Percy Bailey vs. Doug Bair — Career Comparison

Percy Bailey
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Doug Bair
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Percy Bailey built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Bair as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doug Bair posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.63 and WHIP 1.453 compared to 4.24 and 1.361 for Percy Bailey. By the career numbers, Doug Bair had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Percy Bailey and Doug Bair

Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.44
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.78
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.06
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.54
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.12
56.12
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.68
73.68
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.8
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4.24
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
3.63
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
357
27
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2728
27
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
9
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
909.1
9
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
8.92
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
839
8.3
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.3
8.3
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.45
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.85
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.33
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
405
4.01
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.76
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
4.46
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
6.82
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.82
6.82
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.203
1.203
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
39.78
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3902
38.62
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
2.96
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
5.67
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
3.94
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.06
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.48
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.34
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.83
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.63
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
35.24
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3407
33.72
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.78
39.78
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.62
38.62

Fielding Stats for Percy Bailey and Doug Bair

Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.44
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.78
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.06
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
357
27
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2728
27
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
9
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
909.1
9
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.71
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.4
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
1.22
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.78
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
2.02
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.55
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
1.93
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
94
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.59
95.59
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.474
2.474
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.334
0.334
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.68
73.68
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Percy Bailey and Doug Bair

Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
19
232.65
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
584
6257.14
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
563.27
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
557.14
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.02
36.96
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
1.54
16.45
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
146.94
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
146.94
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.511
0.511
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.86
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.61
44.19
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.11
-11.86
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
23
246.43
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.43
2.43
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.86
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Percy Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA