A native of Alabama, Lively played professional baseball from 1906 to 1915. In 1908, he won a combined 25 games for two minor league teams, and in 1909 he pitched a no-hitter for the Montgomery Climbers. The following year, he appeared in 52 games for the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League and compiled a 31–15 record with a 1.44 earned run average (ERA).
In 1911, he made his debut in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers. He appeared in 18 games for the Tigers and compiled a 7–5 record with a 4.59 ERA. After the 1911 season, he played in the minor leagues for three more seasons with the Sacramento Sacts (1913), Montgomery Rebels (1914), and Little Rock Travelers (1915).
Lively was born in 1885 in Joppa, Alabama.

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