Johnny Markham

Johnny Markham
Johnny Markham
	Pitcher
	Born: October 12, 1908; Shreveport, Louisiana
	Died: March 1975 (aged 66); Marina del Rey, California
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1930, for the Kansas City Monarchs
Last appearance
	1946, for the Cincinnati Crescents
Teams
	Kansas City Monarchs (1930, 1937–1938); Shreveport Giants (1936); Chicago Palmer House (1940); Birmingham Black Barons (1941–1945); Cincinnati Crescents (1946);

John Matthew "Johnny" Markham (October 12, 1908 – March, 1975) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1930 to 1946 with several teams, including the Kansas City Monarchs and the Birmingham Black Barons.[1]

References

Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)

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