[luckymann]

There have, since 1971, been a number of news items along similar lines to this one from today:

As is the case IRL, there are players in the Eclipse League who, if circumstances fall their way, will get to spend some time in the bigs, but who otherwise will be destined to play mostly in the Transit League.

LD Livingston is one such player.

And, in LD's case, dwelling on the fringe is probably a fair outcome. He played just three full NeL seasons with the Mons from 1928-30, then made a brief appearance for the Harlem Stars in '31 and, after a cameo for the 1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords managed by Oscar Charleston, was heard from no more. SH has his career line at 281/351/455 with 16 HR and 139 RBI - decent enough production indeed - but he rates barely a mention from Jim Riley and doesn't even feature in John Holway's tome. EC does include him in his MLEs, however, allocating him 4 career WAR - but he is a true footnote player, to the point that I cannot for the life of me even find his full name anywhere. There is, along with the more prevalent "Goo Goo", reference in various sources to the nickname "Larry", which one might presume to refer to his first name.

In the EL, as mentioned, LD entered the league via the 1970 Draft, where he was taken 91st overall by Hilldale. he only ever made 97 PA for the A's, hitting 253 with 3 HR in '71 before being traded the following year to the Bacharach Giants. He got his chance that first season with AC, but could only go 3-for-15 with 1 HR before being sent down to AAA Columbus, where he has been ever since. He goes pretty well at that level and has some fair pop, as shown by today's performance, and at just 28 I'm sure he'll get another go around in the top flight. But I doubt he'll ever fell 100% safe up there.