Bill Bailey
1907–1922 · bats L / throws L · Baltimore Terrapins, Chicago Whales, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
210G
.194AVG
.236OBP
.210SLG
More career statistics
71H
0HR
15RBI
3SB
38–76W–L
1,084.1IP
570K
3.57ERA
117GS
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 210 | 212 |
| Batting · At bats | 366 | 365 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 2 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 38 | 92 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 400 | 410 |
| Batting · RBI | 15 | 14 |
| Batting · Walks | 20 | 29 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,573 | 4,618 |
| Pitching · p er | 430 | 428 |
| Pitching · p hr | 20 | 19 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,253 | 3,242 |
| Pitching · p k | 570 | 583 |
| Pitching · p r | 593 | 592 |
| Pitching · p w | 527 | 532 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 210 | 400 | 366 | 23 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | .194 | .236 | .210 | .446 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,084.3 | 203 | 117 | 70 | 38 | 76 | 0 | 1,035 | 593 | 430 | 20 | 527 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 3.57 | 1.441 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1909-07-16 to 1909-08-17
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1907-09-17 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1910-07-09 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1908-08-18 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 105 | 178 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 38 | .233 | .270 | .245 |
| Away | 107 | 232 | 34 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 54 | .165 | .224 | .184 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 17 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .250 | .312 | .250 |
| May | 27 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .114 | .111 | .114 |
| June | 28 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .152 | .211 | .152 |
| July | 36 | 80 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 21 | .155 | .200 | .183 |
| August | 47 | 92 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 25 | .232 | .283 | .256 |
| September | 43 | 100 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 18 | .241 | .310 | .264 |
| October | 14 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | .138 | .156 | .138 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 29 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | .186 | .238 | .186 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 18 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 | .222 | .279 | .222 |
| boston-red-sox | 18 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | .156 | .211 | .188 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 15 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .240 | .321 | .280 |
| new-york-yankees | 14 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .227 | .261 | .318 |
| chicago-white-sox | 13 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .190 | .217 | .190 |
| cleveland-guardians | 13 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .167 | .222 | .167 |
| brooklyn-tip-tops | 13 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .161 | .176 | .161 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 |  St. Louis Browns | 6 | 20 | 3 | – | – | – | .150 | 48 | 17 |
| 1908 | St. Louis Browns | 22 | 31 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .097 | 106 | 45 |
| 1909 | St. Louis Browns | 39 | 77 | 22 | – | 8 | 1 | .286 | 199 | 116 |
| 1910 | St. Louis Browns | 35 | 64 | 13 | – | 2 | 1 | .203 | 190 | 91 |
| 1911 | St. Louis Browns | 7 | 11 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 30 | 8 |
| 1912 | St. Louis Browns | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | 10 | 2 |
| 1914 | BTBaltimore Terrapins | 20 | 43 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .163 | 128 | 131 |
| 1915 | Baltimore Terrapins, Chicago Whales | 41 | 74 | 17 | – | 1 | 1 | .230 | 224 | 128 |
| 1918 |  Detroit Tigers | 8 | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | .077 | 37 | 13 |
| 1921 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 19 | 22 | 2 | – | – | – | .091 | 73 | 20 |
| 1922 | St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | .286 | 30 | 12 |