Eddie Lukon

{{Short description|American baseball player (1920–1996)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Eddie Lukon

|position=Outfielder

|image=Eddie Lukon.JPG

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1920|8|5|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1996|11|7|1920|8|5}}

|death_place=Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 6

|debutyear={{By|1941}}

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 16

|finalyear={{By|1947}}

|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.236

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=23

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=70

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds (1941, 1945–47)

}}

Edward Paul Lukon (August 5, 1920 – November 7, 1996) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, all for the Cincinnati Reds. He played for them in {{By|1941}}, then returned after a year in the minors and three years serving in World War II to play two games in {{By|1945}}, then full seasons in {{By|1946}} and {{By|1947}}. Lukon's nickname was "Mongoose".

in 213 games over four seasons, Lukon posted a .236 batting average (143-for-606) with 64 runs, 23 home runs, 70 RBI and 60 bases on balls. He finished his career with a .989 fielding percentage as an outfielder.