Oliver Tracy Johns (August 21, 1879 – June 17, 1961) was an American

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

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 ...

. He was born in

Trenton, Ohio Trenton is a city in northeastern Butler County, Ohio, United States, west of Middletown. Originally in Madison Township, it later annexed land in Wayne Township. The population was 11,869 at the 2010 census. Geography Trenton is located at ...

. He played in four games for the 1905 Cincinnati Reds. He is buried with his wife Nina in the Miltonville Cemetery in

Miltonville, Ohio Miltonville is an unincorporated community in northern Madison Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States. It is about north of Trenton, near the intersection of Elk Creek and Howe Roads. It was founded in 1816 and named after poet John Milt ...

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