| Ed Bailey | ||
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| Catcher | ||
| Born: April 15, 1931 | ||
| Died: March 23, 2007 (aged 75) | ||
| Batted: Left | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| September 26, 1953 for the Cincinnati Reds |
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| Final game | ||
| April 26, 1966 for the California Angels |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Batting average | . Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in Cricket. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 256 | |
| Home runs | 155 | |
| RBI | 540 | |
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| Career highlights and awards | ||
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Lonas Edgar Bailey, Jr. The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-2 All-Star Game Headline Event of the Year Roger Maris hits 61 home runs breaking Babe Ruth 's record The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. Headline Event of the Year Roger Maris hits 61 home runs breaking Babe Ruth 's record Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-0 Sandy Koufax, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins (4-3 Sandy Koufax, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees (4-3 Bob Gibson, MVP The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins (4-3 Sandy Koufax, MVP The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0 Frank Robinson, The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League (April 15, 1931 – March 23, 2007) was an American catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1953 through 1966. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in Cricket. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-2 All-Star Game Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0 Frank Robinson, Bailey batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee. Jefferson County is a County located in the US state of Tennessee. His younger brother, pitcher Jim Bailey, also played in the Major Leagues. In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of
Bailey reached the Majors in 1953 with the Cincinnati Redlegs, spending nine and a half years with the Redlegs and Reds teams before moving to the San Francisco Giants (1961-63), Milwaukee Braves (1963-65), again with San Francisco (1965), and the Chicago Cubs (1965-66) and California Angels (1966). The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. His most productive season came in 1956 with Cincinnati, when he posted career-highs in batting average (. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3 Don Larsen, MVP Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 300), home runs (28), and runs batted in (75) in 118 games played. Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a Statistic used in Team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has A five-time All-Star, he also appeared in the 1962 World Series with the Giants. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League The 1962 World Series matched the defending champion New York Yankees against the San Francisco Giants, who had won their first NL pennant since moving
In a 14-season career, Bailey was a . 256 hitter (915-for-3581) with 155 home runs and 540 RBI in 1212 games, including 423 runs and a . In Baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first second and third base and returns safely to Home plate, touching 355 on base percentage. In Baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP (sometimes referred to as on-base average ', as the statistic is rarely presented as a true Percentage)
When his brother Jim joined the Reds in 1959, the Bailey brothers became part of a few brother-batteries in Major League history.
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1957 All-Star ballot stuffing
In 1957, Bailey and six of his Redleg teammates—Roy McMillan, Johnny Temple, Don Hoak, Gus Bell, Wally Post and Frank Robinson—were voted into the National League All-Star starting lineup, the result of a ballot stuffing campaign by Redlegs fans. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Milwaukee Braves over New York Yankees (4-3 Lew Burdette, MVP Roy David McMillan ( July 17, 1929 - November 2, 1997) was a Shortstop and manager in Major League Baseball. John Ellis Temple ( August 8, 1927 – January 9, 1994) was a Major League Baseball Second baseman who played for the Donald Albert (Don Hoak ( February 5, 1928 in Roulette Pennsylvania – October 9, 1969 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) was David Russell "Gus" Bell Jr ( November 15 1928 - May 7 1995) was an American center and Right fielder Walter Charles Post ( July 9, 1929 - January 6, 1982) was a Right fielder in Major League Baseball. Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935 in Beaumont Texas) is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League Ballot stuffing is the illegal act of one person submitting multiple Ballots during a Vote in which only one ballot per person is permitted Bell remained on the team as a reserve, but Post was taken off altogether. Bell and Post were replaced as starters by Hank Aaron and Willie Mays. Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5 1934 in Mobile Alabama) nicknamed "Hammer" "Hammerin' Hank” or "Bad Henry” is a retired Willie Howard Mays Jr (born May 6 1931 is a retired American Baseball player who played the majority of his career with the New York and San Francisco Giants
On television
- In 1956 appeared as a Mystery Guest in a What's My Line? episode, along with Cincinnati teammates Gus Bell, Smoky Burgess, Ray Jablonski, Johnny Klippstein, Ted Kluszewski, Roy McMillan, Joe Nuxhall, Wally Post, Frank Robinson, and Johnny Temple. The following is an alphabetized list of persons who were Mystery Guests (originally called Mystery Challengers) on one (or both version(s of the United States version of the David Russell "Gus" Bell Jr ( November 15 1928 - May 7 1995) was an American center and Right fielder Forrest Harrill "Smoky" Burgess ( February 6, 1927 - September 15, 1991) was an American Catcher in Major Raymond Leo Jablonski ( December 17 1926 - November 25 1985) was an American Third baseman in Major League Baseball John Calvin Klippstein ( October 17 1927 - October 10 2003) was an American Pitcher in Major League Baseball Theodore Bernard (Big Klu Kluszewski (born September 10, &mdash died March 29,) was a Major League First baseman from to. Roy David McMillan ( July 17, 1929 - November 2, 1997) was a Shortstop and manager in Major League Baseball. Joseph Henry Nuxhall ( July 30 1928 &ndash November 15 2007) was an American left-handed Pitcher in Major League Baseball Walter Charles Post ( July 9, 1929 - January 6, 1982) was a Right fielder in Major League Baseball. Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935 in Beaumont Texas) is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player John Ellis Temple ( August 8, 1927 – January 9, 1994) was a Major League Baseball Second baseman who played for the
Later life
Bailey later served on the Knoxville, Tennessee city council from 1983 to 1995. He died in Knoxville, aged 75, following a battle with throat cancer. Esophageal cancer is malignancy of the Esophagus. There are various subtypes
Highlights
- Made the National League All-Star team in 1956-57, 1960-61, and 1963. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball
- Hit double figures in home runs in eight of his 14 ML seasons.
- Hit three home runs in one 1956 game.
- Had eight pinch-hit homers, including two grand slams. For other uses see Pinch hitter (cricket. In Baseball, a pinch hitter is a substitute batter. In the Sport of Baseball, a grand slam (or just slam for short is a Home run hit with all the bases occupied by baserunners, thereby
- Hit a two-run homer in Game 3 of the 1962 World Series.
- Collected eight RBI in a 1965 game.
- Made two unassisted double plays. This article is about Baseball. For double play Magnetic tape, see Audio tape length and thickness.
See also
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Baseball Library
- Retrosheet
- What's My Line? - IMDb entry
- Strawberry Plains, TN