Lon Warneke

Lon Warneke
Warneke in 1932
Pitcher
Born: (1909-03-28)March 28, 1909 Mount Ida, Arkansas, U.S.
Died: June 23, 1976(1976-06-23) (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
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Chicago Cubs (1930–1936) St. Louis Cardinals (1937–1942) Chicago Cubs (1942–1943, 1945)
Career highlights and awards
5× All-Star (1933, 1934, 1936, 1939, 1941) NL wins leader (1932) MLB ERA leader (1932) Pitched a no-hitter on August 30, 1941

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