Lou Johnson
| Lou Johnson | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: September 22, 1932 Lexington, Kentucky |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 17, 1960, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 6, 1969, for the California Angels | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .258 | ||
| Home runs | 48 | ||
| Runs batted in | 232 | ||
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Louis Brown Johnson (born September 22, 1932), nicknamed Sweet Lou, is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. From 1962 through 1969, Johnson played for the 1962 Milwaukee Braves, was back in the minor league for '63 and '64, then played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1965–67), 1968 Chicago Cubs, 1968 Cleveland Indians, and the 1969 California Angels. Johnson both batted and threw right-handed. He is currently employed by the Dodgers Community Relations Department.
Johnson was born on September 22, 1932 in Lexington, Kentucky to Sidney Bell & Shirley Johnson. He has 3 brothers and 1 sister. At Dunbar High School in Lexington, he played both basketball as well as baseball. Johnson desired to play basketball at the University of Kentucky under the coach Adolph Rupp. However, at the time, members of the Southeastern Conference (of which Kentucky is an affiliate) were not recruiting black athletes. Some colleges did not even allow black students to enroll.
Johnson was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1953. After moving around from team to team in the minor leagues for about a decade, he finally played in 61 games for the 1962 Milwaukee Braves. However, after that, the Braves traded Johnson to the Detroit Tigers system, which sent him back to the minor leagues for the 1963 and '64 seasons. They then traded him to the Los Angeles Dodgers for the pitcher Larry Sherry.
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