finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1939 right 2 september 1996 winston-salem , north carolina salisbury , north carolina 1939 july 2 0 -- 0 9.53 4 5 2/3 pitcher cincinnati reds win-loss record earned run average strikeouts innings pitched may 30 18 july 1910 wes livengood
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wes livengood

wesley amos livengood -lrb- july 18 , 1910 -- september 2 , 1996 -rrb- 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 tall and weighed .
livengood attended duke university and was signed by the cincinnati reds .
he played in their farm system for several years before he broke into the big leagues in 1939 .
he pitched a total of 5 2/3 innings for cincinnati over five games as a reliever during the reds ' pennant-winning 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 .
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 .
