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Name Team Age
Ben Franklin Retired (1963, Age 35) Died (2009, Age 81)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 61
(1951)		 LF R/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Reggie Smith League 0 9 years (63 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
53 44 42
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
66 75 40
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
42 59 30
Endurance Velocity Control
55 9 8
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
42 40 87
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
60 0 5/9/1928
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 1 3
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (---)
95 (95.2 %) 18 (18.8 %) 0 (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (C) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (2B)
0 (0.0 %) 0 (0.0 %) 0 (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (SS)
0 (0.0 %) 0 (0.0 %)

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Year Team C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF PH
1951 PHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 124
1952 PHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117
1953 PHI 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 6
1954 PHI 29 1 0 0 0 50 0 8 15
1955 PHI 0 0 0 1 0 19 0 9 12
1956 PHI 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 15 33
1957 PHI 0 3 0 0 0 12 2 27 58
1958 PHI 0 1 1 0 0 15 0 26 34
1959 PHI-CHA-CLE-MIL 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 6 32
1960 MIL 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 86
1961 MIL 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 7 55
1962 MIL 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 24 28
1963 MIL 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 3
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1963-11-01Ben Franklin has retired from the Milwaukee Wallbangers
1963-08-05The Milwaukee Wallbangers have designated Ben Franklin for assignment.
1960-03-03The Milwaukee Wallbangers have promoted Chi-Chi Spindel to the major league team. The Milwaukee Wallbangers have promoted Ben Franklin to the major league team.
1959-09-22The Milwaukee Wallbangers have acquired Ben Franklin from the waiver wire.
1959-09-18The Cleveland Indians have waived Ben Franklin.
1959-09-13The Cleveland Indians have acquired Ben Franklin from the waiver wire.
1959-09-07The Chicago White Sox have acquired Stew Pedassol from the waiver wire. The Chicago White Sox have waived Ben Franklin.
1959-08-25The Chicago White Sox have acquired Ben Franklin from the waiver wire. The Chicago White Sox have waived Jim Morris.
1959-08-08The Philadelphia Patriots have waived Ben Franklin.
1959-07-29The Philadelphia Patriots have promoted Jose Sanders to the major league team. The Philadelphia Patriots have designated Ben Franklin for assignment.
1955-07-18The Philadelphia Patriots have promoted Ben Franklin to the major league team. The Philadelphia Patriots have designated Tom Blue for assignment.
1955-04-29The Philadelphia Patriots have promoted Ben Williams to the major league team. The Philadelphia Patriots have sent Ben Franklin to the minors.
1951-04-16The Philadelphia Patriots have promoted Ben Franklin to the major league team. The Philadelphia Patriots have sent Greg Bonney to the minors.
1951-04-04The Philadelphia Patriots have renamed David Jessie to Ben Franklin.
1951-04-02The Philadelphia Patriots have renamed Vallie Hippauf to David Jessie.