William F. Bailey
[edit] Biography
Born on April 12, 1888 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Bill Bailey (William F. Bailey) played for the St. Louis Browns, Baltimore Terrapins, Chicago Whales, Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 11 year career. Bailey broke into the bigs on September 17, 1907 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 3.04 ERA in 106.2 innings pitched in 1908, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bill Bailey's best season was 1909, when he posted a 2.44 ERA and struck out 114 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1907
| STL
| A
| 6
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 2.42
| 17
| 16
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 48.1
| 39
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1908
| STL
| A
| 22
| 12
| 3
| 5
| 3.04
| 42
| 53
| 36
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 106.2
| 85
| 2
| 50
| 0
| 5
| 3
|
| 1909
| STL
| A
| 32
| 20
| 9
| 10
| 2.44
| 114
| 71
| 54
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 199
| 174
| 2
| 75
| 0
| 9
| 6
|
| 1910
| STL
| A
| 34
| 20
| 3
| 18
| 3.32
| 90
| 133
| 71
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 192.1
| 186
| 2
| 97
| 0
| 8
| 10
|
| 1911
| STL
| A
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 4.55
| 8
| 26
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 31.2
| 42
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1912
| STL
| A
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 9.28
| 2
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10.2
| 15
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1914
| BAL
| F
| 19
| 18
| 7
| 9
| 3.08
| 131
| 58
| 44
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 128.2
| 106
| 2
| 68
| 0
| 9
| 7
|
| 1915
| CHI
| F
| 5
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 2.16
| 24
| 9
| 8
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 33.1
| 23
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| BAL
| F
| 36
| 23
| 6
| 19
| 4.63
| 98
| 118
| 98
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 190.1
| 179
| 8
| 115
| 0
| 3
| 9
|
| 1915
| TOT
| F
| 41
| 28
| 9
| 20
| 4.27
| 122
| 127
| 106
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 223.2
| 202
| 9
| 125
| 0
| 3
| 9
|
| 1918
| DET
| A
| 8
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 5.97
| 13
| 34
| 25
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 37.2
| 53
| 0
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1921
| STL
| N
| 19
| 6
| 2
| 5
| 4.26
| 20
| 41
| 35
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 74
| 95
| 1
| 22
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1922
| STL
| N
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5.40
| 11
| 22
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 31.2
| 38
| 1
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 31
| 6
| 2
| 7
| 4.60
| 31
| 63
| 54
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 105.2
| 133
| 2
| 45
| 0
| 6
| 2
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 60
| 46
| 16
| 29
| 3.83
| 253
| 185
| 150
| 24
| 6
| 0
| 352.1
| 308
| 11
| 193
| 0
| 12
| 16
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 112
| 65
| 20
| 40
| 3.25
| 286
| 345
| 226
| 43
| 1
| 0
| 626.1
| 594
| 7
| 289
| 0
| 25
| 26
|
| Total
|
|
| 203
| 117
| 38
| 76
| 3.57
| 570
| 593
| 430
| 70
| 8
| 0
| 1084.1
| 1035
| 20
| 527
| 0
| 43
| 44
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1907
| STL
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1908
| STL
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .897
|
| 1909
| STL
| A
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1909
| STL
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 52
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1910
| STL
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 57
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .914
|
| 1911
| STL
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1912
| STL
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1914
| BAL
| F
| P
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 45
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1915
| CHI
| F
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1915
| BAL
| F
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 49
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .892
|
| 1915
| TOT
| F
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 61
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1918
| DET
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1921
| STL
| N
| P
| 19
| 6
| 73.2
| 2
| 26
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .903
|
| 1922
| STL
| N
| P
| 12
| 0
| 30.2
| 2
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .929
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 203
| 6
| 104.1
| 34
| 315
| 26
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .931
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1907
| STL
| A
| 6
| 20
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .150
| .150
| .150
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| STL
| A
| 22
| 34
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 4
| .088
| .139
| .088
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| STL
| A
| 38
| 77
| 1
| 22
| 0
| 7
| .286
| .313
| .325
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| STL
| A
| 34
| 63
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 2
| .206
| .254
| .206
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| STL
| A
| 7
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| STL
| A
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .667
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| BAL
| F
| 19
| 43
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .163
| .250
| .186
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| CHI
| F
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .222
| .300
| .222
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| BAL
| F
| 36
| 65
| 5
| 15
| 0
| 1
| .231
| .265
| .246
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| TOT
| F
| 41
| 74
| 5
| 17
| 0
| 1
| .230
| .269
| .243
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 18
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| DET
| A
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .077
| .077
| .154
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| STL
| N
| 19
| 22
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .130
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| STL
| N
| 12
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .286
| .286
| .286
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 31
| 29
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .138
| .167
| .138
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 60
| 117
| 9
| 24
| 0
| 2
| .205
| .262
| .222
| 2
| 0
| 9
| 28
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 118
| 220
| 14
| 43
| 0
| 13
| .195
| .230
| .214
| 2
| 1
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 209
| 366
| 23
| 71
| 0
| 15
| .194
| .236
| .210
| 4
| 1
| 20
| 38
| 0
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
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