Donald Everett LeJohn (May 13, 1934 in

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/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

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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

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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

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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: *

(1967–1968) *

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(1969–1972) * Waterbury Dodgers (1973–1976) * San Antonio Dodgers (1977–1982) *

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(1983) *

(1984, 1986) LeJohn finished with a career managerial record of 1243–1238, and won two league championships.

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