Maryville, Mo. - The Northwest Missouri State University Athletics Department announced fan voting for the 2017 class of the school's M-Club Hall of Fame is open and baseball legend Adam Bailey is on the ballot. Adam Bailey left a remarkable legacy with his playing days at Northwest Missouri State. Bailey has several school records for career production still standing in the entire history of Northwest fielding a varsity baseball team. With well over 1,500 student-athletes that played baseball for Northwest in school history, Bailey sits top 3 in most offensive categories. Here are the categories:
#3 career batting average with a minimum of 200 at bats at .398
#1 career home runs at 40
#2 career slugging percentage at .669
#3 career hits at 226
#1 career doubles at 56
#9 career at bats at 568
#2 career runs scored at 163
#3 career runs batted in at 147
#1 career total bases at 410
Adam Bailey has 2 of the 10 best season batting averages in the history of Northwest baseball. Bailey is #6 for hitting .417 in 2000 and #9 for hitting .409 in 2001. Bailey led the team in batting average in 3 of the 4 seasons he played at Northwest.
Adam Bailey has 2 of the 10 best seasons for home runs in the history of Northwest baseball. Bailey's 18 home runs in 2000 still stands as Northwest's single season record for home runs. Bailey also holds #5 for hitting 13 home runs in 2001. Bailey led the team in home runs in 3 of his 4 seasons at Northwest.
Adam Bailey has 2 of the 10 best seasons for slugging percentages in the history of Northwest baseball. Bailey's .818 slugging percentage in 2000 stands at #2 overall (behind Scott Spurgeon's 1.007 who is currently in the M-Club hall of fame). Bailey also holds the #5 spot for best single season slugging percentage at .772 in 2001.
Adam Bailey has 2 of the 10 best seasons for hits in the history of Northwest baseball. Bailey's 78 hits in 2000 stands as #3 overall. Bailey graduated school holding the #1 record for hits in a single season. Bailey's 70 hits in 2001 stands as #8 best single season total.
Adam Bailey has 2 of the 5 best seasons for doubles in the history of Northwest baseball. Bailey was #2 with 21 in 2001 and #5 with 17 in 2000. Bailey led the team in doubles in 3 of his 4 seasons at Northwest.
Adam Bailey has the #1 best season for runs scored in the history of Northwest baseball in 2001 with 61.
Adam Bailey has the #3 best season for runs batted in the history of Northwest baseball in 2000 with 61.
Adam Bailey has 2 of the 3 best seasons for total bases in the history of Northwest baseball. Bailey has the best season ever in school history with 153 total bases in 2000. Bailey has the #3 best season in 2001 with 132 total bases.
Adam Bailey led the team in stolen bases 2000.
When Adam Bailey graduated from Northwest following the 2001 season, he broke 12 different records for Northwest's varsity baseball program.
Adam Bailey is #8 in games played in a career in the history of Northwest baseball with 175 games.
Adam Bailey was named as a member of the 2nd Team All American for his season in 2000.
Adam Bailey was named as a member of the 1st Team All-MIAA for his season in 2000.
Adam Bailey was named as a member of the 2nd Team All-MIAA for his season in 2001.
Adam Bailey played high school at Excelsior Springs High School in Kansas City. He was named 1st team All Conference, All Metro and All State in both his junior and senior years in high school. While he was at Northwest Missouri State, Bailey studied sociology and minored in criminal justice.
Adam Bailey played summer ball in the Ban Johnson league in Kansas City from 1998 to 2001. Bailey was named to the All-75 year team for his exemplary play representing him as the top 1% of the 5,000 players who have played Ban Johnson baseball over the years. Bailey played for the United Missouri bank team of the Ban Johnson league. Bailey won the league MVP award and batting title in 2000 with a .459 average. Bailey's UMB team won the Ban Johnson league title in 2000. Bailey's .459 batting average was one of the best ever marks in league history. Bailey hit a home run in the 1999 Ban Johnson league all star game held at Kauffman Stadium.
Among his teammates, Adam was nick named "Beetle" as in Beetle Bailey the comic strip.
His favorite player was George Brett and loves hot wings.
You can vote for Adam Bailey by clicking on the link below:
http://www.bearcatsports.com/news/2017/7/17/general-2017-m-club-hall-of-fame-voting-now-open.aspx?path=general
You can vote for up to 4 individuals on this year's ballot. There are 12 student-athletes up for consideration. Adam Bailey ranks as the greatest baseball player in the history of Northwest Missouri State University and deserving of your vote to the M-Club Hall of Fame.
Please click on the link right now and cast a ballot for Adam Bailey, a baseball legend at Northwest Missouri State University.
Go Cats!!
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