	NL	12	9	1	3.0	115	.500	.273	.277	.273	.347	.364	.444	.636	.791	60	.275	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.091	.091
2008	22	CIN	NL	12	12	0	0.0	110	.200	.100	.270	.100	.342	.200	.430	.300	.772	-24	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.200	.100	.100
2009	23	CIN	NL	43	41	0	0.0	107	.143	.079	.266	.079	.339	.079	.422	.158	.761	-58	.000	-8.8	-0.9	.083	.000	.000
2010	24	CIN	NL	39	31	2	1.7	104	.389	.212	.264	.257	.335	.212	.416	.469	.751	28	.143	-3.5	-0.4	.333	.061	.000
2011	25	CIN	NL	45	34	4	3.2	101	.393	.282	.263	.300	.330	.333	.409	.633	.739	72	.351	-1.6	-0.2	.483	.077	.051
2012	26	CIN	NL	21	20	0	0.0	103	.214	.150	.264	.150	.332	.150	.417	.300	.749	-19	.000	-3.4	-0.4	.158	.000	.000
6 Yrs				172	147	7	1.3	105	.304	.185	.265	.201	.336	.212	.419	.413	.754	11	.086	-19.9	-2.0	.271	.046	.026
162 Game Avg.				306	262	12	1.3	105	.304	.185	.265	.201	.336	.212	.419	.413	.754	11	.086	-19.9	-2.0	.271	.046	.026

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2010	24	CIN	NL	NLDS	PHI	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2007	21	CIN	NL	12	0.0%	41.7%	0.0%	8.3%	33%		2.2		5.5	1.00		50%	14%	0.0%	0%
2008	22	CIN	NL	12	0.0%	41.7%	0.0%	8.3%	100%		2.0			1.50	6.00	42%	14%	0.0%	50%
2009	23	CIN	NL	43	0.0%	39.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.2		19.0	3.00	5.25	49%	8%	0.0%	20%
2010	24	CIN	NL	39	0.0%	38.5%	5.1%	0.0%	0%	7.50	2.2		16.5	2.20	3.00	46%	18%	0.0%	0%
2011	25	CIN	NL	45	0.0%	24.4%	2.2%	4.4%	18%	11.00	3.5		19.5	1.25	4.75	62%	24%	0.0%	0%
2012	26	CIN	NL	21	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.3		6.7	2.67	13.00	67%	20%	0.0%	0%
6 Yrs				172	0.0%	34.3%	1.7%	2.3%	14%	19.67	2.6		13.7	1.86	5.36	53%	17%	0.0%	7%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.0%	8.5%	7.8%	33%	2.11	4.9	34.6	7.9	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2007	21	CIN	NL	-0.7	-0.1	13	0.1	0.3	-0.3	1.38	-0.0	0.1	0.9	0.1	1.09	-0.2		0
2008	22	CIN	NL	-1.8	-0.2	12	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.28	-0.2	0.0	-2.9	-0.3	1.11	-2.4		0
2009	23	CIN	NL	-8.8	-0.9	43	-0.7	0.1	-0.9	.87	-0.9	0.0	-7.8	-0.8	0.92	-9.4	3.19	1
2010	24	CIN	NL	-3.5	-0.4	39	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	.93	-0.4	-0.1	-4.5	-0.4	1.00	-4.1		0
2011	25	CIN	NL	-1.6	-0.2	47	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	.94	-0.1	0.0	-3.0	-0.3	1.12	-1.5		0
2012	26	CIN	NL	-3.4	-0.4	21	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.08	-0.3	-0.1	-4.7	-0.5	1.21	-3.6		0
6 Yrs				-19.9	-2.0	175	-1.9	1.7	-3.5	.99	-1.9	0.0	-22.0	-2.2	1.05	-21.3	3.19	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3
2007	21	CIN	NL	0	100%	5	0	1	0%	3	3	0	0	1	1
2008	22	CIN	NL	0	0%	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	23	CIN	NL	0	0%	6	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0
2010	24	CIN	NL	1	11%	9	0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0
2011	25	CIN	NL	0	58%	19	1	2	0%	1	1	1	1	3	2
2012	26	CIN	NL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1	36%	42	2	4	0%	7	7	1	1	4	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2007	21	CIN	NL	12	17%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	5	0	0%	4	1	25%	8	2	25%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
2008	22	CIN	NL	12	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	1	25%	4	1	25%	12	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2009	23	CIN	NL	43	21%	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.19	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	10	1	10%	10	1	10%	24	2	8%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2010	24	CIN	NL	39	49%	7	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	6	1	17%	9	2	22%	30	3	10%	4	1	25%	3	2	67%	0
2011	25	CIN	NL	45	31%	11	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	10	1	10%	10	2	20%	33	2	6%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
2012	26	CIN	NL	21	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%	7	2	29%	7	1	14%	23	3	13%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
6 Yrs				172	29%	28	4	0	1	0	0	0	3.19	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	28	18	64%	42	6	14%	44	8	18%	130	12	9%	9	4	44%	7	4	57%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2007	21	CIN	NL	12	47	3.92	33	70%	27%	21%	30%	21%	73%	0%	51%	71%	17%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	40%	0	0	0
2008	22	CIN	NL	12	33	2.75	27	82%	33%	15%	26%	26%	67%	0%	55%	78%	58%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	40%	0	0	0
2009	23	CIN	NL	43	160	3.72	109	68%	32%	18%	26%	24%	68%	0%	46%	73%	19%	5%	2	0	14%	6	2	5%	2	1	24%	0	0	0
2010	24	CIN	NL	39	154	3.95	110	71%	31%	15%	34%	20%	69%	0%	49%	78%	31%	0%	0	0	5%	2	0	5%	2	2	40%	0	0	0
2011	25	CIN	NL	45	159	3.53	116	73%	28%	16%	27%	28%	72%	0%	52%	77%	33%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	4%	2	2	45%	0	0	0
2012	26	CIN	NL	21	59	2.81	49	83%	29%	20%	20%	31%	71%	0%	59%	71%	48%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	17%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				172	612	3.56	444	73%	30%	17%	28%	25%	70%	0%	51%	75%	31%	1%	2	0	5%	8	2	3%	6	5	34%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
2007	21	9	12	11	3	3	1	2	0	5	.273	.273	.364	.636	60	4	0	1
2008	22	17	24	21	3	4	2	2	0	10	.190	.190	.286	.476	21	6	1	3
2009	23	39	67	59	3	7	2	4	0	27	.119	.119	.153	.271	-30	9	2	8
2010	24	58	106	92	4	14	2	6	2	42	.152	.170	.174	.344	-9	16	3	12
2011	25	81	151	131	11	25	4	8	3	53	.191	.209	.221	.430	15	29	4	17
2012	26	91	172	151	11	28	4	11	3	59	.185	.201	.212	.413	11	32	6	18

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2007	21	9	12	11	3	3	1	2	0	5	.273	.273	.364	.636	1	9
2008	22	8	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
2009	23	22	43	38	0	0	0	0	0	17	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	22
2010	24	19	39	33	1	7	0	2	2	15	.212	.257	.212	.469	2	19
2011	25	23	45	39	7	11	2	2	1	11	.282	.300	.333	.633	4	23
2012	26	10	21	20	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
6 Yrs		91	172	151	11	21	3	6	3	59	.139	.156	.159	.315	7	91
162 Game Avg.		162	306	269	20	37	5	11	5	105	.139	.156	.159	.315	12	91

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