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Name	Team	Age
Ben Akers	Retired (1963, Age 33)	Died (2006, Age 77)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 5, Pick 74 (1952)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Tim Raines League	0	0 years (0 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C	C+	D-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B	C
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D+	C	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A-	F	B
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	11/1/1929
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

1952

Minors

0.00

1 / 1

1 / 1

2 / 2

1 / 3

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

6 / 0

1953

Minors

0.00

1 / 1

2 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

3 / 3

2 / 2

9 / 0

1954

Minors

8.00

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 3

1 / 1

3 / 8

1955

Minors

6.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 1

2 / 6

Total

0

0

0

2 / 3

4 / 4

3 / 4

3 / 7

2 / 3

3 / 8

3 / 4

20 / 33

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1963-11-01	Ben Akers has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1956-04-01	The Detroit Tin Knockers have waived Ben Akers.
1953-06-17	A trade has been completed between the Baltimore Blue Rays and the Detroit Tin Knockers. The Detroit Tin Knockers receive Sam Kirkpatrick, Ben Akers, Lee Moses, Draft Pick - 1954 Round 3 (BAL), Draft Pick - 1954 Round 2 (PHI) from the Baltimore Blue Rays in exchange for Randy Hardtke, Domingo Coates, Augie Allen, Draft Pick - 1954 Round 4 (DET), Draft Pick - 1954 Round 5 (DET).
1953-04-23	The Baltimore Blue Rays have acquired Ben Akers from the waiver wire.
1953-04-19	The New York Rangers have waived Ben Akers.