Johnny Markham
1930–1949 · bats R / throws R · BCG, Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, CCR, Indianapolis Clowns, Kansas City Monarchs, MNR
90G
.139AVG
.155OBP
.190SLG
More career statistics
22H
0HR
8RBI
0SB
26–20W–L
379.2IP
221K
3.65ERA
40GS
4SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 158 | 76 |
| Batting · Doubles | 6 | 0 |
| Batting · Hits | 22 | 8 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 168 | 81 |
| Batting · Runs | 8 | 3 |
| Batting · RBI | 8 | 2 |
| Batting · Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Walks | 2 | 0 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,637 | 756 |
| Pitching · p cg | 25 | 27 |
| Pitching · p er | 154 | 48 |
| Pitching · p gs | 40 | 43 |
| Pitching · p h | 386 | 281 |
| Pitching · p hr | 13 | 2 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,139 | 1,006 |
| Pitching · p k | 221 | 123 |
| Pitching · p r | 203 | 137 |
| Pitching · p w | 99 | 42 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | 168 | 158 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | .139 | .155 | .190 | .345 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 379.7 | 84 | 40 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 386 | 203 | 154 | 13 | 99 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 3.65 | 1.277 |
Streaks
1longest hitting streak · 1937-05-09 to 1937-05-09
1longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1937-05-17 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1943-05-23 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1944-07-02 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 12 | 13 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .154 | 50 | 35 |
| 1938 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 21 | 18 | 2 | – | – | – | .111 | 44 | 39 |
| 1941 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 10 | 12 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 30 | 9 |
| 1942 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 14 | 17 | 1 | – | – | – | .059 | 82 | 30 |
| 1943 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 9 | 7 | 3 | – | – | – | .429 | 42 | 6 |
| 1944 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 43 | 1 |
| 1945 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 13 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 34 | 3 |
| 1947 | CGChicago American Giants | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – |
| 1949 | ICIndianapolis Clowns | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |