Buddy Napier

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Buddy Napier

|image=

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1889|12|18}}

|birth_place=Byromville, Georgia

|death_date={{death date and age|1968|3|29|1889|12|18}}

|death_place=Hutchins, Texas

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 14

|debutyear={{mlby|1912}}

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 16

|finalyear={{mlby|1921}}

|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Record

|stat1value=5-6

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.92

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=43

|teams=

St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1912}})
Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1918}})
Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1920}}–{{mlby|1921}})

|highlights=

}}

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.