For other people with similar names, see David Johnson.
Baseball player
Davey Johnson
Johnson with the Nationals in 2012
Second baseman / Manager
Born: (1943-01-30) January 30, 1943 (age 81) Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: April 13, 1965, for the Baltimore Orioles
NPB: April 22, 1975, for the Yomiuri Giants
Last appearance
NPB: November 2, 1976, for the Yomiuri Giants
MLB: September 29, 1978, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Batting average
.261
Home runs
136
Runs batted in
609
Managerial record
1,372–1,071
Winning %
.562
NPB statistics
Batting average
.241
Home runs
39
Runs batted in
112
Teams
As player
Baltimore Orioles (1965–1972)
Atlanta Braves (1973–1975)
Yomiuri Giants (1975–1976)
Philadelphia Phillies (1977–1978)
Chicago Cubs (1978)
As manager
New York Mets (1984–1990)
Cincinnati Reds (1993–1995)
Baltimore Orioles (1996–1997)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1999–2000)
Washington Nationals (2011–2013)
Career highlights and awards
4× All-Star (1968–1970, 1973)
3× World Series champion (1966, 1970, 1986)
3× Gold Glove Award (1969–1971)
2× Manager of the Year (1997, 2012)
Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame
New York Mets Hall of Fame
Medals
Men's baseball
Manager for United States
World Baseball Classic
2009 Los Angeles
Team
Summer Olympics
2008 Beijing
Team
David Allen Johnson (born January 30, 1943) is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He played as a second baseman from 1965 through 1978, most notably as a member of the Baltimore Orioles dynasty that won four American League pennants and two World Series championships between 1966 and 1971. Johnson played in Major League Baseball from 1965 to 1975, then played for two seasons in the Nippon Professional Baseball league before returning to play in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs from 1977 to 1978. A three-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner, he was selected to four All-Star Game teams during his playing career.
After retiring as a player, Johnson became a successful manager. He led the New York Mets to the 1986 World Series title, and to an additional National League East title in 1988. He won the American League's Manager of the Year Award in 1997, when he led the Baltimore Orioles wire-to-wire to the American League East division championship. He won the same award in the National League in 2012, when he led the Washington Nationals to the franchise's first division title since moving to Washington, D.C., and its first overall since 1981. Johnson managed teams to their respective League Championship Series in three consecutive years – the Cincinnati Reds in 1995 and the Orioles in both 1996 and 1997. He also briefly managed the Los Angeles Dodgers. He led the United States national team to its first medal finish in a World Baseball Classic, taking third place at the 2009 edition.
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Mets to the postseason; DaveyJohnson, Bobby Valentine and Terry Collins have led the team to two playoff appearances each. Johnson and Gil Hodges are the...
having already secured a spot in the semifinals medal round, manager DaveyJohnson held Strasburg from what would have been his second start on August...
runs in the fourth when, with two outs, Elrod Hendricks singled and DaveyJohnson walked. Mark Belanger then singled in a run, followed by an RBI single...
with DaveyJohnson for an 80–81 (.497), third-place finish. Riggleman′s record in 2011 was 38–37 (.507), McLaren′s was 2–1 (.667), and Johnson′s was 40–43...
for, or missed, team workouts. He publicly complained about manager DaveyJohnson after he was removed from the game in a double switch during the ninth...
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a rivalry between the two teams in the mid-1980s. Under new manager DaveyJohnson, the 1984 Mets had their first winning season since 1976, finishing...
history to have hit that many home runs in a season (Rogers Hornsby, DaveyJohnson, Jeff Kent, Ryne Sandberg, Juan Samuel and Chase Utley are the others)...
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Jays in 1985. La Russa, Piniella, Showalter, Jim Leyland, Bob Melvin, DaveyJohnson, and Joe Maddon have since won the award in both leagues. Cox, La Russa...
United States. The band was led by an American using the stage name DaveyJohnson, who claimed he was Holly's brother and had performed uncredited on...
convinced Triple-A Tidewater Tides manager and future Mets manager DaveyJohnson to bring him up for the Tides' postseason. Gooden made the rare jump...
scoring position and still nobody out, Howard Johnson came on to pinch hit. Mets manager DaveyJohnson had been expected by the Red Sox to call for a...
Surhoff, Randy Myers, David Wells and Roberto Alomar. Under new manager DaveyJohnson and on the strength of a then-major league record 257 home runs in a...
with Tom Pistone serving as crew chief. Davey later substituted for injured racer Neil Bonnett in Junior Johnson's No. 12 Budweiser Chevy, starting and finishing...
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