Johnny Humphries Notable

b. June 23, 1915 · Cleveland Indians 1938–1940, Chicago White Sox 1941–1945, Philadelphia Phillies 1946

Johnny Humphries played for three clubs across nine seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Cleveland Indians in 1938 and closing with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1946. His longest stay was with the Chicago White Sox, from 1941 to 1945.

He went 52 and 63 with a 3.78 earned run average, pitching 1,002 innings in 211 games. He struck out 317, completed 49 of his 111 starts and threw 9 shutouts. Across 211 games he batted .191, with 63 hits and 25 runs. He finished with 18 doubles and 1 stolen base.

He was born in Clifton Forge, VA, USA on June 23, 1915, and died on June 24, 1965. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1938	CLE	45	29	2	3	2	0	1	1	10	0	.103
1939	CLE	15	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	.000
1940	CLE	19	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	.000
1941	CHW	14	23	1	2	2	0	3	0	12	0	.087
1942	CHW	28	80	9	18	6	1	5	4	33	0	.225
1943	CHW	28	69	6	20	6	0	5	3	25	1	.290
1944	CHW	30	53	5	10	2	0	2	3	16	0	.189
1945	CHW	22	54	1	8	0	0	2	2	19	0	.148
1946	PHI	10	8	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	.250
Career	—	211	329	25	63	18	1	19	15	126	1	.191

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1938	CLE	9	8	45	6	6	103.1	105	60	63	56	5.23
1939	CLE	2	4	15	1	2	28.1	30	26	32	12	8.26
1940	CLE	0	2	19	1	1	33.2	35	31	29	17	8.29
1941	CHW	4	2	14	6	1	73.1	63	15	22	25	1.84
1942	CHW	12	12	28	28	0	228.1	227	68	59	71	2.68
1943	CHW	11	11	28	27	0	188.1	198	69	54	51	3.30
1944	CHW	8	10	30	20	1	169.0	170	69	57	42	3.67
1945	CHW	6	14	22	21	1	153.0	172	72	48	33	4.24
1946	PHI	0	0	10	1	0	24.2	24	11	9	10	4.01
Career	—	52	63	211	111	12	1002.0	1024	421	373	317	3.78

On this day & linked events

1915

Born June 23, 1915

Clifton Forge, VA, USA

1965

Died June 24, 1965

1938

Monte Pearson's No-Hitter

Monte Pearson threw a no-hitter for the New York Yankees against the Cleveland Indians on August 27, 1938, winning 13–0.