Al Johnson (baseball), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1860
Date of Death: 02-Jul-1901
Profession: baseball player
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Al Johnson (baseball)
- Albert Loftin Johnson (December 24, 1860 Phillips County, Arkansas - July 2, 1901 Brooklyn, New York) was owner of the Players' League's Cleveland Infants and brief owner of the Cincinnati Reds during the 1890-91 off-season before selling the club to John T.
- Brush. His father, ex-Confederate army colonel Albert W.
- Johnson, moved north after the war and became a street car magnate, with operations in Indianapolis, Cleveland and New York City.
- Al learned the business and, with the wealth gained, largely bankrolled the Players League.
- Johnson owned the Cleveland franchise in the new league.
- In the aftermath of the league's first season, a year in which all baseball owners lost money, the new league folded.
- Al Johnson briefly owned the Cincinnati Reds, before selling out and moved to New York.
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