Jesse Landrum

Jesse Glenn Landrum

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11½", Weight 175 lb.
• School Texas A&M University
• Debut April 26, 1938
• Final Game May 11, 1938
• Born July 31, 1912 in Crockett, TX USA
• Died June 27, 1983 in Beaumont, TX USA

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Biographical Information

Texas native Jesse Landrum spent sixteen active seasons in professional baseball in a career that spanned three decades from 1937 to 1953. After his active playing days, he became a scout for the Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, and Philadelphia Phillies from 1953 to 1970.

In 1938, his second year in the game, Jesse was with the major league Chicago White Sox from April 26 to May 11, a run of 16 days, appearing in four games with no hits in six at-bats and spent the rest of his sixteen-year career in the minor leagues.

During his minor league career, Jesse appeared with sixteen different teams in ten different leagues, playing in both the infield and outfield. He would hit over the .300 mark in six of his seasons, with his biggest numbers (not adjusted for league) coming in 1948 when he hit over the coveted .400 figure with a .411 average and slugged at a .650 clip, with seventeen home runs, while serving as player-manager for the Bryan Bombers of the class C Lone Star League.

One would think, however, that he played to his best in 1944 while with the Kansas City Blues, of the class AA (then the highest tier of the minors) American Association, hitting .311 with ten home runs in 562 at-bats. You could also say that his rookie season in 1937, when he hit .348 with five homers, for the St. Paul Saints of the same AA league was an even match. Landrum would finish his active time in 1953 at the age of forty and his minor league numbers show that he appeared in 1,521 games with a .304 batting average that includes 95 home runs. Jesse finished his last years in the minor leagues (1947-1953) as a player-manager for six different teams.

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
1947	Longview Texans	Lone Star League	78-61	2nd	none	Lost in 1st round
1948	Bryan Bombers	Lone Star League	66-74	5th	none
1949	Amarillo Gold Sox	West Texas-New Mexico League	31-31	--	none	--	replaced by Buck Fausett (42-35) on June 25
1950	Port Arthur Seahawks	Gulf Coast League	22-47	--	none	--	replaced by Bill Wilson (5-6) on June 22
1951	Brownsville Charros	Gulf Coast League	79-74	3rd	none	League Champs
1953	Gainesville Owls	Sooner State League		8th	Chicago Cubs		replaced Ernest Shadid June 28