Don LeJohn

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Donald Everett LeJohn (born May 13, 1934, in Daisy Town, Pennsylvania, died February 25, 2005 in California, Pennsylvania) was a Major League Baseball third baseman and Minor League Baseball manager during his long career in professional baseball.

LeJohn was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954 and played in the minor leagues through 1971 with various Dodgers affiliates. He was a minor league All-Star in 1954, 1955 and 1964. He made one stop in the majors with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1965 and had one at bat as a pinch hitter in the World Series.

He started managing as a player/manager with the Tri-City Atoms in the Northwest League in 1967 and continued to manage in the Dodgers farm system for twenty years after he finished playing.

He got married at the age of 19 to his wife of 50 years Irene Yvonne Huber, they had 3 sons named Donald LeJohn, Leslie Scott LeJohn and Jody LeJohn. Also he was a proud gradfather of 7 beauitful grandchildren...Matthew, Lauren, Jamie, Scott Michael, Renah, Alexa, and Julia.

The teams he managed:

• Tri-City Atoms (1967-1968)
• Bakersfield Dodgers (1969-1972)
• Waterbury Dodgers (1973-1976)
• San Antonio Dodgers (1977-1982)
• Lodi Dodgers (1983)
• Bakersfield Dodgers (1984, 1986)

He finished with a career managerial record of 1,243-1,238 and he won two league championships.

[edit] External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
• Obituary

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