Ed Bailey
American baseball player (1931-2007) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lonas Edgar Bailey, Jr. (April 15, 1931 – March 23, 2007) was an American professional baseball player and later served on the Knoxville, Tennessee city council.[1][2] He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1953 through 1966.[1] A six-time All-Star, Bailey was one of the top catchers in the National League in the late 1950s and early 1960s.[3]
Ed Bailey | |
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Catcher | |
Born: (1931-04-15)April 15, 1931 Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, U.S. | |
Died: March 23, 2007(2007-03-23) (aged 75) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 26, 1953, for the Cincinnati Redlegs | |
Last MLB appearance | |
April 26, 1966, for the California Angels | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .256 |
Home runs | 155 |
Runs batted in | 540 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
Born in Strawberry Plains in Jefferson County, Tennessee, Bailey batted left-handed, threw right-handed and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 205 pounds (93 kg). A younger brother, Jim, was a left-handed pitcher who had a brief big-league trial as Ed's teammate on the 1959 Cincinnati Reds.