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Bill Bailey

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: April 12, 1888 in Fort Smith, AR us

Died: November 2, 1926 in Houston, TX

Buried: Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, TX

Last Game: June 26, 1922 (Age 34-075d)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1907 season

Full Name: William F. Bailey

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.9

ERA

3.57

203

117

1084.1

570

WHIP

1.441

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1906	18		2 Teams	STEX	C		11	9				24						187.0	118	65	42		61
1906	18	-6.0	Beaumont	STEX	C
1906	18	-6.0	Austin	STEX	C
1907	19	-6.0	Austin	TL	C		22	11	.667			37
1907	19	-9.3	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	4	1	.800	2.42	2.98	6	5	1	3	0	0	48.1	39	16	13	0	15		17	4	0	0	194	1.117	7.3	0.0	2.8	3.2	1.13
1908	20	-8.0	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	3	5	.375	3.04	4.47	22	12	8	7	0	0	106.2	85	53	36	2	50		42	3	0	5	439	1.266	7.2	0.2	4.2	3.5	0.84
1909	21	-6.2	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	9	10	.474	2.44	3.21	32	20	12	17	1	0	199.0	174	71	54	2	75		114	6	0	9	784	1.251	7.9	0.1	3.4	5.2	1.52
1910	22	-4.8	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	3	18	.143	3.32	6.22	34	20	9	13	0	0	192.1	186	133	71	2	97		90	10	0	8	816	1.471	8.7	0.1	4.5	4.2	0.93
1911	23	-5.6	Montgomery	SOUA	A		17	6	.739	1.50	1.95	24						198.0	130	43	33		75							1.035	5.9		3.4
1911	23	-3.5	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	0	3	.000	4.55	7.39	7	2	3	2	0	0	31.2	42	26	16	1	16		8	2	0	0	142	1.832	11.9	0.3	4.5	2.3	0.50
1912	24	-4.3	Providence	IL	AA		14	18	.438		5.87	43						254.1	280	166			130							1.612	9.9		4.6
1912	24	-2.2	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	0	1	.000	9.28	10.13	3	2	1	0	0	0	10.2	15	12	11	0	10		2	0	0	3	54	2.344	12.7	0.0	8.4	1.7	0.20
1913	25	-1.6	Providence	IL	AA		19	15	.559		3.46	43						307.1	233	118			157		188					1.269	6.8		4.6	5.5	1.20
1914	26	0.4	Providence	IL	AA		11	8	.579		3.97	27						179.0	158	79			83		115					1.346	7.9		4.2	5.8	1.39
1914	26	-2.1	BAL	FL	Maj	BAL	7	9	.438	3.08	4.06	19	18	0	10	1	0	128.2	106	58	44	2	68		131	7	1	9	536	1.352	7.4	0.1	4.8	9.2	1.93
1915	27		2 Teams	FL	Maj	BAL-CHI	9	20	.310	4.27	5.11	41	28	12	14	5	0	223.2	202	127	106	9	125		122	9	0	3	951	1.462	8.1	0.4	5.0	4.9	0.98
1915	27	-1.4	BAL	FL	Maj	BAL	6	19	.240	4.63	5.58	36	23	12	11	2	0	190.1	179	118	98	8	115		98	9	0	3	827	1.545	8.5	0.4	5.4	4.6	0.85
1915	27	-1.4	CHI	FL	Maj	CHI	3	1	.750	2.16	2.43	5	5	0	3	3	0	33.1	23	9	8	1	10		24	0	0	0	124	0.990	6.2	0.3	2.7	6.5	2.40
1916	28	1.3	Toledo	AA	AA		14	16	.467	3.64		44						245.0	240		99		107							1.416	8.8		3.9
1917	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA		10	13	.435		4.14	37						239.0	220	110	31		99							1.335	8.3		3.7
1917	29	0.6	Toledo	AA	AA		2	4	.333	3.36	5.96	16						83.0	93	55	31		35							1.542	10.1		3.8
1917	29	3.3	New Orleans	SOUA	A		8	9	.471		3.17	21						156.0	127	55			64							1.224	7.3		3.7
1918	30	4.5	New Orleans	SOUA	A		10	7	.588			18						144.0	98				41		55	4		4		0.965	6.1		2.6	3.4	1.34
1918	30	3.1	DET	AL	Maj	DET	1	2	.333	5.97	8.12	8	4	2	1	0	0	37.2	53	34	25	0	26		13	1	0	0	178	2.097	12.7	0.0	6.2	3.1	0.50
1919	31	2.8	Beaumont	TL	B		24	21	.533	2.67	3.57	50						378.0	325	150	112		185							1.349	7.7		4.4
1920	32	4.2	Beaumont	TL	B		18	16	.529	2.58	3.79	43						318.0	290	134	91		103							1.236	8.2		2.9
1921	33	5.2	Beaumont	TL	A		7	10	.412	2.69	3.37	20						147.0	127	55	44		46							1.177	7.8		2.8
1921	33	5.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	2	5	.286	4.26	4.99	19	6	3	3	1	0	74.0	95	41	35	1	22		20	2	1	4	330	1.581	11.6	0.1	2.7	2.4	0.91
1922	34	6.2	Houston	TL	A	STL	8	12	.400	3.88	4.56	22						146.0	153	74	63		57							1.438	9.4		3.5
1922	34	6.0	STL	NL	Maj	STL	0	2	.000	5.40	6.25	12	0	5	0	0	0	31.2	38	22	19	1	23		11	0	0	2	149	1.926	10.8	0.3	6.5	3.1	0.48
1923	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A	STL	17	23	.425		5.20	47						341.0	377	197	97		143							1.525	10.0		3.8
1923	35	7.9	Houston	TL	A	STL	9	18	.333	4.00	5.28	29						218.0	244	128	97		95							1.555	10.1		3.9
1923	35	7.3	Omaha	WL	A		8	5	.615		5.05	18						123.0	133	69			48							1.472	9.7		3.5
1924	36	8.2	Omaha	WL	A		23	15	.605		4.53	52						340.0	341	171			134							1.397	9.0		3.5
1925	37	10.0	Omaha	WL	A		17	19	.472		6.16	51						307.0	362	210			144							1.648	10.6		4.2
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (11 seasons)					Majors		38	76	.333	3.57	4.92	203	117	56	70	8	0	1084.1	1035	593	430	20	527		570	44	2	43	4573	1.441	8.6	0.2	4.4	4.7	1.08
Minors (16 seasons)					Minors		231	210				558						3543.2	3334	1507	570		1504		358	4		4
All Levels (20 Seasons)							269	286				761	117	56	70	8	0	4628.0	4369	2100	1000	20	2031		928	48	2	47	4573

AA (5 seasons)					Minors		60	61	.496		3.52	173						1068.2	1004	418	130		512		303					1.419	8.5		4.3
A (8 seasons)					Minors		107	101	.514		4.07	255						1779.0	1715	805	237		704		55	4		4		1.360	8.7		3.6
B (2 seasons)					Minors		42	37	.532	2.63	3.67	93						696.0	615	284	203		288							1.297	8.0		3.7
C (2 seasons)					Minors		22	11				37