Hollis Kimball "Bud" Sheely (November 26, 1920 — October 17, 1985) was an American

United States

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 Major League Baseball

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 catcher

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Sheely attended Saint Mary's College of California

Saint Mary's College of California

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. He was signed by the Boston Red Sox

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 as an amateur free agent in 1941.

Before the 1946 season, he was released by the Red Sox and signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates

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. Before the 1947 season, he was returned to the Hollywood Stars

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 of the Pacific Coast League

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 by the Pirates and obtained by the Chicago White Sox

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 as a result of the expiration of Pittsburgh's minor league working agreement with the Stars and a new working agreement between the Stars and the White Sox. Sheely played for the White Sox from 1951 through 1953.

He is the son of Earl Sheely

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, a MLB first baseman

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