"Ban Johnson"@en . "President of the American League" . . . . "Johnson, Ban"@en . "Byron Bancroft Johnson"@en . . "1865-01-05Z"^^ . . "1931Z"^^ . . "Byron Bancroft \"Ban\" Johnson (January 5, 1865 \u2013 March 28, 1931), was an American executive in professional baseball who served as the founder and first president of the American League (AL).Johnson developed the AL\u2014a descendant of the minor league Western League\u2014into a \"clean\" alternative to the National League, which had become notorious for its rough-and-tumble atmosphere."@en . . "Johnson, Byron Bancroft"@en . "1931-03-28Z"^^ . "1865Z"^^ .