During his playing days, he stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall, weighing 180 pounds (82 kg), while batting left-handed and throwing right-handed.

Originally signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1954,[1] Landrum made his major league debut with the Phils on September 28, 1957, against the Brooklyn Dodgers.

[2] From 1960 to mid-way through the 1962 season, Landrum played for the St. Louis Cardinals, during which times he appeared in only 73 games, with a batting average of .227.

While Hands and Hundley would become key members of the Cubs' contending teams under manager Leo Durocher in the late 1960s, Landrum's professional career ended after the 1966 season.

[3] For his career, Landrum appeared in 456 MLB games, with 1,160 at-bats and 272 hits for a .234 lifetime batting mark.