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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 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1951 PHI 124 435 49 96 11 1 8 39 48 72 3 2 8 .603 .298 .306 .221
1952 PHI 117 341 33 79 11 0 7 36 32 51 2 6 5 .623 .297 .326 .232
1953 PHI 121 437 55 107 16 1 14 55 38 46 1 1 7 .686 .304 .382 .245
1954 PHI 103 297 32 72 10 2 7 36 36 52 5 2 11 .684 .323 .360 .242
1955 PHI 41 106 16 32 7 0 3 11 17 19 0 2 0 .848 .395 .453 .302
1956 PHI 65 116 22 32 4 3 5 19 18 19 0 1 0 .869 .378 .491 .276
1957 PHI 102 191 23 52 9 4 3 11 23 19 4 2 2 .759 .350 .408 .272
1958 PHI 77 174 22 52 9 1 2 15 14 17 2 3 0 .753 .356 .397 .299
1959 PHI-CHA-CLE-MIL 44 61 6 12 1 1 1 5 9 11 0 1 0 .595 .300 .295 .197
1960 MIL 94 102 12 21 5 0 1 12 12 15 4 1 1 .583 .299 .284 .206
1961 MIL 82 130 17 30 5 0 2 10 12 17 2 3 2 .614 .299 .315 .231
1962 MIL 64 124 23 36 5 0 1 10 22 15 2 2 5 .749 .395 .355 .290
1963 MIL 16 36 3 7 1 0 0 4 7 8 1 0 0 .540 .318 .222 .194
Total 1050 2550 313 628 94 13 54 263 288 361 26 26 41 .680 .323 .357 .246
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.