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Homer Bailey is Next Addition to 20 Greatest Dragons

Homer Bailey with the Dragons.
February 15, 2019

Dayton, Ohio-The Dayton Dragons today announced the next name on their list of "20 Greatest Dragons." The player recognition is part of the organization's 20th Season Celebration. Players selected on the list of 20 are being announced in random order leading up to the Dragons 20th Opening Night game on

Dayton, Ohio-The Dayton Dragons today announced the next name on their list of "20 Greatest Dragons." The player recognition is part of the organization's 20th Season Celebration. Players selected on the list of 20 are being announced in random order leading up to the Dragons 20th Opening Night game on Thursday, April 4 against the Bowling Green Hot Rods. 
Next on the list of the 20 Greatest Dragons is:

When Bailey fired his first pitch with the Dragons as an 18-year-old on April 15, 2005, he was already one of the most highly-regarded prospects in all of baseball. Bailey was rated as the Reds #1 prospect that season and would hold onto that distinction entering each of the next two years as well. Bailey went 8-4 with a 4.43 ERA with the 2005 Dragons, notching 125 strikeouts in 103.2 innings. His best game came on August 11 against Clinton at Fifth Third Field when he struck out 11 batters in five scoreless innings, allowing just two hits. In six of Bailey's 21 starts with the Dragons, he did not allow a run.     
Bailey made his MLB debut with the Reds in 2007 and remained with the club through the 2018 season. He is best known for firing a pair of no-hitters (2012, 2013), the first by any Reds pitcher since Tom Browning's perfect game in 1988. Bailey won 42 games for the Reds over a four-year stretch from 2011-14 before batting injuries. He won 67 games during his Reds career, fourth most of any pitcher in the 2000's (behind only Bronson Arroyo, Johnny Cueto, and Aaron Harang), and his 1,001 career strikeouts rank 12th in Reds history.
Bailey is the fourth former Dragons announced among the 20 Greatest Dragons. Austin Kearns, Zack Cozart, and Justin Turner were previously announced.
The 20 Greatest Dragons were selected based on a media vote of Dragons television, newspaper, radio, and internet reporters. Additionally, during the 2019 season, the Dragons will be conducting a fan vote featuring one player per position to announce their all-time greatest lineup.
Individual game tickets for the Dragons 20th Season Celebration Game are available now. Go to daytondragons.com/celebrationgame or Ticketmaster.com.
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