What years did Homer Bailey play?

Homer Bailey played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2020.

Was Homer Bailey a pitcher?

Yes. Homer Bailey pitched in the major leagues, recording 81 wins and 1157 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Homer Bailey hit?

Homer Bailey hit 0 career home runs with 61 hits.

Homer Bailey

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2007-2020)

W–L 81–86

ERA 4.56

WHIP 1.37

SO 1,157

Pitcher PIV -3052.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 223 lb
Born: 5/3/1986 in La Grange, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 2007-06-08
Last Game: 2020-09-22

Full name: David Dewitt Bailey

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Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
81	86	245	245	7	4	0	1401.7	1,455	710	175	463	1,157	4.56	-3052.3

Career ERA 4.56 vs. league average 4.16 across their career seasons — 9.7% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2007	CIN	NL	4	2	9	9	0	0	45.3	43	29	28	28	5.76	4.47 (-29%)	-502.1
2008	CIN	NL	0	6	8	8	0	0	36.3	59	32	17	18	7.93	4.32 (-83%)	-1892.5
2009	CIN	NL	8	5	20	20	0	0	113.3	115	57	52	86	4.53	4.32 (-5%)	-255.1
2010	CIN	NL	4	3	19	19	1	1	109.0	109	54	40	100	4.46	4.08 (-9%)	947.9
2011	CIN	NL	9	7	22	22	0	0	132.0	136	65	33	106	4.43	3.94 (-12%)	-373.8
2012	CIN	NL	13	10	33	33	2	1	208.0	206	85	52	168	3.68	4.01 (+8%)	243.5
2013	CIN	NL	11	12	32	32	2	1	209.0	181	81	54	199	3.49	3.87 (+10%)	3047.8
2014	CIN	NL	9	5	23	23	1	1	145.7	134	60	45	124	3.71	3.74 (+1%)	-684.5
2015	CIN	NL	0	1	2	2	0	0	11.3	16	7	4	3	5.56	3.96 (-40%)	-890.4
2016	CIN	NL	2	3	6	6	0	0	23.0	35	17	7	27	6.65	4.19 (-59%)	627.9
2017	CIN	NL	6	9	18	18	0	0	91.0	112	65	42	67	6.43	4.36 (-48%)	-1244.2
2018	CIN	NL	1	14	20	20	1	0	106.3	141	72	33	75	6.09	4.15 (-47%)	-3723.0
2019	KCA	AL	7	6	18	18	0	0	90.0	89	48	38	81	4.80	4.51 (-7%)	55.7
2019	OAK	AL	6	3	13	13	0	0	73.3	73	35	15	68	4.30	4.51 (+5%)	1590.4
2020	MIN	AL	1	0	2	2	0	0	8.0	6	3	3	7	3.38	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			81	86	245	245	7	4	1,401.2	1,455	710	463	1,157	4.56	—	-3,052

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
249	373	22	61	8	0	0	18	0	11	145	.164	.190	.185	.375	-1,133

Career AVG .164 vs. league average .256 across their career seasons — 36.1% below league average.

Career OBP .190 vs. league average .323 across their career seasons — 41.3% below league average.

Career SLG .185 vs. league average .411 across their career seasons — 55.0% below league average.

Career OPS .375 vs. league average .734 across their career seasons — 49.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2007	CIN	NL	9	11	3	3	1	2	0	5	.273	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	CIN	NL	8	10	0	1	1	0	0	5	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	CIN	NL	22	38	0	3	0	2	0	17	.079	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	CIN	NL	19	33	1	7	0	2	2	15	.212	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	CIN	NL	23	39	7	11	2	2	1	11	.282	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	CIN	NL	34	70	1	8	1	5	1	29	.114	.254 (-55%)	.318 (-60%)	.405 (-68%)	.724 (-65%)	-718.1
2013	CIN	NL	32	58	3	9	1	1	3	18	.155	.253 (-39%)	.317 (-34%)	.396 (-57%)	.714 (-46%)	-415.2
2014	CIN	NL	23	41	3	6	0	3	2	18	.146	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	CIN	NL	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	CIN	NL	6	10	0	1	0	0	1	1	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	CIN	NL	18	28	4	7	2	0	0	11	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	CIN	NL	20	26	0	3	0	0	1	13	.115	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	KCA	AL	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	OAK	AL	13	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	MIN	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			249	373	22	61	8	18	11	145	.164	—	—	—	—	-1,133

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2012	NLDS2	CIN	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
2010	NLDS1	CIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	2	1	0	9.0	3	1	1	12	1.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2012	NLDS2	CIN	0	0	1	1	0	7.0	1	1	1	10	1.29
2010	NLDS1	CIN	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	2	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	127	178	11	31	0	9	.174
Away	122	195	11	30	0	9	.154

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	124	710.2	750	375	242	618	4.75
Away	121	691.0	705	335	221	539	4.36

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	RBI	SO
2020-09-22	MIN	DET	W	0	0	0	0
2020-07-28	MIN	STL	W	0	0	0	0
2019-09-24	OAK	LAA	L	0	0	0	0
2019-09-18	OAK	KCR	W	0	0	0	0
2019-09-12	OAK	HOU	W	0	0	0	0
2019-09-06	OAK	DET	L	0	0	0	0
2019-08-31	OAK	NYY	L	0	0	0	0
2019-08-26	OAK	KCR	W	0	0	0	0
2019-08-20	OAK	NYY	W	0	0	0	0
2019-08-14	OAK	SFG	W	3	2	1	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2020-09-22	MIN	DET	—	3.0	2	1	1	1	3	0
2020-07-28	MIN	STL	W	5.0	4	2	2	2	4	1
2019-09-24	OAK	LAA	L	5.0	8	3	3	0	3	0
2019-09-18	OAK	KCR	—	7.0	3	0	0	1	11	0
2019-09-12	OAK	HOU	W	5.1	3	1	1	3	4	0
2019-09-06	OAK	DET	—	6.1	5	2	2	1	3	1
2019-08-31	OAK	NYY	—	5.2	4	2	2	1	9	2
2019-08-26	OAK	KCR	W	6.0	8	3	3	0	3	1
2019-08-20	OAK	NYY	W	5.2	7	1	1	0	8	1
2019-08-14	OAK	SFG	W	7.0	2	0	0	1	7	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	245	245	126	147	11	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2007	CIN	P	9	9	3	3	1	0
2008	CIN	P	8	8	2	3	1	0
2009	CIN	P	20	20	13	11	2	0
2010	CIN	P	19	19	15	6	1	1
2011	CIN	P	22	22	14	11	1	1
2012	CIN	P	33	33	14	26	3	0
2013	CIN	P	32	32	20	26	1	2
2014	CIN	P	23	23	13	17	0	2
2015	CIN	P	2	2	1	2	0	0
2016	CIN	P	6	6	3	1	0	0
2017	CIN	P	18	18	7	12	1	0
2018	CIN	P	20	20	9	14	0	0
2019	KCA	P	18	18	5	8	0	0
2019	OAK	P	13	13	7	6	0	0
2020	MIN	P	2	2	0	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	245

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
2013	Player of the Week	Week of 2013-07-07
2012	Player of the Week	Week of 2012-09-28
2009	Player of the Week	Week of 2009-10-04

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	CIN	NL	$18,000,000
2015	CIN	NL	$10,000,000
2014	CIN	NL	$9,000,000
2013	CIN	NL	$5,350,000
2012	CIN	NL	$2,425,000
2011	CIN	NL	$441,000
2010	CIN	NL	$418,000
Total Career Earnings			$45,634,000

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Career Spans

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Frequently Asked Questions about Homer Bailey

What years did Homer Bailey play?: Homer Bailey played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2020.
Was Homer Bailey a pitcher?: Yes. Homer Bailey pitched in the major leagues, recording 81 wins and 1157 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Homer Bailey hit?: Homer Bailey hit 0 career home runs with 61 hits.