Adam Rankin "Tex" Johnson Sr. (February 4, 1888 – July 2, 1972) was an American

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

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. His son, Rankin Johnson, Jr., was also a Major League pitcher. His grandfather was the Civil War military leader

Stovepipe Johnson Adam Rankin "Stovepipe" Johnson (February 6, 1834 – October 20, 1922) was an antebellum Western frontiersman and later an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Johnson obtained fame leading the Newburgh Raid ...

. He began his professional career with the

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of the

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in 1908. His best season pitching was in 1916 with the Fort Worth Panthers of the Texas League. His record was 15–12 in 35 appearances that year. Later in his minor league career he was a player/coach for four seasons (1923-1926). His last professional season was in 1926 for the Chambersburg Maroons of the

Blue Ridge League The Blue Ridge League was the name of two minor league baseball organizations that operated in the first half of the twentieth century in the United States. History The first league operated for the better part of sixteen years, from 1915 throu ...

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1888 births 1972 deaths Baseball players from Burnet County, Texas Major League Baseball pitchers Boston Red Sox players Chicago Whales players Baltimore Terrapins players 20th-century American sportsmen St. Louis Cardinals players Minor league baseball managers Austin Senators players Galveston Sand Crabs players Dallas Giants players York White Roses players Binghamton Bingoes players Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players Fort Worth Panthers players Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players Austin Rangers players Vernon Tigers players Harrisburg Senators players Chambersburg Maroons players People from Burnet, Texas {{US-baseball-pitcher-1880s-stub