Bud Daley

Leavitt Leo "Bud" Daley (October 7, 1932 – October 15, 2024) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1964. He appeared for the Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, and New York Yankees. A knuckleball pitcher who also threw curves at two different speeds, Daley earned All-Star selections in 1959 and 1960 with Kansas City, winning 32 games over those two seasons and finishing third in the American League with 16 wins in 1960. Traded to New York in June 1961, he contributed as the Yankees won the World Series over the Cincinnati Reds that fall.