Sweetbread Bailey | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | 12 February 1895 |
Birth Place: | Joliet, Illinois |
Death Place: | Joliet, Illinois |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | May 23 |
Debutyear: | 1919 |
Debutteam: | Chicago Cubs |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | June 11 |
Finalyear: | 1921 |
Finalteam: | Brooklyn Robins |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
Stat1value: | 4–7 |
Stat2label: | Earned run average |
Stat2value: | 4.59 |
Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
Stat3value: | 35 |
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Abraham Lincoln "Sweetbread" Bailey (February 12, 1895 – September 27, 1939) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Robins from 1919 to 1921. He also served in the military in 1917 during World War I.
He died at the age of 44 in his hometown of Joliet, Illinois of cancer of his pituitary gland, and is interred at Elmhurst Cemetery.