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Bob
Bailey		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 203
 
Born: October 13, 1942 in Usa, CA, LONG BEACH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963    1971    1973   
Gold Glove 1966   
All-Star Selections 1965    1966    1969    1970    1971    1972    1973    1976   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 19 MIN AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 5 5
1963 20 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 8 8 8 6 5 5
1964 21 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 8 7 6 6
1965 22 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6
1966 23 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1967 24 MON NL $ 4,528,571   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1968 25 MON NL $ 4,528,571   8 8 9 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1969 26 MON NL $ 8,500,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 6
1970 27 MON NL $ 8,500,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 6
1971 28 MON NL $ 8,500,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 6
1972 29 MON NL $ 8,500,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 6
1973 30 MON NL $ 9,500,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5
1974 31 MON NL $ 9,500,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5
1975 32 MON NL $ 9,500,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5
1976 33 MON NL $ 9,500,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9 4 4 4
1977 34 BAL AL $ 1,908,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4
1978 35 PIT NL $ 3,250,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4
1979 36 PIT NL $ 3,250,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,500,000   8 8 9 8 8 8 7 6 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1962 19 AAA   135 514 67 132 16 1 23 72 15 7 67 120 .257 .343 .426 .769 78.2  
1963 20 MON NL 75 248 36 69 5 1 10 43 2 0 21 31 .278 .333 .427 .761 32.7 5.7
    AAA   81 306 57 108 10 5 20 49 6 8 54 56 .353 .450 .614 1.064 75.6  
1964 21 MON NL 156 562 86 164 23 5 23 79 6 3 57 109 .292 .357 .473 .830 90.8 20.4
1965 22 MON NL 155 588 116 182 23 3 30 88 10 5 64 107 .310 .374 .512 .886 107.0 27.6
1966 23 MON NL 153 577 102 171 29 5 29 76 3 4 75 103 .296 .376 .515 .891 107.7 27.9
1967 24 MON NL 138 461 67 137 15 4 21 63 6 7 68 86 .297 .386 .484 .870 79.9 17.7
1968 25 MON NL 155 516 70 136 19 2 15 56 8 2 74 102 .264 .355 .395 .750 72.1 13.3
1969 26 MON NL 151 511 84 157 18 4 28 77 6 1 79 96 .307 .400 .523 .923 98.1 25.3
1970 27 MON NL 155 577 110 159 24 5 29 103 6 0 100 111 .276 .380 .485 .866 104.0 24.5
1971 28 MON NL 148 558 102 169 21 2 24 97 4 1 92 101 .303 .401 .477 .877 99.3 21.8
1972 29 MON NL 151 562 110 163 24 5 21 100 4 4 95 115 .290 .388 .463 .851 95.9 19.8
1973 30 MON NL 155 585 111 166 28 2 31 91 1 1 95 119 .284 .383 .497 .880 105.9 25.7
1974 31 MON NL 145 559 110 153 18 4 20 91 13 0 78 101 .274 .360 .428 .787 89.0 17.0
1975 32 MON NL 150 565 96 157 24 3 16 81 5 3 78 95 .278 .363 .416 .779 83.8 14.0
1976 33 MON NL 151 534 89 169 17 3 24 100 3 2 82 94 .316 .407 .494 .901 101.3 23.4
1977 34 MON NL 94 310 42 92 7 4 3 35 0 1 36 49 .297 .370 .374 .744 41.5 8.6
  BAL AL 27 93 11 25 0 0 1 5 0 0 6 12 .269 .313 .301 .614 8.5 1.1
  TOT   121 403 53 117 7 4 4 40 0 1 42 61 .290 .357 .357 .715 50.1 9.7
1978 35 PIT NL 124 338 44 81 9 1 4 48 3 3 41 73 .240 .316 .308 .624 35.9 3.9
1979 36 PIT NL 46 120 14 23 3 3 1 7 1 0 12 24 .192 .265 .292 .557 9.0 0.2
    AAA   31 81 12 18 0 0 4 6 0 0 15 25 .222 .344 .370 .714 11.8  
17 Years Sim 2329 8264 1400 2373 307 56 330 1240 81 37 1153 1528 .287 .373 .458 .830 1362.4 297.8
3 Years AAA 247 901 136 258 26 6 47 127 21 15 136 201 .286 .379 .485 .864 165.6  
162 Game Average 574 97 165 21 3 22 86 5 2 80 106 .287 .373 .458 .830 94.8  
Career Highs 156 588 116 182 29 5 31 103 13 7 100 119 .316 .407 .523 .923 107.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5381 890 1534 201 37 212 816 60 26 716 1008 .285 .367 .454 .821 907.1
vs LH   2883 510 839 106 19 118 424 21 11 437 520 .291 .383 .464 .847 516.6
Home 1155 4046 684 1151 133 32 168 607 44 20 562 776 .284 .370 .458 .828 694.6
Away 1174 4218 716 1222 174 24 162 633 37 17 591 752 .290 .375 .458 .833 729.1
RISP   2041 0 598 84 14 71 841 0 0 355 386 .293 .389 .452 .842 374.0
Pinch Hitting   176 31 51 4 0 8 35 1 1 28 35 .290 .385 .449 .834 31.3
Close/Late   978 155 273 34 8 35 136 0 0 163 181 .279 .381 .438 .819 168.9
Mar/Apr 363 1322 233 385 44 9 57 211 8 7 186 252 .291 .376 .467 .843 233.1
May 396 1406 257 411 50 11 67 227 12 6 197 263 .292 .378 .486 .864 257.1
June 384 1358 212 371 52 10 55 224 12 8 202 266 .273 .365 .448 .813 227.6
July 389 1379 249 416 66 12 47 196 19 2 197 234 .302 .388 .469 .857 250.5
August 399 1413 229 405 50 8 57 204 16 5 205 269 .287 .376 .454 .830 245.6
Sep/Oct 398 1386 220 385 45 6 47 178 14 9 166 244 .278 .353 .421 .774 209.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1963 20 MON NL 3B 45 37 337.3 21 80 5 6 .953 2.69 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 27 26 226.7 50 1 4 0 .927 2.03 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1964 21 MON NL 3B 100 95 853.3 38 220 16 17 .942 2.72 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 52 48 419.7 71 2 4 0 .948 1.57 0 0 .000 0 1.2
1965 22 MON NL 3B 144 141 1302.7 80 318 28 22 .934 2.75 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    LF 6 0 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 23 MON NL 3B 144 139 1281.3 71 337 22 27 .949 2.87 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    SS 5 0 7.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 24 MON NL 3B 90 87 779.7 57 193 7 22 .973 2.89 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    SS 43 30 303.3 39 142 3 23 .984 5.37 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    LF 3 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 25 MON NL 3B 139 132 1181.7 81 307 18 36 .956 2.96 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    LF 10 0 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 26 MON NL 3B 133 126 1139.0 87 279 26 27 .934 2.89 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    SS 10 2 32.0 3 13 0 2 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 7 0 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 27 MON NL 3B 103 101 917.0 61 218 21 21 .930 2.74 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    LF 6 1 23.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 5 0 10.0 2 5 1 0 .875 6.30 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 28 MON NL SS 7 0 12.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.55 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 29 MON NL SS 7 0 13.3 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 3 1 13.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 30 MON NL C 3 3 27.0 17 3 0 0 1.000 6.67 4 2 .500 0 0.1
    SS 5 0 16.0 2 8 0 0 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 31 MON NL 3B 142 140 1250.0 88 299 22 25 .946 2.79 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 32 MON NL 3B 140 135 1231.0 78 303 29 24 .929 2.79 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    SS 9 8 78.0 15 33 0 8 1.000 5.54 0 0 .000 0 0.6
1976 33 MON NL 3B 144 137 1224.3 90 338 28 21 .939 3.15 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    SS 3 0 9.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 34 MON NL 3B 69 67 589.1 44 167 12 19 .946 3.22 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    LF 20 20 172.6 36 0 4 0 .900 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 2 0 2.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 7.83 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BAL AL 3B 20 19 167.6 13 48 4 5 .938 3.28 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 6 6 49.1 10 0 1 0 .909 1.83 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 89 86 756.7 57 215 16 24 .944 3.24   2.6
      LF 26 26 221.7 46 0 5 0 .902 1.87   0.4
      SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1978 35 PIT NL 3B 67 57 480.0 43 117 14 14 .920 3.00 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    SS 40 27 266.3 47 127 8 27 .956 5.88 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    LF 10 9 81.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1979 36 PIT NL SS 15 10 88.0 14 29 2 6 .956 4.40 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 13 8 68.7 8 14 0 2 1.000 2.88 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 11 8 68.3 7 0 1 0 .875 0.92 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 6.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1498 1422 12820.7 861 3241 252 288 .942 2.88 0 0 .000 0 28.0
  LF 170 118 1116.3 209 3 14 0 .938 1.71 0 0 .000 0 2.7
  SS 153 77 840.7 127 370 14 67 .973 5.32 0 0 .000 0 5.2
  C 3 3 27.0 17 3 0 0 1.000 6.67 4 2 .500 0 0.1
  1B 1 0 6.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1825 1620 14810.7 1220 3617 280 356 .945 2.94 4 2 .500 0 35.9
Career Highs   152 143 1316.7 109 341 29 45 1.000 6.00 4 2 .500 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1963 20 MON NL 19 71 8 11 1 0 2 6 0 0 5 9 .155 .211 .254 .464
1965 22 MON NL 18 71 7 15 2 0 1 4 0 0 10 14 .211 .305 .282 .587
1966 23 MON NL 6 25 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .360 .429 .400 .829
1970 27 MON NL 7 28 4 9 3 0 0 4 1 0 4 6 .321 .394 .429 .823
1971 28 MON NL 16 68 12 16 0 2 3 14 0 0 10 12 .235 .333 .426 .760
1972 29 MON NL 11 41 3 6 1 0 1 4 0 1 8 6 .146 .286 .244 .530
1973 30 MON NL 16 72 13 23 4 1 2 14 0 1 7 13 .319 .380 .486 .866
1974 31 MON NL 13 39 12 11 3 0 1 6 3 1 17 6 .282 .491 .436 .927
1975 32 MON NL 17 64 9 17 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 15 .266 .329 .375 .704
1976 33 MON NL 6 23 3 6 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 4 .261 .346 .435 .781
Career Post-Season Batting 129 502 73 123 20 3 12 64 6 3 73 90 .245 .339 .369 .708
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1965-3-.310
1967-6-.297
1969-4-.307
1971-9-.303
1976-2-.316
 On-Base Pct
1965-4-.374
1966-4-.376
1967-4-.386
1969-1-.400
1970-6-.380
1971-2-.401
1972-7-.388
1973-6-.383
1976-3-.407
 Slugging Pct
1965-7-.512
1966-8-.515
1967-10-.484
1969-4-.523
1973-4-.497
1976-5-.494
 OPS
1965-4-.886
1966-5-.891
1967-4-.870
1969-4-.923
1970-8-.866
1971-7-.877
1972-9-.851
1973-3-.880
1976-4-.901
 XR
1964-9-90.8
1965-3-107.0
1966-2-107.7
1969-4-98.1
1970-4-104.0
1971-4-99.3
1972-7-95.9
1973-3-105.9
1976-3-101.3
CAR-39-1362.4
 Games
1964-8-156
1970-8-155
CAR-45-2329
At-Bats
1965-5-588
 Runs
1965-1-116
1966-4-102
1970-2-110
1971-2-102
1972-3-110
1973-1-111
1974-2-110
1975-7-96
CAR-35-1400
 Hits
1964-5-164
1965-2-182
1966-8-171
1971-9-169
CAR-49-2373
 Total Bases
1965-4-301
1966-4-297
1970-8-280
1973-5-291
 Singles
1964-9-113
1965-6-126
1971-9-122
CAR-37-1680
 Doubles
1966-9-29
Triples
1964-5-5
1966-10-5
1970-6-5
 Homeruns
1965-7-30
1966-8-29
1969-6-28
1970-5-29
1973-3-31
1976-8-24
 RBIs
1965-8-88
1970-8-103
1972-9-100
1974-10-91
1976-8-100
 Walks
1966-5-75
1968-6-74
1969-5-79
1970-1-100
1971-3-92
1972-4-95
1973-4-95
1974-9-78
1975-10-78
CAR-42-1153
 Strikeouts
1970-9-111
1973-10-119
CAR-35-1528
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 144    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 59    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1962
Injured on 7/9/1962 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 3 days
Traded from Minnesota to Montreal on 2/7/1963 (Going to MON: 3B Bob Bailey. Going to MIN: CF Roger Maris)
Had first career hit on 7/4/1963, off Billy Hoeft (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 7/13/1963, off Gary Peters (CLN)
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1964, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1966, hitting .538 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1966
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,528,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/6/1967 with a Broken Finger, out for 6 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1967, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (N), driving in 5 runs on 8/31/1967
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,528,571 through salary arbitration
6/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $8,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1969, hitting .380 with 11 HR, 22 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1969, hitting .636 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Los Angeles on 9/21/1969
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 8 RBI against Minnesota on 6/25/1971
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1971
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $9,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/22/1973
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1973, hitting .556 with 6 HR, 15 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1973, hitting .362 with 11 HR, 28 RBI
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against St. Louis on 8/16/1973
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1973
Injured on 5/24/1974 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1975, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 4/20/1976, off George Lauzerique (LAD)
6/1/1976: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $8,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1976, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against St. Louis on 9/29/1976
Released by Montreal on 7/31/1977
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 9/1/1977 to a 1-year deal worth $1,908,000 per year
11/2/1977: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $3,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Baltimore to Pittsburgh on 2/4/1978 (Going to PIT: P John Morris, LF Bob Bailey. Going to BAL: P Ed Farmer, P John Pacella)
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia on 6/25/1978
 
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