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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]].
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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]].
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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.
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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.
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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]].
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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]].
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Lew Wendell
