Don LeJohn
Don LeJohn | |
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Third baseman | |
Born: Daisytown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | May 13, 1934|
Died: February 25, 2005 California, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 70)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
June 30, 1965, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 3, 1965, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .256 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs | 2 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Donald Everett LeJohn (May 13, 1934 in Daisytown, Pennsylvania – February 25, 2005 in California, Pennsylvania[1]) was a Major League Baseball third baseman and Minor League Baseball manager during his long career in professional baseball.
Career
[edit]LeJohn was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954 and played in the minor leagues through 1971 with various Dodgers affiliates. He was a minor league All-Star in 1954, 1955 and 1964. LeJohn made one stop in the majors, with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1965 and had one at-bat as a pinch-hitter in the World Series that year. He struck out swinging in the ninth inning of game 1.
LeJohn started managing as a player/manager with the Tri-City Atoms in the Northwest League in 1967 and continued to manage in the Dodgers' farm system for twenty years after he finished playing.
The teams he managed:
- Tri-City Atoms (1967–1968)
- Bakersfield Dodgers (1969–1972)
- Waterbury Dodgers (1973–1976)
- San Antonio Dodgers (1977–1982)
- Lodi Dodgers (1983)
- Bakersfield Dodgers (1984, 1986)
LeJohn finished with a career managerial record of 1243–1238, and won two league championships.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Baseball players from Cambria County, Pennsylvania
- 1934 births
- 2005 deaths
- Los Angeles Dodgers players
- Los Angeles Dodgers scouts
- Macon Dodgers players
- Major League Baseball third basemen
- Minor league baseball managers
- Shawnee Hawks players
- Great Falls Electrics players
- Wichita Falls Spudders players
- Des Moines Bruins players
- Asheville Tourists players
- Atlanta Crackers players
- Omaha Dodgers players
- Spokane Indians players
- Albuquerque Dukes players
- Tri-City Atoms players
- Lodi Dodgers players
- Waterbury Dodgers players