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Name Team Age
John Lawing Retired (1977, Age 40) Died (2034, Age 97)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 1
(1955)		 SS B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Mike Schmidt League 0 17 years (90 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B+ B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ A- C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B+ C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D+ B  B 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
A  0 8/29/1937
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 5 10
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (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
1961 CHN 162 687 141 224 38 8 36 127 72 99 35 12 33 .951 .389 .562 .326
1962 CHN 162 674 137 197 37 10 31 102 59 120 26 9 13 .863 .348 .515 .292
1963 CHN 162 679 147 218 44 9 36 126 63 99 32 6 4 .952 .381 .571 .321
1964 CHN 153 575 99 177 31 6 21 106 69 95 27 19 5 .877 .384 .492 .308
1965 CHN 162 656 134 206 35 11 33 137 76 107 36 15 9 .934 .382 .552 .314
1966 CHN-NYN 162 630 126 196 34 7 38 149 85 92 31 5 4 .960 .392 .568 .311
1967 NYN 162 625 116 195 37 9 32 121 76 94 25 6 8 .936 .382 .554 .312
1968 NYN 163 674 121 214 50 9 25 125 69 114 17 7 3 .908 .379 .530 .318
1969 NYN 162 648 137 208 36 6 43 120 89 105 17 5 5 .996 .402 .594 .321
1970 NYN 162 627 136 211 34 12 43 144 95 97 19 5 5 1.060 .425 .635 .337
1971 NYN 162 653 137 222 39 15 41 150 58 105 20 3 4 1.025 .391 .634 .340
1972 CIN 159 589 114 200 30 9 27 110 72 84 13 4 3 .968 .410 .559 .340
1973 CIN 160 627 130 188 38 7 39 149 73 100 16 4 8 .939 .370 .569 .300
1974 CIN 159 619 106 192 36 6 32 116 67 91 12 4 6 .919 .376 .543 .310
1975 CIN 158 630 97 187 30 5 29 127 54 96 13 3 6 .849 .351 .498 .297
1976 CIN 145 555 79 168 27 7 17 78 55 98 12 6 9 .836 .368 .468 .303
1977 CIN 156 631 72 149 23 5 19 73 62 110 4 7 1 .685 .306 .379 .236
Total 2711 10779 2029 3352 599 141 542 2060 1194 1706 355 120 126 .922 .379 .544 .311
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1977-11-01John Lawing has retired from the Cincinnati Red Spiders
1972-04-01A trade has been completed between the New York Metropolitans and the Cincinnati Red Spiders. The Cincinnati Red Spiders receive John Lawing, Silver Clendenon, Archie Reich from the New York Metropolitans in exchange for Andre Riley, Draft Pick - 1974 Round 1 (CIN).
1966-05-31A trade has been completed between the Chicago American Giants and the New York Metropolitans. The New York Metropolitans receive John Lawing, Randy Karl, Mark Denehy, Frank Peploski, Alan Johns, Frank Clark, Tim Amalfitano from the Chicago American Giants in exchange for Luis Johnson, Gene Blefary, Jake Wells, Wes Brown, Bob Beck, Bruce Brickell, George Danforth, Draft Pick - 1967 Round 1 (NYN), Draft Pick - 1968 Round 1 (NYN), Draft Pick - 1969 Round 1 (NYN).
1961-04-01The Chicago Oktoberfest have promoted John Lawing to the major league team. The Chicago Oktoberfest have sent Sleeper Estrada to the minors.