Lee Viau

{{Short description|American baseball player (1866–1947)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Lee Viau |image=Lee Viau.jpg |position=Pitcher |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date|1866|7|5}} |birth_place=Corinth, Vermont, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1947|12|17|1866|7|5}} |death_place=Hopewell, New Jersey, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 22 |debutyear=1888 |debutteam=Cincinnati Red Stockings |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=August 27 |finalyear=1892 |finalteam=Boston Beaneaters |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=83–77 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=3.33 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=554 |teams= *Cincinnati Red Stockings / Reds ({{mlby|1888}}–{{mlby|1890}}) *Cleveland Spiders ({{mlby|1890}}–{{mlby|1892}}) *Louisville Colonels ({{mlby|1892}}) *Boston Beaneaters ({{mlby|1892}}) }} '''Leon A. Viau''' (July 5, 1866 – December 17, 1947) was an American professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1888 to 1892. Viau played for the Cincinnati Red Stockings/Reds, Cleveland Spiders, Louisville Colonels, and Boston Beaneaters.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/viaule01.shtml "Lee Viau Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved September 1, 2011.</ref>

Viau was regarded as one of the best-looking players of his time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chat of the Diamond |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-chat-of-the-di/136532300/ |access-date=9 December 2023 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=16 September 1891 |pages=3|quote=Lee Viau, the Adonis of the Diamond}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Diamond's Adonis |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-enquirer-diamonds-adonis/136532455/ |access-date=9 December 2023 |work=The Buffalo Enquirer |date=29 June 1897 |pages=8 |quote=Leon was as swell a looker as ever caused a pitapat in a female breast. Even if he proved a failure as a pitcher he would have been a drawing card on the strength of his charms, and he drew five times his salary as a magnet for the ladies. Viau's good looks were written about all over the American Association circuit, and while we were on the trip scores of women actually came to the train to bask in the radiance of Leon's charms.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cubs Will Be Reds' First Victims |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-cubs-will-be-reds-f/136532883/ |access-date=9 December 2023 |work=The Cincinnati Post |date=13 January 1904 |pages=6 |quote=But with the grand stand full of pretty girls, Viau, who was then the Apollo of the game, was at his best.}}</ref>

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