JOHNSON HAS SOLID SEASON IN DOUBLE-A
Source: American Association News
Independent Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz It was exactly one year ago when Patrick Johnson was the toast of the American Association. He was a brilliant 15-1 in his second season with Sioux City to lead the Explorers to a 75-25 season, just a shade below the modern day Independent Baseball record. The righthander had only tasted modest success in three seasons in the Colorado farm system after a 25-8 career at North Carolina. Johnson was the lone starting pitcher on the postseason all-star team, flashing a 2.08 earned run average and almost a strikeout per inning. Pittsburgh picked him up in December after he also had shown well in winter league play, then he was immediately taken away by the Miami Marlins in the Triple-A phase of the Rule 5 draft. Though somewhat undersized for a pitcher (5-foot-10), the North Carolina native, who had not pitched above Class A, was so intriguing to the Marlins they gave him brief exposure in a trio of major league exhibition games. Johnson spent the season in Class AA at Jacksonville where he finished brilliantly by striking out 11 Southern League hitters in six innings in the season finale in which he allowed…
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