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Name Team Age
Ben Johnson Retired (1958, Age 35) Died (1995, Age 72)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 25, Pick 397
(1950)
C R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Joe Medwick League 0 3 years (159 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
A-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C- D+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C- B-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ B+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C- 0 7/22/1923
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
(0.0 %) (0.0 %) (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 CLE 122 318 19 64 14 1 4 28 13 72 0 0 0 .524 .234 .289 .201
1951 CLE-CHN 44 79 5 14 3 0 1 6 5 20 0 0 0 .474 .221 .253 .177
1952 CHN 19 48 6 13 1 2 1 6 3 9 0 0 0 .751 .314 .438 .271
1954 CHN 73 67 3 10 2 0 1 5 8 19 0 0 0 .464 .240 .224 .149
1955 CHN 65 127 12 31 6 0 1 13 10 20 0 0 4 .614 .299 .315 .244
1956 CHN 136 244 23 49 6 1 6 21 18 59 0 0 6 .561 .254 .307 .201
1957 CHN 18 32 1 7 1 0 0 3 4 6 0 0 1 .556 .306 .250 .219
Total 477 915 69 188 33 4 14 82 61 205 0 0 11 .551 .255 .296 .205
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1958-11-01Ben Johnson has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1958-07-27The Chicago Maulers have acquired Al Gibson from the waiver wire. The Chicago Maulers have waived Ben Johnson.
1957-10-03The Chicago Maulers have designated Ben Johnson for assignment.
1957-09-11The Chicago Maulers have promoted Ben Johnson to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have sent Tracy Lis to the minors.
1957-04-01The Chicago Maulers have promoted Oskar Turkoglu to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have promoted Zeb Burdick to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have designated Gabe Gross for assignment. The Chicago Maulers have designated Turk Farrell for assignment. The Chicago Maulers have designated Jack Phillips for assignment. The Chicago Maulers have designated Ben Johnson for assignment.
1956-04-01The Chicago Maulers have renamed Fred Sweeney to Ben Johnson.
1955-05-23The Chicago Maulers have promoted Fred Sweeney to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have designated Harry Nettles for assignment.
1954-07-22The Chicago Maulers have promoted Harry Nettles to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have designated Fred Sweeney for assignment.
1954-04-01The Chicago Maulers have promoted Fred Sweeney to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have designated Gary Howard for assignment.
1952-04-27The Chicago Maulers have sent BackBack Bachman to the minors. The Chicago Maulers have designated Fred Sweeney for assignment.
1951-09-07The Chicago Maulers have promoted Fred Sweeney to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have designated Red Callahan for assignment.
1951-09-05The Chicago Maulers have acquired Fred Sweeney from the waiver wire. The Chicago Maulers have waived Allyn Alyea.
1951-06-10The Cleveland Havoc waive Fred Sweeney.