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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 Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1950 Away 51 216 42 74 13 1 10 52 19 33 4 2 1 .943 .392 .551 .208 .343
1950 Home 48 188 38 70 15 4 9 50 22 37 3 1 1 1.074 .436 .638 .266 .372
1951 Away 73 305 62 91 12 5 19 45 35 59 6 1 3 .929 .371 .557 .259 .298
1951 Home 62 222 44 66 5 5 11 49 48 37 5 1 1 .930 .416 .514 .216 .297
1952 Away 70 284 45 81 21 1 7 38 18 44 6 1 5 .767 .327 .440 .155 .285
1952 Home 65 234 32 62 8 1 9 38 24 36 3 1 1 .756 .333 .423 .158 .265
1953 Away 64 198 27 54 10 3 3 25 21 30 1 0 0 .741 .342 .399 .126 .273
1953 Home 72 204 24 57 6 3 4 28 31 30 1 1 1 .771 .374 .397 .118 .279
1954 Away 44 124 17 39 11 0 4 22 16 19 0 0 2 .887 .387 .500 .185 .315
1954 Home 50 152 16 39 9 0 4 26 13 33 0 0 2 .708 .314 .395 .138 .257
1955 Away 70 267 33 75 11 0 5 32 23 53 0 0 0 .713 .334 .378 .097 .281
1955 Home 65 244 40 71 10 0 12 40 30 55 0 0 2 .847 .367 .480 .189 .291
1956 Away 66 254 31 58 13 0 2 19 31 53 0 0 2 .612 .309 .303 .075 .228
1956 Home 69 266 35 76 14 2 6 35 18 51 0 0 2 .752 .331 .421 .135 .286
1957 Away 51 52 6 14 3 0 2 10 4 9 0 0 0 .764 .321 .442 .173 .269
1957 Home 49 44 8 9 0 0 1 3 8 7 0 1 0 .600 .327 .273 .068 .205
Total Away 489 1700 263 486 94 10 52 243 167 300 17 4 13 .793 .348 .445 .159 .286
Total Home 480 1554 237 450 67 15 56 269 194 286 12 5 10 .827 .367 .460 .171 .290
Total 969 3254 500 936 161 25 108 512 361 586 29 9 23 .809 .357 .452 .164 .288
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.