Baseball player
| Mike Johnson | |||||||||||||||
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| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: (1975-10-03) October 3, 1975 (age 49) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||
| Batted: LeftThrew: Right | |||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | |||||||||||||||
| MLB: April 6, 1997, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||||||||||||||
| NPB: June 15, 2002, for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | |||||||||||||||
| KBO: July 20, 2003, for the Kia Tigers | |||||||||||||||
| CPBL: March 16, 2008, for the La New Bears | |||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | |||||||||||||||
| MLB: April 24, 2001, for the Montreal Expos | |||||||||||||||
| NPB: September 22, 2002, for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | |||||||||||||||
| KBO: April 10, 2009, for the SK Wyverns | |||||||||||||||
| CPBL: June 23, 2009, for the La New Bears | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 7–14 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 6.85 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 147 | ||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 6.65 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| KBO statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 9–2 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 3.94 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 78 | ||||||||||||||
| CPBL statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 22–4 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 2.96 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 121 | ||||||||||||||
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Michael Keith Johnson (born October 3, 1975) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher who pitched all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), and also played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), KBO League, and the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).
Career
Johnson was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1993 Major League Baseball draft, then made his MLB debut on April 6, 1997 with the Baltimore Orioles going on to play for the Orioles (1997) and Montreal Expos (1997–2001).
He was a member of the Team Canada baseball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where they finished in fourth place in the tournament.
Johnson played in the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Francisco Giants organizations from 2001 through 2003, before signing with the Expos again in 2004.
In 2006, Johnson played with Somerset of the independent Atlantic League. In 2007, he played for the Edmonton Cracker-Cats of the Northern League. In 2008, he played for the CPBL's La New Bears and won the winningest pitcher and the MVP at the regular season.
On March 7, 2009 he pitched again for Canada in the World Baseball Classic against the USA. For the 2009 season, he signed to play for the SK Wyverns in South Korea after an interval of four years, but was dismissed in April having appeared in just two games. He then signed with the Edmonton Capitals of the Golden Baseball League, for whom he finished the season. He split the 2010 season between the Capitals and Yuma Scorpions.
He is presently a coaching instructor in Edmonton for the St. Francis Xavier high-school baseball Academy.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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| Preceded byPan Wei-lun (潘威倫) | CPBL Win Champion Award 2008 |
Succeeded byItsuki Shoda(正田樹) |
| Preceded byPan Wei-lun (潘威倫) | CPBL Best Ten Player Award (pitcher) 2008 |
Succeeded bycurrent |
| Preceded byKao Kuo-ching (高國慶) | CPBL MVP of the Year Award 2008 |
Succeeded byLin Yi-chuan(林益全) |
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- Baltimore Orioles players
- Baseball people from Alberta
- Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Baseball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Canadian expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Canadian expatriate baseball players in South Korea
- Canadian expatriate baseball players in Taiwan
- Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Edmonton Capitals players
- Edmonton Cracker-Cats players
- Edmonton Trappers players
- Fresno Grizzlies players
- Gulf Coast Blue Jays players
- Hagerstown Suns players
- Harrisburg Senators players
- High school baseball coaches
- KBO League pitchers
- Kia Tigers players
- La New Bears players
- Las Vegas 51s players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from Canada
- Medicine Hat Blue Jays players
- Montreal Expos players
- Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
- Oklahoma RedHawks players
- Olympic baseball players for Canada
- Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes players
- Ottawa Lynx players
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in baseball
- SSG Landers players
- Somerset Patriots players
- Sportspeople from Edmonton
- World Baseball Classic players of Canada
- Yuma Scorpions players
- 2009 World Baseball Classic players
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Canadian expatriate baseball players in Australia
- Canadian expatriate baseball players in Puerto Rico
- Leones de Ponce baseball players