Patrick Bailey

Patrick Bailey (born May 29, 1999) is an American college baseball catcher for the NC State Wolfpack.

Bailey attended Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point, North Carolina, where he played baseball. In 2017, his senior year, he batted .510 with five home runs and 33 RBIs. He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 37th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and instead chose to fulfill his commitment to play college baseball at North Carolina State University.

In 2018, Bailey's freshman year at NC State, he slashed .321/.419/.604 with 13 home runs (a NC State freshman record) and forty RBIs, earning ACC Freshman of the Year honors alongside being named a Freshman-All American and to the All-ACC Second Team. As a sophomore in 2019, Bailey batted .288 with ten home runs alongside boasting a .989 fielding percentage. That summer, he played for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.

Bailey entered his junior year in 2020 as a top prospect for the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. He hit six home runs and compiled twenty RBIs over 17 games before the college baseball season was cut short due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.