Sunday, March 18, 2018

Don LeJohn

Career: Appeared in 34 games for the 1965 World Series champion Dodgers.

Did you know? Made big league debut at age 31 on June 30, 1965 and singled as a pinch-hitter in first at bat.

Post game: Worked as a minor league coach and manager, and later as a scout for the Dodgers for over 30 years ... was inducted into the Mid Monongahela Valley All Sports Hall of Fame in 1998 ... died at age 70 on February 25, 2005.

Sources: baseball-reference.com; Spokane Spokesman-Review, 5/28/1996, 7/6/1997, 6/28/1998; Uniontown Herald-Standard, 7/19/2011.

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