Howard "Monk" Johnson (April 4, 1894 – November 14, 1973) was a
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...
left fielder
In baseball, a left fielder, abbreviated LF, is an outfielder who plays defense in left field. Left field is the area of the outfield to the left of a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher's mound. In the numbering system ...
in the
Negro leagues
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...
.
He played with several clubs from 1917 to 1926.
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1894 births
1973 deaths
Lincoln Giants players
Newark Stars players
Pennsylvania Red Caps of New York players
Baseball outfielders
Baseball players from New Jersey
People from South Orange, New Jersey
Sportspeople from Essex County, New Jersey
20th-century African-American sportspeople
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