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Buddy Lively

Everett Adrian Lively (Red)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 14, 1925 in Birmingham, AL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1947
Team: Reds 1947-1949

Final Game: September 25, 1949
Relatives: Son of Jack Lively
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1947 22 CIN NL 4 7 .364 4.68 38 17 6 3 1 0 123.0 126 75 64 16 63 52 0 1 1 553 89 1.537 9.2 1.2 4.6 3.8 0.83
1948 23 CIN NL 0 0 2.38 10 0 5 0 0 0 22.2 13 7 6 0 11 12 1 0 0 92 167 1.059 5.2 0.0 4.4 4.8 1.09
1949 24 CIN NL 4 6 .400 3.92 31 10 6 3 1 1 103.1 91 47 45 11 53 30 0 0 2 430 108 1.394 7.9 1.0 4.6 2.6 0.57
3 Yrs 8 13 .381 4.16 79 27 17 6 2 1 249.0 230 129 115 27 127 94 1 1 3 1075 100 1.434 8.3 1.0 4.6 3.4 0.74
162 Game Avg. 5 8 .381 4.16 51 17 11 4 1 1 160 148 83 74 17 81 60 1 1 2 690 100 1.434 8.3 1.0 4.6 3.4 0.74

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1947 22 CIN NL 123.0 38 17 75 5.49 4.65 -0.32 0.00 101.7 5.06 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.5 9 .483 .496 $
1948 23 CIN NL 21.2 10 0 7 2.91 4.55 -0.20 0.00 101.1 4.81 5 0.5 .4 -0.2 0.5 7 .549 .503 $
1949 24 CIN NL 103.1 31 10 47 4.09 4.63 -0.05 0.00 102.9 4.82 8 0.9 .9 -0.1 1.8 20 .527 .505 $
3 Seasons 248.0 79 27 129 4.68 4.64 -0.20 0.00 102.2 4.94 6 0.7 .9 -0.3 2.8 36 .509 .501 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1948 23 CIN NL 10 75 76 7 13 4 1 0 4 1 11 12 .171 .284 .250 .534 .203 19 1 1 1 0 2
1949 24 CIN NL 31 171 377 47 91 7 1 11 0 0 53 30 .241 .335 .353 .688 .238 133 4 0 5 0 1
2 Yrs 41 246 453 54 104 11 2 11 4 1 64 42 .230 .326 .336 .662 .233 152 5 1 6 0 3
162 Game Avg. 55 328 604 72 139 15 3 15 5 1 85 56 .230 .326 .336 .662 .233 203 7 1 8 0 4
MLB Averages .262 .340 .354 .694 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 23 CIN NL 4.0 0.4 82 -0.0 0.2 -0.3 .19 0.2 -0.4 2.1 0.2 0.19 2.4 0 0 8
1949 24 CIN NL 5.0 0.5 174 -0.4 1.8 -2.2 .65 -0.6 0.0 -8.6 -0.8 0.65 -6.2 2 4 5
3 Yrs 1.2 0.1 256 -0.4 2.0 -2.5 .50 -0.4 -0.5 -6.5 -0.6 0.50 -3.9 2 4 13

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1947 22 CIN NL 38 17 4 6 7 0 0 10 7 .588 0 0 3 1 5 29% 43.5 84 24 13 3 5.0 4.8
1949 24 CIN NL 31 10 4 5 1 0 2 5 5 .500 0 1 3 1 6 60% 50.3 71 21 6 6 3 6 3.4 1.9 6.3
2 Yrs 69 27 8 11 8 0 2 15 12 .556 0 1 6 2 11 41% 46 84 21 6 6 16 9 4.4 1.9 5.4
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 111 -11 4.6 4.8 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1947 22 CIN NL 38 21 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 3 5.9
1948 23 CIN NL 10 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 7 .195 0 0 8 0 0 8 4 4 9 0 7 2 6.5
1949 24 CIN NL 31 21 6 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 17 12 71% .649 2 4 5 1 0 10 7 4 12 3 8 3 5.7
3 Yrs 79 52 17 0 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 22 15 68% .511 2 4 13 1 0 18 11 8 35 7 15 8 5.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1947 22 CIN NL 554 2.9% 9.4% 11.4% 3.3% 14% 73%
1948 23 CIN NL 89 72% 0.0% 16.0% 14.7% 6.7% 39% 0.74 85% 10 1 10%
1949 24 CIN NL 435 65% 6.4% 17.5% 31.0% 11.1% 21% 0.61 196% 38 4 11%
3 Yrs 1078 67% 3.4% 11.8% 15.9% 5.3% 18% 0.64 101% 48 5 10%
MLB Averages 48% 2.2% 12.3% 13.1% 5.6% 19% 0.95 101% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1947 22 CIN NL 126 16 1
1948 23 CIN NL 75 13 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 1 34 4 1 80% 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 14
1949 24 CIN NL 171 91 11 1 7 6 1 1 6 17 12 0 71% 1 2 1 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 264
3 Yrs 246 230 27 1 9 6 1 1 6 18 13 0 72% 3 3 2 97 4 1 80% 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 278
MLB Averages 53% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1947 22 4 7 .364 4.68 38 17 6 3 1 0 123.0 126 75 64 16 63 52 0 1 1 553 89 1.537 9.2 1.2 4.6 3.8 0.83 89
1948 23 4 7 .364 4.32 48 17 11 3 1 0 145.2 139 82 70 16 74 64 1 1 1 645 96 1.462 8.6 1.0 4.6 4.0 0.86 96
1949 24 8 13 .381 4.16 79 27 17 6 2 1 249.0 230 129 115 27 127 94 1 1 3 1075 100 1.434 8.3 1.0 4.6 3.4 0.74 100

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1947 22 6 8 .429 4.40 129.0 128 70 63 16 64 54 0 1.488 8.9 4.5 3.8 0.84 1.1 38
1948 23 1 1 .500 2.25 24.0 13 7 6 0 11 13 1 1.000 4.9 4.1 4.9 1.18 0.0 10
1949 24 6 5 .545 3.92 101.0 91 49 44 11 53 29 0 1.426 8.1 4.7 2.6 0.55 1.0 31
3 Yrs 13 14 .481 4.00 254.0 232 126 113 27 128 96 1 1.417 8.2 3.4 0.75 1.0 79

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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