Les Mallon

Who was Les Mallon?

Leslie Clyde Mallon was a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves.

Mallon began his professional baseball career in 1927 in the Texas Valley League. In 1930, he hit .332 in the class A Texas League and was promoted to the major leagues with the Phillies. Mallon hit .309 in his rookie season. However, his numbers slipped the following year, and he was sold to Toronto of the International League. He was hitting .345 midway through the 1934 season when he was purchased by the Boston Braves.

Mallon was the Braves starting second baseman in 1935, the year they lost 115 games en route to the second-worst record of any MLB team in the modern era. After the season, he was sold to the Chicago White Sox, and in 1936 he was back in the Texas League with the Dallas Steers. That season, he hit .344 and won the league MVP award. His career ended in 1939.