Johnnie Monroe Chambers (September 10, 1911 – May 11, 1977) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in two games with the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball in 1937. He also played in the minor leagues from 1931 to 1945.
Chambers was born on September 10, 1911 in Copperhill, Tennessee. Chambers attended and played baseball at Technological High School in Atlanta.
A right-handed pitcher, he began his professional baseball career in 1931 playing in spring training with the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Southern Association. and was scheduled that season to try out for the Blue Ridge League, but the league disbanded. Chambers had brief stints with the Huntington Boosters of the Middle Atlantic League and the Southern League's Atlanta Crackers and Knoxville Smokies before being signed by the St. Louis Cardinals and reporting to their Piedmont League affiliate, the Greensboro Patriots, in 1933. He finished the season with a 23-8 win-loss record in 38 games for Greensboro. He was purchased by the Houston Buffaloes in April 1934, but returned to Greensboro in May after going winless in six games. During a game against the Richmond Colts, he struck out 22 batters in 13 innings. Chambers joined the Columbus Red Birds in 1934, winning five games in 45 games pitched. The Cardinals transferred Chambers to the Sacramento Solons in the Pacific Coast League for 1936.

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