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Johnson, Harry, 1880-1951
NationalityAmerican
Biography"Harry Samuel "Steamboat" Johnson (March 26, 1880 – February 20, 1951) was a professional baseball umpire. Johnson, born in Pennsylvania in 1880, was a long-time umpire in the minor leagues[1] — including the Western League, Three-I League, and Southern Association[2] — who also umpired 66 games in the National League in 1914. He issued 11 ejections during that season, including New York Giants manager John McGraw twice in two days at the end of July."--Wikipedia. Please note that the Library of Congress identifies his birth date as 1884 but all other sources indicate that it is 1880. An error report was sent to the LC and we will use the 1880 date.
