Bob Bailey

Robert Sherwood Bailey (October 13, 1942 – January 9, 2018) was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 17 Major League Baseball seasons between 1962 and 1978, primarily as a third baseman while also seeing time in the outfield and at first base.

Bailey attended Wilson Classical High School, where he was named the 1961 CIF Baseball Player of the Year and quarterbacked the football team for two years, one of them undefeated. The Pittsburgh Pirates signed him out of high school as a bonus baby, and he made his major league debut with the club at age 19. After the 1966 season, the Pirates traded Bailey and Gene Michael to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Maury Wills. Following the 1968 season, the Dodgers sold Bailey to the expansion Montreal Expos, where he became a fixture in the lineup. Batting fifth in the inaugural Expos game against the New York Mets on April 8, 1969, he went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a walk in the 11–10 win. The Cincinnati Reds acquired Bailey from the Expos for Clay Kirby on December 12, 1975. Over his career he also played for the Boston Red Sox, the last of the five franchises for which he appeared.