Ed Bailey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ed Bailey

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1931

Place of Birth: Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 23-Mar-2007

Profession: politician, baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac 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.