- Jeff Johnson (baseball)
William Jeffrey "Jeff" Johnson (born
August 4 ,1966 ) is a formerMajor League Baseball pitcher. He has played with theNew York Yankees for his entire Major League career. Born inDurham, North Carolina , Johnson attended thecollege University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he playedcollege baseball . He was only one of nine people from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to have played Major League Baseball.cite web|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/schools/charlotte.shtml|publisher=baseball-reference.com |title=MLB players who attended University of North Carolina at Charlotte|accessdate=2008-09-29] On June 1, 1988, Johnson was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 6th round (157th overall pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.cite web|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsje02.shtml#TRANS|title=Transactions|publisher=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-09-29] cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=johnsje02|title=Jeff Johnson Stats|publisher=baseball-almanac.com|accessdate=2008-09-29] He was listed at 6' 3" in height, and 200 lb. in weight. During his his three year Major League Baseball career, Johnson batted right-handed and threw left-handed.Major League Baseball career
Jeff Johnson made his major league debut on
June 5 ,1991 at age 24 with the New York Yankees. On that day, theToronto Blue Jays were playing against the New York Yankees at the Yankees' homestadium ofYankee Stadium , with 21,213 people attending the game.citeweb|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199106050.shtml|title=The Toronto Blue Jays against the New York Yankees on June 5, 1991|publisher=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-08-07] Johnson was thestarting pitcher for the game. He pitched until the seventhinning , then he was replaced byEric Plunk pitching. Plunk finished the game. Unfortunately, at the end of the game, the New York Yankees lost against the Toronto Blue Jays with the score at 4–1."
The New York Times " published an article onMarch 20 ,1992 , mentioning that Johnson had been bothered because of rumors he had heard about the New York Yankees pursuing different pitchers.cite magazine|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEED8123CF933A15750C0A964958260|publisher="The New York Times "|title=BASEBALL; Jeff Johnson Bothered by Rumor and Bad Impressions|year=1992|month=March|author=Jack Curry|accessdate=2008-09-29] Johnson played his final major league baseball game onJune 12 ,1993 . OnSeptember 17 ,1993 , Johnson was released by the New York Yankees. He then signed as afree agent with theCleveland Indians onFebruary 14 ,1994 .At the end of his career, Johnson had pitched a total of 182.1 innings. He also earned a careerearned run average (ERA) of 6.47, winning 8 wins and 16 losses, along with 26strikeout s.References
External links
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=johnsje02 Baseball Almanac]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsje02.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1006465&position=P Fangraphs]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/J/Pjohnj004.htm Retrosheet]
* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/J/jeff-johnson.shtml The Baseball Cube]
* [http://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/profile_player.asp?pid=105311 WhatIfSports]
* [http://www.baseballprospectus.com/dt/johnsje02.php Jeff Johnson] atBaseball Prospectus
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