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Feb18

Peanut Johnson of the Negro Leagues

I was listening to NPR this morning, and a story about the Negro League baseball leagues — specifically a pitcher by the name of “Peanut” Johnson. Johnson played three years, with a combined record of 33 wins and 8 losses, and also claims a .268 batting average! That’s pretty impressive! Most major league pitchers can’t claim 33-8 over the same number of games, and certainly can’t claim a .268 batting average! (Randy Johnson’s lifetime BA is .091!)

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that “Peanut” Johnson’s first name was Mamie. Yeah, she was a woman. Now, that’s pretty bad-ass! Read a passage about her in the book A Strong Right Arm, whydontcha?

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