Larry LeJeune
Appearance
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Larry LeJeune | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Chicago | July 22, 1885|
Died: April 21, 1952 Eloise, Michigan | (aged 66)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 10, 1911, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 3, 1915, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .167 |
Hits | 14 |
RBI | 4 |
Teams | |
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Sheldon Adalbert "Larry" LeJeune (July 22, 1885–April 21, 1952) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played parts of two seasons in the major leagues for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
In 1910, at a competition in Cincinnati, LeJeune threw a baseball 426+1⁄2 feet (130.0 m), setting a world record.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "LEJEUNE SMASHES HATFIELD'S RECORD". New York Times. October 10, 1910. p. 10. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
Categories:
- 1885 births
- 1952 deaths
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Brooklyn Dodgers players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Baseball players from Michigan
- Springfield Babes (baseball) players
- Dubuque Dubs players
- Grays Harbor Grays players
- Evansville River Rats players
- Chattanooga Lookouts players
- Grand Rapids Black Sox players
- Grand Rapids Bill-eds players
- Sioux City Indians players
- American baseball outfielder, 1880s birth stubs