Don Lenhardt
[edit] Biography
Don Lenhardt (Donald Eugene Lenhardt) was born on October 4, 1922 in Alton, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1950 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1950, his rookie year, he hit .273 with 22 home runs and 81 RBI. Lenhardt played for the St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 5 year career.
Most people believe that Don Lenhardt's best season was 1950, when he slugged 22 home runs and knocked in 81 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1950
| STL
| A
| 139
| 480
| 75
| 131
| 22
| 81
| .273
| .390
| .481
| 22
| 6
| 90
| 94
| 2
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 7
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| 31
| 103
| 9
| 27
| 5
| 18
| .262
| .303
| .437
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1951
| CHI
| A
| 64
| 199
| 23
| 53
| 10
| 45
| .266
| .351
| .472
| 9
| 1
| 24
| 25
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| 95
| 302
| 32
| 80
| 15
| 63
| .265
| .335
| .460
| 12
| 1
| 30
| 38
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 4
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| 18
| 48
| 5
| 13
| 1
| 5
| .271
| .327
| .458
| 4
| 1
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1952
| DET
| A
| 45
| 144
| 18
| 27
| 3
| 13
| .188
| .320
| .278
| 2
| 1
| 28
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1952
| BOS
| A
| 30
| 105
| 18
| 31
| 7
| 24
| .295
| .383
| .533
| 4
| 0
| 15
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1952
| TOT
| A
| 93
| 297
| 41
| 71
| 11
| 42
| .239
| .343
| .397
| 10
| 2
| 47
| 44
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 9
|
| 1953
| STL
| A
| 97
| 303
| 37
| 96
| 10
| 35
| .317
| .400
| .465
| 15
| 0
| 41
| 41
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 8
|
| 1954
| BOS
| A
| 44
| 66
| 5
| 18
| 3
| 17
| .273
| .310
| .470
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1954
| BAL
| A
| 13
| 33
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .152
| .222
| .182
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1954
| TOT
| A
| 57
| 99
| 7
| 23
| 3
| 18
| .232
| .280
| .374
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 18
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| Total
|
|
| 481
| 1481
| 192
| 401
| 61
| 239
| .271
| .365
| .450
| 64
| 9
| 214
| 235
| 6
| 18
| 6
| 0
| 32
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1950
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 86
| 0
| 0
| 618
| 39
| 8
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1950
| STL
| A
| OF
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 78
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1950
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 18
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| OF
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 54
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 116
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 170
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| OF
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| DET
| A
| OF
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 89
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1952
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1952
| TOT
| A
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1952
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 166
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1953
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1953
| STL
| A
| OF
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 148
| 8
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1954
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| BOS
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| BAL
| A
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| BAL
| A
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| TOT
| A
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 93
| 0
| 0
| 651
| 44
| 8
| 82
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 29
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 297
| 0
| 0
| 584
| 16
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Browns (1946).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Paul Lehner, Kermit Wahl and cash (June 4, 1951).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Randy Gumpert to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Mel Hoderlein and Chuck Stobbs (November 13, 1951).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Bill Wight, Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield and Johnny Pesky to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Dizzy Trout, George Kell, Johnny Lipon and Hoot Evers (June 3, 1952).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Dick Littlefield, Marlin Stuart and Vic Wertz to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Jim Delsing, Ned Garver, Dave Madison and Bud Black (August 14, 1952).
- Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Boston Red Sox (May 12, 1954).
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