Bill Bailey (pitcher), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1888
Place of Birth: Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States
Date of Death: 02-Nov-1926
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Bill Bailey (pitcher)
- William F.
- Bailey (April 12, 1888 – November 2, 1926) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.
- He played for the St.
- Louis Browns, Baltimore Terrapins, Chicago Whales, Detroit Tigers, and St.
- Louis Cardinals.
- He had a career record of 38–76 with a 3.57 earned run average.
- Despite his poor overall record, in the inaugural Federal League season of 1914, Bailey struck out more than one batter per inning (131 strikeouts in 128?2/3 innings, or 9.2 strikeouts per 9 innings), a virtually unheard-of feat in that era.
- In the 1910–19 decade no other pitcher with at least 100 innings pitched even approached that level, with Rube Marquard (7.7 strikeouts per 9 innings in 1911) being second.
- Nonetheless, Bailey had a losing record (7–9) in that season.
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