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Name Team Age
Ben Ables Retired (1965, Age 35) Died (2000, Age 70)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 8
(1951)		 SS R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Jim Edmonds League 0 6 years (80 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A- A 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ B+ B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C- C+ D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 10/4/1930
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (97.3 %) A+ (96.9 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG AVG
1958 AHP 26 97 26 5 0 2 13 9 16 .709 .327 .381 .268
1958 HHP 26 94 22 6 0 1 14 10 19 .635 .305 .330 .234
1958 LHP 23 59 14 3 0 1 4 5 6 .636 .297 .339 .237
1958 RHP 46 132 34 8 0 2 23 14 29 .688 .324 .364 .258
1959 AHP 21 67 16 2 1 1 8 8 5 .672 .329 .343 .239
1959 HHP 17 56 18 3 0 1 5 12 9 .870 .441 .429 .321
1959 LHP 22 40 11 2 1 1 4 7 6 .833 .383 .450 .275
1959 RHP 29 83 23 3 0 1 9 13 8 .731 .381 .349 .277
1960 AHP 44 157 37 11 0 0 27 22 30 .630 .324 .306 .236
1960 HHP 46 171 46 5 0 2 23 14 23 .656 .323 .333 .269
1960 LHP 29 41 13 3 0 2 8 4 2 .906 .370 .537 .317
1960 RHP 82 287 70 13 0 0 42 32 51 .606 .317 .289 .244
1961 AHP 69 216 53 4 2 1 15 25 38 .617 .321 .296 .245
1961 HHP 68 220 55 9 0 3 21 27 35 .662 .331 .332 .250
1961 LHP 37 57 16 0 0 3 6 6 10 .788 .349 .439 .281
1961 RHP 124 379 92 13 2 1 30 46 63 .618 .322 .296 .243
1962 AHP 18 28 2 0 0 1 3 0 4 .282 .103 .179 .071
1962 HHP 21 31 7 1 0 0 1 5 3 .591 .333 .258 .226
1962 LHP 16 17 3 1 0 1 2 0 3 .588 .176 .412 .176
1962 RHP 22 42 6 0 0 0 2 5 4 .393 .250 .143 .143
1963 AHP 19 67 13 2 1 0 5 6 7 .514 .260 .254 .194
1963 HHP 21 49 7 1 0 0 1 5 8 .385 .222 .163 .143
1963 LHP 16 33 8 3 0 0 3 1 3 .598 .265 .333 .242
1963 RHP 29 83 12 0 1 0 3 10 12 .405 .237 .169 .145
1964 AHP 9 38 10 2 0 1 4 1 10 .695 .300 .395 .263
1964 HHP 14 29 10 3 0 0 0 7 4 .920 .472 .448 .345
1964 LHP 10 16 7 1 0 1 2 5 4 1.259 .571 .688 .438
1964 RHP 17 51 13 4 0 0 2 3 10 .642 .309 .333 .255
Total AHP 206 670 157 26 4 6 75 71 110 .620 .308 .312 .234
Total HHP 213 650 165 28 0 7 65 80 101 .663 .334 .329 .254
Total LHP 153 263 72 13 1 9 29 28 34 .776 .342 .433 .274
Total RHP 349 1057 250 41 3 4 111 123 177 .608 .316 .292 .237
Total 419 1320 322 54 4 13 140 151 211 .641 .321 .320 .244
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1965-11-01Ben Ables has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1965-04-10The Pittsburgh Panthers have waived Ben Ables.
1964-08-12The Pittsburgh Panthers have designated Ben Ables for assignment.
1959-08-18Ben Ables of the Pittsburgh Panthers is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1958-04-21The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Ben Ables to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Mike Vitt to the major league team.
1958-04-21The Pittsburgh Panthers have acquired Ben Ables from the waiver wire.
1955-04-12The Florida Storm have acquired Bob Lawrence from the waiver wire. The Florida Storm have waived Ben Ables.
1954-04-11The Florida Storm have acquired Ben Ables from the waiver wire.
1954-04-01The Cleveland Bounders have waived Ben Ables.
1953-08-19The Cleveland Bounders have acquired Ben Ables from the waiver wire.
1953-03-25The Milwaukee Braves have waived Ben Ables.
1952-05-05The Milwaukee Braves have acquired Ben Ables from the waiver wire.
1952-04-25The Florida Storm have waived Ben Ables.