Buddy Napier
# Buddy Napier

Skelton Le Roy "Buddy" Napier (18 December 1889 – 29 March 1968), was a Major League baseball pitcher from 1912 to 1921. He was born in Byromville, Georgia.

## Major league career

Napier played his first major league game with the St. Louis Browns, on August 14, 1912, versus the Boston Red Sox, which the Browns lost 0-8. Napier signed on with the Chicago Cubs in 1918, pitching in only 1 game for the whole season. In 1920 he signed on with the Cincinnati Reds, and played for 2 more seasons before retiring. His final game was on July 16, 1921, in a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Buddy Napier died at the age of 78 on March 29, 1968, in Hutchins, Texas.

