Gene Bailey

{{Short description|American baseball player (1893–1973)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Gene Bailey

|position=Outfielder

|image= Gene Bailey newspaper 1924.png

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1893|11|25}}

|birth_place=Pearsall, Texas, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1973|11|14|1893|11|25}}

|death_place=Houston, Texas, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= September 10

|debutyear= 1917

|debutteam= Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 3

|finalyear=1924

|finalteam=Brooklyn Robins

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.246

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=2

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=52

|teams=

• Philadelphia Athletics (1917)
• Boston Braves (1919–1920)
• Boston Red Sox (1920)
• Brooklyn Robins (1923–1924)

}}

Arthur Eugene Bailey (November 25, 1893 – November 14, 1973) was an American backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1917), Boston Braves (1919–1920), Boston Red Sox (1920) and Brooklyn Robins (1923–1924). Bailey batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Pearsall, Texas.

In a five-season career, Bailey was a .246 hitter with two home runs and 52 RBI in 213 games played. His best season was {{Baseball year|1923}} when he hit .265 with 71 runs, 42 RBI, 109 hits, 11 doubles, seven triples and tallied nine stolen bases in 127 games – all career-highs.

Bailey died in Houston, Texas, at the age of 79.