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Ed Bailey

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: April 15, 1931 in Strawberry Plains, TN us

Died: March 23, 2007 in Knoxville, TN

Buried: Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, Knoxville, TN

High School: Strong HS (Strawberry Plains, TN)

School: University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)

Debut: September 26, 1953 (Age 22-164d, 11,069th in major league history)
vs. MLN 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 26, 1966 (Age 35-011d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Lonas Edgar Bailey

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Relatives: Brother of Jim Bailey

6x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.2

3581

915

155

.256

432

RBI

540

OBP

.355

SLG

.430

OPS

.784

OPS+

110

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CIN		CHC	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 13	CIN		CHC	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
3	3	Apr 14	CIN	@	STL	W,7-3	GS	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
4	4	Apr 15	CIN	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	30	5.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
5	5	Apr 16	CIN	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	6	Apr 18	CIN	@	SFG	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	7	Apr 19	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 20	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	9	Apr 21	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
10	11 (1)	Apr 23	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
11	12	Apr 26	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	13	Apr 27	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to San Francisco Giants
13	14	Apr 28	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
14	15	Apr 29	SFG	@	MLN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
15	16	Apr 30	SFG	@	MLN	W,14-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	17	May 2	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
17	18	May 3	SFG	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
18	19	May 4	SFG	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
19	20	May 5	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
20	21	May 7	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
21	22	May 9	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	23	May 10	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
23	24	May 12	SFG		MLN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
24	25	May 13	SFG		MLN	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
25	26	May 14	SFG		MLN	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
26	27	May 15	SFG		CHC	W,14-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
27	29 (1)	May 17	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
28	30	May 19	SFG		LAD	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	16	1	0	17	0	C
29	35 (4)	May 24	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	36	May 26	SFG	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	50	13.0	12	2	0	14	0	C
31	37	May 27	SFG	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	39 (1)	May 29	SFG		CIN	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	40	May 30 (1)	SFG		CIN	L,6-7	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	41	May 30 (2)	SFG		CIN	L,4-6	GS	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
35	42	May 31	SFG		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	43	Jun 1	SFG		STL	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
37	46 (2)	Jun 4	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
38	47	Jun 5	SFG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
39	48	Jun 6	SFG		PHI	L,9-13	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
40	49	Jun 7	SFG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
41	50	Jun 8	SFG		PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	6	2	1	9	1	C
42	51	Jun 9	SFG		PIT	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
43	52	Jun 10	SFG		PIT	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	53	Jun 11	SFG		PIT	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	54	Jun 12	SFG		LAD	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
46	55	Jun 13	SFG		LAD	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
47	56	Jun 14	SFG		MLN	W,11-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	57	Jun 15	SFG		MLN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	58	Jun 16	SFG		CHC	L,6-12	CG	47	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
50	59	Jun 17	SFG		CHC	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	60	Jun 18	SFG		CHC	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
52	61	Jun 20	SFG	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	62	Jun 21	SFG	@	MLN	L,3-5	GF	11	2.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
54	63	Jun 22	SFG	@	MLN	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
55	64	Jun 23	SFG	@	STL	L,5-10	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	66 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	SFG	@	STL	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	4	0	1	5	0	PH C
57	67	Jun 25 (2)	SFG	@	STL	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
58	68	Jun 26	SFG	@	PHI	L,0-1	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
59	70 (1)	Jun 28	SFG	@	PHI	T,7-7		18	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	71	Jun 29 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-7	GF	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
61	72	Jun 29 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	1	3	1	C
62	73	Jun 30	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	74	Jul 1	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
64	75	Jul 2 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	80 (4)	Jul 6	SFG		CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	81	Jul 7	SFG		STL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	82	Jul 8	SFG		STL	L,7-9	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	84 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	SFG		STL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
69	85	Jul 13	SFG		PIT	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	86	Jul 14	SFG		PIT	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
71	88 (1)	Jul 16	SFG		PHI	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
72	89	Jul 17	SFG		PHI	L,7-10	GS	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
73	91 (1)	Jul 20	SFG	@	STL	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
74	92	Jul 22	SFG	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
75	93	Jul 23 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
76	95 (1)	Jul 25	SFG	@	PIT	W,16-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
77	96	Jul 26	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
78	98 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-5	GS	28	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
79	99	Jul 28 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
80	101 (1)	Jul 30	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	103 (1)	Aug 3	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-4	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
82	104	Aug 4	SFG		MLN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
83	105	Aug 5	SFG		MLN	L,3-9	CG	50	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
84	107 (1)	Aug 8	SFG		CHC	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
85	108	Aug 9	SFG		CHC	W,6-5	GS	27	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
86	110 (1)	Aug 12	SFG		CIN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
87	111	Aug 13	SFG		CIN	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
88	115 (3)	Aug 18	SFG		LAD	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
89	119 (3)	Aug 22 (2)	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
90	120	Aug 23	SFG	@	CIN	W,14-0	GS	22	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	125 (4)	Aug 29	SFG	@	MLN	L,6-7	GF	32	7.1	5	1	0	6	0	PH C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	128 (2)	Sep 1	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	60	14.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
93	129	Sep 2	SFG	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	131 (1)	Sep 4	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
95	132	Sep 5	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
96	133	Sep 6	SFG	@	LAD	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
97	134	Sep 8	SFG		LAD	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
98	135	Sep 9	SFG		LAD	W,9-6	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
99	136	Sep 10	SFG		LAD	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
100	137	Sep 11	SFG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
101	138	Sep 12	SFG		PIT	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
102	139	Sep 13	SFG		PHI	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
103	140	Sep 14	SFG		PHI	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
104	141	Sep 15	SFG		CHC	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
105	142	Sep 16	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
106	143	Sep 17	SFG		CHC	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
107	144	Sep 18	SFG		MLN	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
108	145	Sep 19	SFG		MLN	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
109	146	Sep 20	SFG		MLN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
110	147	Sep 22	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
111	148	Sep 23	SFG	@	CIN	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
112	149	Sep 24	SFG	@	CIN	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
113	151 (1)	Sep 27	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	44	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
114	152	Sep 28	SFG	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
115	153	Sep 29	SFG	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	22	4.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
116	154	Oct 1 (1)	SFG	@	MLN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
							116gm		942.2	684	45	12	741	4