Kenji Johjima (城島 健司, Jōjima Kenji, born June 8, 1976 in Sasebo, Japan) (English pronunciation: /ˈdʒoʊdʒiːmə/) is a catcher who is currently in the Hanshin Tigers. He played in Major League Baseball for four years with the Seattle Mariners in the American League.
On November 21, 2005, Johjima and the Mariners agreed to a $16.5 million, three-year contract. Prior to signing with the Mariners, he played in Japan for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks team ...
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Kenji Johjima (城島 健司, Jōjima Kenji, born June 8, 1976 in Sasebo, Japan) (English pronunciation: /ˈdʒoʊdʒiːmə/) is a catcher who is currently in the Hanshin Tigers. He played in Major League Baseball for four years with the Seattle Mariners in the American League.
On November 21, 2005, Johjima and the Mariners agreed to a $16.5 million, three-year contract. Prior to signing with the Mariners, he played in Japan for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks team in the Pacific League who drafted him in 1999. Johjima also played in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens for Japan. On October 19, 2009, Johjima opted out of the final two years of a three-year extension that he had signed with the Mariners in 2008 with the intention to return to playing in Japan.
Johjima was named to the Pacific League's "Best Nine" for the first time as the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks won the Japan Series and the Pacific League championship. He hit .306 with 33 double and 17 home runs, third in the league in batting average behind...
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