Louis Aaron Haneles was a minor league baseball player, manager, general manager and owner.

Haneles began his professional career in 1936, at the age of 19. He played from 1936 to 1938, in 1940, 1946 and 1949. In total, he appeared in 322 games, hitting .256 with 230 hits in 900 at-bats.

He took his first managing job in 1940, heading the Shelby Colonels

Shelby Colonels

The Shelby Colonels were a Tar Heel League , Western Carolina League and Western Carolinas League baseball team based in Shelby, North Carolina, USA...

 before being replaced by Art Patchin. He was a co-owner and the general manager of the Bloomingdale Troopers

Bloomingdale Troopers

The Bloomingdale Troopers were a North Atlantic League baseball team based in Bloomingdale, New Jersey, USA that played from 1946 to 1948. They were affiliated with the Boston Braves in 1947 and the Cleveland Indians in 1948. They are the only professional baseball team to ever play in...

 at the beginning of 1946, and by the end of the season he was a player, manager and owner of the Walden Hummingbirds

Walden Hummingbirds

The Walden Hummingbirds were a North Atlantic League baseball team based in Walden, New York, USA that played for part of the 1946 season. Managed by Frank Novosel and Lou Haneles, they moved from Newburgh, New York after being a road team for a spell. They went 23-84.To date, they are the only...

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In June, 1948, he sued the Brooklyn Dodgers and Branch Rickey

Branch Rickey

Wesley Branch Rickey was an innovative Major League Baseball executive elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967...

 for $100,000, claiming the Dodgers took the Walden franchise, transferred it to Kingston, New York

Kingston, New York

Kingston is a city in and the county seat of Ulster County, New York, USA. It is north of New York City and south of Albany. It became New York's first capital in 1777, and was burned by the British Oct. 16, 1777, after the Battles of Saratoga...

 and sold it.

Haneles was the general manager of the Leesburg Dodgers

Leesburg Dodgers

The Leesburg Dodgers were a Florida State League baseball team based in Leesburg, Florida, USA that played during the 1949 season. They used four different managers and went 37-97. 44-year-old Luke Hamlin, who managed for them, also pitched in eight games for them....

 in 1949. He began the year as their manager as well, however he gave up duties and was replaced by Julian Acosta

Julian Acosta

Julio "Julian" Acosta was a versatile minor league baseball player who won 96 games as a pitcher, collected at least 749 hits as a batter and spent time at first base and in the outfield. He also spent several years pitching in Cuba and was a manager for a couple of seasons.He began his career as...

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He also ran baseball schools for a large portion of his life. In Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

, he had a school set up with Mal Fichman

Mal Fichman

Mal Fichman is a minor league manager notable for leading multiple championship teams in the Frontier League in the mid-to-late 1990s.He first became a minor league manager in 1979, heading the Newark Co-Pilots. In 1980, he led the Rocky Mount Pines to a 24-114 record. He next managed in 1987,...

 that was to prepare players not drafted for minor league baseball.

Sources

• June 16, 1948 Sporting News
• June 30, 1948 Sporting News
• June 22, 1949 Sporting News
• December 22, 1980 Sporting News