After parts of three seasons with the Braves, he was traded to the Chicago Cubs on June 3, 1964, in exchange for catcher Merritt Ranew and $40,000. Two weeks later, the Cubs traded their starting right fielder Lou Brock to the St. Louis Cardinals, and installed Gabrielson as Brock's replacement.
He lasted less than a year with the Cubs, moving on to the San Francisco Giants in a five-player deal on May 29, 1965. The Giants received Gabrielson and catcher Dick Bertell, in return for Harvey Kuenn and Ed Bailey and pitcher Bob Hendley.[1] Gabrielson gradually worked his way into a role as the team's starting left fielder, a role he successfully defended in spring training of 1966, beating back a challenge by Orlando Cepeda, who had been displaced from first base by Willie McCovey. He struggled with the bat that season, however, and in December was traded to the California Angels for first baseman Norm Siebern.
Gabrielson's stay with the Angels lasted all of eleven games, as the Angels sent him to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Johnny Werhas on May 10, 1967. It would be the final trade of Gabrielson's career, as he spent the next four seasons with Los Angeles. He led the team in home runs with ten in 1968, an unusually low total made possible by league-wide offensive declines that season, the so-called "Year of the Pitcher".
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gabrielson, father, played, philadelphia, phillies, first, baseman, leonard, gary, gabrielson, born, february, 1940, retired, outfielder, major, league, baseball, graduated, from, university, southern, california, played, majors, from, 1960, through, 1970, ini. For his father who played for the Philadelphia Phillies see Len Gabrielson first baseman Leonard Gary Gabrielson born February 14 1940 is a retired outfielder in Major League Baseball He graduated from the University of Southern California and played in the majors from 1960 through 1970 initially signing with the Milwaukee Braves in 1959 as an amateur free agent Len GabrielsonOutfielderBorn 1940 02 14 February 14 1940 age 84 Oakland California U S Batted LeftThrew RightMLB debutSeptember 9 1960 for the Milwaukee BravesLast MLB appearanceSeptember 30 1970 for the Los Angeles DodgersMLB statisticsBatting average 253Home runs37Runs batted in176TeamsMilwaukee Braves 1960 1963 1964 Chicago Cubs 1964 1965 San Francisco Giants 1965 1966 California Angels 1967 Los Angeles Dodgers 1967 1970 After parts of three seasons with the Braves he was traded to the Chicago Cubs on June 3 1964 in exchange for catcher Merritt Ranew and 40 000 Two weeks later the Cubs traded their starting right fielder Lou Brock to the St Louis Cardinals and installed Gabrielson as Brock s replacement He lasted less than a year with the Cubs moving on to the San Francisco Giants in a five player deal on May 29 1965 The Giants received Gabrielson and catcher Dick Bertell in return for Harvey Kuenn and Ed Bailey and pitcher Bob Hendley 1 Gabrielson gradually worked his way into a role as the team s starting left fielder a role he successfully defended in spring training of 1966 beating back a challenge by Orlando Cepeda who had been displaced from first base by Willie McCovey He struggled with the bat that season however and in December was traded to the California Angels for first baseman Norm Siebern Gabrielson s stay with the Angels lasted all of eleven games as the Angels sent him to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Johnny Werhas on May 10 1967 It would be the final trade of Gabrielson s career as he spent the next four seasons with Los Angeles He led the team in home runs with ten in 1968 an unusually low total made possible by league wide offensive declines that season the so called Year of the Pitcher His father Leonard Hilbourne Gabrielson was also an MLB player having spent part of the 1939 season with the Philadelphia Phillies See also editList of second generation Major League Baseball playersReferences edit The Spokesman Review Google News Archive Search news google com External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Len Gabrielson amp oldid 1159475876, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
