sentence: lonnie ( lon ) warneke ( march 28 , 1909 -- june 23 , 1976 ) ( pronounced warn-a-key ) , nicknamed '' the arkansas hummingbird '' , was a major league baseball player , major league umpire , county judge , u.s. military serviceman , and businessman from montgomery county , arkansas , whose career won-loss record as a pitcher for the chicago cubs ( 1930 -- 36 , 1942 -- 43 , 1945 ) and st. louis cardinals ( 1937 -- 1942 ) was 192 -- 121 .