Larry LeJeune
Given Name: Sheldon Aldenbert
1885-1952
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OF 1911, 15 Dodgers, Pirates
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| Games | Average | HR | RBI |
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24 | .167 | 0 | 4 |
On October 12, 1910, Field Day in Cincinnati, LeJeune threw a baseball a record 426
feet 9 inches. Although he never hit well in the ML, he was a five-time minor league
batting champion.
(ME)
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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
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| » September 7, 1952:
OF Don Grate of Chattanooga sets a record for
a long toss of a baseball in Chattanooga's Engel Stadium,
with a throw of just one inch better than 434 feet,
breaking a 42-year-old mark set by Larry LeJeune on
October 3, 1908. Grate will improve his own record
to 443 feet 31Ž2 inches on August 23, 1953.
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