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Johnson Fry (November 21, 1901 – April 7, 1959), nicknamed "Jay", was a
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who played one game in
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(MLB), during the season with the
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.


Biography

Prior to his brief MLB career, Fry played amateur baseball in the Huntington City League in his hometown of
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. He was enrolled at
Marshall University Marshall University is a public research university in Huntington, West Virginia. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. The university is currently composed of nine colleges: L ...
there, but he does appear to have played
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at Marshall. During the
1923 Cleveland Indians season The 1923 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 82–71, 16½ games behind the New York Yankees. The Indians beat the Boston Red Sox 27–3 on July 7; this is th ...
, Fry played in a 20–8 loss to the Washington Senators on August 24, 1923, at Dunn Field in Cleveland. He pitched innings in relief, allowing five runs on six hits. A single in his only at-bat left him with a rare MLB career batting average of 1.000; he had a second
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, which resulted in a
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. After his brief baseball career, Fry worked as a deputy in the
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sheriff's office. He was later convicted of embezzling funds from the sheriff's office, resulting in a prison sentence. After being paroled, he eventually worked in a welding shop as a foreman. Married twice, Fry died in 1959 and was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery in his hometown.


See also

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fry, Johnson 1901 births 1959 deaths Sportspeople from Huntington, West Virginia Baseball players from West Virginia Cleveland Indians players Major League Baseball pitchers Marshall University alumni American deputy sheriffs People convicted of embezzlement Huntington High School (West Virginia) alumni