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Lonnie Goldstein

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Lonnie Goldstein
First baseman
Born: (1918-05-13)May 13, 1918
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Died: January 28, 2013(2013-01-28) (aged 94)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 11, 1943, for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1946, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
Batting average.100
Home runs0
Runs batted in0
Teams

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 1943 and 1946 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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