Charles Johnson (catcher)
| Charles Johnson | |||
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| Catcher | |||
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Born: July 20, 1971 Fort Pierce, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 6, 1994, for the Florida Marlins | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 11, 2005, for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .245 | ||
| Home runs | 167 | ||
| Runs batted in | 570 | ||
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Charles Edward Johnson, Jr. (born July 20, 1971) is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball with the Florida Marlins (1994–1998, 2001–2002), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1998), the Baltimore Orioles (1999–2000), the Chicago White Sox (2000), the Colorado Rockies (2003–2004), and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2005). Johnson was considered as one of the best defensive catchers of his era, winning four consecutive Gold Glove Awards between 1995 and 1998. He is one of only three catchers in Major League history to catch at least 100 games in a single season without committing an error.
Johnson was born in Fort Pierce, Florida where he graduated from Fort Pierce Westwood High School in Fort Pierce, Florida. He was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the first round of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft. He did not sign, and decided to enrolled at the University of Miami, where he played for the Miami Hurricanes baseball team. He was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the first round of the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft. He played with the A-level Kane County Cougars in 1993 and the AA Portland Sea Dogs.
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