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.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 14	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
2	4	Apr 17	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	5	Apr 18 (1)	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-1	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
4	6	Apr 18 (2)	SFG	@	NYM	L,1-7	CG	33	6.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
5	7	Apr 20	SFG		PIT	L,1-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
6	8	Apr 21	SFG		PIT	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
7	9	Apr 23	SFG		NYM	L,8-9	GS	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
8	12 (2)	Apr 25 (2)	SFG		NYM	L,3-4	GS	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	17 (4)	May 1	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-4	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
10	19 (1)	May 3	SFG	@	STL	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	22 (2)	May 7	SFG		LAD	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
12	23	May 8	SFG		LAD	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	1B
13	24	May 9	SFG		LAD	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
14	40 (15)	May 25	SFG		MLN	L,1-14	GF	12	3.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
				Player went from San Francisco Giants to Chicago Cubs
15	46	May 31 (2)	CHC		NYM	T,3-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	49 (2)	Jun 5	CHC		PHI	W,9-8	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
17	50	Jun 6 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
18	51	Jun 6 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
19	52	Jun 8	CHC		MLN	L,2-8	CG	43	10.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
20	54 (1)	Jun 10	CHC		MLN	L,4-6		8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
21	56 (1)	Jun 12	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
22	58 (1)	Jun 13 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
23	65 (6)	Jun 20 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-5	GS	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
24	72 (6)	Jun 27 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-8	GF	14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
25	76 (3)	Jun 30 (2)	CHC		LAD	L,3-4	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	78 (1)	Jul 2	CHC		SFG	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
27	79	Jul 3	CHC		SFG	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
28	80	Jul 4	CHC		SFG	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
29	81	Jul 5 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
30	82	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-3	GS	15	3.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
31	84 (1)	Jul 9	CHC		STL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	85	Jul 10	CHC		STL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	88 (2)	Jul 14 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	89	Jul 14 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,3-6	GS	25	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
35	90	Jul 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	7	2	1	10	1	C
36	93 (2)	Jul 18	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-4	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
37	94	Jul 19	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
38	95	Jul 20	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
39	96	Jul 21	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
40	97	Jul 22	CHC		PHI	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	98	Jul 23	CHC		PIT	L,0-6	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	99	Jul 24	CHC		PIT	L,5-8	GS	20	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
43	102 (2)	Jul 27	CHC		NYM	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	103	Jul 28 (1)	CHC		NYM	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	105 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	CHC		NYM	L,0-14	CG	46	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
46	107 (1)	Jul 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	108	Jul 31	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	109	Aug 1 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
49	110	Aug 1 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	GF	12	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH C
50	113 (2)	Aug 5	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	116 (2)	Aug 8 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-6	GS	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
52	117	Aug 8 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,14-10	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
53	122 (4)	Aug 15	CHC		MLN	L,3-4	GS	34	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
54	124 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-1	CG	38	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
55	125	Aug 19 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
56	126	Aug 20 (1)	CHC		HOU	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
57	128 (1)	Aug 21	CHC		HOU	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
58	129	Aug 22	CHC		HOU	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
59	130	Aug 23	CHC	@	STL	L,2-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
60	132 (1)	Aug 25	CHC	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
61	133	Aug 26	CHC	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	134	Aug 27	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	137 (2)	Aug 31	CHC		STL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	138	Sep 1	CHC		STL	L,0-9	GS	19	4.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
65	142 (3)	Sep 5	CHC		SFG	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	143	Sep 6	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	145 (1)	Sep 10	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-5	GS	21	5.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
68	147 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
69	150 (2)	Sep 15	CHC		LAD	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	153 (2)	Sep 19	CHC		NYM	L,6-8	GF	13	3.2	2	1	0	3	0	C
71	155 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	13	0	1	14	0	C
							71gm		458.0	302	29	6	337	6