Bill Bailey

Q: When was Bill Bailey born?

Bill Bailey was born on April 12, 1888.

Q: Where was Bill Bailey born?

Bill Bailey was born in Fort Smith, AR .

Q: How tall was Bill Bailey?

Bill Bailey was 5-11 (180 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Bill Bailey weigh when playing?

Bill Bailey weighed 165 lbs (74 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Bill Bailey in the Hall of Fame?

Bill Bailey has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Bill Bailey have?

Bill Bailey had 570 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Bill Bailey played for?

Bill Bailey played for 5 teams; the St. Louis Browns, Baltimore Terrapins, Chicago Whales, Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals.

Q: When did Bill Bailey retire?

Bill Bailey last played in 1922.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: April 12, 1888 in Fort Smith, AR us

Died: November 2, 1926 in Houston, TX

Buried: Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, TX

Debut: September 11, 1907 (Age 19-152d, 2,969th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4.2 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 26, 1922 (Age 34-075d)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1907 season

Full Name: William F. Bailey

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.9

ERA

3.57

203

117

1084.1

570

WHIP

1.441

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1907	19	SLB	AL	4	1	.800	2.42	6	5	1	3	0	0	48.1	39	16	13	0	15	17	4	0	0	194	104	2.66	1.117	7.3	0.0	2.8	3.2	1.13
1908	20	SLB	AL	3	5	.375	3.04	22	12	8	7	0	0	106.2	85	53	36	2	50	42	3	0	5	439	78	3.05	1.266	7.2	0.2	4.2	3.5	0.84
1909	21	SLB	AL	9	10	.474	2.44	32	20	12	17	1	0	199.0	174	71	54	2	75	114	6	0	9	784	99	2.42	1.251	7.9	0.1	3.4	5.2	1.52
1910	22	SLB	AL	3	18	.143	3.32	34	20	9	13	0	0	192.1	186	133	71	2	97	90	10	0	8	816	74	3.18	1.471	8.7	0.1	4.5	4.2	0.93
1911	23	SLB	AL	0	3	.000	4.55	7	2	3	2	0	0	31.2	42	26	16	1	16	8	2	0	0	142	74	4.38	1.832	11.9	0.3	4.5	2.3	0.50
1912	24	SLB	AL	0	1	.000	9.28	3	2	1	0	0	0	10.2	15	12	11	0	10	2	0	0	3	54	38	5.29	2.344	12.7	0.0	8.4	1.7	0.20

1914	26	BAL	FL	7	9	.438	3.08	19	18	0	10	1	0	128.2	106	58	44	2	68	131	7	1	9	536	109	2.35	1.352	7.4	0.1	4.8	9.2	1.93
1915	27	TOT	FL	9	20	.310	4.27	41	28	12	14	5	0	223.2	202	127	106	9	125	122	9	0	3	951	74	3.64	1.462	8.1	0.4	5.0	4.9	0.98
1915	27	BAL	FL	6	19	.240	4.63	36	23	12	11	2	0	190.1	179	118	98	8	115	98	9	0	3	827	70	3.88	1.545	8.5	0.4	5.4	4.6	0.85
1915	27	CHI	FL	3	1	.750	2.16	5	5	0	3	3	0	33.1	23	9	8	1	10	24	0	0	0	124	133	2.26	0.990	6.2	0.3	2.7	6.5	2.40

1918	30	DET	AL	1	2	.333	5.97	8	4	2	1	0	0	37.2	53	34	25	0	26	13	1	0	0	178	45	3.69	2.097	12.7	0.0	6.2	3.1	0.50

1921	33	STL	NL	2	5	.286	4.26	19	6	3	3	1	0	74.0	95	41	35	1	22	20	2	1	4	330	86	3.74	1.581	11.6	0.1	2.7	2.4	0.91
1922	34	STL-min	A	8	12	.400	3.88	22						146.0	153	74	63		57								1.438	9.4		3.5			HSN TL
1922	34	STL	NL	0	2	.000	5.40	12	0	5	0	0	0	31.2	38	22	19	1	23	11	0	0	2	149	72	5.05	1.926	10.8	0.3	6.5	3.1	0.48
1923	35	STL-min	A	9	18	.333	4.00	29						218.0	244	128	97		95								1.555	10.1		3.9			HSN TL
11 Yrs				38	76	.333	3.57	203	117	56	70	8	0	1084.1	1035	593	430	20	527	570	44	2	43	4573	80	3.17	1.441	8.6	0.2	4.4	4.7	1.08
162 Game Avg.				8	16	.333	3.57	43	25	12	15	2	0	230	220	126	91	4	112	121	9	0	9	972	80	3.17	1.441	8.6	0.2	4.4	4.7	1.08

SLB (6 yrs)				19	38	.333	3.07	104	61	34	42	1	0	588.2	541	311	201	7	263	273	25	0	25	2429	82	2.96	1.366	8.3	0.1	4.0	4.2	1.04
STL (2 yrs)				2	7	.222	4.60	31	6	8	3	1	0	105.2	133	63	54	2	45	31	2	1	6	479	81	4.13	1.685	11.3	0.2	3.8	2.6	0.69
BAL (2 yrs)				13	28	.317	4.01	55	41	12	21	3	0	319.0	285	176	142	10	183	229	16	1	12	1363	82	3.26	1.467	8.0	0.3	5.2	6.5	1.25
CHI (1 yr)				3	1	.750	2.16	5	5	0	3	3	0	33.1	23	9	8	1	10	24	0	0	0	124	133	2.26	0.990	6.2	0.3	2.7	6.5	2.40
DET (1 yr)				1	2	.333	5.97	8	4	2	1	0	0	37.2	53	34	25	0	26	13	1	0	0	178	45	3.69	2.097	12.7	0.0	6.2	3.1	0.50

AL (7 yrs)				20	40	.333	3.25	112	65	36	43	1	0	626.1	594	345	226	7	289	286	26	0	25	2607	78	3.00	1.410	8.5	0.1	4.2	4.1	0.99
FL (2 yrs)				16	29	.356	3.83	60	46	12	24	6	0	352.1	308	185	150	11	193	253	16	1	12	1487	84	3.17	1.422	7.9	0.3	4.9	6.5	1.31
NL (2 yrs)				2	7	.222	4.60	31	6	8	3	1	0	105.2	133	63	54	2	45	31	2	1	6	479	81	4.13	1.685	11.3	0.2	3.8	2.6	0.69

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

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1907	19	SLB	AL	-0.1	6	21	20	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	11	.150	.150	.150	.300	-4	.118	-30	3	0	1	/1
1908	20	SLB	AL	-0.3	22	38	34	3	3	0	0	0	4	0		2	13	.088	.139	.088	.227	-26	.107	-33	3	0	2	1
1909	21	SLB	AL	0.7	38	84	77	1	22	1	1	0	7	1		3	20	.286	.313	.325	.637	107	.300	100	25	0	2	1/H9
1910	22	SLB	AL	0.1	34	76	63	6	13	0	0	0	2	1		4	22	.206	.254	.206	.460	49	.214	34	13	0	1	1
1911	23	SLB	AL	-0.2	7	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.016	-120	0	0	0	/1
1912	24	SLB	AL	0.1	3	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	241	.587	303	1	0	0	/1

1914	26	BAL	FL	0.0	19	49	43	4	7	1	0	0	1	0		5	10	.163	.250	.186	.436	24	.221	18	8	0	1	1/H
1915	27	2TM	FL	0.2	41	86	74	5	17	1	0	0	1	1		4	18	.230	.269	.243	.512	49	.248	35	18	0	7	1
1915	27	BAL	FL	0.1	36	75	65	5	15	1	0	0	1	0		3	16	.231	.265	.246	.511	48	.245	32	16	0	7	1
1915	27	CHI	FL	0.1	5	11	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	2	.222	.300	.222	.522	58	.275	53	2	0	0	/1

1918	30	DET	AL	-0.1	8	13	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	4	.077	.077	.154	.231	-29	.101	-54	2	0	0	/1

1921	33	STL	NL	-0.2	19	23	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.091	.130	.091	.221	-40	.107	-58	2	0	0	1
1922	34	STL	NL	0.0	12	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	51	.266	43	2	0	0	1
11 Yrs				0.2	209	412	366	23	71	4	1	0	15	3	0	20	108	.194	.236	.210	.446	36	.212	24	77	0	14	1/H9
162 Game Avg				0.1	162	319	284	18	55	3	1	0	12	2		16	84	.194	.236	.210	.446	36	.212	24	60	0	11

SLB (6 Yrs)				0.3	110	234	207	14	42	1	1	0	13	2	0	10	70	.203	.240	.217	.457	47	.212	35	45	0	6	1/H9
BAL (2 Yrs)				0.1	55	124	108	9	22	2	0	0	2	0		8	26	.204	.259	.222	.481	38	.235	26	24	0	8	1/H
STL (2 Yrs)				-0.2	31	30	29	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.138	.167	.138	.305	-18	.144	-33	4	0	0	1
DET (1 Yr)				-0.1	8	13	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	4	.077	.077	.154	.231	-29	.101	-54	2	0	0	/1
CHI (1 Yr)				0.1	5	11	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	2	.222	.300	.222	.522	58	.275	53	2	0	0	/1

AL (7 Yrs)				0.2	118	247	220	14	43	2	1	0	13	2	0	10	74	.195	.230	.214	.444	42	.206	30	47	0	6	1/H9
FL (2 Yrs)				0.2	60	135	117	9	24	2	0	0	2	1		9	28	.205	.262	.222	.484	40	.238	28	26	0	8	1/H
NL (2 Yrs)				-0.2	31	30	29	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.138	.167	.138	.305	-18	.144	-33	4	0	0	1

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1907	19	SLB	AL	P	6	5	3	48.0	14	2	11	1	0	.929	.946	2.44	3.28	2.17	3.25	0
1908	20	SLB	AL	P	22	12	7	107.0	29	0	26	3	0	.897	.946	2.19	3.20	1.18	3.19	5
1909	21	SLB	AL	P	32	20	17	199.0	58	4	52	2	1	.966	.942	2.53	3.19	1.75	3.15	9
1909	21	SLB	AL	OF	3	0	0	8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	.950	1.13	1.91	0.33	1.87
1909	21	SLB	AL	RF	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	.950			0.50	1.40
1910	22	SLB	AL	P	34	20	13	192.0	70	7	57	6	0	.914	.942	3.00	3.29	1.88	3.28	8
1911	23	SLB	AL	P	7	2	2	32.0	14	2	11	1	1	.929	.938	3.66	2.87	1.86	2.86	0
1912	24	SLB	AL	P	3	2	0	11.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	.940	0.82	2.95	0.33	2.90	3	4	1	20.0	41.8	0

1914	26	BAL	FL	P	19	18	10	129.0	52	5	45	2	0	.962	.947	3.49	3.04	2.63	3.00	9
1915	27	2TM	FL	P	41	28	14	223.0	77	9	61	7	2	.909	.956	2.83	3.08	1.71	3.05	3
1915	27	BAL	FL	P	36	23	11	190.0	65	9	49	7	1	.892	.956	2.75	3.08	1.61	3.05	3
1915	27	CHI	FL	P	5	5	3	33.0	12	0	12	0	1	1.000	.956	3.27	3.08	2.40	3.06	0

1918	30	DET	AL	P	8	4	1	38.0	15	1	14	0	0	1.000	.952	3.55	2.82	1.88	2.84	0	7	4	36.4		5

1921	33	STL	NL	P	19	6	3	74.0	31	2	26	3	1	.903	.953	3.41	2.68	1.47	2.66	4	12	3	20.0	48.3	1
1922	34	STL	NL	P	12	0	0	32.0	14	2	11	1	0	.929	.957	3.66	2.39	1.08	2.36	2	3	2	40.0	45.0	0
11 Yrs					206	117	70	1093.0	376	35	315	26	5	.931	.948	2.88	3.08	1.70	3.01	43	26	10	27.8	32.2	6

P (11 Yrs)				P	203	117	70	1085.0	375	34	315	26	5	.931	.948	2.89	3.09	1.72	3.03	43	26	10	27.8	32.2	6
OF (1 Yr)				OF	3	0	0	8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	.950	1.13	1.91	0.33	1.87
RF (1 Yr)				RF	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	.950			0.50	1.40

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Bill Bailey born?

Bill Bailey was born on April 12, 1888.

Where was Bill Bailey born?

Bill Bailey was born in Fort Smith, AR.

How tall was Bill Bailey?

Bill Bailey was 5-11 (180 cm) tall.

How much did Bill Bailey weigh when playing?

Bill Bailey weighed 165 lbs (74 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Bill Bailey play?

Bill Bailey played 11 seasons.

Is Bill Bailey in the Hall of Fame?

Bill Bailey has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Bill Bailey play?

Bill Bailey was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Bill Bailey have?

Bill Bailey had 570 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Bill Bailey played for?

Bill Bailey played for 5 teams; the St. Louis Browns, Baltimore Terrapins, Chicago Whales, Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals.

When did Bill Bailey retire?

Bill Bailey last played in 1922.

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