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.

What was Homer Bailey's career batting average?

Homer Bailey batted .164 over his career, with 61 hits in 373 at bats.

How many RBI did Homer Bailey have?

Homer Bailey drove in 18 runs in his career.

What was Homer Bailey's career ERA?

Homer Bailey finished with a 4.56 career ERA, going 81-86 with 1,157 strikeouts.

Homer Bailey

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

Homer Bailey was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2020 for 4 teams, including the Cincinnati Reds, a span of 14 seasons. Across 245 career appearances, he went 81-86 with a 4.56 ERA and 1,157 strikeouts. He also batted .164 with 0 home runs.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

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

Homer Bailey — 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	1401.2	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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Homer Bailey Stats, Bio & Career Records
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	45.1	43	29	28	28	5.76	4.47 (-29%)	-502.1
2008	CIN	NL	0	6	8	8	0	0	36.1	59	32	17	18	7.93	4.32 (-83%)	-1892.5
2009	CIN	NL	8	5	20	20	0	0	113.1	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	145.2	134	60	45	124	3.71	3.74 (+1%)	-684.5
2015	CIN	NL	0	1	2	2	0	0	11.1	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	106.1	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	73.1	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

Homer Bailey — 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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Homer Bailey Stats, Bio & Career Records
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

Homer Bailey — 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

Homer Bailey — 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

Homer Bailey — 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

Homer Bailey — 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

Homer Bailey — 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

Homer Bailey — 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

Homer Bailey — 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

Homer Bailey — 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

Homer Bailey — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	245	245	126	147	11	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Homer Bailey — 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

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Homer Bailey Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	245

Awards & Honors

Homer Bailey — 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

Homer Bailey — 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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Homer Bailey: the record in brief

Homer Bailey played a first major league game on June 8, 2007 and a last one on September 22, 2020. The team column moves through the Cincinnati Reds (2007 through 2018), the Kansas City Royals (2019), the Oakland Athletics (2019), and the Minnesota Twins (2020). At 6'4" and 223 pounds, Bailey is listed as a pitcher. The bio says Bailey batted and threw right-handed. Bailey was born on May 3, 1986, in La Grange, TX, USA. Bailey's full given name, per the bio, is David Dewitt Bailey.

Bailey went 81-86 with a 4.56 ERA in 245 games, 245 of them starts. The totals include 1,157 strikeouts. The league ERA over Bailey's seasons was 4.16, so the 4.56 figure ran 9.7% worse than average. No season topped the 13 wins of 2012. 2013 produced Bailey's most strikeouts, 199. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.49 in 2013, when the league's was 3.87.

Bailey's awards table lists Player of the Week (2009, 2012, and 2013).

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.
What was Homer Bailey's career batting average?: Homer Bailey batted .164 over his career, with 61 hits in 373 at bats.
How many RBI did Homer Bailey have?: Homer Bailey drove in 18 runs in his career.
What was Homer Bailey's career ERA?: Homer Bailey finished with a 4.56 career ERA, going 81-86 with 1,157 strikeouts.