Lefty is a nickname for a person who is

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Lefty Bates Lefty Bates (March 9, 1920 – April 7, 2007)Doc Rock (2007) TheDeadRockStarsClub.com. Accessed October 13, 2011. was an American Chicago blues guitarist. He led the Lefty Bates Combo and worked with the El Dorados, the Flamingos, Jimmy Reed, Joh ...

(1920–2007), American

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Lefty Bertrand Roman Mathias "Lefty" Bertrand (February 28, 1909 – March 17, 2002) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Bertrand played one game for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1936. On April 15, he pitched the final two innings of the Phillies' 12–4 loss ...

(1909–2002), Major League Baseball pitcher for one game * Steve Carlton (born 1944), American Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher * Cliff Chambers (1922–2012), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Lefty Clarke (1896–1975), Major League Baseball pitcher for one game *

Lefty Driesell Charles Grice "Lefty" Driesell (born December 25, 1931) is a retired American college basketball coach. He was the first coach to win more than 100 games at four different NCAA Division I schools, Driesell led the programs of Davidson College, ...

(born 1931), American college basketball coach *

Lefty Frizzell William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975) was an American country music singer-songwriter and honky-tonk singer. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982. Frizzell released many songs that charted ...

(1928–1975), American country music singer and songwriter *

Lefty Gomez Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomez (November 26, 1908 – February 17, 1989) was an American professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, Gomez played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1930 and 1943 for the New York Yankees and the Washingt ...

(1908–1989), Mexican-American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Lefty Grove Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove (March 6, 1900 – May 22, 1975) was an American professional baseball pitcher. After having success in the minor leagues during the early 1920s, Grove became a star in Major League Baseball with the American League's P ...

(1900–1975), American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher * Lefty Herring (1880–1965), American Major League Baseball player *

Lefty Kreh Bernard "Lefty" Kreh (February 26, 1925 – March 14, 2018) was an American fly fisherman, photographer and fly casting instructor who resided most recently in Hunt Valley, Maryland.Budryk, Peter. "So Just Who is Lefty Kreh?"http://fishwithkev.blog ...

(1925-2018), fly fisherman and photographer * Frank Killen (1870–1939), American baseball pitcher *

Lefty Leifield Albert Peter "Lefty" Leifield (September 5, 1883 – October 10, 1970) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Browns between 1905 and 1920. He batted and threw left-handed. Base ...

(1883–1970), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Lefty Marr (1862–1912), American Major League Baseball player *

Lefty O'Doul Francis Joseph "Lefty" O'Doul (March 4, 1897 – December 7, 1969) was an American Major League Baseball player who went on to become an extraordinarily successful manager in the minor leagues. He was also a vital figure in the establishmen ...

(1897–1969), American Major League Baseball player and minor league manager *

Phil Mickelson Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970), nicknamed Lefty, is an American professional golfer who plays for LIV Golf. He has won 45 events on the PGA Tour, including six major championships: three Masters titles (2004, 2006, 2010), two ...

(born 1970), American professional golfer * Lefty Phillips (1919–1972), American Major League Baseball coach, manager, scout and executive *

Frank Rosenthal Frank Lawrence Rosenthal (June 12, 1929 – October 13, 2008), also known as "Lefty" Rosenthal, was an American professional sports bettor, former Las Vegas casino executive, and organized crime associate. Rosenthal, who was once called "the gre ...

(1929–2008), American sports handicapper, Las Vegas casino executive, bookmaker and organized crime associate * Lefty Ruggiero (1926–1994), American mobster * Lefty Stewart (1900–1974), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Lew Tendler "Lefty" Lew Tendler (September 28, 1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 5, 1970 in Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an American boxer. He is generally considered one of the best boxers to never have won a world title, though he was a t ...

(1898–1970), American Hall-of-Fame boxer * Lefty Tyler (1889–1953), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Lefty Weinert Philip Walter "Lefty" Weinert (April 21, 1902 – April 17, 1973), was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to with three teams. In 1929 he tied for 6th in wins and 4th in won-loss percentage (.692) in the Southern Association, as he ...

(1900–1973), American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher * Lefty Wilkie (1914–1992), Canadian Major League Baseball pitcher *

Lefty Williams Claude Preston "Lefty" Williams (March 9, 1893 – November 4, 1959) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is probably best known for his involvement in the 1919 World Series fix, known as the Black Sox Scandal. Career Willia ...

(1893–1959), American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher involved in the Black Sox scandal *an on-air name for American disc jockey Captain Mikey, born Marion Elbridge Herrington (1935–1997)

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