Siever was born in Goddard, Kansas, in 1875. Prior to his professional baseball career he was a locomotive fireman for the Grand Trunk Railway.\n', '

Siever began his professional baseball career with the London Cockneys in 1899 and 1900. He compiled a 14-8 record in 1899 and helped lead the Cockneys to the Canadian League pennant.\n', '

In 1900, he joined the Detroit Tigers, then a minor league club, compiling a 6-5 record with a 3.97 earned run average (ERA). He was described by a writer in the Detroit Free Press as having "a great pitching arm and a physique as strong as a young lion."\n', '

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