title: John Cunningham (baseball)
text: # John Cunningham (baseball)
  
  John Cunningham (born August 9, 1892) was a Negro leagues shortstop and for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first season.
  
  A native of Montgomery, Alabama, Cunningham was the older brother of fellow-Negro leaguer Marion Cunningham. He made his Negro leagues debut in 1912 with the French Lick Plutos, and went on to play for the St. Louis Giants and Dayton Marcos.
  
  