Clifford Johnson, Jr. (born July 22, 1947 in San Antonio, Texas) is a former designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played for the Houston Astros (1972-1977), New York Yankees (1977-1979), Cleveland Indians (1979-1980), Chicago Cubs (1980), Oakland Athletics (1981-82), Toronto Blue Jays (1983-84, 1985-1986) and Texas Rangers (1985). He batted and threw right handed. Was the 83rd. pick in the 1966 baseball draft by the Houston Astros. Cliff Johnson, was a catcher at Wheatley high school in 1965 in San Antonio,TX. This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... July 22 is the 203rd day of the year (204th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... The following are the events of the year 1972 that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball. ... 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In a 15-season career, Johnson posted a .258 batting average with 196 home runs and 669 RBI in 1369 games played. Johnson holds the ML record for pinch home runs with 20. Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively. ... Mark McGwire swinging for the fences. ... In baseball statistics, a run batted in (RBI) is given to a batter for each run scored as the result of a batters plate appearance. ... In baseball statistics, games played (denoted by G) indicates the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity). ...

Johnson was a member of the 1977 and 1978 Yankees World Series championship teams. In 1979, he was traded to Cleveland shortly after a lockerroom brawl with closer Goose Gossage that put Gossage on the disabled list for two months. For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ... Mariano Rivera is the closer for the New York Yankees. ... Richard Michael Goose Gossage (born July 5, 1951 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played 21 seasons for nine different teams before retiring in 1994. ...

Sources

• Baseball Library
• baseball-reference.com - Major league career statistics and analysis
• Retrosheet