Buddy Lively
PositionPitcher
BatsRight
ThrowsRight
Birth dateFebruary 14, 1925
Birth placeBirmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Death dateJuly 12, 2015 (aged 90)
Death placeHuntsville, Alabama, U.S.
DebutleagueMLB
DebutdateApril 17
Debutyear1947
DebutteamCincinnati Reds
FinalleagueMLB
FinaldateSeptember 25
Finalyear1949
FinalteamCincinnati Reds
StatleagueMLB
Stat1labelWin–loss record
Stat1value8–13
Stat2labelEarned run average
Stat2value4.16
Stat3labelStrikeouts
Stat3value94
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Everett Adrian Lively (February 14, 1925 – July 12, 2015), nicknamed "Red", was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of three seasons (1947–49) with the Cincinnati Reds. For his career, he compiled an 8–13 record, with a 4.16 earned run average, and 94 strikeouts in 249 innings pitched. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama and is the son of former Major League Baseball player Jack Lively.

Prior to his entry into Major League Baseball, Lively served in the United States Army with the anti-aircraft battalion part of General George S. Patton's Third Army, fighting in France and Belgium in Europe from 1944–46.[1]

He died in Huntsville, Alabama on July 12, 2015.[2]

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References

  1. ^ "Baseball in Wartime - Buddy Lively". BaseballinWartime.com. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  2. ^ "In Memory of Everett Adian Lively". dignitymemorial.com. SCI Management, L.P. Retrieved July 15, 2015.