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Joe Medwick League
4-1-2058
Ben Johnson Catcher
Retired (1958, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .205 Total Rating C    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .551 Status Deceased (1995) Option Years 0  
H 188 Age at Death 72 Date of Birth 07-22-1923
HR 14 Drafted Round 25, Pick 397
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 3 years
(159 games)
RBI 82
SB 0
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C- Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R C- Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR F 
Speed D+ Bunt B  Control D-   Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1950 Majors 27 0.00 6 / 8 3 / 7 2 / 6 0 / 1 2 / 3 3 / 6 1 / 2 17 / 33
1951 Majors 28 8.00 1 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 8
1952 Minors 29 5.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 2 / 6
1952 Majors 29 5.00 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 5
1953 Minors 30 9.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 4 2 / 9
1954 Minors 31 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3
1954 Majors 31 7.50 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 7
1955 Minors 32 5.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 5
1955 Majors 32 13.70 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 5 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 13
1956 Majors 33 26.40 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 4 1 / 5 0 / 0 1 / 26
1957 Minors 34 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1957 Majors 34 3.60 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3
1958 Minors 35 2.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
Total 0 0 0 7 / 20 3 / 19 3 / 25 2 / 13 4 / 14 5 / 17 1 / 13 25 / 121
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1958-11-01Ben Johnson has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1958-07-27The Chicago Maulers have acquired Al Gibson from the waiver wire. The Chicago Maulers have waived Ben Johnson.
1957-10-03The Chicago Maulers have designated Ben Johnson for assignment.
1957-09-11The Chicago Maulers have promoted Ben Johnson to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have sent Tracy Lis to the minors.
1957-04-01The Chicago Maulers have promoted Oskar Turkoglu to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have promoted Zeb Burdick to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have designated Gabe Gross for assignment. The Chicago Maulers have designated Turk Farrell for assignment. The Chicago Maulers have designated Jack Phillips for assignment. The Chicago Maulers have designated Ben Johnson for assignment.
1956-04-01The Chicago Maulers have renamed Fred Sweeney to Ben Johnson.
1955-05-23The Chicago Maulers have promoted Fred Sweeney to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have designated Harry Nettles for assignment.
1954-07-22The Chicago Maulers have promoted Harry Nettles to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have designated Fred Sweeney for assignment.
1954-04-01The Chicago Maulers have promoted Fred Sweeney to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have designated Gary Howard for assignment.
1952-04-27The Chicago Maulers have sent BackBack Bachman to the minors. The Chicago Maulers have designated Fred Sweeney for assignment.
1951-09-07The Chicago Maulers have promoted Fred Sweeney to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have designated Red Callahan for assignment.
1951-09-05The Chicago Maulers have acquired Fred Sweeney from the waiver wire. The Chicago Maulers have waived Allyn Alyea.
1951-06-10The Cleveland Havoc waive Fred Sweeney.