Johnson briefly appeared in parts of two major league seasons. He got into five games as a member of the 1960 White Sox during that September's roster expansion. In his second MLB game and at bat, on September 23, 1960, against the Indians at Cleveland Stadium, he was called to pinch hit for White Sox star Minnie Miñoso in the ninth inning when Miñoso was ejected for throwing his batting helmet.[2] Johnson belted a solo home run off Cleveland relief pitcherFrank Funk to seal a 7–0 Chicago triumph.[2]
The blow would be Johnson's only big-league hit. He began 1961 with San Diego, then was included in an eight-player June 10 deal between Chicago and the Kansas City Athletics. In three games with the Athletics, June 11–13, he started one game as the right fielder, but was held hitless in three total at bats.
Johnson then returned to the Pacific Coast League, but as a member of the Hawaii Islanders. He spent the next year in the Los Angeles Dodgers' organization, then joined the Boston Red Sox' system, where he played six years at the Triple-A level. In his one year in Japan, 1969, Johnson batted .242 with five home runs for the Taiyo Whales. He briefly scouted for the Red Sox in Northern California after his playing career ended.
He was married to Jacqueline Miles for 51 years, from February 12, 1961, until his death.[3] Johnson died on April 17, 2012, at the age of 75 after a five-year battle with Parkinson's disease.[3] He was survived by his wife, daughter Stacey Randolph of Missouri City, Texas, and son Stanley Johnson Jr. of San Francisco.
Referencesedit
^"Stan Johnson Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
^ ab"SFGate – Stanley Johnson obituary". The San Francisco Chronicle.
External linksedit
Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrrosheet
January 01, 1970
stan, johnson, this, article, about, baseball, player, soap, opera, character, list, general, hospital, characters, other, people, with, same, name, stanley, johnson, disambiguation, stanley, lucius, johnson, february, 1937, april, 2012, american, professional. This article is about the baseball player For the soap opera character see List of General Hospital characters For other people with the same name see Stanley Johnson disambiguation Stanley Lucius Johnson February 12 1937 April 17 2012 was an American professional baseball player He was an outfielder who appeared in eight games in Major League Baseball 96 games in Nippon Professional Baseball and over 1 500 games in the minor leagues during his 13 year career 1957 1969 Johnson threw and batted left handed and was listed as 5 feet 10 inches 1 78 m tall and 180 pounds 82 kg Stan JohnsonOutfielderBorn 1937 02 12 February 12 1937Dallas Texas U S Died April 17 2012 2012 04 17 aged 75 San Francisco California U S Batted LeftThrew LeftMLB debutSeptember 18 1960 for the Chicago White SoxLast MLB appearanceJune 13 1961 for the Kansas City AthleticsMLB statisticsBatting average 111Home runs1Runs batted in1TeamsChicago White Sox 1960 Kansas City Athletics 1961 Taiyo Whales 1969 Born in Dallas Texas 1 Johnson graduated in 1956 from Galileo High School in San Francisco After playing baseball for one year at San Francisco City College he received a baseball scholarship to the University of San Francisco He entered pro baseball when he was signed by the Chicago White Sox In his second pro season 1958 he led the high level Western League in runs scored 120 and tied for the lead in hits 204 Two years later he hit 333 with 172 hits for the Triple A San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League Each year he was selected to his league s All Star team Johnson briefly appeared in parts of two major league seasons He got into five games as a member of the 1960 White Sox during that September s roster expansion In his second MLB game and at bat on September 23 1960 against the Indians at Cleveland Stadium he was called to pinch hit for White Sox star Minnie Minoso in the ninth inning when Minoso was ejected for throwing his batting helmet 2 Johnson belted a solo home run off Cleveland relief pitcher Frank Funk to seal a 7 0 Chicago triumph 2 The blow would be Johnson s only big league hit He began 1961 with San Diego then was included in an eight player June 10 deal between Chicago and the Kansas City Athletics In three games with the Athletics June 11 13 he started one game as the right fielder but was held hitless in three total at bats Johnson then returned to the Pacific Coast League but as a member of the Hawaii Islanders He spent the next year in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization then joined the Boston Red Sox system where he played six years at the Triple A level In his one year in Japan 1969 Johnson batted 242 with five home runs for the Taiyo Whales He briefly scouted for the Red Sox in Northern California after his playing career ended He was married to Jacqueline Miles for 51 years from February 12 1961 until his death 3 Johnson died on April 17 2012 at the age of 75 after a five year battle with Parkinson s disease 3 He was survived by his wife daughter Stacey Randolph of Missouri City Texas and son Stanley Johnson Jr of San Francisco References edit Stan Johnson Statistics and History Baseball Reference com Retrieved 2016 04 19 a b Retrosheet box score 1960 09 23 a b SFGate Stanley Johnson obituary The San Francisco Chronicle External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrrosheet Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stan Johnson amp oldid 1219150166, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
