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Len Koenecke Bio ; Fullname: Leonard George Koenecke ; Born: 1/18/ in Baraboo, WI ; High School: Friendship, Friendship, WI ; Debut: 4/12/ ; Died: 9/17/
Len Koenecke
American baseball player (1904-1935)
Baseball player
| Len Koenecke | |
|---|---|
| Outfielder | |
| Born:(1904-01-18)January 18, 1904 Baraboo, Wisconsin | |
| Died: September 17, 1935(1935-09-17) (aged 31) Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada | |
| April 12, 1932, for the New York Giants | |
| September 15, 1935, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
| Batting average | .297 |
| Home runs | 22 |
| Runs batted in | 114 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
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 mid-flight at the hands of the pilot and a passenger after attempting to take control of an aircraft he had chartered.
Early life
Koenecke was the son of a locomotive engineer and had worked as a fireman for the Chicago & Northwestern Railr