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unusual facts about Ban Johnson


Byron Johnson

Ban Johnson (1864–1931), American baseball executive, founder of the American League


Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1937

Morgan Bulkeley, the NL's first president (1876), and Byron "Ban" Johnson, the AL's founder and first president (1900-1927); and


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Bill Leinhauser

Ban Johnson refused to back down and told Tigers owner Frank Navin that the team would be fined $5,000 for every game in which they failed to field a team.