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Koenecke hit .320 with 14 HR for Brooklyn in 1934. Dismissed by Casey Stengel for erratic play and behavior in September 1935, Koenecke chartered a plane home. A fight broke out on board the small plane, supposedly after the drunken Koenecke made improper advances to the pilot and copilot. Koenecke was hit on the head with a fire extinguisher by the copilot and killed. (TG)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » August 12, 1931: The Giants land highly regarded Len Koenecke from Indianapolis for OF Harry Rosenberg, and pitchers Joe Heving and Jack Berly. Koenecke will have a decent season in 1932 before going to Brooklyn. He will die tragically in 1935. » September 17, 1935: Dodger OF Len Koenecke, dropped by the team, and put off an American Airline flight for drunkenness in Detroit, hires a private plane to fly him to Buffalo, where he had played previously. During the flight he tries to take over the controls and gets into a fight with the pilot. He dies after the co-pilot hits over the head with a fire extinguisher.