What is Lennie Merullo?
{{Infobox MLB player |name=Lennie Merullo |position=[[Shortstop]] |image=Lennie Merullo and Johnny Pesky.jpg |caption=Merullo (left) with [[Johnny Pesky]], 2008 |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1917|5|5}} |birth_place=[[Boston, Massachusetts]] |death_date={{Death date and age|2015|5|31|1917|5|5}} |death_place=[[Reading, Massachusetts]] |debutdate=September 12 |debutyear=1941 |debutteam=Chicago Cubs |finaldate=August 22 |finalyear=1947 |finalteam=Chicago Cubs |stat1label=[[Batting average]] |stat1value=.240 |stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]] |stat2value=497 |stat3label=[[Home runs]] |stat3value=6 |stat4label=[[Runs batted in]] |stat4value=152 |teams=<nowiki></nowiki> * [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{by|1941}}–{{by|1947}}) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> * Appeared in three games for Cubs in [[1945 World Series]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/merulle01.shtml|title=Lennie Merullo biography|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=July 6, 2014}}</ref> }} '''Leonard Richard Merullo''' (May 5, 1917 &ndash; May 30, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] [[professional baseball]] player. He played [[shortstop]] in the [[Major League Baseball|Major Leagues]] from 1941 to 1947. He was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Krider|first1=Dave|title=Another Merullo could be on path to Major Leagues|url=http://www.maxpreps.com/news/DY6THlSWEd-lugAcxJTdpg/another-merullo-could-be-on-path-to-major-leagues.htm|accessdate=June 8, 2014|publisher=MaxPreps|date=April 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ashway|first1=Denton|title=Merullo the last link to Cubs World Series days|url=http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/m/section/116/article/100074/|accessdate=June 8, 2014|publisher=Gainsville Times|date=May 27, 2014}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Merullo, Lennie}} [[Category:1917 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:Chicago Cubs players]] [[Categor