Jesse Glenn Landrum (July 31, 1912 – June 27, 1983) was an American

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player who later became a longtime

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. He appeared in

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as a second baseman in four

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for the

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during the early weeks of the season, but played in 1,521 games in the

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between 1937 and 1953."Jesse Landrum Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-1-7. Born in

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, Landrum threw and batted right-handed and was listed as 5 feet, 11 inches (1.8m) tall and . He attended

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and began his professional baseball career at age 24. In his brief

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trial, Landrum was hitless in six at bats with one

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, and played errorless ball in field the field over 11

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1938 CHI A Fielding Log for Jesse Landrum
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in the minors in the late 1940s, and then forged a long career as a scout for three major-league organizations. He died at age 70 in

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, in 1983.

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