{"id":7575,"date":"2015-02-28T09:03:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T15:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=7575"},"modified":"2015-02-21T09:47:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T15:47:13","slug":"168-mark-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/168-mark-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"#168 – Mark Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Mark Johnson<\/p>\n

Rank:<\/strong>\u00a0168<\/p>\n

Position:<\/strong> C<\/p>\n

Years With White Sox:<\/strong>\u00a01998-2002<\/p>\n

Mark Johnson joined the White Sox organization as their first round pick in the 1994 draft. \u00a04 years later, he made his major league debut on September 14, 1998, going 0-1 as a late inning replacement in the White Sox 17-16 victory over the Tigers. \u00a0He managed to get into 6 additional games in September, struggling with an .087 average in 23 at bats.<\/p>\n

1999 saw Johnson making the team as the backup catcher. \u00a0His average “jumped” to .227, but he had a respectable OBP of .344. \u00a0Johnson split time behind the plate in 2000, along with Brook Fordyce. \u00a0He was behind the plate on April 23, when a brawl broke out between the White Sox and the Tigers, and managed to avoid suspension. \u00a0He was relegated back to backup duty in late July, when Charles Johnson was acquired from the Orioles for the stretch run.<\/p>\n

When Sandy Alomar signed on as a free agent for the 2001 season, Johnson saw himself shuttling between Triple A and the major leagues. \u00a0He still managed to put together his best season as a pro, setting career highs with a .249 average and 5 home runs. \u00a0He also managed to finish 4th in the American League with 10 sacrifice hits.<\/p>\n

He was given another opportunity to start in 2002, as he set career highs in games played and in at bats. \u00a0Unfortunately, his production fell off again, with his average dropping back down to .209 and his OBP dropping below .300 for the first time in his career. \u00a0Following the season, he was packaged, along with Keith Foulke and Joe Valentine, in a deal with the A’s that brought Billy Koch and Neal Cotts to the White Sox.<\/p>\n

Johnson’s\u00a0numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:<\/p>\n

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BA<\/span><\/th>\nAt Bats<\/span><\/th>\nRuns<\/span><\/th>\nHits<\/span><\/th>\nRBI<\/span><\/th>\nWalks<\/span><\/th>\nStrike Outs<\/span><\/th>\nDoubles<\/span><\/th>\nTriples<\/span><\/th>\nHR<\/span><\/th>\nSB<\/span><\/th>\nGIDP<\/span><\/th>\nErrors<\/span><\/th>\nGames<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
0.143<\/span><\/td>\n49<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n6<\/span><\/td>\n12<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n15<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
0.222<\/span><\/td>\n879<\/span><\/td>\n110<\/span><\/td>\n195<\/span><\/td>\n76<\/span><\/td>\n117<\/span><\/td>\n189<\/span><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n16<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n14<\/span><\/td>\n13<\/span><\/td>\n302<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n