Donald Charles Lang (March 15, 1915 – September 1, 2010) was a
third baseman in
Major League Baseball who played for the
Cincinnati Reds
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(1938) and
St. Louis Cardinals(1948). Born in
Selma, California, he batted and threw right-handed.
Listed at and , Lang had a 12-season baseball career between 1936 and 1950 which was interrupted by serving to his country during
World War II (
Pacific, 1943–45), while property of the
Boston Red Sox. He played 10 seasons in the
minors, including nine of Triple-A ball, and two in major league ten years apart.
Lang entered in the majors in 1938, appearing in 25 games with the Cincinnati Reds. In 1948 he became the everyday third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals due to a career-ending injury to incumbent
Whitey Kurowski.
In 138 major league games, Lang posted a .268
batting average (100-for-373) with five
home runs and 42
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, including 35
runs, 17
doubles, two
triples
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and a .355
on-base percentage
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.
References
Baseball Reference
Cincinnati Reds players
St. Louis Cardinals players
Major League Baseball third basemen
United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
Sportspeople from Ventura, California
Baseball players from Ventura County, California
1915 births
2010 deaths
People from Selma, California
Baseball players from Fresno County, California
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