Pete Johns

{{Short description|American baseball player (1888–1964)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Pete Johns

|image=

|position=Infielder

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1888|1|17}}

|birth_place=Cleveland, Ohio

|death_date={{death date and age|1964|8|9|1888|1|17}}

|death_place=Cleveland, Ohio

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 25

|debutyear=1915

|debutteam=Chicago White Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 1

|finalyear=1918

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.196

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=22

|teams=

}}

William R. "Pete" Johns (January 17, 1888 – August 9, 1964) was an infielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnspe01.shtml "Pete Johns Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved March 7, 2011.

Johns died on August 9, 1964, and was buried at Knollwood Cemetery in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.{{sfn|Lee|2009|page=493}}

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book|last=Lee|first=Bill|title=The Baseball Necrology: The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of Over 7,600 Major League Players and Others|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Co.|date=2009|isbn=9780786442393|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4oEwCgAAQBAJ}}