Patrick Bailey
Patrick Bailey | |
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San Francisco Giants – No. 14 | |
Catcher | |
Born: Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. | May 29, 1999|
Bats: Switch Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 19, 2023, for the San Francisco Giants | |
MLB statistics (through April 26, 2024) | |
Batting average | .244 |
Home runs | 10 |
Runs batted in | 58 |
Teams | |
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Patrick Bailey (born May 29, 1999) is an American professional baseball catcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at North Carolina State University, and was selected 13th overall by the Giants in the first round of the 2020 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in May 2023.
Early life
Patrick Bailey was born on May 29, 1999, in
College career
In 2018, Bailey's freshman year at NC State, he
As a sophomore in 2019, Bailey batted .288/.390/.513 with three triples (eighth in the ACC) and 10 home runs alongside a .989 fielding percentage.[9] He was named to the All-ACC First Team, ABCA’s Atlantic All-Region Team, USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team, and third team All-American by Collegiate Baseball, and was one of 14 semifinalists for the Buster Posey Award, as the nation's best catcher.[2] That summer, he again played for the United States collegiate national team.[10][11][3]
As a junior in 2020, he hit .296/.466/.685 in 54 at bats.[2] He hit six home runs (fourth in the ACC), 20 RBIs (second), and 17 walks (third) over 17 games before the college baseball season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Professional career
Draft and minor leagues
Bailey was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the first round with the 13th overall selection of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[12] He signed with the Giants for a signing bonus of $3.8 million.[13] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[14]
Bailey made his professional debut in 2021 with the
Bailey returned to Eugene for the 2022 season.[20] Over 83 games, he hit .225/.342/.420 in 267 at bats with 12 home runs, 51 RBIs, and 49 walks (eighth in the league), while leading the league with seven sacrifice flies and on defense catching 30% of attempted base-stealers.[21] He was named the 2022 MiLB Gold Glove as the best defensive catcher in the minor leagues, an NWL post-season All Star, and an MiLB.com organization All Star.[22][23]
To open the 2023 season, he was assigned to the
San Francisco Giants (2023–present)
On May 19, 2023, Bailey was selected to the
References
- ^ Joe Sirera. "Wesleyan catcher Patrick Bailey is among nation's best". Greensboro News and Record.
- ^ a b c d e f "Patrick Bailey – 2019 – Baseball". NC State University Athletics.
- ^ a b c "Forty-One USA Baseball Alumni Selected in the 2020 MLB Draft". USA Baseball. June 12, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ^ Joe Sirera. "HSXtra All-Area: baseball". Greensboro News and Record.
- ^ "Patrick Bailey Projected as Top 10 Pick in 2020 MLB Mock Draft". PackPride.com.
- ^ "NC State's Patrick Bailey breaks freshman home run record". PackPride.com.
- ^ "Patrick Bailey to build on historic freshman campaign". Technician.
- ^ "Patrick Bailey". pointstreak.com. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
- ^ Sutton, Bob. "ACC baseball preview: High hopes for in-state teams". The Times-News.
- ^ Speight, Camden. "Patrick Bailey closes out USA Baseball summer in Japan". Technician.
- ^ "Patrick Bailey Named to USA Baseball Collegiate National Team". USA Baseball.
- ^ Schulman, Henry (June 11, 2020). "Giants' surprise first pick in the 2020 MLB draft: college catcher Patrick Bailey". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ "Giants sign first-round draft pick Patrick Bailey for $3.8 million". July 2020.
- ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball Season Cancelled".
- ^ "Giants prospects get Minors assignments". MLB.com.
- ^ Lockard, Melissa. "Giants minor-league notebook: Joey Bart plugging holes, Marco Luciano putting together 'next-level' at-bats". The Athletic.
- ^ "Giants minor league review: Bailey finds stride for San Jose". RSN.
- ^ "Here are the Arizona Fall League rosters". MLB.com.
- ^ "Check out the Fall Stars Game rosters". MLB.com.
- ^ @EugeneEmeralds (April 6, 2022). "What a sight to behold...The roster is here and it's spectacular! #GoEms" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Patrick Bailey Stats, Fantasy & News".
- ^ "Here are 2022's MiLB Gold Glove winners". MLB.com.
- ^ "Patrick Bailey Stats, Fantasy & News". MiLB.com.
- ^ "Where the Giants' Top 30 prospects are starting season". MLB.com.
- ^ "Giants' Patrick Bailey: Contract Selected". cbssports.com. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
- ^ "Brandon Crawford breaks down difference between Patrick Bailey and Buster Posey's throws to second base". 810 The Spread. August 3, 2023.
- ^ "Patrick Bailey ended the game with the fastest pop time to 1B on a successful pickoff in the Statcast era (since 2015)," Twitter, MLB.com.
- ^ "A walk-off pickoff? Catcher's laser to first seals key victory". MLB.com.
- ^ "In Patrick Bailey, have Giants finally found their Buster Posey successor?". FOX Sports.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NC State Wolfpack bio