Red Sox hire Andrew Bailey as pitching coach

BOSTON, MA – The Boston Red Sox today announced that they have hired Andrew Bailey as the Major League club’s pitching coach.

Bailey, 39, served as pitching coach for the San Francisco Giants for the last four seasons (2020-23), following two years with the Los Angeles Angels as bullpen coach (2019) and coaching assistant and video replay coordinator (2018). During his tenure in San Francisco, Giants pitchers ranked sixth in Major League Baseball with a 3.80 ERA while allowing the fewest home runs (525) and posting the third-highest strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.16). In 2023, San Francisco issued the fewest walks in the majors (403) while recording the most complete games (four). In each of the last three years, a Giants starting pitcher finished among the top six in National League Cy Young Award voting, including Kevin Gausman (sixth in 2021), Carlos Rodón (sixth in 2022), and Logan Webb (second in 2023).

Prior to his coaching career, Bailey pitched in 265 Major League games over eight seasons (2009-13, ’15-17), including 49 games with the Red Sox (2012-13). During Boston’s 2013 World Series Championship season, he pitched in 30 games and earned eight saves before he was placed on the injured list from July 19 through the remainder of the season. The right-hander earned All-Star selections in each of his first two seasons (2009-10) and was named the 2009 American League Rookie of the Year after posting a 1.84 ERA (17 ER/83.1 IP) with 26 saves for the Oakland A’s. Selected by Oakland in the sixth round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft, Bailey pitched for the A’s (2009-11), Red Sox (2012-13), New York Yankees (2015), Philadelphia Phillies (2016), and Angels (2016-17).

A New Jersey native, Bailey serves as the Director of Development for the Strike 3 Foundation, founded by Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow in 2008, which aims to heighten awareness, mobilize support, and raise funding for childhood cancer research.