John Ewing (June 1, 1863 – April 23, 1895), nicknamed "Long John", was an American professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over four seasons (1888–1891) with the Louisville Colonels,

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of the

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, and

of the National League. Prior to that he was an outfielder in 1883 and 1884. In six years in the major leagues, Ewing played in four different leagues (National League,

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, American Association, Players' League). Ewing compiled a 53–63 career record in 129 appearances, with a 3.68 earned run average and 525

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s. In 1891 he led the National League in ERA (a retroactive ranking; ERA was not tabulated in that era) while playing for New York. Ewing was used as a first base umpire in an American Association game on August 15, 1889.Retrosheet
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catcher and

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Buck Ewing. The brothers played on the same team for two seasons, and Buck managed the 1890 Giants team for which John pitched. Ewing was born in Cincinnati and died in Denver, Colorado at the age of 31.

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