Patrick Bailey #14

Was born in Greensboro, NC. Greensboro is the third-most populous city in North Carolina. Prior to 1895 it was spelled Greensborough. Attended Wesleyan Academy in High Point, N.C. where he led them to consecutive independent schools state championships as a junior and senior. Enters the 2023 season as the Giants 11th-bestprospect according to MLB.com and the 27th-bestaccording to Baseball America. Garnered the nickname Patty Barrels from his NC State teammates from all the hard contact and home runs he hit during college. He and his wife, Leigha Bruce, were married on Nov. 15, 2020. Bailey proposed in Turks and Caicos during a vacation over Christmas break in 2019. Bailey’s favorite snack is peanut butter or anything with peanut butter in it or on it. Pretzels, apples, whatever.

2022

Spent the entire season with High-A Eugene and hit .225 with 14 doubles, 12 homers and 51 RBI over 83 games... Earned a MiLB Gold Glove as he played 72 games at catcher and posted a .989 fielding percentage...caught 29-of-97 base stealers (29.9%)... Was named to the NWL Post-Season All-Star team... Played in a career-best 83 games for the Emeralds... spent seven days on the IL in late June... Had a .252/.370/.481 slash line (.851 OPS) with 11 of his 12 homers against right-handed pitching (206 ABs)...hit .131 with one homer and a .452 OPS against lefties (61 ABs)... After batting .194 with seven homers and a .652 OPS for his first 56 games, Bailey hit .283 with eight doubles, five homers, 23 RBI, 20 walks, 22 strikeouts and a .964 OPS over his final 27 games dating to July 22. 

2021

Began his first professional season with High-A Eugene...appeared in 33 games and hit .185 with a .586 OPS...Was reassigned to the Arizona Complex League on June 26 and then eventually assigned to Low-A San Jose on July 12 where he’d finish the season...Turned in a great 47 games with the SJ Giants, hitting .322 with a .946 OPS, 16 doubles, seven homers and 24 RBI in 47 games to help them capture the Low-A West Championship...From July 20 through the end of the season, Bailey’s .338 average and .988 OPS were third-best among qualified players in the Low-A West...Named the Low-A West Player of the Week for the week of August 23-29...Played for Scottsdale in the Arizona Fall League after the season, hitting .292 with three doubles, one homer, five RBI, a .375 OBP and a .792 OPS...Was named to the AFL Fall Stars Game.

2020

Did not play due to the COVID-19 pandemic but did participate at the Giants Alternate Site and in the Giants Fall Instructional League.