Tyler Johnson

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Tyler Johnson

St. Louis Cardinals — No. 19
Relief Pitcher
Born: June 7, 1981 (1981-06-07) (age 27)
Bats: Switch Throws: Left 
Major League Baseball debut
September 62005 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Selected MLB statistics
(through 2007)
Win-Loss     3-5
Earned Run Average     4.32
Strikeouts     65
Teams

Tyler James Johnson (born June 7, 1981 in Columbia, Missouri) is a left-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Johnson spent most of the 2006 season with the Cardinals' minor league team, the Memphis Redbirds, but appeared in 56 games and pitched 36.1 innings with the St. Louis Cardinals. In the 2006 postseason, he pitched 7.1 innings and compiled a 2.45 ERA, including one scoreless inning pitched in the 2006 World Series, which the Cardinals won, defeating the Detroit Tigers, four games to one. [1]

His first child, son Westlyn James Johnson was born on February 3, 2008.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "MLB profile of Tyler Johnson", MLB. 
  2. ^ "Rock-star lefthander grows up", stltoday.com. 

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