Patrick Lennon (baseball)

Biography

Patrick Orlando Lennon (born April 27, 1968) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, and Toronto Blue Jays. Lennon was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the first round with the eighth overall selection of the 1986 MLB draft out of Whiteville High School in Whiteville, North Carolina. He signed with the Mariners for $120,000. That fall, he was charged with assault in Whiteville for allegedly striking someone with a gun. While playing in Double-A in 1989, Lennon fired a gun in a parking lot and was charged with attempted murder and other offenses. He was held in a Pennsylvania county jail for two months. Lennon made his major league debut for the Mariners on September 15, 1991.

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