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Kevin Brown League
3-28-2195
Johnny Fothergill Left Field
Retired (1957, Age 41)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .288 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .809 Status Deceased (1993) Option Years 0  
H 936 Age at Death 77 Date of Birth 05-24-1916
HR 108 Drafted Undrafted
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 7 years
(131 games)
RBI 512
SB 29 Salary $0.50M Final Contract Year 1957
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A+ Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed C+ Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm A- WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF A+ (97.7%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1950 LF BRO 99 99 879.1 202 199 1 2 1 -1 2.05 .990
1951 RF BRO 94 94 842.2 167 163 2 2 2 +1 1.76 .988
LF BRO 34 34 300.0 80 78 1 1 1 -3 2.37 .988
1B BRO 7 7 62.2 65 64 0 1 4 -2 9.19 .985
1952 1B TOR 93 93 793.2 800 774 21 5 55 -10 9.02 .994
LF TOR 42 42 377.2 103 100 2 1 2 -2 2.43 .990
1953 LF OAK-BRO 62 62 555.0 116 114 1 1 1 0 1.86 .991
RF OAK-BRO 33 31 271.1 41 40 1 0 1 -2 1.36 1.000
CF OAK-BRO 6 6 52.0 15 15 0 0 0 +1 2.60 1.000
1B OAK-BRO 1 1 9.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 7.00 1.000
1954 RF BRO 24 24 216.2 45 44 0 1 0 +1 1.83 .978
LF BRO 23 23 204.1 48 47 0 1 0 -1 2.07 .979
1B BRO 13 13 118.0 122 112 9 1 10 +1 9.23 .992
CF BRO 8 8 70.0 14 13 0 1 0 -3 1.67 .929
1955 1B BRO 108 108 961.0 1020 987 33 0 88 +3 9.55 1.000
RF BRO 27 27 246.2 55 53 0 2 0 -3 1.93 .964
1956 1B BRO 64 64 584.1 601 586 12 3 50 -3 9.21 .995
LF BRO 42 42 374.2 80 79 0 1 0 -4 1.90 .988
RF BRO 28 28 253.1 59 59 0 0 0 -1 2.10 1.000
1957 1B PHI 2 2 18.0 18 17 1 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
RF PHI 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
Pos Total LF 302 302 2691.0 629 617 5 7 5 -11 2.08 .989
1B 288 288 2546.2 2633 2547 76 10 207 -11 9.27 .996
RF 207 204 1831.2 368 360 3 5 3 -4 1.78 .986
CF 14 14 122.0 29 28 0 1 0 -2 2.07 .966
Total 811 808 7191.1 3659 3552 84 23 215 -28 4.55 .994
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1957-11-01Johnny Fothergill has retired from the Philadelphia Thunder
1957-03-29The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Bert Osborne to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Harry Leonard to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Eric Napoli to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Earl Theiss to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Johnny Fothergill to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Chris Wisner to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Fred Ruiz to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Sam Sicking to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Chuck Shannabrook to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Bob Mutis to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Juan Radke to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Lefty Darr to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent George Grissom to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent John Davis to the minors.
1957-03-29Johnny Fothergill has signed with the Philadelphia Thunder for $0.5M per year for 1 year.
1956-03-28The Brooklyn Wonders have promoted Johnny Fothergill to the major league team. The Brooklyn Wonders have promoted Gene Millies to the major league team. The Brooklyn Wonders have promoted Don Paula to the major league team.
1956-03-28Johnny Fothergill has signed with the Brooklyn Wonders for $0.89M per year for 1 year.
1954-08-17Johnny Fothergill of the Brooklyn Wonders is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1954-04-30Johnny Fothergill of the Brooklyn Wonders is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1954-03-30The Brooklyn Wonders have promoted Johnny Fothergill to the major league team. The Brooklyn Wonders have promoted Sam Day to the major league team. The Brooklyn Wonders have promoted Charlie Seward to the major league team.
1954-03-30Johnny Fothergill has signed with the Brooklyn Wonders for $1.29M per year for 2 years.
1953-07-19A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Wonders and the Oakland Athletics. The Oakland Athletics receive Tom Mullane, Draft Pick 1954 Round 3 BRO (Topsy Crowell) from the Brooklyn Wonders in exchange for Johnny Fothergill. Protest This Trade.
1953-03-29The Oakland Athletics have promoted Johnny Fothergill to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have promoted Alex Craddock to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have promoted Walter Williams to the major league team.
1953-03-28Johnny Fothergill has signed with the Oakland Athletics for $1.01M per year for 1 year.
1952-03-29The Toronto Faceless Corporation have promoted Crazy Crane to the major league team. The Toronto Faceless Corporation have promoted Johnny Fothergill to the major league team. The Toronto Faceless Corporation have promoted Tom Sadowski to the major league team. The Toronto Faceless Corporation have promoted Von Elliott to the major league team.
1952-03-29Johnny Fothergill has signed with the Toronto Faceless Corporation for $3.96M per year for 1 year.
1951-11-01Johnny Fothergill now holds the league record for career on-base plus slugging percentage.
1951-11-01Johnny Fothergill now holds the league record for career on-base percentage.
1951-11-01Johnny Fothergill now holds the league record for career batting average.
1950-08-15Johnny Fothergill of the Brooklyn Wonders is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1950-05-08Johnny Fothergill of the Brooklyn Wonders is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1950-04-01A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Wonders and the Minnesota Fighting Saints. The Minnesota Fighting Saints receive John Ruffcorn from the Brooklyn Wonders in exchange for Joe Grigsby, Johnny Fothergill.
1950-03-31The Minnesota Fighting Saints have placed Johnny Fothergill on the trade block.
1950-03-27The Minnesota Fighting Saints have promoted Don Hoffman to the major league team. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have promoted Johnny Fothergill to the major league team.
1950-03-26Johnny Fothergill has signed with the Minnesota Fighting Saints for $3.5M per year for 2 years.