- 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 inBaraboo, Wisconsin ,USA -diedSeptember 17 ,1935 inToronto, Ontario ,Canada ) was an AmericanMajor League Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. He was beaten to death with afire extinguisher by theflight crew of anaircraft he had chartered, after provoking afight 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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