Paddy Livingston

Paddy Livingston was a professional baseball player born in 1880, who played primarily as a position player from 1901 until his retirement in 1917. Over the course of his career, he appeared in 206 games, amassing a total of 120 hits and achieving a batting average of .209. Although he did not hit any home runs, Livingston contributed to his teams with 45 runs batted in and demonstrated speed on the base paths with 9 stolen bases. Livingston’s career unfolded during a transformative period in baseball, witnessing the game's evolution from the deadball era to the early stages of modern baseball. His playing style was characterized by a focus on contact hitting and base running rather than power, reflecting the strategic dimensions of the era. While he might not have been a standout player in terms of statistics, his contributions to the teams he played for were integral to the fabric of early 20th-century baseball.