Ed Bailey

Ed Bailey
Ed Bailey
	Bailey in 1956
	Catcher
	Born: April 15, 1931; Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, U.S.
	Died: March 23, 2007 (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
	Cincinnati Redlegs / Reds (1953–1961); San Francisco Giants (1961–1963); Milwaukee Braves (1964); San Francisco Giants (1965); Chicago Cubs (1965); California Angels (1966);
Career highlights and awards
	6× All-Star (1956, 1957, 1960, 1960², 1961², 1963);

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. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1953 through 1966. A six-time All-Star, Bailey was one of the top catchers in the National League in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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.

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