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Homer Bailey

David Dewitt Bailey (Homer)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 3, 1986 in La Grange, TX
High School: La Grange (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 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$441k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.017, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Octagon SHillard, JDSmart [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

Standard Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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
2004	18	CIN-min	Rk	0	1	.000	4.38	6	3	0	0	0	12.1	14	7	6	0	3	0	9	0	1	1	54		1.378	10.2	0.0	2.2	6.6	3.00	RDL · GULF
2005	19	CIN-min	A	8	4	.667	4.43	28	21	1	0	0	103.2	89	64	51	5	62	0	125	3	5	11	458		1.457	7.7	0.4	5.4	10.9	2.02	DAY · MIDW
2006	20	CIN-min	A+,AA	10	6	.625	2.47	26	26	0	0	0	138.2	99	48	38	7	50	1	156	7	0	7	567		1.075	6.4	0.5	3.2	10.1	3.12	SAR,CNG · FLOR,SOUL
2007	21	CIN-min	AAA,A+	6	4	.600	3.82	14	14	0	0	0	75.1	64	38	32	6	37	0	66	0	1	4	322		1.341	7.6	0.7	4.4	7.9	1.78	LOU,SAR · IL,FLOR
2007	21	CIN	NL	4	2	.667	5.76	9	9	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-min	AAA	4	7	.364	4.77	19	19	0	0	0	111.1	118	62	59	10	46	0	96	3	2	7	480		1.473	9.5	0.8	3.7	7.8	2.09	LOU · IL
2008	22	CIN	NL	0	6	.000	7.93	8	8	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-min	AAA	8	5	.615	2.71	14	14	0	2	1	89.2	87	33	27	10	27	1	82	4	0	1	379		1.271	8.7	1.0	2.7	8.2	3.04	LOU · IL
2009	23	CIN	NL	8	5	.615	4.53	20	20	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-min	AAA,A	2	1	.667	3.13	5	4	0	0	0	23.0	19	8	8	0	6	0	20	1	0	1	91		1.087	7.4	0.0	2.3	7.8	3.33	LOU,DAY · IL,MIDW
2010	24	CIN	NL	4	3	.571	4.46	19	19	0	1	1	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-min	AAA	2	1	.667	3.00	6	6	0	0	0	30.0	34	10	10	1	6	0	22	0	0	0	128		1.333	10.2	0.3	1.8	6.6	3.67	LOU · IL
2011	25	CIN	NL	9	7	.563	4.43	22	22	0	0	0	132.0	136	68	65	18	33	2	106	5	0	4	561	88	1.280	9.3	1.2	2.3	7.2	3.21
5 Seasons				25	23	.521	4.89	78	78	0	1	1	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
162 Game Avg.				11	10	.521	4.89	34	34	0	0	0	190	201	110	103	23	74	5	147	6	1	8	831	85	1.450	9.5	1.1	3.5	7.0	1.99

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
2007	21	CIN	NL	45.1	9	32	31	-2	1.0	-1	-0.1	$
2008	22	CIN	NL	36.1	8	36	24	-1	1.0	-12	-1.2	$
2009	23	CIN	NL	113.1	20	61	63	4	1.1	2	0.3	$
2010	24	CIN	NL	109.0	19	55	59	2	1.0	4	0.4	$418,000
2011	25	CIN	NL	132.0	22	68	75	3	.9	7	0.7	$441,000
5 Seasons				436.0	78	252	252	5	1.0	-0	0.1	$859,000

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
1 NLDS							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

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	Pos
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	21	45	39	7	11	2	2	1	11	.282	.300	.333	.633	72	13	1	5	0	1
5 Seasons				79	151	131	11	25	4	8	3	53	.191	.209	.221	.430	15	29	4	17	0
162 Game Avg.				162	310	269	23	51	8	16	6	109	.191	.209	.221	.430	15	59	8	35	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
2007	21	CIN	NL	12	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$	/1
2008	22	CIN	NL	12	-2	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$	/1
2009	23	CIN	NL	43	-8	-0	-0	-0	4	1	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	$	1
2010	24	CIN	NL	39	-3	0	0	0	4	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	$418,000	1
2011	25	CIN	NL	45	-2	-1	-0	0	4	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	$441,000	1
5 Seasons				151	-16	-1	-1	-0	14	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	$859,000

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

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
2007	CIN	NL	21	P	9			45.1	7	3	3	1	0	.857	-2	-9	1.19	0.67	.966	1.69	1.67
2008	CIN	NL	22	P	8			36.1	6	2	3	1	0	.833	-2	-11	1.24	0.63	.958	1.73	1.72
2009	CIN	NL	23	P	20			113.1	26	13	11	2	0	.923	0	0	1.91	1.20	.955	1.72	1.70
2010	CIN	NL	24	P	19			109.0	22	15	6	1	1	.955	-2	-4	1.73	1.11	.954	1.73	1.72
2011	CIN	NL	25	P	22	22	0	132.0	26	14	11	1	1	.962	0	0	1.70	1.14	.955	1.80	1.79	9	2	18%	1
	5 Seasons			P	78	22	0	436.0	87	47	34	6	2	.931	-6	-2	1.67	1.04	.956	1.75	1.73	9	2	18%	1
	5 Seasons			TOT	78	22	0	436.0	87	47	34	6	2	.931	-6	-16	1.67	1.04	.956	1.75	1.73	9	2	18%	1

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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Transactions

June 7, 2004: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 22, 2004.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2010	24	Cincinnati Reds	$418,000
2011	25	Cincinnati Reds	$441,000
2012 Status		not updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$859,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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