Len Koenecke
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Len Koenecke | ||
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Outfielder | ||
Born: January 18, 1904 | ||
Died: September 17, 1935 (aged 31) | ||
Batted: Left | Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | ||
April 12, 1932 for the New York Giants |
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Final game | ||
September 15, 1935 for the Brooklyn Dodgers |
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Career statistics | ||
Batting average | .297 | |
Home runs | 22 | |
Runs batted in | 114 | |
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Career highlights and awards | ||
Len George Koenecke (born January 18, 1904 in Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA-died September 17, 1935 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was an American Major League Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. He was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher by the flight crew of an aircraft he had chartered, after provoking a fight with the pilot while the plane was in the air.
[edit] External links
- Story and obituary from the September 17th, 1935 edition of The New York Times
- ESPN.com - Major leaguers who died in-season
- Baseball-reference.com profile