Leon Lee

Leon Lee (born December 4, 1952 in Sacramento, California) is a former professional baseball player and manager. He played first base, third base and catcher during his career, batting and throwing right-handed.

He is the father of Derrek Lee and the brother of major league baseball player Leron Lee.

Career

American baseball career

Leon Lee was selected in the ninth round (198th overall) by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1971 draft. He spent seven years in the Cardinals' minor league system without playing in a Major League Baseball (MLB) game.

Japanese baseball career

With the support of his older brother, former American Major League player Leron Lee, who was playing for the Lotte Orions, a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team, Leon was able to make the move to Japan. Lee played five seasons alongside his older brother, hitting 41 home runs, 116 RBIs, with a .340 batting average in 1980. His batting average that year was the second highest in the Pacific League, behind his brother's average.

Leon Lee (actor)

Leon Lee (simplified Chinese: 李晨浩 pinyin: Li Chenhao) (born 18 October 1988) is a Chinese actor, director, and producer.

He is the breakout star of the hit The Lost Tomb as well as main lead for other Chinese box office hits The Conspirators, Streets of Fury, and Last Flight, and is known as a "flexible and distinctive" leading actor in the Chinese-language film industry. In 2013, he starred as Mark in The Banman and was awarded the 2013 Best New Actor by the China Film Director Association.

Early life

Leon Lee (pinyin: Li Chenhao)was born in Chongqing, China, on October 18, 1988. whose first name means “Ocean in the morning ”in Chinese.Leon’s father is a geography teacher, and his mother is a physician. He has wanted to became an actor since he was age 8, inspired by his uncle who owned video rental store. Growing up, he was full of energy and somewhat troublesome, so his parents decided to introduce him to various hobbies such as martial arts, basketball, horse-riding ,science club and painting to keep him out of trouble.which worked out very well he even skipped 6th grade and graduated with honors. He quickly developed a love for acting at the age of 13 years when his English teacher encouraged him to start the English school play club.At the age of 15, Leon came in second place in local Amateur Comedy Contest.