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Homer Bailey

David Dewitt Bailey (Homer)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: May 3, 1986 in La Grange, TX
High Schools: La Grange HS (La Grange, TX), LaGrange HS (LaGrange, 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 (Age 21)
Team: Reds 2007-2013
2013 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$5.35M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.017, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Hendricks Sports, previously: Octagon (Hillard, Smart) [*]
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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
2007 21 CIN NL 4 2 .667 5.76 9 9 0 0 0 0 45.1 43 32 29 3 28 1 28 3 1 1 205 81 1.566 8.5 0.6 5.6 5.6 1.00
2008 22 CIN NL 0 6 .000 7.93 8 8 0 0 0 0 36.1 59 36 32 8 17 1 18 0 1 4 180 56 2.092 14.6 2.0 4.2 4.5 1.06
2009 23 CIN NL 8 5 .615 4.53 20 20 0 0 0 0 113.1 115 61 57 12 52 1 86 3 0 6 496 93 1.474 9.1 1.0 4.1 6.8 1.65
2010 24 CIN NL 4 3 .571 4.46 19 19 0 1 1 0 109.0 109 55 54 11 40 6 100 3 1 3 465 91 1.367 9.0 0.9 3.3 8.3 2.50
2011 25 CIN NL 9 7 .563 4.43 22 22 0 0 0 0 132.0 136 68 65 18 33 2 106 5 0 4 561 89 1.280 9.3 1.2 2.3 7.2 3.21
2012 26 CIN NL 13 10 .565 3.68 33 33 0 2 1 0 208.0 206 97 85 26 52 3 168 8 0 3 874 114 1.240 8.9 1.1 2.3 7.3 3.23
2013 27 CIN NL 2 3 .400 3.09 9 9 0 1 0 0 58.1 50 20 20 4 15 0 55 1 1 0 235 131 1.114 7.7 0.6 2.3 8.5 3.67
7 Yrs 40 36 .526 4.38 120 120 0 4 2 0 702.1 718 369 342 82 237 14 561 23 4 21 3016 95 1.360 9.2 1.1 3.0 7.2 2.37
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .526 4.38 34 34 0 1 1 0 199 203 105 97 23 67 4 159 7 1 6 855 95 1.360 9.2 1.1 3.0 7.2 2.37

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2007 21 CIN NL 45.1 9 9 32 6.35 4.61 -0.31 0.19 104.8 5.35 -5 -0.5 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .449 .497
2008 22 CIN NL 36.1 8 8 36 8.92 4.64 -0.18 0.19 104.0 5.21 -15 -1.3 -0.0 -1.0 -12 .340 .492
2009 23 CIN NL 113.1 20 20 61 4.84 4.54 0.12 0.18 101.0 4.64 -3 -0.3 -0.1 0.6 7 .486 .498 $400,500
2010 24 CIN NL 109.0 19 19 55 4.54 4.38 0.19 0.17 96.9 4.22 -4 -0.4 -0.1 0.4 5 .477 .497 $418,000
2011 25 CIN NL 132.0 22 22 68 4.64 4.17 0.19 0.16 103.5 4.28 -6 -0.7 -0.1 0.4 5 .470 .496 $441,000
2012 26 CIN NL 208.0 33 33 97 4.20 4.31 0.06 0.16 104.4 4.61 8 0.9 -0.1 2.5 26 .526 .505 $2,425,000
2013 27 CIN NL 58.1 9 9 20 3.09 4.09 0.18 0.16 103.8 4.21 6 0.8 -0.1 1.2 12 .585 .505 $5,350,000
7 Seasons 702.1 120 120 369 4.73 4.35 0.09 0.17 102.5 4.54 -18 -1.5 -0.5 4.0 43 .487 .499 $9,034,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS 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
2010 24 CIN NL NLDS L PHI 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2012 26 CIN NL NLDS L SFG 0 0 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 10 1 0 0 24 0.286 1.3 0.0 1.3 12.9 10.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 0 1.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 12 1 0 0 32 0.444 3.0 0.0 1.0 12.0 12.00
2 NLDS 0 0 1.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 12 1 0 0 32 0.444 3.0 0.0 1.0 12.0 12.00

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
2007 21 CIN NL 9 205 167 32 43 14 0 3 9 0 28 28 .257 .363 .395 .758 .282 66 6 3 1 6 1 3
2008 22 CIN NL 8 180 156 36 59 9 0 8 8 1 17 18 .378 .434 .590 1.024 .386 92 3 0 5 2 1 3
2009 23 CIN NL 20 496 433 61 115 16 2 12 10 5 52 86 .266 .346 .395 .740 .304 171 7 3 4 4 1 4
2010 24 CIN NL 19 465 419 55 109 26 3 11 10 6 40 100 .260 .328 .415 .744 .317 174 7 3 2 1 6 1
2011 25 CIN NL 22 561 515 68 136 20 2 18 9 2 33 106 .264 .312 .416 .728 .299 214 6 5 4 4 2 1
2012 26 CIN NL 33 874 804 97 206 29 9 26 16 7 52 168 .256 .306 .412 .718 .293 331 13 8 5 5 3 11
2013 27 CIN NL 9 235 215 20 50 10 2 4 4 1 15 55 .233 .284 .353 .638 .293 76 4 1 3 1 0 0
7 Yrs 120 3016 2709 369 718 124 18 82 66 22 237 561 .265 .327 .415 .742 .304 1124 46 23 24 23 14 23
162 Game Avg. 34 855 768 105 203 35 5 23 19 6 67 159 .265 .327 .415 .742 .304 318 13 7 7 7 4 7
MLB Averages .260 .327 .410 .738 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2007 21 CIN NL -5.7 -0.5 218 -0.4 3.7 -4.1 1.02 -0.5 0.1 -4.5 -0.4 1.02 -4.9 0 0 0
2008 22 CIN NL -14.4 -1.3 193 -1.4 3.1 -4.5 1.06 -1.8 0.5 -16.8 -1.5 1.06 -20.7 0 0 0
2009 23 CIN NL -3.7 -0.4 517 0.2 9.1 -8.9 1.04 0.0 0.2 -2.7 -0.3 1.04 -0.5 0 0 0
2010 24 CIN NL -2.7 -0.3 487 -0.2 8.3 -8.5 .99 0.1 -0.3 0.3 0.0 0.99 1.4 0 0 0
2011 25 CIN NL -5.6 -0.6 575 -1.4 9.0 -10.5 .95 -0.3 -1.3 -6.5 -0.7 0.95 -2.0 0 0 0
2012 26 CIN NL 10.2 1.1 908 1.8 16.7 -14.9 1.05 -0.0 1.7 7.7 0.8 1.05 -2.5 0 0 0
2013 27 CIN NL 6.7 0.7 242 1.0 4.2 -3.2 .96 0.7 0.3 8.1 0.9 0.96 8.8 0 0 0
7 Yrs -15.4 -1.2 3140 -0.4 54.1 -54.5 1.01 -1.7 1.3 -14.4 -1.1 1.01 -20.4 0 0 0

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
2007 21 CIN NL 9 9 4 2 3 3 0 5 4 .556 3 0 0 0 1 11% 44.2 68 16 9 5 0 5 5.7 7.5 5.0 90 1 5 3 0 114
2008 22 CIN NL 8 8 0 6 2 0 1 0 8 .000 2 0 0 0 2 25% 33.5 55 17 9 2 0 4 1.8 2.6 4.5 85 3 3 2 0 112
2009 23 CIN NL 20 20 8 5 7 1 0 9 11 .450 3 1 0 0 10 50% 48.9 77 10 20 9 0 9 5.1 6.1 5.7 101 1 5 14 0 117
2010 24 CIN NL 19 19 4 3 12 0 0 14 5 .737 4 5 1 1 8 42% 51.0 85 22 11 7 0 9 5.6 5.2 5.7 102 2 3 12 2 121
2011 25 CIN NL 22 22 9 7 6 0 3 12 10 .545 2 5 0 0 13 59% 51.0 72 2 3 0 0 11 6.2 5.2 6.0 96 4 7 11 0 119
2012 26 CIN NL 33 33 13 10 10 1 1 18 15 .545 6 2 2 1 21 64% 53.2 96 19 30 11 0 14 4.2 4.2 6.3 101 3 9 21 0 117
2013 27 CIN NL 9 9 2 3 4 0 1 5 4 .556 1 1 1 0 6 67% 58.8 88 20 3 1 0 4 4.8 3.1 6.5 96 0 8 0 1 125
7 Yrs 120 120 40 36 44 5 6 63 57 .525 21 14 4 2 61 51% 50 96 2 85 35 0 56 4.9 4.9 5.9 98 14 40 63 3 125
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 101 -13 4.5 4.5 5.9 95

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%
2007 21 CIN NL 205 49% 1.5% 13.7% 13.7% 8.3% 40% 0.89 1.00 69% 17% 4.8% 17% 37 6 16%
2008 22 CIN NL 180 63% 4.4% 10.0% 9.4% 9.4% 29% 0.79 0.96 73% 28% 11.8% 12% 32 3 9%
2009 23 CIN NL 496 49% 2.4% 17.3% 10.5% 6.1% 26% 0.72 0.86 68% 21% 6.5% 9% 119 7 6%
2010 24 CIN NL 465 64% 2.4% 21.5% 8.6% 8.6% 37% 0.77 1.03 66% 20% 7.1% 14% 82 7 9%
2011 25 CIN NL 561 55% 3.2% 18.9% 5.9% 7.1% 29% 0.67 0.88 70% 23% 8.7% 15% 109 6 6%
2012 26 CIN NL 874 54% 3.0% 19.2% 6.0% 7.3% 31% 0.84 1.05 70% 19% 8.7% 14% 145 13 9%
2013 27 CIN NL 235 47% 1.7% 23.4% 6.4% 6.8% 32% 0.98 1.36 67% 24% 5.6% 11% 38 4 11%
7 Yrs 3016 55% 2.7% 18.6% 7.9% 7.4% 31% 0.78 0.99 69% 21% 7.8% 13% 562 46 8%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.3% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 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
2007 21 CIN NL 205 809 3.95 471 58% 27% 16% 26% 31% 73% 1% 42% 78% 55% 6% 12 5 17% 34 20 2 21% 3 6 0 0 0
2008 22 CIN NL 180 681 3.78 435 64% 24% 9% 34% 33% 76% 2% 48% 88% 58% 5% 9 4 26% 46 29 5 17% 1 4 0 0 0
2009 23 CIN NL 499 2014 4.04 1256 62% 26% 13% 32% 28% 74% 1% 46% 82% 56% 5% 23 12 27% 134 83 11 23% 15 10 -3 0 0
2010 24 CIN NL 466 1934 4.15 1244 64% 27% 14% 33% 26% 73% 3% 47% 81% 60% 5% 22 12 32% 149 100 5 26% 19 4 -1 0 0
2011 25 CIN NL 562 2106 3.75 1372 65% 26% 16% 28% 30% 74% 1% 48% 79% 62% 5% 26 20 26% 147 84 10 15% 20 4 -1 0 0
2012 26 CIN NL 878 3334 3.80 2177 65% 26% 16% 29% 30% 74% 1% 48% 79% 66% 4% 38 26 24% 207 109 9 15% 24 9 -4 0 0
2013 27 CIN NL 236 863 3.66 561 65% 28% 17% 25% 29% 72% 0% 47% 76% 64% 3% 8 7 23% 54 33 3 27% 10 1 -1 0 0
7 Yrs 3026 11741 3.88 7516 64% 26% 15% 30% 29% 74% 1% 47% 80% 61% 5% 138 86 25% 771 458 45 20% 92 38 -10 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 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
2007 21 CIN NL 205 43 1 0 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 15 9 3 60% 3 1 1 79 9 0 100% 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
2008 22 CIN NL 180 59 9 0 8 0 2 2 6 6 2 7 4 1 57% 3 4 0 72 8 1 89% 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2009 23 CIN NL 496 115 13 1 12 0 11 5 7 8 4 22 12 4 55% 4 6 0 199 10 5 67% 10 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 0
2010 24 CIN NL 465 109 14 2 11 0 4 9 2 5 6 24 12 5 50% 1 3 0 170 10 6 63% 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2011 25 CIN NL 561 136 14 2 18 0 16 8 10 10 8 33 16 5 48% 1 4 0 196 9 2 82% 9 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 0
2012 26 CIN NL 874 206 15 0 26 0 9 18 8 21 5 34 20 7 59% 11 3 1 285 16 7 70% 13 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 11 0
2013 27 CIN NL 235 50 4 0 4 0 3 0 4 0 4 11 5 3 45% 0 0 0 78 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 Yrs 3016 718 70 5 82 0 47 44 38 52 30 146 78 28 53% 23 21 2 1079 66 22 75% 57 18 8 3 1 1 3 0 58 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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+
2007 21 4 2 .667 5.76 9 9 0 0 0 0 45.1 43 32 29 3 28 1 28 3 1 1 205 81 1.566 8.5 0.6 5.6 5.6 1.00 81
2008 22 4 8 .333 6.72 17 17 0 0 0 0 81.2 102 68 61 11 45 2 46 3 2 5 385 68 1.800 11.2 1.2 5.0 5.1 1.02 68
2009 23 12 13 .480 5.45 37 37 0 0 0 0 195.0 217 129 118 23 97 3 132 6 2 11 881 80 1.610 10.0 1.1 4.5 6.1 1.36 80
2010 24 16 16 .500 5.09 56 56 0 1 1 0 304.0 326 184 172 34 137 9 232 9 3 14 1346 84 1.523 9.7 1.0 4.1 6.9 1.69 84
2011 25 25 23 .521 4.89 78 78 0 1 1 0 436.0 462 252 237 52 170 11 338 14 3 18 1907 85 1.450 9.5 1.1 3.5 7.0 1.99 85
2012 26 38 33 .535 4.50 111 111 0 3 2 0 644.0 668 349 322 78 222 14 506 22 3 21 2781 93 1.382 9.3 1.1 3.1 7.1 2.28 93
2013 27 40 36 .526 4.38 120 120 0 4 2 0 702.1 718 369 342 82 237 14 561 23 4 21 3016 95 1.360 9.2 1.1 3.0 7.2 2.37 95

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
2007 21 1 3 .250 5.20 45.0 41 29 26 3 27 28 3 1.511 8.2 5.4 5.6 1.04 0.6 9
2008 22 1 2 .333 7.97 35.0 58 34 31 8 17 17 0 2.143 14.9 4.4 4.4 1.00 2.1 8
2009 23 5 7 .417 4.62 109.0 114 62 56 12 52 83 3 1.523 9.4 4.3 6.9 1.60 1.0 20
2010 24 5 6 .455 4.76 104.0 110 61 55 11 40 95 3 1.442 9.5 3.5 8.2 2.38 1.0 19
2011 25 6 8 .429 4.78 128.0 139 76 68 18 34 103 5 1.352 9.8 2.4 7.2 3.03 1.3 22
2012 26 12 10 .545 3.72 203.0 205 93 84 26 52 164 8 1.266 9.1 2.3 7.3 3.15 1.2 33
2013 27 4 2 .667 3.00 57.0 49 21 19 4 15 53 1 1.123 7.7 2.4 8.4 3.53 0.6 9
7 Yrs 34 38 .472 4.48 681.0 716 376 339 82 237 543 23 1.399 9.5 7.2 2.29 1.1 120

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
2012 NL  33 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
2012 NL  2 (4th)
2013 NL  1 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 NL  1 (8th)
2012 NL  1 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2012 NL  26 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
2012 NL  206 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2012 NL  874 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
2007 NL  born 1986-05-03 (2nd)
2007 NL  born 1986-05-03 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (856), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 7 (1699), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1137), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1367th), 3.3 career WAR/3.3 7yr-peak WAR/3.3 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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