Len Koenecke

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Len Koenecke
Outfielder
Born: January 18, 1904
Died: September 17, 1935 (aged 31)
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 12, 1932
for the New York Giants
Final game
September 15, 1935
for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Career statistics
Batting average     .297
Home runs     22
Runs batted in     114
Teams
Career highlights and awards

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.

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