Irvine Ace Bailey

Ace Bailey’s Career

NHL: 1926-1934; 8 seasons, 4 quality (by modern PPG standards)
Totals:
- 111G (23rd All Time at his career-ending injury),
- 82A (20th) for
- 193P (21st) in
- 313 games; 3
- 6.4 PS (23rd)
- At his career-ending injury, Bailey was 16th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
Per Game: At the time of his career ending injury, Bailey was
- 11th All Time in GPG, APG and PPG
Era: Among all players to play in at least 300 games between 1926 and 1934, Bailey is
- 11th in Goals,
- 8th in GPG
- 13th in Assists,
- 10th in APG
- 12th in Points,
- 9th in PPG
- 10th in OPS and
- 15th in PS despite being
- 37th in Games;
82-game average: 29G, 21A for 51P
3-year peak (1928-31): 44-game average of 23G, 18A for 41P
Playoffs: 3G, 4A for 7P in 21 games
Adjusted:
- Hockey-Reference:
  - 218G, 350A for 568P
  - Adjusted 82-game average: an absurd 57G, 92A for 149P
  - Per Game: Bailey doesn’t qualify
    - But If the qualifier is set to 82 games, Bailey is
      - 20th All Time in Adjusted PPG
      - If the qualifier is raised set to 300 games, Bailey is
        7th All Time
- VsX: Doesn’t qualify for the adjustment
Never traded.

Top 5 in Hart voting once (’29)
Back Check Best Player (’29)
Top Player:
- Top 5 Player (by Point Shares) once (’29)
- Best Offensive Player (by Offensive Point Shares) once (’29),
- Top 10 three times (’27, ’31)
Goals:
- Leader-boards:
  - Led the league in Goals once,
  - Top 10 twice
- GPG leader-boards:
  - Led the league in GPG once,
  - Top 5 twice
- Single-season totals:
  - Scored 20 goals three times
Assists:
- Leader-boards:
  - Top 5 in Assists twice,
  - Top 10 four times
- APG leader-boards:
  - Top 10 in APG twice
Points:
- Leader-boards:
  - Led the league in Points once,
  - Top 5 twice,
  - Top 10 three times
- PPG leader-boards:
  - Led the league in PPG once,
  - Top 5 twice,
  - Top 10 three times

NHL:
- Best Skater (Led the playfoffs in assists and points) on one Final Four (’29 Maple Leafs),
- Top 9 Forward (by points) on one Champion (’32 Maple Leafs) and one Runner Up (’33 Maple Leafs).

Beyond three to four years where Bailey was a dominant player, it’s really hard to see why he’s in the Hall of Fame.