Description
Leslie Elmer Goldstein was a 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 with a run scored and a .308 on-base percentage in 11 games.
Goldstein died on January 28, 2013 at the age of 94.
Born
May 13th, 1918 in Austin / Died: Jan 28th, 2013 - Aged 94
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Last Changes
2017/01/17
New Scanned Autograph (In-P/Authentic (In-Person))
2013/02/01
The celebrity has been marked as passed away
2009/11/25
New Address: Available to members only