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Phil Niekro League
10-26-2088
Ben Gill Third Base
Retired (1963, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .262 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .739 Status Deceased (2005) Option Years 0  
H 1051 Age at Death 77 Date of Birth 02-13-1928
HR 127 Drafted Round 1, Pick 2
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 13 years
(7 games)
RBI 510
SB 0
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R Power vs. L A- Velocity   Mentor vR B+
Speed C+ Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS C+ (47.4%) Range B+ WS Rings 2
1B --- LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 3
2B A+ (98.4%) CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 8
3B A+ (100%) RF (2.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1951 CLE
125
475
48
131
21
3
7
58
53
77 1 2
0
0 24
.725
.348
.377
.101
.276
1952 CLE
142
546
54
126
17
1
16
68
58
101 2 1
0
0 20
.660
.306
.353
.123
.231
1953 CLE
142
564
60
143
23
1
16
70
46
102 1 0
0
0 12
.694
.311
.383
.129
.254
1954 CLE
136
527
64
154
26
3
18
81
57
99 2 5
0
0 17
.816
.360
.455
.163
.292
1955 CLE
142
604
89
157
30
2
22
75
54
101 2 2
0
0 15
.747
.322
.425
.166
.260
1956 CLE
157
425
56
117
13
7
13
41
34
73 2 2
0
0 15
.761
.330
.431
.155
.275
1957 CLE
149
355
46
102
15
4
10
44
23
62 2 0
0
0 16
.771
.334
.437
.149
.287
1958 CLE
100
191
31
44
6
1
10
27
18
32 2 3
0
0 5
.728
.299
.429
.199
.230
1959 CLE
81
126
20
27
4
0
4
16
20
9 0 1
0
0 4
.661
.320
.341
.127
.214
1960 CLE
62
47
6
11
2
0
2
10
8
4 0 0
0
0 1
.750
.345
.404
.170
.234
1961 CLE
33
46
8
12
2
0
2
7
5
13 0 0
0
0 2
.768
.333
.435
.174
.261
1962 CLE
34
84
17
25
7
0
7
13
16
13 2 1
0
0 4
1.048
.417
.631
.333
.298
1963 CLE
5
16
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
3 0 0
0
0 0
.301
.176
.125
.000
.125
Total
1308
4006
499
1051
166
22
127
510
393
689 16 17
0
0 135
.739
.329
.410
.148
.262
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1963-11-01Ben Gill has retired from the Cleveland Cyanide
1954-07-18Ben Gill of the Cleveland Cyanide is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1951-06-02Ben Gill of the Cleveland Cyanide is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1951-04-06The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Ben Gill to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have waived Barney Castro.
1951-04-01The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Ben Gill to the minors.
1951-04-01The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted A.J. Lehner to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Dave Straker to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Ben Gill to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have waived Glenn Rhodes. The Cleveland Cyanide have waived Delos Redman. The Cleveland Cyanide have waived Johnny Menosky.
1950-04-01The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Barney Castro to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Glenn Rhodes to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Vern Castillo to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Duke Frazier to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Ron Mohardt to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Jimmy Aaron to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Luis Skaggs to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Delos Redman to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Art Bradford to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Broadway Rose to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Mackey Hovlik to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Rafael Kruk to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Ben Gill to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Gar Estes to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Mike Eagan to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Dave Straker to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Charlie Caskey to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Harry Schreiber to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Sandy Rohwer to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Craig Bathe to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Rick Capel to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Denver Davis to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Al Holloway to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Harry Skidmore to the minors.