# Len Gabrielson

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For his father who played for the Philadelphia Phillies, see [Len Gabrielson (first baseman)](/source/Len_Gabrielson_(first_baseman)).

**Leonard Gary Gabrielson** (born February 14, 1940) is an American former [outfielder](/source/Outfielder) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball). He graduated from the [University of Southern California](/source/University_of_Southern_California) and played in the majors from 1960 through 1970, initially signing with the [Milwaukee Braves](/source/Milwaukee_Braves) in 1959 as an amateur free agent.

After parts of three seasons with the Braves, he was traded to the [Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs) on June 3, 1964, in exchange for catcher [Merritt Ranew](/source/Merritt_Ranew) and $40,000. Two weeks later, the Cubs traded their starting right fielder [Lou Brock](/source/Lou_Brock) to the [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals), and installed Gabrielson as Brock's replacement.

He lasted less than a year with the Cubs, moving on to the [San Francisco Giants](/source/San_Francisco_Giants) in a five-player deal on May 29, 1965. The Giants received Gabrielson and catcher [Dick Bertell](/source/Dick_Bertell), in return for [Harvey Kuenn](/source/Harvey_Kuenn) and [Ed Bailey](/source/Ed_Bailey) and pitcher [Bob Hendley](/source/Bob_Hendley).[1] Gabrielson gradually worked his way into a role as the team's starting left fielder, a role he successfully defended in spring training of 1966, beating back a challenge by [Orlando Cepeda](/source/Orlando_Cepeda), who had been displaced from first base by [Willie McCovey](/source/Willie_McCovey). He struggled with the bat that season, however, and in December was traded to the [California Angels](/source/California_Angels) for first baseman [Norm Siebern](/source/Norm_Siebern).

Gabrielson's stay with the Angels lasted all of eleven games, as the Angels sent him to the [Los Angeles Dodgers](/source/Los_Angeles_Dodgers) for [Johnny Werhas](/source/Johnny_Werhas) on May 10, 1967. It would be the final trade of Gabrielson's career, as he spent the next four seasons with Los Angeles. He led the team in [home runs](/source/Home_run) with ten in 1968, an unusually low total made possible by league-wide offensive declines that season, the so-called "[Year of the Pitcher](/source/1968_Major_League_Baseball_season)".

His father, [Leonard Hilbourne Gabrielson](/source/Len_Gabrielson_(first_baseman)), was also an MLB player, having spent part of the season with the [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies).

## See also

- [List of second-generation Major League Baseball players](/source/List_of_second-generation_Major_League_Baseball_players)

## References

1. ["The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive Search"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19650530&id=IDlWAAAAIBAJ&pg=7206,5099352&hl=en). *news.google.com*

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