John Weaver McMakin (March 6, 1878 – September 25, 1956), nicknamed "Spartanburg John", was an American left-handed

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

. McMakin played for the 1900 and 1901

Clemson Tigers The Clemson Tigers are the athletic teams that represent Clemson University, located in Clemson, South Carolina. They compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level (Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) ...

. In

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, he pitched in four games for the

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during the 1902 season, accumulating a record of 2-2 with a 3.09

earned run average In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number ...

. McMakin returned to Clemson to coach the team in the 1904 through 1906 seasons. Born in

Spartanburg, South Carolina Spartanburg is a city in and the county seat, seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The city of Spartanburg has a municipal population of 38,732 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the 11th-largest c ...

, he died at age 78 at his home near

Lyman, South Carolina Lyman is a town in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. Its population was 6,173 at the 2020 census. History The town of Lyman originally grew around a general store owned by Augustus Belton Groce, which opened in the mid-1870s. T ...

.The Baseball Necrology: The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of More Than 7 ... - Bill Lee - Google Books
Retrieved 2018-06-26.

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