Don Landrum
Don Landrum | |
---|---|
Center fielder | |
Born: Santa Rosa, California | February 16, 1936|
Died: January 9, 2003 Pittsburg, California | (aged 66)|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 28, 1957, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 21, 1966, for the San Francisco Giants | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .234 |
Home runs | 12 |
Runs batted in | 75 |
Teams | |
|
Donald Leroy Landrum (February 16, 1936 – January 9, 2003) was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1957 to 1966 for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies. Born in Santa Rosa, California, Landrum attended Mt. Diablo High School in Concord, California. He stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall, weighed 180 pounds (82 kg), batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Landrum spent all or parts of eight seasons in Major League Baseball, with most of his MLB games played coming during his term for the Cubs. He was Chicago's regular center fielder in 1965, appearing in 131 games and garnering 425 at bats. But he batted .226 with six home runs and 34 runs batted in, and was traded to his hometown San Francisco Giants at year's end with pitcher Lindy McDaniel for pitcher Bill Hands and catcher Randy Hundley. Hands and Hundley would become key members of the Cubs' contending teams under Leo Durocher in the late 1960s, while Landrum's professional career ended after the 1966 season. He appeared in 456 MLB games, with 1,160 at-bats and 272 hits for a .234 lifetime batting mark.
Don Landrum died at his Pittsburg, California home, at the age of 66.[1]
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1936 births
- 2003 deaths
- Baseball players from California
- Bradford Phillies players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Chicago Cubs players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Mattoon Phillies players
- Miami Marlins (IL) players
- Reidsville Phillies players
- Philadelphia Phillies players
- Phoenix Giants players
- Portland Beavers players
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- Salt Lake City Bees players
- San Francisco Giants players
- Schenectady Blue Jays players
- Sportspeople from Santa Rosa, California
- People from Pittsburg, California
- American baseball outfielder, 1930s birth stubs