Jim Lefevbre, Dodgers second baseman and Rookie of the Year in 1965. I remember him well. James Kenneth Lefevbre was born on January 7th, 1942, in Inglewood California. He was the second child of Ben and Virginia Lefevbre. He had an older sister, and two younger brothers. Ben was a hitting coach of some renown as a coach for American Legion and college, (Pepperdine) baseball. Some of the major leaguers he coached were Don Buford, Sparky Anderson and Billy Consolo.
All three of his sons, Jim, Gil and Cliff, would play professional baseball. Jim started working with his dad at the age of 10.