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(3) BUD DALEY INDEX CARD SIGNED 1961 '62 WS CHAMPS YANKEES PSA/DNA CERTIFIED
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(3) BUD DALEY INDEX CARD SIGNED 1961 '62 WS CHAMPS YANKEES PSA/DNA CERTIFIEDLeavitt Leo "Bud" Daley
(born October 7, 1932), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1955–1964.
Leavitt was his father's name. Leo was for ST. LEO from his mother's CATHOLICISM. He was called Bud because his mother was an only child and she always wanted a child like her cousin, Buddy Walker. As a player Daley made his home in LONG BEACH, CA. He was successful in public relations and a skilled speaker. In the offseason he once appeared in seventy-two towns in six states.
Daley was a KNUCKLEBALL pitcher. who threw curves of two different speeds. He became an ALL-STAR pitcher in 1959 and 1960 for the KC A'S. During that two-year period, Daley won a total of 32 games, and was 3rd in the AL with 16 wins in 1960. In June 1961, he was traded by Kansas City to the NY YANKEES, becoming an impact pitcher as the Yanks won the 1961 WORLD SERIES over the CINCINNATI REDS