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Name	Team	Age
John Lawton	Retired (1977, Age 33)	Died (2020, Age 77)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 63 (1968)	LF	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Kevin Brown League	0	0 years (0 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	B+	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	C	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	C	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C+	D
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D+	C	C
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B	0	11/3/1943
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1968

Minors

35.00

1 / 3

3 / 5

3 / 6

4 / 7

1 / 7

1 / 4

0 / 3

13 / 35

1969

Majors

15.00

3 / 5

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

2 / 4

1 / 1

6 / 15

1970

Majors

19.00

1 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 3

1 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 2

3 / 19

1971

Majors

9.00

2 / 3

1 / 2

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

2 / 2

0 / 0

6 / 9

1972

Majors

18.00

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 4

1 / 6

1 / 18

1973

Majors

15.00

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 15

1974

Majors

13.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 13

1975

Majors

9.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 9

1976

Majors

11.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 6

0 / 1

0 / 11

1977

Majors

10.00

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 10

Total

0

0

0

7 / 22

4 / 21

4 / 23

4 / 19

2 / 22

6 / 28

2 / 19

29 / 154

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1977-11-01	John Lawton has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1969-04-01	The Philadelphia Thunder have waived John Lawton.
1969-03-29	The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Juan Bell to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Clete Cole to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Gene Bennett to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Mike Culp to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent John Lawton to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Bob Miller to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Don Buehrle to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Dave Paredes to the minors.
1969-03-28	The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted John Lawton to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Don Buehrle to the major league team.