Howie Judson
Howard Kolls Judson is a retired American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1948 to 1954 for the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Redlegs. Altogether, the, hurler played 14 seasons of professional baseball, including minor league service. Born in Hebron, Illinois, Judson attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He served in the United States Navy during World War II.
Judson lost 37 of his 54 Major League decisions, for a winning percentage of.315. In 1949, he lost 14 of his 15 decisions for the sixth-place White Sox, and never posted a winning record in the Majors. In 207 MLB games played, 48 as a starting pitcher, he surrendered 619 hits and 319 bases on balls in 615 innings of work, with 204 strikeouts. However, he did have some success in the minors, winning 16 games for the 1947 Waterloo White Hawks of the Class B Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League, and fashioning a perfect 11–0 mark for the 1953 Tulsa Oilers of the Double-A Texas League.
