Lee Tannehill

{{Short description|American baseball player (1880–1938)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Lee Tannehill

|image=Jesse (i.e., Lee) Tannehill, Chicago Americans LCCN2008677204 (cropped).jpg

|position=Third baseman / Shortstop

|birth_date={{Birth date|1880|10|26}}

|birth_place=Dayton, Kentucky

|death_date={{death date and age|1938|2|16|1880|10|26}}

|death_place=Live Oak, Florida

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 22

|debutyear=1903

|debutteam=Chicago White Stockings

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 8

|finalyear=1912

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.220

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=346

|teams=

• Chicago White Stockings / White Sox ({{Baseball year|1903}}–{{Baseball year|1912}})

|highlights=

• World Series champion ({{wsy|1906}})

}}

Lee Ford Tannehill (October 26, 1880 – February 16, 1938) was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1903 until 1912, for the Chicago White Sox, primarily as a third baseman and shortstop. He was the brother of the pitcher Jesse Tannehill. He was the first player to hit a home run in Comiskey Park.[http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Lee_Tannehill_1880 Lee Tannehill at Baseball Library] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223174116/http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Lee_Tannehill_1880 |date=December 23, 2010 }}