Gene Bailey

Outfielder

Born: November 25, 1893
Pearsall, Texas

Died: November 14, 1973 (aged 79)
Houston, Texas

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

September 10, 1917, for the Philadelphia Athletics

Last MLB appearance

June 3, 1924, for the Brooklyn Robins

MLB statistics

Batting average

.246

Home runs

Runs batted in

Teams

Philadelphia Athletics (1917)
Boston Braves (1919–1920)
Boston Red Sox (1920)
Brooklyn Robins (1923–1924)

Arthur Eugene (Gene) Bailey (November 25, 1893 – November 14, 1973) was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1917), Boston Braves (1919–1920), Boston Red Sox (1920) and Brooklyn Robins (1923–1924). Bailey batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Pearsall, Texas.

In a five-season career, Bailey was a .246 hitter with two home runs and 52 RBI in 213 games played. His best season was 1923 when he hit .265 with 71 runs, 42 RBI, 109 hits, 11 doubles, seven triples and tallied nine stolen bases in 127 games – all career-highs.

Bailey died in Houston, Texas, at the age of 79.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Baseball Almanac
Retrosheet

Rice Owls head baseball coaches

Phillip Arbuckle (1912–1917)
Jack Coombs (1918)
Pete Cawthon (1920–1921)
Bob Countryman (1922–1923)
Mike O'Neill (1924)
Joe Bedenk (1925–1926)
Dickey Kerr (1927)
Dickey Kerr & Charlie Schwartz (1928)
Gene Bailey (1929)
Danny Allnoch (1930)
John Nemic (1931–1932)
Cecil Grigg (1936–1944)
Jess Neely (1945)
Cecil Grigg (1946–1947)
Jess Neely (1948)
Harold Stockbridge (1949–1952)
Dell Morgan (1953–1961)
Joe Gallagher (1962)
Doug Osburn (1963–1980)
David Hall (1981–1991)
Wayne Graham (1992– )

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