Paul Lehner

Paul Lehner
Paul Lehner
Runs batted in	197
Teams
	St. Louis Browns (1946–1949); Philadelphia Athletics (1950–1951); Chicago White Sox (1951); St. Louis Browns (1951); Cleveland Indians (1951); Boston Red Sox (1952);

Paul Eugene Lehner (July 1, 1920 – December 27, 1967) was an American

left-handed

. Listed at 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and 165 pounds (75 kg), he was nicknamed "Peanuts" or "Gulliver." He worked in the region's coal mines as a young man.

Biography

Bowman Gum

card

Lehner's

Cleveland Indians. His most productive season came in 1950 with Philadelphia, when he posted career-highs in batting average (.309), home runs (9), and RBI (52) in 114 games. He also played briefly for the Boston Red Sox

in 1952, his last major league season.

When playing with the Browns, Lehner believed that he could not hit safely if he played on a Sunday.[1] He would approach the Browns' trainer with an alleged ailment that would keep him out of the line-up for a Sunday game.^[1] When Lehner finally admitted to the trainer of his problem, the trainer said that he had some new pills that could help him.^[1] Lehner took the pills before a Sunday double-header, hit a home run in the first game, and never tried to be excused from Sunday games again.^[1]

In a seven-season career, Lehner was a .257 hitter with 22 home runs and 197 RBI in 540 games. Lehner died in Birmingham, Alabama, at the age of 47. He was buried in Bessemer's Highland Memorial Gardens.

References

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ISBN 1891369156
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External links

[Hershfield-1] 
ISBN 1891369156
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