Ed Bailey
American baseball player
Died when: 75 years 342 days (911 months)Star Sign: Aries
Lonas Edgar Bailey, Jr. (April 15, 1931 – March 23, 2007) was an American professional baseball player and later served on the Knoxville, Tennessee city council.
He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1953 through 1966.A six-time All-Star, Bailey was one of the top catchers in the National League in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Born in Strawberry Plains in Jefferson County, Tennessee, Bailey batted left-handed, threw right-handed and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 205 pounds (93 kg).
A younger brother, Jim, was a left-handed pitcher who had a brief big-league trial as Ed's teammate on the 1959 Cincinnati Reds.
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