Died: September 17, 1935(1935-09-17) (aged 31) Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 12, 1932, for the New York Giants
Last MLB appearance
September 15, 1935, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
MLB statistics
Batting average
.297
Home runs
22
Runs batted in
114
Teams
New York Giants (1932)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1934–1935)
Leonard George Koenecke (January 18, 1904 in Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA – September 17, 1935 in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada) was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. He died of a blow to the head at the hands of the pilot and a passenger of a plane of which he had seized control.
2010.[dead link] Lamb, Bill. "LenKoenecke". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved August 24, 2021. "LenKoenecke". Baseball Reference. "Fight...
World Series winning Cincinnati Reds. Don Larsen, Charlie Robertson, and Len Barker were journeyman pitchers—each finished his major-league career with...
confrontation between the pilot of the aircraft and baseball player LenKoenecke, who was found to have died of his wounds. A Liberal Party rally was...
The record still stands. September 17 – Professional baseball player LenKoenecke of the Brooklyn Dodgers becomes so drunk on a flight to New York City...
Leslie (2) Tony Cuccinello (4) Lonny Frey Joe Stripp (4) Buzz Boyle LenKoenecke Danny Taylor Van Mungo (2) 1934 Al López (4) Sam Leslie Tony Cuccinello...
Dials January 13 – Bunny Hearn January 16 – Jo-Jo Morrissey January 18 – LenKoenecke January 19 – Jimmy Boyle January 20 – Denny Sothern January 22 – John...
Stripp Outfielders 17 Buzz Boyle 20 Glenn Chapman 1 Johnny Frederick 18 LenKoenecke 9 Danny Taylor 11 Nick Tremark 4 Hack Wilson Manager 31 Casey Stengel...
Cleveland Blues in 1884 and the Cleveland Spiders in 1890. September 17 – LenKoenecke, 31, outfielder who played for the New York Giants in 1932 and the Brooklyn...
Gibraltar as a precaution against Italy. Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder LenKoenecke got into a fight while flying in a private airplane over Toronto after...
and Joe Heving to the Double-A Indianapolis Indians in exchange for LenKoenecke. Rosenberg spent the entire 1932 season with the Indians. He batted ...
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Team Stat Tot LenKoenecke Moline BA .389 Duncan Grant Waterloo W 21 Walter Genin Rock Island Runs 115 Ray Wolf Moline W 21 LenKoenecke Moline Hits 182...
Jesse Birchfield Guard Duke 24 284 Don Wilson Center Rice 25 296 Franz Koenecke End Minnesota 26 308 Dick Goehe Tackle Ole Miss 27 320 Dick Kolian End...
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