Ed Bailey
1953–1966 · bats L / throws R · California Angels, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Braves, NLS, San Francisco Giants
1,212G
.256AVG
.355OBP
.429SLG
More career statistics
915H
155HR
540RBI
17SB
3Rare 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 · Strikeouts | 577 | 580 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,208 | 4,212 |
| Batting · RBI | 540 | 539 |
| Batting · Walks | 545 | 549 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,212 | 4,208 | 3,581 | 432 | 915 | 128 | 15 | 155 | 540 | 545 | 577 | 17 | 18 | 25 | 37 | 1,538 | .256 | .355 | .429 | .784 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1960-04-27 to 1960-05-14
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | Eight-RBI Game | 1965-07-22 | 1 in 1,372 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1956-06-24 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1960-04-16 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 626 | 2185 | 497 | 95 | 293 | 299 | 289 | .271 | .364 | .469 |
| Away | 586 | 2027 | 418 | 60 | 246 | 250 | 291 | .240 | .330 | .388 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 149 | 507 | 107 | 19 | 65 | 76 | 73 | .254 | .361 | .456 |
| May | 224 | 788 | 179 | 35 | 108 | 99 | 101 | .268 | .353 | .469 |
| June | 208 | 714 | 145 | 27 | 89 | 110 | 109 | .245 | .357 | .430 |
| July | 231 | 818 | 182 | 30 | 94 | 97 | 116 | .257 | .341 | .408 |
| August | 216 | 763 | 164 | 24 | 91 | 98 | 107 | .250 | .343 | .410 |
| September | 173 | 591 | 130 | 19 | 84 | 66 | 72 | .256 | .332 | .406 |
| October | 11 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .286 | .355 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 163 | 569 | 135 | 16 | 68 | 60 | 67 | .269 | .343 | .405 |
| chicago-cubs | 161 | 586 | 125 | 19 | 77 | 88 | 72 | .258 | .363 | .408 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 161 | 572 | 141 | 21 | 82 | 73 | 73 | .289 | .374 | .484 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 153 | 519 | 110 | 23 | 67 | 72 | 88 | .251 | .351 | .463 |
| milwaukee-braves | 151 | 533 | 102 | 13 | 60 | 74 | 64 | .229 | .330 | .348 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 101 | 329 | 61 | 9 | 39 | 40 | 49 | .217 | .307 | .342 |
| san-francisco-giants | 80 | 290 | 71 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 37 | .289 | .372 | .467 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 57 | 205 | 49 | 16 | 32 | 24 | 29 | .272 | .356 | .583 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 |  Cincinnati Reds | 2 | 8 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .375 | – | – |
| 1954 | Cincinnati Reds | 73 | 183 | 36 | 9 | 20 | 1 | .197 | – | – |
| 1955 | Cincinnati Reds | 21 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 4 | – | .205 | – | – |
| 1956 | Cincinnati Reds | 118 | 383 | 115 | 28 | 75 | 2 | .300 | – | – |
| 1957 | Cincinnati Reds | 122 | 391 | 102 | 20 | 48 | 5 | .261 | – | – |
| 1958 | Cincinnati Reds | 112 | 360 | 90 | 11 | 59 | 2 | .250 | – | – |
| 1959 | Cincinnati Reds | 121 | 379 | 100 | 12 | 40 | 2 | .264 | – | – |
| 1960 | Cincinnati Reds | 133 | 441 | 115 | 13 | 67 | 1 | .261 | – | – |
| 1961 | Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants | 119 | 383 | 94 | 13 | 52 | 1 | .245 | – | – |
| 1962 |  San Francisco Giants | 96 | 254 | 59 | 17 | 45 | 1 | .232 | – | – |
| 1963 | San Francisco Giants | 105 | 308 | 81 | 21 | 68 | – | .263 | – | – |
| 1964 |  Milwaukee Braves | 95 | 271 | 71 | 5 | 34 | 2 | .262 | – | – |
| 1965 | Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants | 90 | 178 | 41 | 5 | 26 | – | .230 | – | – |
| 1966 |  California Angels | 5 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |