Buddy Bailey
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Welby Sheldon "Buddy" Bailey (born March 28, 1957) is an American professional baseball manager and former Major League coach with 45 years of experience in the game, 35 as a minor league manager. Bailey is currently manager for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Carolina League. He has been a member of the Chicago Cubs' organization since 2006.
In
and exceeded the 2,000-win mark during 2016.Atlanta Braves organization
A graduate of
Boston Red Sox organization
Bailey joined the
Bailey also spent one season (2000) in the Major Leagues as the bench coach for the parent Red Sox and was Boston's advance scout, field coordinator of minor league instruction, or roving catching instructor during the period of 1997–99 and in 2001.
Bailey also has been the manager of Tigres de Aragua of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP) since 2002 and has collected six championships and two sub-championship in nine finals, while leading the Tigres to the 2009 Caribbean Series title. He also was named the LVBP Manager of the Year in the 2006–07 season.
Chicago Cubs organization
Bailey initially joined the Cub system in 2006 as its roving minor league
Bailey then returned to Daytona for the 2009–11 seasons. His 2011 Daytona Cubs finished 76–61 during the regular season and won the first-half championship of the Florida State League's Northern Division.[9] The Cubs then won the FSL playoff championship, earning Bailey a promotion to his second term as manager of the Double-A Smokies for 2012.[10] His 2012 club missed the SL playoffs (compiling a record of 72–68), but the 2013 edition finished 76–62, the best overall record in the Southern League North Division, to qualify for the postseason. The Smokies then fell to the eventual league champion Birmingham Barons in the first playoff round, three games to two.
His 2016 Pelicans won 82 of 139 games played (.590) during the regular Carolina League season, then defeated the Salem Red Sox and Lynchburg Hillcats in the playoffs to win the league title. Bailey was rehired for the 2017 season on December 16, 2016.[11] In 2017, his Pelicans finished 73–67 and won their first-half division title, but fell in the first playoff round. Bailey was invited to return for 2018 and his third straight campaign with Myrtle Beach on January 18, 2018.[12]
After spending the 2019 season with the Low-A South Bend Cubs, Bailey returned to managing the Pelicans for the 2021 season.
References
- ^ a b Myrtle Beach Pelicans news at milb.com,
- ISBN 978-1-932391-68-8.
- ^ milb.com
- ^ Daytona Beach News-Journal, 2011.5.5 Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Boston Red Sox 2001 Media Guide, pp. 439-440
- ^ "Buddy Bailey Minor & Winter Leagues Statistics & History".
- ^ Minor League Baseball Statistics
- ^ "Cubs Scout". Archived from the original on 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ^ Minor League Baseball Standings
- ^ Daytona Beach News-Journal, 2011.12.22 Archived January 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bailey to Return as Pelicans' Skipper," Myrtle Beach Pelicans official website
- ^ Kornberg, Scott (18 January 2018). "Myrtle Beach Welcomes Bailey Back as Skipper". MiLB.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)