Lon Warneke

Lonnie Warneke (March 28, 1909 – June 23, 1976), nicknamed "the Arkansas Hummingbird," was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who later served as a Major League umpire, county judge, and businessman. A native of Montgomery County, Arkansas, he compiled a career won-loss record of 192–121 over parts of fifteen seasons.

Warneke pitched for the Chicago Cubs from 1930 to 1936, again in 1942–43, and in 1945, with a stint for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1937 to 1942 in between. He was the National League's starter in the first Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 1933, where he hit the first triple and scored the first National League run in All-Star history. He pitched in two further All-Star Games, in 1934 and 1936, and was also selected in 1939 and 1941.

He appeared in two World Series for the Cubs, in 1932 and 1935, posting a 2–1 record with a 2.63 earned run average. Warneke threw a no-hitter for the Cardinals on August 30, 1941, and opened the 1934 season with back-to-back one-hitters on April 17 and 22. He set a Major League fielding record for pitchers, since eclipsed, of 227 consecutive chances without an error across 163 games.

After retiring as a player in 1945, Warneke umpired in the Pacific Coast League for three years and then in the National League from 1949 to 1955.