Buddy
Lively
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: February 14, 1925 in Usa, AL, BIRMINGHAM
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 22 CIN NL   6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
1948 23 NYG NL   6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
1949 24 BSN NL   6 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
1950 25 BSN NL   6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1951 26 BSN NL   5 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
1952 27 BSN NL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1953 28 BSN NL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
1954 29 BSN NL   5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1955 30 BSN NL $ 300,000 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
1956 31 BSN NL $ 300,000 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
1957 32 BSN NL $ 300,000 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1958 33 NYG NL $ 350,000 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 22 CIN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1948 23 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1949 24 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1950 25 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1951 26 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1952 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1953 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1954 29 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1955 30 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1956 31 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1957 32 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1958 33 NYG NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1947 22 AAA   3 2 .600 26 0 0 0 1 51.0 55 28 7 28 27 4.94 .279 .369 .452 .821  
    AA   1 4 .200 25 0 0 0 3 23.0 24 12 4 9 21 4.70 .279 .347 .430 .778  
1949 24 AA   1 2 .333 10 0 0 0 1 16.3 17 10 4 10 11 5.51 .262 .360 .446 .806  
    A   0 0 .000 24 0 0 0 0 51.3 28 7 1 12 46 1.23 .156 .209 .223 .433  
1950 25 AA   1 1 .500 14 0 0 0 0 24.3 10 7 2 7 20 2.59 .123 .193 .210 .403  
1951 26 AA   4 0 1.000 50 0 0 0 6 44.0 28 6 2 14 49 1.23 .184 .253 .257 .510  
1952 27 BSN NL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 8.0 10 8 2 6 3 9.00 .303 .410 .545 .956 0.0
    AAA   3 1 .750 30 0 0 0 3 26.3 30 18 3 11 24 6.15 .294 .363 .412 .775  
1953 28 BSN NL 3 1 .750 23 0 0 0 3 31.7 25 13 2 13 19 3.70 .225 .310 .333 .643 4.2
1954 29 AAA   2 1 .667 9 0 0 0 0 7.3 11 5 1 3 5 6.14 .367 .424 .633 1.058  
1955 30 BSN NL 2 3 .400 52 1 0 0 5 63.0 67 43 6 52 48 6.14 .269 .403 .390 .793 0.2
1956 31 BSN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .286 .286 .429 .714 0.3
    AAA   3 2 .600 33 0 0 0 3 27.0 21 8 3 11 25 2.67 .221 .302 .347 .649  
1957 32 BSN NL 3 1 .750 20 0 0 0 1 19.3 23 12 4 8 8 5.59 .299 .356 .519 .876 0.9
    AAA   0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 1 3.7 3 0 0 2 2 0.00 .231 .333 .231 .564  
1958 33 AAA   0 1 .000 12 0 0 0 0 18.7 17 12 2 9 15 5.79 .246 .333 .406 .739  
    AA   1 0 1.000 20 0 0 0 1 16.0 9 3 1 8 19 1.69 .164 .270 .291 .561  
5 Years Sim 8 6 .571 102 1 0 0 9 124.0 127 76 14 79 78 5.52 .266 .374 .409 .783 5.6
6 Years AAA 11 7 .611 116 0 0 0 8 134.0 137 71 16 64 98 4.77 .271 .353 .423 .776  
5 Years AA 8 7 .533 119 0 0 0 11 123.7 88 38 13 48 120 2.77 .200 .279 .314 .594  
1 Years A 0 0 .000 24 0 0 0 0 51.3 28 7 1 12 46 1.23 .156 .209 .223 .433  
12 Years Minors 19 14 .576 259 0 0 0 19 309.0 253 116 30 124 264 3.38 .225 .302 .349 .651  
Season Average 1 1 .500 20 0 0 0 1 24.8 25 15 2 15 15 5.52 .266 .374 .409 .783  
Career Highs 3 3 .750 52 1 0 0 5 63.0 67 43 6 52 48 9.00 .303 .410 .545 .956  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   63 41 6 39 42   .238 .336 .351 .686
vs LH   64 35 8 40 36   .302 .413 .481 .894
Home 5 3 .625 51 0 0 0 5 58.0 56 32 4 36 35 4.97 .257 .362 .362 .725
Away 3 3 .500 51 1 0 0 4 66.0 71 44 10 43 43 6.00 .274 .377 .448 .825
Mar/Apr 0 2 .000 16 0 0 0 0 19.3 26 17 4 15 12 7.92 .333 .441 .564 1.005
May 1 1 .500 17 0 0 0 2 14.3 11 6 3 7 10 3.77 .204 .295 .370 .665
June 1 2 .333 20 0 0 0 0 25.0 32 21 2 15 17 7.57 .308 .395 .433 .828
July 2 1 .667 22 1 0 0 2 25.7 32 23 4 26 18 8.07 .308 .446 .481 .927
August 2 0 1.000 17 0 0 0 4 30.0 14 4 0 14 14 1.20 .144 .252 .186 .438
Sep/Oct 2 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 1 9.7 12 5 1 2 7 4.66 .300 .333 .450 .783
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1951 26 AA   35 104 10 21 1 0 1 7 0 1 4 10 .202 .231 .240 .472 4.7  
1952 27 BSN NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1953 28 BSN NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0 0.2
1955 30 BSN NL 52 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1957 32 BSN NL 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
4 Years Sim 100 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.6 0.2
1 Years AA 35 104 10 21 1 0 1 7 0 1 4 10 .202 .231 .240 .472 4.7  
162 Game Average 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 1.0  
Career Highs 52 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
vs LH   2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0.7
Home 49 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
Away 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1
RISP   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
Close/Late   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
Mar/Apr 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1
July 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1952 27 BSN NL P 5 0 8.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1953 28 BSN NL P 23 0 31.7 3 4 0 1 1.000 1.99    
1955 30 BSN NL P 52 1 63.0 3 12 1 1 .938 2.14    
1956 31 BSN NL P 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1957 32 BSN NL P 20 0 19.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.40    
Career Totals   102 1 124.0 7 22 1 2 .967 2.11    
Career Highs   52 1 63.0 3 12 1 1 1.000 4.50    
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 64th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1947
Released by Cincinnati on 4/2/1948
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 9/22/1948 to a minor league deal
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (N) on 6/1/1949 (Going to BSN: P Warren Hacker, C Johnny Pramesa, P Buddy Lively, P Jesse Flores, LF Al Libke. Going to NYG: LF Eddie Lukon)
Injured on 6/17/1952 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 7/13/1953
Had first career hit on 8/12/1953, off Mickey Mcdermott (STL)
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 4/2/1958 (Going to BSN: P Al Cicotte, P Howie Judson. Going to DET: P Cuddles Marshall, P Buddy Lively, P Don Carlsen, P Hal Brown, P Bob Grim)
Injured on 4/2/1958 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 10 weeks
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 7/31/1958 (Going to NYG: P Bob Grim, P Buddy Lively, P Hal Brown. Going to DET: P Ted Abernathy, P Curt Simmons)