Earl Douglas Johnson (April 2, 1919 – December 3, 1994) was an American professional baseball player and scout and a decorated World War II veteran.

[1] Johnson, who was nicknamed the "smiling Swedish southpaw", had a brother Chet who also pitched in the major leagues for the St. Louis Browns.

On the bronze star it read: On September 30, 1944, in Germany, during heavy concentration of hostile fire, a friendly truck was struck by an enemy shell and had to be abandoned.

The fact that the vehicle contained vital radio equipment made it imperative that it be recovered before falling into enemy hands.

They courageously braved severe hostile fire and were completely successful in dragging the vehicle over an area in plain view of the enemyJohnson's debut was on July 20, 1940.