Pete LePine
From BR Bullpen
Louis Joseph LePine
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 5' 10", Weight 142 lb.
- Debut July 21, 1902
- Final Game September 20, 1902
- Born September 5, 1876 in Montreal, QC CAN
- Died December 3, 1949 in Woonsocket, RI USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Louis "Pete" LePine was the first player born in Montreal, QC to come to the major leagues. He had 96 at-bats for the 1902 Detroit Tigers.
". . . Louis Lepine . . . has been known as Lajoie's phenomenon. . . Lepine . . . was a good man in his New England class." - Sporting Life of Oct. 8, 1898
He was also referred to as "the second Lajoie" in Sporting Life of January 10, 1903. At the time, he lived in Woonsocket, RI, the birthplace of Nap Lajoie.
"Louis Lepine, of Woonsocket, who was with Rochester, of the Eastern League, last season, and who refused to join Arthur Irwin's Kansas City team because of an injury to his leg last year, is playing fine ball with the Woonsocket Comets. In fifteen games Lepine has batted .545 and has fielded .950." - the July 22, 1905 edition of Sporting Life
In 1908 it was reported that he was "threatened with pneumonia".
