Ron LeFlore Baseball player

Ronald LeFlore (born June 16, 1948) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played six seasons with the Detroit Tigers before being traded to the Montreal Expos, retiring as a Chicago White Sox in 1982. He stole 455 bases in his career, and was an American League All-Star selection in 1976. A movie and book were made about his rise to the major leagues after being an inmate at the Jackson State Penitentiary. One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story was a made-for-television movie starring LeVar Burton that aired on CBS in 1978. LeFlore is the cousin of former MLB outfielder Todd Steverson.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 16, 1948
Birth place
Detroit , Michigan

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Baseball player

Career startAugust 01, 1974
Career endSeptember 03, 1982
batting sideRight
former teams
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
position
Center fielder
teams
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Montreal Expos
throwing sideRight

Ron LeFlore on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://baseballreference.com/l/lefloro01.shtml
  2. http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2013/02/23/accro-a-la-cocaine
  3. http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2013/02/23/un-vrai-dur-a-cuire