- Keith Johns (baseball)
Infobox MLB retired
name=Keith Johns
position=Infield
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date|1971|7|19|mf=y
deathdate=
debutdate=May 23
debutyear=by|1998
debutteam=Boston Red Sox
finaldate=May 26
finalyear=by|1998
finalteam=Boston Red Sox
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=---
stat2label=Runs Batted In
stat2value=0
stat3label=Home Runs
stat3value=0
teams=
*Boston Red Sox (by|1998)
highlights=Robert Keith Johns Jr. (b.
July 19 ,1971 inJacksonville, Florida ) is a formerinfielder inMajor League Baseball . He batted and threw right-handed. TheSt. Louis Cardinals drafted Johns in the sixth round of the 1992 amateur draft. The Cardinals traded him to theMilwaukee Brewers in 1997, and the Brewers sent him to theBaltimore Orioles a few months later. In turn, the Orioles traded him to theBoston Red Sox in March 1998, where he finally made his major league debut as a pinch hitter forJim Leyritz . In his only major league plate appearance, he collected a walk.Johns played in the minor leagues from 1992 to 2000 for the farm teams of the Cardinals, Brewers, Orioles, Red Sox, Anaheim Angels, and
Chicago Cubs . In nine minor league seasons, Johns hit .249 with 27 home runs while stealing 106 bases. He played at least ten games at each of the four infield positions and six in the outfield.Reference
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