Johnny Grabowski
| Johnny Grabowski | |
|---|---|
| Catcher | |
| Born: January 7, 1900 Ware, Massachusetts, U.S. | |
| Died: May 23, 1946 (aged 46) Albany, New York, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 11, 1924, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 21, 1931, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .252 |
| Home runs | 3 |
| Runs batted in | 86 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
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John Patrick Grabowski (January 7, 1900 – May 23, 1946) was an American baseball player. He played professional baseball for 12 years from 1922 to 1933, including seven years as a catcher in Major League Baseball with the Chicago White Sox (1924–1926), New York Yankees (1927–1929), and Detroit Tigers (1931). He was a member of the 1927 and 1928 New York Yankees teams that won consecutive World Series championships. Grabowski was one of a number of American athletes in the first half of the 20th century to be nicknamed "Nig", being referred to as such in newspaper reports as early as October 1924.