Bobby Livingston

Infobox MLB player


width = 150
name = Bobby Livingston
team = Cincinnati Reds
number = 37
position = Starting pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1982|9|3
birthplace = city-state|St. Louis|Missouri
bats = Left
throws = Left
debutdate = April 25
debutyear = 2006
debutteam = Seattle Mariners
statyear = 2007
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 3-3
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 6.31
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 30
teams =
*Seattle Mariners (by|2006)
*Cincinnati Reds (by|2007)

Robert James "Bobby" Livingston (born September 3, 1982 in St Louis, Missouri) is a left-handed pitching prospect for the Cincinnati Reds.

Baseball career

Livingston was selected by Seattle Mariners in 4th Round (129th overall) of 2001 Major League Baseball Draft. In December by|2006, he was put on waivers and claimed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and was quickly traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. MLB intervened and declared the transaction to be null and void, as they judged that Tampa Bay had claimed Livingston for the sole purpose of trading him. He was then defaulted back to waivers and was claimed by the Reds. [ [http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061214&content_id=1761344&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi "Livingston no longer a Phillie"] , Phillies, December 14, 2006] On July 16, by|2007, Livingston went 4-4 with an RBI breaking the record for most hits for a pitcher in a game.

Personal details

Livingston was originally enrolled at Estacado High School before transferring to Trinity Christian High School in Lubbock, Texas for his final year of school. [ [http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=455751 Bobby Livingston player profile] , Cincinnati Reds, accessed March 17, 2007] In 2001, he pitched for the Bethesda Big Train. [ [http://www.bigtrain.org/published/archives/livingstoncallup.html Bobby Livingston MLB Article] , Bethesda Big Train, accessed April 16, 2008] He had originally signed to play college baseball for the hometown Texas Tech Red Raiders before he was drafted by the Mariners.

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