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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

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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	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	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	1	3	.250	3.83	7	7	0	0	0	42.1	39	18	18	4	14	0	42	0	1	0	176	107	1.252	8.3	0.9	3.0	8.9	3.00
7 Yrs				39	36	.520	4.46	118	118	0	3	2	686.1	707	367	340	82	236	14	548	22	4	21	2957	93	1.374	9.3	1.1	3.1	7.2	2.32
162 Game Avg.				11	10	.520	4.46	34	34	0	1	1	198	204	106	98	24	68	4	158	6	1	6	852	93	1.374	9.3	1.1	3.1	7.2	2.32

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	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
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	42.1	7	7	18	3.83	4.31	0.22	0.17	104.5	4.45	2	0.3	-0.1	0.6	6	.538	.502	$5,350,000
7 Seasons				686.1	118	118	367	4.81	4.37	0.09	0.17	102.5	4.56	-23	-2.0	-0.5	3.4	37	.483	.498	$9,034,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	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

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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	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	34	76	70	1	8	1	5	1	29	.114	.127	.129	.255	-32	9	3	5	0	1
2013	27	CIN	NL	7	13	10	1	3	1	0	0	2	.300	.300	.400	.700	86	4	0	3	0	/1
7 Yrs				122	240	211	13	36	6	13	4	84	.171	.186	.199	.385	3	42	7	25	0
162 Game Avg.				162	319	280	17	48	8	17	5	112	.171	.186	.199	.385	3	56	9	33	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2007	21	CIN	NL	9	12	-1	-0	0	2	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.514	.501	0.1	0.0	2		/1
2008	22	CIN	NL	8	12	-2	-0	-0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.491	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0		/1
2009	23	CIN	NL	22	43	-10	-0	-0	6	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.4	.482	.498	-0.4	0.0	-2	$400,500	1
2010	24	CIN	NL	19	39	-3	-0	-0	5	2	0.2	1	4	0.2	.514	.502	0.2	0.0	4	$418,000	1
2011	25	CIN	NL	23	45	-2	-1	-0	6	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.514	.502	0.3	0.0	4	$441,000	1
2012	26	CIN	NL	34	76	-14	0	-0	11	-3	-0.3	2	-0	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	0.0	-0	$2,425,000	1
2013	27	CIN	NL	7	13	-0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.524	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$5,350,000	/1
7 Seasons				122	240	-31	-1	-0	34	1	0.1	7	9	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	9	$9,034,500

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

2012	26	CIN	NL	NLDS	SFG	L	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLDS							3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	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%	lgCS%	PO
2007	CIN	NL	21	P	9	9	0	45.1	7	3	3	1	0	.857	-2	-8	1.19	0.67	.966	1.69	1.67	9	0	0%	25%	1
2008	CIN	NL	22	P	8	8	0	36.1	6	2	3	1	0	.833	-2	-11	1.24	0.63	.958	1.73	1.72	8	1	11%	27%	0
2009	CIN	NL	23	P	20	20	0	113.1	26	13	11	2	0	.923	1	2	1.91	1.20	.955	1.72	1.70	10	5	33%	29%	1
2010	CIN	NL	24	P	19	19	1	109.0	22	15	6	1	1	.955	-2	-4	1.73	1.11	.954	1.73	1.72	10	6	38%	29%	1
2011	CIN	NL	25	P	22	22	0	132.0	26	14	11	1	1	.962	-2	-3	1.70	1.14	.955	1.80	1.79	9	2	18%	28%	1
2012	CIN	NL	26	P	33	33	2	208.0	43	14	26	3	0	.930	4	4	1.73	1.21	.950	1.77	1.75	16	7	30%	27%	0
2013	CIN	NL	27	P	7	7	0	42.1	14	6	8	0	0	1.000	2	9	2.98	2.00	.967	1.72	1.70	1	1	50%	28%	0
	7 Seasons			P	118	118	3	686.1	144	67	68	9	2	.938	-1	0	1.77	1.14	.955	1.75	1.73	63	22	26%	27%	4
	7 Seasons			TOT	118	118	3	686.1	144	67	68	9	2	.938	-1	-1	1.77	1.14	.955	1.75	1.73	63	22	26%	27%	4

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Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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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)	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)	Putouts as P s c a p y 2013 NL 6 (2nd)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 2013 NL 2.98 (2nd)
Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 2013 NL 2.00 (3rd)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2013 NL 1.000 (1st)	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 Ink	Pitching - 1 (857), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1904), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1266), 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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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	Sources
2009	23	Cincinnati Reds	$400,500
2010	24	Cincinnati Reds	$418,000
2011	25	Cincinnati Reds	$441,000
2012	26	Cincinnati Reds	$2,425,000	contracts
2013	27	Cincinnati Reds	$5,350,000
2013 Status		2nd-Year Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$9,034,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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