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Ed
Bailey		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: April 15, 1931 in Usa, TN, STRAWBERRY PL
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1953 22 NYG NL     5 5 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 8 6 6 6
1954 23 NYG NL     5 5 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 5
1955 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 5
1956 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 5
1957 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 5
1958 27 NYG NL     5 5 4 6 7 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 5 6 5
1959 28 NYG NL     5 5 4 6 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 8 5 5 5
1960 29 NYG NL     4 4 4 6 7 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 5 5 5
1961 30 NYG NL     5 5 4 6 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 7 5 5 5
1962 31 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 3 6 7 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 5 5 5
1963 32 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 3 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5
1964 33 DET AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 6 7 7 3 3 3 5 7 6 4 5 4
1965 34 DET AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 6 6 6 2 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 6 6 6 2 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 8 6 6 6
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
1953 22 AAA   110 410 80 113 12 1 39 94 6 3 60 47 .276 .368 .595 .963 88.3  
1954 23 AAA   134 497 94 143 23 2 42 107 4 4 83 92 .288 .390 .596 .985 110.8  
1955 24 NYG NL 104 327 40 73 11 0 14 49 0 0 52 70 .223 .326 .385 .711 43.0 4.7
1956 25 NYG NL 102 319 54 77 13 3 15 54 0 0 54 72 .241 .349 .442 .791 52.4 9.0
1957 26 NYG NL 47 117 15 21 3 0 2 10 0 0 18 29 .179 .289 .256 .545 9.8 0.0
    AAA   29 101 19 31 3 1 11 22 1 2 15 29 .307 .397 .683 1.080 25.0  
1958 27 AAA   137 504 83 142 18 1 35 101 8 5 81 120 .282 .381 .530 .911 101.0  
1959 28 AAA   137 458 79 122 10 4 40 90 4 5 64 118 .266 .356 .568 .924 91.6  
1960 29 AAA   137 476 101 131 16 2 41 103 5 4 93 112 .275 .394 .576 .969 106.8  
1961 30 AAA   137 493 81 112 12 2 36 85 5 1 85 128 .227 .341 .479 .820 86.5  
1962 31 NYG NL 2 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 1.0 0.3
  DET AL 77 243 25 41 9 1 7 35 0 0 30 48 .169 .259 .300 .559 20.9 0.3
  TOT   79 247 25 43 10 1 7 37 0 0 30 49 .174 .262 .308 .570 21.9 0.6
1963 32 DET AL 20 41 3 9 0 1 1 7 0 0 4 8 .220 .289 .341 .630 4.4 0.7
1964 33 DET AL 44 112 11 19 3 1 2 7 0 0 8 26 .170 .223 .268 .491 6.5 0.0
1965 34 DET AL 28 77 7 12 1 0 3 9 0 0 11 13 .156 .261 .286 .547 4.6 0.0
7 Years Sim 424 1240 155 254 41 6 44 173 0 0 177 267 .205 .302 .354 .656 142.7 15.0
7 Years AAA 821 2939 537 794 94 13 244 602 33 24 481 646 .270 .374 .560 .934 609.9  
162 Game Average 473 59 97 15 2 16 66 0 0 67 102 .205 .302 .354 .656 54.5  
Career Highs 104 327 54 77 13 3 15 54 0 0 54 72 .241 .349 .442 .791 52.4  
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   1161 149 246 39 6 44 168 0 0 165 242 .212 .308 .370 .677 144.4
vs LH   79 6 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 12 25 .101 .220 .127 .346 1.7
Home 215 623 85 122 21 6 27 91 0 0 84 142 .196 .289 .379 .668 74.7
Away 209 617 70 132 20 0 17 82 0 0 93 125 .214 .316 .329 .645 71.4
RISP   284 0 62 11 0 8 114 0 0 59 66 .218 .341 .342 .682 39.7
Pinch Hitting   40 3 7 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 8 .175 .233 .325 .558 3.2
Close/Late   152 22 27 3 0 6 18 0 0 30 27 .178 .313 .316 .629 18.0
Mar/Apr 71 207 32 49 10 0 12 41 0 0 34 42 .237 .342 .459 .801 34.4
May 82 237 31 44 7 1 4 26 0 0 34 48 .186 .287 .274 .562 20.9
June 79 212 16 36 3 2 8 30 0 0 27 47 .170 .262 .316 .578 19.5
July 63 182 21 37 3 0 6 18 0 0 23 45 .203 .291 .319 .610 18.7
August 71 224 32 45 9 1 8 35 0 0 27 45 .201 .285 .357 .642 24.5
Sep/Oct 58 178 23 43 9 2 6 23 0 0 32 40 .242 .354 .416 .770 28.1
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
1955 24 NYG NL C 101 97 856.0 659 18 3 0 .996 7.12 31 7 .226 9 5.8
1956 25 NYG NL C 94 92 816.3 605 30 1 2 .998 7.00 19 4 .211 5 5.0
1957 26 NYG NL C 37 33 291.0 199 14 2 1 .991 6.59 7 3 .429 0 1.7
1962 31 NYG NL C 2 2 8.8 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.11 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  DET AL C 72 70 617.2 385 20 0 0 1.000 5.91 27 8 .296 2 5.2
    1B 1 1 8.9 9 0 0 2 1.000 9.10 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.91 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 74 72 626.0 390 20 0 0 1.000 5.89 27 8 .296 2 5.2
      1B 1 1 9.0 9 0 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.0
      RF 2 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.91   0.0
1963 32 DET AL C 14 9 91.0 47 3 0 0 1.000 4.95 9 2 .222 1 0.4
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 33 DET AL C 34 31 265.0 158 11 0 1 1.000 5.74 19 8 .421 4 2.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 34 DET AL C 22 20 189.0 102 9 0 0 1.000 5.29 13 8 .615 0 1.4
  C 376 354 3134.3 2160 105 6 4 .997 6.50 125 40 .320 21 21.5
  1B 2 1 11.0 12 0 0 2 1.000 9.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 3 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   381 355 3149.6 2173 105 6 6 .997 6.51 125 40 .320 21 21.5
Career Highs   101 97 856.0 659 30 3 2 1.000 7.12 31 8 .615 9  
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
1956 25 NYG NL 7 23 3 5 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 7 .217 .259 .435 .694
1962 31 DET AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1963 32 DET AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 10 25 3 5 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 7 .200 .241 .400 .641
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  1. Mike Diaz (971)
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  5. Hal King (964)
  6. Gary Alexander (956)
  7. Dan Graham (950)
  8. Jim Pagliaroni (946)
  9. Les Moss (946)
  10. Ozzie Virgil (944)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by New York (N) in 1953
Injured on 6/14/1953 with a Fractured Hip, out for 4-5 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/4/1955, off Ed Hanyzewski (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1955, off Frank Sullivan (PIT)
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
4/2/1962: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 5/1/1962 (Going to NYG: 1B John Herrnstein, 2B Don Hoak. Going to DET: RF Wally Post, C Ed Bailey, 3B Dick Groat)
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/2/1966 to a 1-year deal worth $581,328 per year
Released by Cleveland (N) on 4/2/1966
 
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