Benjamin Franklin as a baseball player
A natural catcher rated 81 in Legends Draft MLB, the parody game where famous people play baseball. Flew a kite into a storm to show that lightning is electricity. A catcher who will catch anything thrown at him, including a hundred mile an hour fastball in the dirt.
Photo: Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, Public domain
Natural position
C Catcher
Rating
81OVRPlays like: A sure handed receiver who blocks everything.
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Made up for the game, 40 to 99.
- Contact
- 82
- Power
- 52
- Eye
- 90
- Speed
- 52
- Fielding
- 73
- Arm
- 66
- Pitching
- 82
Where Benjamin Franklin fits
Each spot weighs the ratings its own way. Away from the natural spot a legend loses a few points; on the bench everyone plays at their natural rating.
- CCatcher, natural81
- SPStarting pitcher77
- 2BSecond base70
- 1BFirst base67
- SSShortstop66
Scouting report
Flew a kite into a storm to show that lightning is electricity. A catcher who will catch anything thrown at him, including a hundred mile an hour fastball in the dirt.
Plays like A sure handed receiver who blocks everything
In the football edition Benjamin Franklin is a natural kicker graded 83. Benjamin Franklin's football scouting report
Benjamin Franklin in real life
Real life
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
- Lived
- 1706 to 1790
- From
- British America, United States
- Known as
- politician, diplomat, polymath, writer
- Sport
- chess
- Honors
- Copley Medal, honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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