| Buddy Bailey | |
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 Bailey managing the Daytona Cubs in 2011 | |
| Manager | |
| Born: March 28, 1957 Norristown, Pennsylvania | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MiLB managerial statistics (through 2017) | |
| Win–loss record | 2,228–2,095 (.515)[1] |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Welby Sheldon "Buddy" Bailey (born March 28, 1957) is an American professional baseball manager and former Major League coach with 45 years of experience in the game, 35 as a minor league manager. Bailey is currently manager for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Carolina League. He has been a member of the Chicago Cubs' organization since 2006.
In 2016, his first season as manager of the Pelicans,[1] he led the Pelicans to the league championship.[2] Previously, in 2015, he had spent his fourth consecutive season and fifth year overall as manager of the Tennessee Smokies, the Cubs' Double-A Southern League affiliate.[3] The veteran minor league pilot won his 1,500th game in May 2011[4] and exceeded the 2,000-win mark during 2016.
- ^ a b Myrtle Beach Pelicans news at milb.com,
- ^ Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2016). Baseball America 2017 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-68-8.
- ^ milb.com
- ^ Daytona Beach News-Journal, 2011.5.5 Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine