Ban Johnson
✓ Source-basedrisingPresident of the American League (1863-1931)
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Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson was an American executive in professional baseball who served as the founder and first president of the American League (AL).
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Ban Johnson, President, American League, [ca. 1910]. Michael T. "Nuf Ced" McGreevy Collection, Boston Public Library
Ban Johnson (center) surrounded by the individual portraits of the eight American League teams
The National Baseball Commission in 1909: Harry Pulliam (far left), August Herrmann (middle left), Johnson (middle right), and John E. Bruce (far right)
Johnson's plaque at the Baseball Hall of FameJournalists from United States 6
About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1863 to 1931 · aged 68
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6 languages
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