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Name	Team	Age
John Bean	Retired (1995, Age 37)	Died (2045, Age 87)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 29 (1979)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Murray Maddux League	0	13 years (69 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A+	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C	B	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B+	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C	A	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B	0	7/30/1958
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (1.4 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Skill grades calculated using approximate current ratings minus past improvements.
Year	Contact vs R	Power vs R	Contact vs L	Power vs L	Speed	Arm	Range
1979	D+	C	C+	B	D+	A-	D-
1980	D+	C+	C+	B	C-	A-	D
1981	C-	C+	B-	B+	C	A	D+
1982	C-	B-	B-	B+	C+	A	D+
1983	C	B-	B	A-	B-	A+	C-
1984	C	B	B	A-	B-	A+	C-
1985	C+	B	B	A-	B	A+	C-
1986	C+	B+	B	A-	B	A+	C-
1987	C+	B+	B	A-	B	A+	C
1988	C+	B+	B	A-	B	A+	C
1989	C+	A-	B	A-	B	A+	C
1990	C+	A-	B	A-	B	A+	C
1991	C+	A-	B	A-	B	A+	C
1992	C+	A-	B	A-	B	A+	C
1993	C+	A-	B	A-	B	A+	C-
1994	C+	B+	B	B+	B-	A+	C-
1995	C	B+	B	B+	B-	A+	C-

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1995-11-01	John Bean has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1995-04-09	The Washington G-Men have waived John Bean.
1995-03-25	The Washington G-Men have promoted Minoru Kato to the major league team. The Washington G-Men have designated John Bean for assignment.
1991-09-16	John Bean of the Baltimore Orioles is injured and is expected to be out 4 days.
1983-09-12	John Bean of the Baltimore Orioles is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1982-05-13	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted John Bean to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have designated Bill Pittinger for assignment.
1981-04-01	The Baltimore Orioles have auto-demoted John Bean to the minor leagues.
1980-07-13	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Lefty Porter to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have promoted John Bean to the major league team.
1979-05-08	The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Jarrod McKelvy to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Lefty Pafko to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have sent John Bean to the minors. The Baltimore Orioles have sent Al Fisher to the minors.
1979-04-01	The Baltimore Orioles have auto-promoted John Bean to the major leagues.
1977-08-23	Trade #1568345 has been completed between the Chicago Cubbies and the Baltimore Orioles. The Baltimore Orioles receive Frank Kiner, Lefty Porter, Draft Pick 1980 Round 2 CHN (Mike Yerkes), Draft Pick 1979 Round 2 CHN (John Bean) from the Chicago Cubbies in exchange for Jose Duckworth.