Lew Wendell

Wendell’s professional career began in {{baseball year|1912}} with the minor league [[Albany Senators]]. After three seasons in the minors, Wendell made his MLB debut with the [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] in {{baseball year|1915}}. After playing in two games with the Giants in {{baseball year|1916}}, Wendell returned to the minors with the [[Louisville Colonels (minor league baseball)|Louisville Colonels]].

Wendell’s professional career began in {{baseball year|1912}} with the minor league [[Albany Senators]]. After three seasons in the minors, Wendell made his MLB debut with the [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] in {{baseball year|1915}}. After playing in two games with the Giants in {{baseball year|1916}}, Wendell returned to the minors with the [[Louisville Colonels (minor league baseball)|Louisville Colonels]].

Wendell spent the next several seasons moving from team to team in the minors In 1921, he was the first of two managers for the [[Greenville Spinners]]<ref>[http://www.historicbaseball.com/scplayers/gbraves.html “Baseball in Greenville, S.C.”] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911212643/http://www.historicbaseball.com/scplayers/gbraves.html |date=2010-09-11 }}</ref> in the [[South Atlantic League (1904–1963)|Class-B South Atlantic League]],<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19210720&id=NTUsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8ckEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2731,1093747 “Directors Loyal To Lew Wendell’s Club In Trouble”], ”[[Spartanburg]] Herald-Journal”, July 20, 1921, p. 8, col. 3</ref> where he was also the team’s starting catcher.

Wendell spent the next several seasons moving from team to team in the minors In 1921, he was the first of two managers for the [[Greenville Spinners]]<ref>[http://www.historicbaseball.com/scplayers/gbraves.html “Baseball in Greenville, S.C.”] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911212643/http://www.historicbaseball.com/scplayers/gbraves.html |date=2010-09-11 }}</ref> in the [[South Atlantic League (1904–1963)|Class-B South Atlantic League]],<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19210720&id=NTUsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8ckEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2731,1093747 “Directors Loyal To Lew Wendell’s Club In Trouble”], ”[[Spartanburg]] Herald-Journal”, July 20, 1921, p. 8, col. 3</ref> where he was also the team’s starting catcher.

Wendell finally made his way back to the majors in {{baseball year|1924}} with the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]. Wendell played parts of three seasons with the Phillies, and his last MLB game was in {{baseball year|1926}}.<ref name=MLBhist/> He returned to the minor leagues one more time, playing the rest of 1926 and all of {{baseball year|1927}} with the [[Portland Beavers]].

Wendell finally made his way back to the majors in {{baseball year|1924}} with the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]. Wendell played parts of three seasons with the Phillies, and his last MLB game was in {{baseball year|1926}}.<ref name=MLBhist/> He returned to the minor leagues one more time, playing the rest of 1926 and all of {{baseball year|1927}} with the [[Portland Beavers]].