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fence — which was only 262 feet (80 m) from home plate. The park's dimensions favored pull-hitting, left-handed batters like Lennon, and he smashed 24 homers in his first year with Nashville, in 1953. The following season, he adjusted his swing and shattered the Southern Association home run
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Lennon was reacquired by the Dodgers after that season, and played four more seasons of Triple-A baseball, including seasons of 28 and 27 home runs for the
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and was listed as 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 200 pounds (91 kg). He signed with his hometown
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in 1945. After three seasons in the low minors, he was acquired by the Dodgers' bitter rivals, the
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in an off-season trade, where he made his final appearances in MLB during the early weeks of the
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season. As a Cub, he hit his only Major League home run, in Brooklyn's
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level in three different trials during the mid-1950s, he was a prolific
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Lennon did not stick with the 1955 Giants. He was sent to the Triple-A
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on April 30, 1957, a three-run shot off former Giant teammate
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September 9, 1954, for the New York Giants
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Outfielder
Brooklyn, New York
Dix Hills, New York
Batting average
Home runs
Runs batted in
New York Giants
1954
1956
Chicago Cubs
1957
professional baseball
Major League
home run
minor league baseball
Southern Association
Nashville Vols
outfielder
Brooklyn, New York
left-handed
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Sulphur Dell
right field
games played
runs batted in
Triple Crown
batting average
runs scored

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