Bailey Ober

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-9, 260lb (206cm, 117kg)

Born: July 12, 1995 in Huntersville, NC us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 23rd round of the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft from College of Charleston (Charleston, SC) and the Minnesota Twins in the 12th round of the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft from College of Charleston (Charleston, SC).

High School: Charlotte Christian HS (Charlotte, NC)

School: College of Charleston (Charleston, SC)

Debut: May 18, 2021 (Age 25-310d, 22,379th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2021 season

2025 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2025): 3.093 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2028

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: John Bailey Ober

Pronunciation: \OH-burr\

Twitter: @baileyOB_17

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

2.9

8.0

ERA

3.98

3.76

178.2

471.1

191

484

WHIP

1.002

1.067

Summary of 73 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 9 tying, 33 go ahead

1 Tm
MIN	73

Platoon
vs RHB	46
vs LHB	27

Home/Road
Home	40
Away	33

Outs
0	28
1	25
2	20

23 Opps
CHW	14
KCR	10
DET	6
CLE	5
TOR	4
CIN	3
MIL	3
OAK	3
TEX	3
HOU	3
SDP	3
SEA	3
ATL	2
BOS	2
COL	1
ARI	1
BAL	1
TBR	1
SFG	1
MIA	1
LAA	1
PHI	1
NYY	1

67 Batters
Salvador Perez	2
Marcus Semien	2
Mitch Haniger	2
Andrew Vaughn	2
Nelson Velázquez	2
Josh Naylor	2
Elvis Andrus	1
Adam Duvall	1
Manny Machado	1
TJ Friedl	1
Daz Cameron	1
Michael Massey	1
James McCann	1
Michael Conforto	1
José Ramírez	1
Franmil Reyes	1
Chas McCormick	1
Jonah Heim	1
Tyler Soderstrom	1
Jose Altuve	1
Christian Encarnacion-Strand	1
Brian Goodwin	1
Luis Urías	1
Bryce Harper	1
Jake Lamb	1
Bobby Witt Jr.	1
Derek Hill	1
Ernie Clement	1
Miguel Cabrera	1
José Abreu	1
Willy Adames	1
Gleyber Torres	1
Colt Keith	1
Jonah Bride	1
JJ Bleday	1
Rougned Odor	1
Adalberto Mondesí	1
Teoscar Hernández	1
Travis d'Arnaud	1
Zack Short	1
Brooks Baldwin	1
Brian Anderson	1
Fernando Tatis Jr.	1
Taylor Jones	1
Harold Ramírez	1
Maikel Garcia	1
Eloy Jiménez	1
MJ Melendez	1
J.P. Martínez	1
Tommy Pham	1
Josh Harrison	1
Christian Arroyo	1
Daniel Johnson	1
Yasmani Grandal	1
Nolan Jones	1
Spencer Torkelson	1
Zach Remillard	1
Niko Goodrum	1
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	1
Kyle Isbel	1
Yoán Moncada	1
Tucker Barnhart	1
Corey Seager	1
Max Stassi	1
Luis Robert Jr.	1
Eugenio Suárez	1
Matt Olson	1

15 Parks
Target Field (MIN)	40
Guaranteed (CHI)	8
KauffmanStad (KAN)	6
Progressive (CLE)	4
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1

Where Hit
7	25
9	24
78	14
8	8
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	17
2	16
5	10
7+	8
4	8
3	7
6	7

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	38
2·HR gms	13
3·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	47
1--	10
-2-	7
12-	3
--3	2
-23	2
1-3	1
123	1

107 Runs
RISP	16
0 on	47
1 on	19
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	26

Inning
1	15
2	23
3	9
4	10
5	10
6	3
7	3

1-3	47
4-6	23
7-end	3

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	2
+2	3
+1	14
Tied	31
-1	7
-2	7
-3	2
-4..	4

Ahead	22
Tied	31
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	17
2-2	11
3-2	10
0-1	10
1-0	6
1-2	6
1-1	5
0-2	3
2-1	3
3-1	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	11
CF	9
DH	9
1B	9
3B	8
C	7
RF	7
LF	7
SS	6

OrderPos
5th	13
4th	12
7th	11
2nd	11
8th	7
3rd	6
6th	5
1st	4
9th	4

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	34
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2021-05-18	Jake Lamb	CHW	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	2	7	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	2	2021-05-18	Yasmani Grandal	CHW	@	MIN	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	-2-	7,(3-2) CBCBBFX	2	6	2	14%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Y. Moncada Scores
3	3	3	1	2021-06-11	Jose Altuve	HOU	@	MIN	behind 1-3	t 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	11%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
4	4	4	1	2021-06-22	Tucker Barnhart	CIN	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	2	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	2021-06-30	Brian Goodwin	CHW		MIN	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	6,(3-2) CFBBBX	1	5	8	11%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
6	6	6	2	2021-06-30	Andrew Vaughn	CHW		MIN	tied 1-1	b 2	2	1--	4,(1-2) CFBX	2	8	7	19%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Y. Mercedes Scores
7	7	7	3	2021-06-30	José Abreu	CHW		MIN	ahead 3-1	b 3	2	---	5,(2-2) BFBTX	1	3	3	8%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
8	8	8	1	2021-07-10	Niko Goodrum	DET	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	9,(3-2) BBCSFBFFX	1	7	7	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	9	2	2021-07-10	Zack Short	DET	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	5,(2-2) CBCBX	1	8	6	10%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	10	1	2021-07-20	Yoán Moncada	CHW		MIN	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	5	5	16%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Abreu Scores
11	11	11	1	2021-07-25	Max Stassi	LAA	@	MIN	behind 1-2	t 5	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	2	14%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
12	12	12	1	2021-08-06	Taylor Jones	HOU		MIN	tied 0-0	b 2	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	8	3	18%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. McCormick Scores
13	13	13	2	2021-08-06	Chas McCormick	HOU		MIN	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---	5,(2-2) CBFBX	1	7	8	8%	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
14	14	14	1	2021-08-17	Daniel Johnson	CLE	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 5	0	-2-	2,(0-1) SX	2	7	7	17%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Y. Chang Scores
15	15	15	1	2021-08-30	Derek Hill	DET		MIN	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	6,(3-2) BBFBFX	1	9	8	12%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	16	1	2021-09-06	Franmil Reyes	CLE		MIN	behind 0-3	b 4	0	1--	5,(1-2) C11BCFX	2	4	DH	17%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Ramírez Scores
17	17	17	1	2021-09-12	Adalberto Mondesí	KCR	@	MIN	tied 1-1	t 2	0	---	6,(3-2) BBSFBX	1	6	5	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
18	18	18	1	2021-09-18	Marcus Semien	TOR		MIN	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	7,(3-2) BCSFBBX	1	2	4	11%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	19	2	2021-09-18	Teoscar Hernández	TOR		MIN	behind 1-2	b 4	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	9	23%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); V. Guerrero Scores; B. Bichette Scores
20	20	20	1	2021-09-24	Marcus Semien	TOR	@	MIN	behind 0-3	t 6	1	---	8,(2-2) CSFBBFFX	1	2	4	8%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2022-04-10	Mitch Haniger	SEA	@	MIN	behind 1-6	t 3	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	4	DH	15%	24%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); L. Torrens Scores; A. Frazier Scores
22	22	2	1	2022-04-22	Andrew Vaughn	CHW	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	7	15%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
23	23	3	1	2022-09-21	MJ Melendez	KCR		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	5,(3-1) BBSBX	1	1	7	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
24	24	4	1	2022-10-03	Josh Harrison	CHW		MIN	behind 0-2	b 2	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	7	4	19%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Pollock Scores
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2023-05-11	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SDP	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	9	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
26	26	2	2	2023-05-11	Rougned Odor	SDP	@	MIN	tied 2-2	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	4	14%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
27	27	3	1	2023-05-22	Michael Conforto	SFG	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	4	9	11%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Yastrzemski Scores; J. Davis Scores
28	28	4	1	2023-06-08	Harold Ramírez	TBR		MIN	tied 1-1	b 4	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	5	DH	22%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); L. Raley Scores
29	29	5	1	2023-06-14	Brian Anderson	MIL	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	9	11%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
30	30	6	2	2023-06-14	Luis Urías	MIL	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	8	5	10%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
31	31	7	1	2023-06-20	Adam Duvall	BOS	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	8	13%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
32	32	8	2	2023-06-20	Christian Arroyo	BOS	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	5,(2-2) BFFBX	1	7	4	12%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	9	1	2023-07-18	Eugenio Suárez	SEA		MIN	behind 0-2	b 1	0	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	2	5	17%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Crawford Scores
34	34	10	1	2023-07-23	Eloy Jiménez	CHW	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	4	DH	10%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
35	35	11	2	2023-07-23	Zach Remillard	CHW	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	4	10%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
36	36	12	1	2023-07-29	Bobby Witt Jr.	KCR		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	8,(3-2) CCBFBBFX	1	2	6	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
37	37	13	2	2023-07-29	Michael Massey	KCR		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	4	9%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
38	38	14	1	2023-08-04	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	ARI	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	4,(1-2) CS.BX	1	6	DH	11%	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
39	39	15	1	2023-08-09	Spencer Torkelson	DET		MIN	ahead 4-3	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	3	10%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	16	1	2023-08-15	Miguel Cabrera	DET	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	DH	18%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); K. Carpenter Scores
41	41	17	1	2023-08-22	Willy Adames	MIL		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	4,(1-2) CFB1X	2	4	6	18%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Contreras Scores
42	42	18	1	2023-08-27	J.P. Martínez	TEX	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	7,(2-2) BBCSFFX	1	6	9	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
43	43	19	2	2023-08-27	Jonah Heim	TEX	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	7	2	20%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); N. Lowe Scores; M. Garver Scores; R. Grossman Scores
44	44	20	1	2023-09-15	Elvis Andrus	CHW		MIN	behind 0-6	b 5	0	1--	5,(3-1) BBBCX	2	8	4	6%	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Sheets Scores
45	45	21	1	2023-09-20	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	CIN		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	5	10%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
46	46	22	1	2023-10-01	Nolan Jones	COL		MIN	behind 0-2	b 4	2	---	6,(1-2) CBSFFX	1	3	7	11%	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	2024-03-31	Salvador Perez	KCR		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	6,(2-2) CC*BFBX	3	4	3	21%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Witt Scores; V. Pasquantino Scores
48	48	2	2	2024-03-31	Kyle Isbel	KCR		MIN	ahead 3-0	b 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	9	8	6%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
49	49	3	3	2024-03-31	Maikel Garcia	KCR		MIN	ahead 4-0	b 2	0	---	5,(2-2) BFCBX	1	1	5	4%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
50	50	4	1	2024-05-01	Tommy Pham	CHW		MIN	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	8	11%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
51	51	5	1	2024-05-07	Mitch Haniger	SEA	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	4	9	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
52	52	6	1	2024-05-18	José Ramírez	CLE		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	12,(3-2) BSBFF*B>F>FF>FF>X	2	3	5	17%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); T. Freeman Scores
53	53	7	1	2024-05-24	Corey Seager	TEX	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	6	15%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Semien Scores
54	54	8	1	2024-05-29	Nelson Velázquez	KCR	@	MIN	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	-2-	7,(3-2) FBC.BFBX	2	5	DH	18%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); S. Perez Scores
55	55	9	2	2024-05-29	Salvador Perez	KCR	@	MIN	ahead 4-1	t 5	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	3	2	6%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
56	56	10	3	2024-05-29	Nelson Velázquez	KCR	@	MIN	ahead 5-1	t 5	2	---	6,(2-2) FS.BFBX	1	5	DH	4%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
57	57	11	1	2024-06-04	Gleyber Torres	NYY		MIN	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	4	11%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
58	58	12	1	2024-06-16 (1)	Daz Cameron	OAK	@	MIN	behind 0-4	t 7	1	---	4,(1-2) BFCX	1	7	9	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
59	59	13	1	2024-06-22	JJ Bleday	OAK		MIN	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	8	11%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
60	60	14	2	2024-06-22	Tyler Soderstrom	OAK		MIN	behind 1-8	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	3%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
61	61	15	1	2024-07-04	Colt Keith	DET	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	2	4	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
62	62	16	1	2024-07-10 (1)	Luis Robert Jr.	CHW		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	3	8	17%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Vaughn Scores
63	63	17	1	2024-07-22	Bryce Harper	PHI	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	5,(2-2) BC*BFX	2	3	3	17%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); T. Turner Scores
64	64	18	1	2024-08-03	Brooks Baldwin	CHW	@	MIN	behind 1-2	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	2	6	16%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
65	65	19	1	2024-08-20	Manny Machado	SDP		MIN	behind 1-3	b 7	0	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	4	5	27%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Cronenworth Scores
66	66	20	1	2024-08-26	Matt Olson	ATL	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	1-3	4,(0-2) CFFX	3	4	3	12%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Soler Scores; M. Ozuna Scores
67	67	21	2	2024-08-26	Travis d'Arnaud	ATL	@	MIN	ahead 7-1	t 2	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	5	2	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Olson Scores
68	68	22	1	2024-09-01	Ernie Clement	TOR	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
69	69	23	1	2024-09-13	TJ Friedl	CIN	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	8	11%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
70	70	24	1	2024-09-18	Josh Naylor	CLE		MIN	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	11%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
71	71	25	2	2024-09-18	Josh Naylor	CLE		MIN	behind 1-2	b 7	0	---	5,(2-2) BBFFX	1	4	3	23%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
72	72	26	1	2024-09-24	Jonah Bride	MIA	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	6,(3-2) BCBFBX	1	5	DH	11%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
73	73	27	1	2024-09-29	James McCann	BAL	@	MIN	behind 0-2	t 5	1	-23	3,(1-1) BSX	3	9	2	26%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. O'Hearn Scores; C. Mullins Scores