Eddie Priest

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1974)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Eddie Priest

|team=

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1974|4|8}}

|birth_place=Boaz, Alabama

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 27

|debutyear=1998

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 1

|finalyear=1998

|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds

|statleague=MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–1

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=10.50

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=1

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1998}})

}}

Eddie Lee Priest (born April 8, 1974) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.

Priest went to Susan Moore High School in Blountsville, Alabama. The Cincinnati Reds drafted Priest in the ninth round of the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft. He played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1998, appearing in two games: May 27 and June 1.

On June 16, 1998, the Reds traded Priest with Christian Rojas to the Cleveland Indians for Rick Krivda. The Reds selected Priest off waivers after the season.