Leon Brinkopf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1926
Place of Birth: Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 02-Jul-1998
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Leon Brinkopf
- Leon Clarence Brinkopf (October 20, 1926 – July 2, 1998) was a right-handed shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs in 1952. Brinkopf was originally signed by the St.
- Louis Browns in 1944 but found himself released a year later.
- He made his way to the Chicago Cubs' farm system after they acquired him from his independent minor league team in Dallas, Texas in exchange for former Cub big-leaguer Roy Easterwood.
- Brinkopf debuted with the Cubs on April 18, 1952 and appeared in a total of nine games, including his final big-league contest on May 5.
- The sum of his Major League Baseball experience was four hits (all singles) in 22 at-bats (a .182 batting average), 2 RBI and a run scored. Brinkopf died on July 2, 1998 in his birthplace of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
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