Johnny Washington (first baseman)
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First baseman | |||||||||||||||
Born: Montgomery, Alabama | January 9, 1916|||||||||||||||
Died: July 22, 1984 Detroit, Michigan | (aged 68)|||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
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1936, for the Pittsburgh Crawfords | |||||||||||||||
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1948, for the Baltimore Elite Giants | |||||||||||||||
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John G. Washington (January 9, 1916 – July 22, 1984) was an American Negro league first baseman in the 1930s and 1940s.
A native of Montgomery, Alabama, Washington made his Negro leagues debut in 1933 with the Montgomery Grey Sox and the following year with the Birmingham Black Barons in the minor league Negro Southern League. In 1936 he moved up to the major league Pittsburgh Crawfords. Washington played three seasons for Pittsburgh, then went on to play several seasons with the New York Black Yankees and the Baltimore Elite Giants through 1948.[1]
Washington served in the United States Army from 1942−1945.[2] He died in Detroit, Michigan in 1984 at age 68.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ "T-Z 2018-04" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Center for Negro League Baseball Research. p. 396. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ Bedingfield, Gary. "Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII". baseballinwartime.com. Baseball in Wartime. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Johnny Washington". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ "Johnny Washington". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads
Categories:
- 1916 births
- 1984 deaths
- Baltimore Elite Giants players
- New York Black Yankees players
- Pittsburgh Crawfords players
- Montgomery Grey Sox players
- Birmingham Black Barons players
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- African Americans in World War II
- American baseball first baseman stubs
- Negro league baseball infielder stubs