| Lon Warneke | |
|---|---|
 Warneke in 1932 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: March 28, 1909 Mount Ida, Arkansas, U.S. | |
| Died: June 23, 1976 (aged 67) Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 18, 1930, for the Chicago Cubs | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 29, 1945, for the Chicago Cubs | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 192–121 |
| Earned run average | 3.18 |
| Strikeouts | 1,140 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Lonnie Warneke (/ˈwɔːrnəki/ WOR-nə-kee; March 28, 1909 – June 23, 1976), nicknamed "The Arkansas Hummingbird", was a Major League Baseball player, Major League umpire, county judge, and businessman from Montgomery County, Arkansas, whose career won-loss record as a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1930–36, 1942–43, 1945) and St. Louis Cardinals (1937–42) was 192–121.
Warneke pitched for the National League in the first Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 1933, hitting the first triple and scoring the first National League run in All-Star game history. He pitched in two other All-Star Games (1934, 1936) and was also selected in 1939 and 1941.
Warneke pitched in two World Series for the Cubs (1932, 1935), compiling a record of 2–1, with a 2.63 earned run average (ERA). He pitched a no-hitter for the Cardinals on August 30, 1941; opened the 1934 season with back to back one-hitters (April 17 and 22); and set a Major League Baseball fielding record for pitchers (since eclipsed) of 227 consecutive chances without an error, covering 163 games. After retiring as a player in 1945, Warneke was an umpire in the Pacific Coast League for three years and then in the National League from 1949 to 1955. Warneke is the only person who has both played and umpired in both an All-Star Game and a World Series.[1]: 23
- ^ Donald Duren, "Lon Warneke: the Arkansas hummingbird", The Record Archived March 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine 33 (1992).