Leonidas Lee

Leonidas Pyrrhus Lee, born as Leonidas Pyrrhus Funkhouser was an American professional player who played one season in Major [League Baseball] as an outfielder for the St. Louis [Brown Stockings]. He made his major league debut for the Brown Stockings on July 17, 1877, and in four games with the club, he collected five hits, including a double, in 18 at bats for a.278 batting average. His father, Robert Funkhouser, was a successful St. Louis businessman. A graduate of Princeton University, Lee played on both the school's baseball and football team. He later became a doctor. Lee died at the age of 51 in Hendersonville, North Carolina of Myocarditis, and is interred at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.