He appeared in five major league games and compiled an 0–2 record in 29 innings pitched with an earned run average (ERA) of 3.41.

[1] His father Franciscus Zacharias Lelivelt (later: Frank) came from Groessen, his mother Theodora Mattijssen (later: Dora) from Renkum.

[1] In November 1909, Lelivelt was part of a group of Tigers players that toured Cuba and played 12 exhibition games against two integrated Cuban teams, Habana and Almendares.

[1][7] Lellivelt spent the remainder of the 1910 season playing for the Minneapolis Millers (American Association), compiling an 8–7 record.

[3] He played four more years in professional baseball for the Montgomery Billikens (1911), Minneapolis Millers (1912), and Springfield Watchmakers (1913–1914).