Central Michigan University Athletics
2026 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 18
Hayden Bailey
- Position:
- RHP
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 205
- Hometown:
- Davison, Mich.
- High School:
- Davison
- Previous School:
- Madonna
2026: Finished season with a 3-2 record in final 10 starts … posted a 3.44 earned run average and a 0.945 WHIP in those 10 starts covering 60 1/3 innings … tossed a complete-game two-hitter with eight strikeouts and one walk in 3-0 win over Akron (May 8) … it was CMU’s first complete-game shutout since April 28, 2024 … hit total was lowest allowed by CMU pitching since seven Chippewas combined on a one-hitter at Notre Dame April 24, 2024 … earned MAC co-Pitcher of the Week Award for victory over Akron … finished two-year CMU career 6-7 with 5.79 ERA.
2025: Made 14 appearances with 10 starts … led team with three victories … ranked third on the team with 55 2/3 innings … began the season in the weekend rotation, went to the bullpen, and then worked his way back into the weekend rotation for the final four weekends of the season … tossed three innings of hitless relief in 4-0 win over Ball State (April 27) … pitched at least five innings in five of his final six starts.
Prior to CMU: Went 3-5 with a 4.85 earned run average in 15 appearances (12 starts) at Madonna in 2024 … struck out 94 and walked 50 in 81 2/3 innings … had three complete games and one save … pitched at Mott Community College in 2022-23, going 4-5 with a 4.52 earned run average with 57 strikeouts and 37 walks in 57 innings … appeared in 15 career games with 10 starts … had two saves.
High School: Member of the 2019 Davison High School Division 1 state championship football team … also played basketball.
2025: Made 14 appearances with 10 starts … led team with three victories … ranked third on the team with 55 2/3 innings … began the season in the weekend rotation, went to the bullpen, and then worked his way back into the weekend rotation for the final four weekends of the season … tossed three innings of hitless relief in 4-0 win over Ball State (April 27) … pitched at least five innings in five of his final six starts.
Prior to CMU: Went 3-5 with a 4.85 earned run average in 15 appearances (12 starts) at Madonna in 2024 … struck out 94 and walked 50 in 81 2/3 innings … had three complete games and one save … pitched at Mott Community College in 2022-23, going 4-5 with a 4.52 earned run average with 57 strikeouts and 37 walks in 57 innings … appeared in 15 career games with 10 starts … had two saves.
High School: Member of the 2019 Davison High School Division 1 state championship football team … also played basketball.
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