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- Birth nameByron Bancroft Johnson
- Ban Johnson was born on January 5, 1864 in Norwalk, Ohio, USA. He died on March 28, 1931 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
- Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937. Induction ceremony was held in 1939 for the first four classes.
- Inducted into the Marietta College Athletics Hall of Fame in 1984.
- Interred in Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana.
- Founder and first president of baseball's American League, 1900-1927.
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