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Percy Bailey
Percy Charles Bailey (November 15, 1904 – October 13, 1981) was an Americans, American baseball starting pitcher in the Negro league baseball, Negro leagues. He played with the Baltimore Elite Giants, Nashville Elite Giants and Indianapolis ABCs (1931–1933), Indianapolis ABCs/Detroit Stars in 1933 and the Chicago American Giants in 1934. Early life and baseball career Bailey was born in Lumberton, Mississippi in 1904. He graduated both high school and college at Alcorn State University. He joined the Baltimore Elite Giants, Nashville Elite Giants in during spring training in New Orleans in 1933. He secured a spot in the Elite Giants' Glossary of baseball (R)#rotation, pitching rotation before the regular season began after he allowed only four hits in an exhibition game against the New Orleans Crescent Stars in late April. By May, he had joined the Indianapolis ABCs (1931–1933), Indianapolis ABCs/Detroit Stars. In 10 documented major league games between the two clubs, he com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starting Pitcher
In baseball (hardball or softball), a starting pitcher or starter is the first pitcher in the game for each team. A pitcher is credited with a game started if they throw the first pitch to the opponent's first batter of a game. Starting pitchers are expected to pitch for a significant portion of the game, although their ability to do this depends on many factors, including effectiveness, stamina, health, and strategy. A starting pitcher in professional baseball usually rests three, four, or five days after pitching a game before pitching in another. Therefore, most professional baseball teams have four, five or six starting pitchers on their rosters. These pitchers, and the sequence in which they pitch, is known as the ''rotation''. A team's best starter is known as the ace, and is almost always the first man to pitch in the rotation. In modern baseball, a five-man rotation is most common. In contrast, a pitcher who enters the game after the first pitch of the game is a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |