Ben Johnson (outfielder)

Ben Johnson (outfielder)

Infobox MLB player
name=Ben Johnson



width=200
position=Left Fielder
team=Free Agent
number=--
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1981|6|18
debutdate=June 26
debutyear=2005
debutteam=San Diego Padres
statyear=2007
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.230
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=7
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=26
teams=
*San Diego Padres (by|2005-by|2006)
*New York Mets (by|2007)

Benjamin Joseph Johnson (born June 18, 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. Johnson was named the Memphis area High School Player of the Year in baseball at Germantown High School in 1999. He was also recruited to play football at Mississippi State University, but opted for baseball instead. [cite web |url=http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=434584 |title=Ben Johnson player file |publisher= New York Mets |accessdate=2007-06-04 ]

He was a 4th round draft pick in 1999 by the St. Louis Cardinals, and was traded the following year to the San Diego Padres, along with Heathcliff Slocumb for Carlos Hernández and Nathan Tebbs.

He worked his way up to AAA in by|2005, where he was an All-Star outfielder and the San Diego Padres Minor League Player of the Year, hitting .312 with 25 home runs. He was brought up to the majors that year and received limited playing time with the Padres, hitting .213 in 75 at-bats, and .250 with 4 home runs in 120 at-bats in 2006.

He was not selected for San Diego's 2006 playoff roster, and after the season ended he was traded to the New York Mets with relief pitcher Jon Adkins in exchange for relievers Heath Bell and Royce Ring.

Since joining the Mets, Johnson has been shuttled up and down between New York and AAA New Orleans. During June, he received some playing time when all three Mets regular outfielders (Shawn Green, Carlos Beltran, and Moisés Alou) were injured.

Johnson was not offered a new contract by the Mets and became a free agent on December 12, by|2007. However, the Mets brought Johnson back by signing him to a Minor League deal on February 14, by|2008, and invited him to spring training. Johnson was released by the Mets in early May 2008.

External links

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* [http://www2.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/players/Ben_Johnson/ SportsNet Play info]
* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/J/Ben-Johnson.shtml Baseball Cube player info]

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