{{Short description|American baseball player (1934–2005)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Don LeJohn |position=Third baseman |birth_date={{Birth date|1934|5|13}} |birth_place=Daisytown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|2005|2|25|1934|5|13}} |death_place=California, Pennsylvania, U.S. |bats=Right |throws=Right |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=June 30 |debutyear=1965 |debutteam=Los Angeles Dodgers |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 3 |finalyear=1965 |finalteam=Los Angeles Dodgers |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.256 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs |stat3value=2 |teams= *Los Angeles Dodgers (1965) |highlights= *World Series champion ({{wsy|1965}}) }}
'''Donald Everett LeJohn''' (May 13, 1934 in Daisytown, Pennsylvania – February 25, 2005 in California, Pennsylvania<ref>[http://www.historicbaseball.com/players/l/lejohn_don.html Obituary]</ref>) was a Major League Baseball third baseman and Minor League Baseball manager during his long career in professional baseball.
==Career== 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. LeJohn 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 that year. He struck out swinging in the ninth inning of game 1.
LeJohn 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.
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)
LeJohn finished with a career managerial record of 1243–1238, and won two league championships.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=l/lejohdo01|fangraphs= |cube=|brm=lejohn002don}}
{{1965 Los Angeles Dodgers}}
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