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Name	Team	Age
Ben Gonzalez	Retired (1969, Age 34)	44
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 31 (1953)	LF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Wilbur Wood League	0	8 years (0 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	B-	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A+	A+	A-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C+	C	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A+	0	9/24/1935
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	2	4
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.9 %)	A  (90.3 %)	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

1953

Minors

47.00

8 / 9

8 / 9

4 / 5

6 / 7

4 / 8

4 / 4

5 / 5

39 / 47

1954

Minors

57.00

5 / 7

3 / 6

6 / 8

6 / 8

4 / 5

9 / 11

11 / 12

44 / 57

1955

Minors

36.00

6 / 8

1 / 1

4 / 5

3 / 5

1 / 1

1 / 5

10 / 11

26 / 36

1956

Minors

38.00

4 / 6

4 / 7

4 / 7

7 / 8

2 / 4

2 / 2

4 / 4

27 / 38

1957

Minors

33.00

4 / 6

2 / 2

2 / 5

1 / 3

1 / 4

7 / 10

1 / 3

18 / 33

1958

Minors

49.00

3 / 9

5 / 7

2 / 6

4 / 5

1 / 9

2 / 4

5 / 9

22 / 49

1959

Minors

71.00

3 / 8

3 / 11

2 / 8

5 / 11

0 / 9

4 / 15

4 / 9

21 / 71

1960

Minors

30.00

0 / 1

3 / 8

0 / 2

2 / 6

0 / 3

2 / 4

2 / 6

9 / 30

1961

Minors

24.00

0 / 3

2 / 5

1 / 7

1 / 3

2 / 4

1 / 2

0 / 0

7 / 24

1962

Majors

28.63

162

14

0

2 / 4

2 / 2

1 / 3

1 / 4

3 / 5

2 / 6

3 / 4

14 / 28

1963

Majors

21.79

162

2

0

1 / 4

4 / 5

0 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 6

1 / 2

0 / 1

8 / 21

1964

Majors

26.90

162

5

0

1 / 4

3 / 4

2 / 5

0 / 5

2 / 4

1 / 2

1 / 2

10 / 26

1965

Majors

30.43

162

5

0

1 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 6

3 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 4

6 / 30

1966

Majors

33.54

162

17

0

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 6

1 / 8

1 / 5

0 / 5

1 / 3

3 / 33

1967

Majors

33.00

162

17

0

2 / 7

2 / 6

2 / 4

1 / 2

1 / 6

0 / 3

2 / 5

10 / 33

1968

Majors

31.11

162

28

0

0 / 4

0 / 8

1 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 6

1 / 7

0 / 1

2 / 31

1969

Majors

24.83

162

8

0

-3 / 2

-3 / 2

-4 / 5

-7 / 6

-1 / 4

-2 / 2

-1 / 3

-21 / 24

Total

1296

96

0

37 / 88

39 / 93

27 / 86

35 / 89

23 / 86

35 / 87

49 / 82

245 / 611

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1969-11-01	Ben Gonzalez has retired from the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
1962-06-16	The New York Nights have removed Ben Gonzalez from the trade block.
1962-04-29	The New York Nights have placed Ben Gonzalez on the trade block.
1962-04-01	The New York Nights have promoted Ben Gonzalez to the major league team.
1961-09-06	The New York Nights have acquired Ben Gonzalez from the waiver wire.
1961-09-02	The Arizona Sidewinders have waived Ben Gonzalez.
1959-04-18	The Arizona Sidewinders have placed Ben Gonzalez on the trade block.
1958-09-22	A trade has been completed between the Arizona Sidewinders and the New York Nights. The New York Nights receive John Diaz from the Arizona Sidewinders in exchange for Ben Gonzalez, Chuck Atkinson. Protest This Trade.
1957-06-27	The New York Nights have acquired Ben Gonzalez from the waiver wire.
1957-06-21	The Minnesota Swedes have waived Ben Gonzalez.
1952-08-26	A trade has been completed between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Swedes. The Minnesota Swedes receive Draft Pick 1953 Round 2 LAN (Ben Gonzalez) from the New York Yankees in exchange for Carl Songer.
1951-08-19	A trade has been completed between the Los Angeles Silver Surfers and the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees receive Draft Pick 1953 Round 2 LAN (Ben Gonzalez) from the Los Angeles Silver Surfers in exchange for John Wells, Ed Power.