Len Koenecke

Len Koenecke

Infobox MLB retired
name=Len Koenecke
position=Outfielder


bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=January 18, 1904
deathdate=death date and age|1935|9|17|1904|1|18
debutdate= April 12
debutyear= 1932
debutteam= New York Giants
finaldate=September 15
finalyear=1935
finalteam=Brooklyn Dodgers
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.297
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=22
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=114
teams=
* New York Giants (1932)
* Brooklyn Dodgers (1934-1935)
highlights=

Len George Koenecke (born January 18, 1904 in Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA-died September 17, 1935 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was an American Major League Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. He was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher by the flight crew of an aircraft he had chartered, after provoking a fight with the pilot while the plane was in the air.

External links

* [http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Koenecke.Len.Obit.html Story and obituary] from the September 17th, 1935 edition of The New York Times
* [http://espn.go.com/mlb/s/2002/0622/1397956.html ESPN.com - Major leaguers who died in-season]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/koenele01.shtml Baseball-reference.com profile]


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