Wes Livengood

Wes Livengood
Wes Livengood
	Pitcher
	Born: July 18, 1910; Salisbury, North Carolina
	Died: September 2, 1996 (aged 86); Winston-Salem, North Carolina
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	May 30, 1939, for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
	July 2, 1939, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	0–0
Earned run average	9.53
Strikeouts	4
Innings pitched	52⁄3
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Cincinnati Reds (1939);

Wesley Amos Livengood (July 18, 1910 – September 2, 1996) was an American professional baseball player, scout and manager, including some time spent as a minor league player-manager. A right-handed pitcher born in Salisbury, North Carolina, he stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 172 pounds (78 kg).

Livengood attended Duke University and entered pro ball in 1932. He then spent 1933–36 out of organized baseball before returning to the minor leagues in 1937. Livengood broke into the big leagues with the Cincinnati Reds in 1939. He pitched a total of 52⁄3 innings for Cincinnati over five games as a reliever during the Reds' pennant-winning 1939 season.

He returned to the minors making stops in Knoxville, Durham, Portsmouth, and Milwaukee. He served in the Navy for two years during World War II where, among other things, he played baseball at Pearl Harbor.^[1]

After the war Livengood played more minor league ball through the 1952 season and sometimes served as the a player-manager, as he did for Kinston in 1951.

His best year was in 1938 when he went 21–9 with an ERA of 3.06 for the Class D Bassett Furnituremakers. Another outstanding campaign was 1943 when he went 18–10 for Milwaukee.

After his playing days were over, he managed in the minors and scouted for the Philadelphia Phillies for thirty years, where he discovered and/or signed players such as Don Cardwell, Jimmie Coker, and Dickie Noles.

He also owned and operated Carolinas Men's Shop and, later, the Livengood Furniture Company. He died at age 86 and is buried at Salem Cemetery in Winston-Salem.

References

^ "Baseball in Wartime – Those Who Served A to Z". BaseballinWartime.com. Retrieved February 10, 2020.

Gaunt, Robert (1997). We Would Have Played Forever: The Story of the Coastal Plain Baseball League. Baseball America, Inc. ISBN 0-945164-02-5.

External links

Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet

[1] "Baseball in Wartime – Those Who Served A to Z". BaseballinWartime.com. Retrieved February 10, 2020.

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