Jordan Lennerton: Williamsport, Omaha and Team Canada

1998. Twelve-year-old Jordan Lennerton plays for the Langley Little League all-stars, who go 16-0 through district, provincial and national play and reach the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Wikipedia says he homers against Japan. Langley ties for third, one of the best Canadian finishes there. (The full story is on our athletes from Langley page.)

Early 2000s. He goes to Brookswood Secondary and plays for the Langley Blaze in the BC Premier Baseball League.

2007. After a start at El Paso Community College he transfers to Oregon State and hits three home runs at the College World Series in Omaha. The Beavers win the national title.

2008. All-Pac-10. The Detroit Tigers draft him in the 33rd round.

2012. With Double-A Erie he’s an Eastern League all-star and a Tigers organisational all-star, and Baseball America names him the league’s best defensive first baseman.

2013. Triple-A Toledo. He plays in the All-Star Futures Game and the International League all-star game, is added to Detroit’s 40-man roster in November, and plays for Canada at the World Baseball Classic.

2015. Detroit releases him in July; he finishes the year at Triple-A in the Braves system. With Canada he wins Pan American Games gold in Toronto.

2016 and 2017. Two seasons with the Québec Capitales of the independent Can-Am League. He hits .301 the first year and .328 with 82 RBI the second.

2019. Another Pan Am medal for Canada, silver this time, and a second Premier12 tournament.

2024. The 1998 team goes into the BC Sports Hall of Fame. The Aldergrove Star’s induction story calls Lennerton the player from that roster with the longest baseball career, and notes that most of his old teammates still live around Langley.

Where it started

The 1998 team’s home base was City Park, according to the Hall of Fame. Today’s Little League and Blaze programs are on our baseball page.

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