About John Wesley Johnson
John Wesley Johnson was a baseball player.
John Wesley Johnson, nicknamed "Smoky" and "Lefty", was a Negro league baseball pitcher in the 1920s and 1930s.
Johnson attended Jarvis Christian College, and made his Negro leagues debut in 1924 with the Cleveland Browns. He played for several teams, including the Lincoln Giants and Chicago American Giants, and finished his career with the Memphis Red Sox in 1932.
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