Former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Joe Landrum dies
Member of 1952 National League champs was 89
Former Major League pitcher Joe Landrum, whose son Bill also pitched in the big leagues, has died. He was 89.
The elder Landrum played two seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers and was Clemson’s first baseball All-American. The school said Landrum, a businessman in Columbia, died on Sunday.
Joe Landrum made his major league debut with the Dodgers in July 1950. He was also part of that team’s 40-man roster for the 1952 World Series against the Yankees.
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