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{{Short description|American baseball player (1893–1973)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Gene Bailey
|position=[[Outfielder]] 
|image= Gene Bailey newspaper 1924.png 
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1893|11|25}}
|birth_place=[[Pearsall, Texas]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1973|11|14|1893|11|25}}
|death_place=[[Houston, Texas]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate= September 10 
|debutyear= 1917
|debutteam= Philadelphia Athletics
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=June 3
|finalyear=1924
|finalteam=Brooklyn Robins
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.246
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=2
|stat3label=[[Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=52
|teams=
* [[Philadelphia Athletics]] (1917)
* [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] (1919–1920)
* [[Boston Red Sox]] (1920)
* [[Brooklyn Robins]] (1923–1924)
}}

'''Arthur Eugene Bailey''' (November 25, 1893 – November 14, 1973) was an American backup [[outfielder]] in [[Major League Baseball]] who played for the [[Philadelphia Athletics]] (1917), [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] (1919–1920), [[Boston Red Sox]] (1920) and [[Brooklyn Robins]] (1923–1924). Bailey batted and threw right-handed. He was born in [[Pearsall, Texas]].

In a five-season career, Bailey was a .246 [[batting average (baseball)|hitter]] with two [[home run]]s and 52 [[run batted in|RBI]] in 213 [[games played]]. His best season was {{Baseball year|1923}} when he hit .265 with 71 [[run (baseball)|runs]], 42 RBI, 109 [[hit (baseball)|hits]], 11 [[double (baseball)|doubles]], seven [[triple (baseball)|triples]] and tallied nine [[stolen base]]s in 127 games – all career-highs.

Bailey died in [[Houston, Texas]], at the age of 79.

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB yearly record start|type=coach}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Rice Owls baseball|Rice Owls]]
 | conference= [[Southwest Conference]]
 | startyear =  1929
 | endyear   =  single 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1929 NCAA baseball season|1929]]
| name         = Rice
| overall      = 9-16
| conference   = 7-14
| confstanding = 
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name       = Rice
| overall    = {{Winning percentage|9|16|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|7|14|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = {{Winning percentage|9|16|record=y}}
}}

==External links==
{{Baseballstats | br=b/bailege01 | fangraphs=1000423 | brm=bailey001art}}
*[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=bailege01 Baseball Almanac]
*[https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pbailg101.htm Retrosheet]

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