Kenji Johjima
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[edit] Biography
Kenji Johjima (Kenji Johjima) was born on June 8, 1976 in Nagasaki, Japan. He made his Major League debut on April 3, 2006 for the Seattle Mariners. In 2006, his rookie year, he hit .291 with 18 home runs and 76 RBI. Johjima still plays for the Seattle Mariners, going into his third year of his MLB career.
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[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | SEA | A | 144 | 506 | 61 | 147 | 18 | 76 | .291 | .332 | .451 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 46 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 2007 | SEA | A | 135 | 485 | 52 | 189 | 14 | 61 | .287 | .322 | .433 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Total | 279 | 991 | 113 | 286 | 32 | 137 | .289 | .327 | .442 | 54 | 1 | 35 | 87 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 37 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | SEA | A | C | 144 | 131 | 1172.2 | 881 | 58 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 57 | 29 | 1 | .993 |
| 2007 | SEA | A | C | 133 | 128 | 1106.2 | 804 | 56 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 40 | 3 | .998 |
| Total | C | 277 | 259 | 2279.1 | 1685 | 114 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 103 | 69 | 4 | .995 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Seattle Mariners (November 21, 2005).
[edit] Trivia
- On April 3, 2006, Johjima and Ichiro Suzuki became the first pair of Japanese position players to take the field in an MLB starting lineup.
- Johjima once joked that he would register as "George McKensey" ('JOH-JI MA-ken-ji') should he make it to the Majors.
- Johjima's favorite hobby is ocean fishing. It is rumored that one of the reasons he chose to sign with the Seattle Mariners was Seattle's proximity to bodies of water, Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean.
- Johjima also cites his children's fondness of Uwajimaya, a Japanese grocery store in Seattle, as a reason for signing with Mariners.
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