About Lonnie Goldstein
Lived 1918 – 2013 (aged 94). Lonnie Goldstein was an American baseball player.
Leslie Elmer Goldstein (May 13, 1918 – January 28, 2013) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Cincinnati Reds during the and seasons. He batted and threw left-handed.
A native of Austin, Texas, Goldstein was one of many major leaguers who saw his baseball career interrupted by a military stint during World War II. In 1943 he appeared in five games as a backup for first baseman Frank McCormick. He enrolled in the United States Army in 1944, serving for two and half years before rejoining the Reds in the 1946 midseason as a reserve player and pinch hitter.
In a two-season career, Goldstein was a .100 hitter (1-for-10) with a run scored and a .308 on-base percentage in 11 games.
Goldstein died on January 28, 2013, at the age of 94.
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Who was Lonnie Goldstein?
American baseball player (1918-2013)
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Lonnie Goldstein was born on 13 May 1918 in Austin.
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Lonnie Goldstein died on 28 January 2013 in Fort Worth.
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Lonnie Goldstein was a baseball player.
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