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2 unusual facts about Don Lenhardt


Don Lenhardt

Much-traveled (and frequently traded), he would play in the American League for five seasons (1950–1954) for the Browns (twice), Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox (twice), Detroit Tigers, and the Baltimore Orioles (where as a transplanted St. Louis Brown he was a member of the first modern Baltimore MLB team in 1954).

He led the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League in home runs in 1948 and earned a Major League job with the Browns at the start of the 1950 season at age 27.



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