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Name	Team	Age
John Hemsley	Retired (1981, Age 35)	Died (2017, Age 71)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 41 (1968)	RF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Lyman Bostock Jr League	0	11 years (127 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	C	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	A-	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C	C+	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D-	C+	C+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D-	0	6/24/1946
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	2
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (98.9 %)	B  (61.4 %)	D- (10.0 %)

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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

58.00

6 / 7

13 / 16

4 / 5

2 / 10

2 / 6

4 / 10

3 / 4

34 / 58

1969

Minors

8.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

2 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 1

1 / 2

5 / 8

1969

Majors

18.73

1 / 2

3 / 5

1 / 3

0 / 0

1 / 1

2 / 3

2 / 4

10 / 18

1970

Majors

15.11

1 / 4

3 / 4

1 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 0

7 / 15

1971

Majors

8.86

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

2 / 8

1972

Majors

33.89

1 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 4

1 / 4

1 / 6

3 / 6

3 / 5

9 / 33

1973

Majors

25.37

1 / 2

1 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 3

1 / 3

2 / 7

2 / 4

8 / 25

1974

Majors

15.62

0 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 2

2 / 15

1975

Majors

8.69

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 8

1976

Majors

10.40

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 10

1977

Majors

5.40

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 5

1978

Majors

13.50

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 13

1979

Majors

22.50

0 / 5

0 / 1

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 0

0 / 22

1980

Majors

12.70

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 12

1981

Minors

6.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 3

1 / 6

1981

Majors

4.40

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 4

Total

0

0

0

11 / 36

21 / 40

7 / 34

8 / 35

7 / 32

14 / 50

11 / 33

79 / 260

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1981-11-01	John Hemsley has retired from the Chicago Coal Train
1981-05-23	The Chicago Coal Train have designated John Hemsley for assignment.
1978-06-08	The Chicago Coal Train have acquired John Hemsley from the waiver wire.
1978-06-01	The Milwaukee Warriors have promoted Leon Redbone to the major league team. The Milwaukee Warriors have designated John Hemsley for assignment.
1972-09-13	The Milwaukee Warriors have promoted John Hemsley to the major league team. The Milwaukee Warriors have sent Jim Navarro to the minors.
1972-09-13	The Milwaukee Warriors have sent John Hemsley to the minors.
1972-05-20	A trade has been completed between the Boston Stranglers and the Milwaukee Warriors. The Milwaukee Warriors receive George Irwin, John Hemsley, Jim Sketchley, Specs Olmo, Draft Pick - 1973 Round 1 (BOS) from the Boston Stranglers in exchange for Irish Coveleski, Stu Robinson, Draft Pick - 1973 Round 2 (MIL).
1972-03-25	The Boston Stranglers have promoted Bruce Farrow to the major league team. The Boston Stranglers have promoted John Hemsley to the major league team.
1971-10-03	The Boston Stranglers have promoted Vic Brown to the major league team. The Boston Stranglers have sent John Hemsley to the minors.
1969-04-27	The Boston Stranglers have promoted John Hemsley to the major league team. The Boston Stranglers have sent John Cormier to the minors.
1969-03-25	A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Stranglers. The Boston Stranglers receive John Hemsley, Draft Pick - 1969 Round 3 (CLE), Draft Pick - 1970 Round 1 (CLE) from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Art Hawkins, Kaiser Jenkins, Draft Pick - 1969 Round 2 (BOS).