Jordan Lennerton

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| position = First baseman

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| birth_place = Langley, British Columbia

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Jordan M. Lennerton (born February 16, 1986) is a Canadian former professional baseball first baseman. He had been in the Detroit Tigers' organization from the time he was drafted in 2008 until 2015.

Amateur career

Lennerton grew up in Langley, British Columbia, where he played Little League Baseball. His team reached the 1998 Little League World Series. Lennerton hit a home run in a game against a team from Japan. He attended Brookswood Secondary School{{cite web |url=http://www.dailybarometer.com/sports/a-baseball-rarity-1.2375736#.UK0TdIfoSIx |title=A baseball rarity - Sports |publisher=The Daily Barometer |access-date=November 21, 2012}} and also played amateur baseball for the Langley Blaze of the British Columbia Premier Baseball League.{{cite web |author=John Dudley |url=http://www.goerie.com/article/20120420/SPORTS0509/304209911/John-Dudley%3A-Erie-SeaWolves'-Lennerton-slugs-way-to-prominence |title=John Dudley: Erie SeaWolves' Lennerton slugs way to prominence |publisher=Goerie.com |date=April 20, 2012 |access-date=November 21, 2012}}

Lennerton attended El Paso Community College. He then transferred to Oregon State University, where he played for the Oregon State Beavers baseball team. He hit three home runs in the 2007 College World Series, which Oregon State won.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/25/sports/baseball/25cws.html |title=Oregon State Beats North Carolina to Win Second Consecutive College World Series |work=New York Times |first=Pat |last=Borzi |date=June 25, 2007 |access-date=April 8, 2014}} In 2008, he was named to the All-Pacific-10 Conference team.{{cite web |author=T. J. Hamilton |url=http://www.mlive.com/whitecaps/index.ssf/2009/07/childhood_friends_jordan_lenne.html |title=Childhood friends Jordan Lennerton, Mike Gosse pursue baseball dreams together on Whitecaps |publisher=MLive.com |date= July 22, 2009|access-date=November 21, 2012}}

Professional career

=Detroit Tigers=

The Detroit Tigers drafted Lennerton in the 33rd round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft. In 2012, while playing for the Erie SeaWolves, he was named to the Eastern League all-star game as well as being named Detroit Tigers organizational all star. Named top defensive first baseman in the Eastern League by Baseball America in 2012.{{cite web|last=Ewen |first=Steve |url=http://blogs.theprovince.com/2012/06/29/langley-slugger-jordan-lennerton-makes-double-a-eastern-league-all-star-game/ |title=Langley slugger Jordan Lennerton makes Double A Eastern League all-star game |publisher=Blogs.theprovince.com |date= June 30, 2012|access-date=November 21, 2012}}{{cite web |last=Ewen |first=Steve |title=Lennerton a prized prospect |date=April 2, 2013 |access-date=July 15, 2013 |url=https://theprovince.com/sports/Lennerton+prized+prospect/8182163/story.html |work=The Province}}

In 2013, Lennerton was assigned to the Toledo Mud Hens of the Triple–A International League. He represented the Tigers in the All-Star Futures Game.{{cite web |url=http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130714&content_id=53793412&vkey=news_det&c_id=det |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102064716/http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130714&content_id=53793412&vkey=news_det&c_id=det |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 2, 2013 |title=Tigers Futures Game reps Jordan Lennerton, James McCann proud of progress |publisher=Detroit.tigers.mlb.com |date=July 14, 2013 |access-date=December 9, 2013}}

He was also named an International League All-Star.

On November 20, 2013, the Tigers added Lennerton to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.{{cite web |url=http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20131120&content_id=64065488&vkey=pr_det&c_id=det |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231722/http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20131120&content_id=64065488&vkey=pr_det&c_id=det |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |title=Tigers purchase contracts of seven players |publisher=Detroit.tigers.mlb.com |date=November 20, 2013 |access-date=December 9, 2013}} On May 5, 2014, Lennerton was removed from the 40–man roster and sent outright to Toledo after clearing waivers.{{cite news |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140505/SPORTS0104/305050086 |title=Tigers take Jordan Lennerton off 40-man roster, clearing space for Tuesday's starter Robbie Ray |last=Paul |first=Tony |newspaper=Detroit News |date=May 5, 2014 |access-date=May 6, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506003050/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140505/SPORTS0104/305050086/ |archive-date=May 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all }} During the 2014 season, Lennerton batted .249 (102-for-410) with 26 doubles, 10 home runs, 53 RBI, 73 walks and 114 strikeouts with the Mud Hens. On January 5, 2015, Lennerton re–signed with the Tigers on a minor league contract.{{cite web | url = http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/105587006/jordan-lennerton-returns-to-tigers-on-minor-league-deal | title = Lennerton returns to Tigers on Minor League deal | publisher = MLB | first = Jason | last = Beck | date = January 5, 2015 | access-date = January 5, 2015 | archive-date = January 8, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150108010314/http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/105587006/jordan-lennerton-returns-to-tigers-on-minor-league-deal | url-status = dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2015/02/18/jordan-lennerton-detroit-tigers/23651001/|title=Lennerton eager to show Tigers what he can do at 1B}} He was released on July 24, 2015.

=Atlanta Braves=

Lennerton signed a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves on July 27, 2015.{{Cite web|title=Jordan Lennerton Stats, Profile, Bio, Analysis and More|url=https://sportsforecaster.com/mlb/p/77707/Jordan_Lennerton|access-date=June 10, 2024|website=sportsforecaster.com|language=en}} In 33 games for the Triple–A Gwinnett Stripers, he batted .202/.280/.250 with one home run and 10 RBI. Lennerton was released by the Braves organization on March 21, 2016.{{Cite web |title=Jordan Lennerton Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.milb.com/player/jordan-lennerton-444952 |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Minor League Baseball |language=en}}

=Québec Capitales=

On April 10, 2016, Lennerton signed with the Québec Capitales of the Can-Am League.{{cite web|url=http://www.rds.ca/baseball/can-am/jordan-lennerton-signe-chez-les-capitales-de-quebec-baseball-ligue-can-am-1.3251189|title=Jordan Lennerton signe chez les Capitales de Québec (baseball Ligue Can-Am)|date=April 12, 2016}} In 100 games for Québec, he hit .301/.390/.432 with nine home runs and 62 RBI. Lennerton was released by the team on April 6, 2017.{{Cite web |title=Transactions |url=https://capitalesdequebec.com/fr/equipe/transactions/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=capitalesdequebec.com |language=fr-FR}}

Lennerton re–signed with the Capitales on May 18, 2017. In 99 contests, he batted .328/.442/.507 with 14 home runs and 82 RBI. Lennerton was once more released on December 27.

International career

Lennerton selected for the Canadian national baseball team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualifier, 2013 World Baseball Classic, 2015 Pan American Games, 2015 WBSC Premier12, 2019 Pan American Games and 2019 WBSC Premier12.{{ cite web | url=https://www.baseball.ca/baseball-canada-reveals-2019-wbsc-premier12-roster | title=Baseball Canada reveals 2019 WBSC Premier12® roster | work=Baseball Canada | date=October 8, 2019 | access-date=October 13, 2019 }}