Ed Bailey

Full Name: Lonas Edgar Bailey	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/205	First Game: September 26, 1953
Birthdate: April 15, 1931	Final Game: April 26, 1966
Birthplace: Strawberry Plains, Tennessee	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: March 23, 2007
Deathplace: Knoxville, Tennessee
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Ed Bailey (Lonas Edgar Bailey) was born on April 15, 1931 in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee. He made his Major League debut on September 26, 1953 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1954, his rookie year, he hit .197 with 9 home runs and 20 RBI. Bailey played for the Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Milwaukee Braves and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Ed Bailey's best season was 1956, when he slugged 28 home runs, hit for a .300 average and knocked in 75 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1953	CIN	N	2	8	1	3	0	1	.375	.444	.500	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
1954	CIN	N	73	183	21	36	9	20	.197	.324	.388	2	3	35	34	0	3	1	4	2
1955	CIN	N	21	39	3	8	1	4	.205	.326	.359	1	1	4	10	3	0	0	0	2
1956	CIN	N	118	383	59	115	28	75	.300	.385	.551	8	2	52	50	3	4	2	11	7
1957	CIN	N	122	391	54	102	20	48	.261	.377	.463	15	2	73	69	2	2	5	9	8
1958	CIN	N	112	360	39	90	11	59	.250	.337	.411	23	1	47	61	1	4	2	10	5
1959	CIN	N	121	379	43	100	12	40	.264	.370	.393	13	0	62	53	2	4	2	6	10
1960	CIN	N	133	441	52	115	13	67	.261	.346	.406	19	3	59	70	2	1	1	9	9
1961	SF	N	107	340	39	81	13	51	.238	.324	.385	9	1	42	41	4	1	1	6	8
1961	CIN	N	12	43	4	13	0	2	.302	.348	.395	4	0	3	5	0	0	0	1	0
1961	TOT	N	119	383	43	94	13	53	.245	.326	.386	13	1	45	46	4	1	1	7	8
1962	SF	N	96	254	32	59	17	45	.232	.351	.476	9	1	42	42	6	0	1	5	6
1963	SF	N	105	308	41	81	21	68	.263	.366	.494	8	0	50	64	1	0	0	11	6
1964	MIL	N	95	271	30	71	5	34	.262	.343	.362	10	1	34	39	1	0	2	2	7
1965	SF	N	24	28	1	3	0	3	.107	.250	.107	0	0	6	7	0	1	0	1	3
1965	CHI	N	66	150	13	38	5	23	.253	.385	.393	6	0	34	28	0	0	0	6	8
1965	TOT	N	90	178	14	41	5	26	.230	.363	.348	6	0	40	35	0	1	0	7	11
1966	CAL	A	5	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		1207	3578	432	915	155	540	.256	.355	.430	128	15	544	576	25	20	17	81	81
Total	AL		5	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			1212	3581	432	915	155	540	.256	.355	.429	128	15	545	577	25	20	17	81	81

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1953	CIN	N	C	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	CIN	N	C	61	53	473.2	194	20	6	2	0	4	9	9	2	.973
1955	CIN	N	C	11	0	0	42	8	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	.962
1956	CIN	N	C	106	0	0	511	52	9	10	0	4	0	0	0	.984
1957	CIN	N	C	115	109	985.1	542	41	5	5	0	5	21	18	3	.991
1958	CIN	N	C	99	95	854.1	438	44	6	6	0	4	17	16	6	.988
1959	CIN	N	C	117	110	961.2	549	64	6	6	0	3	20	27	7	.990
1960	CIN	N	C	129	124	1081	621	52	7	8	0	6	37	33	4	.990
1961	SF	N	OF	1	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	SF	N	C	103	93	838.1	629	40	10	4	0	5	38	16	3	.985
1961	SF	N	LF	1	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	CIN	N	C	12	12	97.1	54	5	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	.967
1961	TOT	N	C	115	105	935.2	683	45	12	4	0	6	39	18	3	.984
1962	SF	N	C	76	69	613.2	419	25	6	3	0	3	27	6	1	.987
1963	SF	N	C	88	83	759.1	560	44	8	3	0	3	40	16	0	.987
1964	MIL	N	C	80	74	625.2	416	28	8	3	0	6	25	13	2	.982
1965	SF	N	C	12	5	52	49	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
1965	SF	N	1B	2	1	12	12	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1965	CHI	N	C	54	45	388	237	23	5	3	1	3	27	8	3	.981
1965	CHI	N	1B	3	0	6	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1965	TOT	N	C	66	50	440	286	27	5	4	1	3	28	10	3	.984
1965	TOT	N	1B	5	1	18	16	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.947
Total			OF	1	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			C	1065	872	7730.1	5267	450	80	57	1	48	263	166	31	.986
Total			LF	1	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	5	1	18	16	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.947

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1950).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Bob Schmidt, Don Blasingame and a player to be named later (April 27, 1961); Cincinnati Reds received Sherman Jones (May 13, 1961).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Felipe Alou, Billy Hoeft and a player to be named later to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Del Crandall, Bob Shaw and Bob Hendley (December 3, 1963); Milwaukee Braves received Ernie Bowman (January 8, 1964).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Billy O'Dell (February 1, 1965).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Harvey Kuenn and Bob Hendley to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Dick Bertell and Len Gabrielson (May 29, 1965).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to California Angels (January 15, 1966).
Released by California Angels (May 7, 1966).

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