Dan Johnson

First baseman, Baseball Player

1979 –

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Who is Dan Johnson?

Daniel Ryan Johnson is an American professional baseball first baseman who is currently a free agent. He has played in all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball, but has never held a Major League starting job for an entire season. He is perhaps best known for hitting a dramatic two-out, two-strike home run for the Tampa Bay Rays in the bottom of the 9th inning of the last game of the 2011 season, also known as Wild Card Wednesday, tying a game that the Rays would eventually win, sending them to the playoffs. His clutch hitting for the Rays, along with his red hair and beard, earned him the nickname "The Great Pumpkin".

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Born
Aug 10, 1979
Coon Rapids
Also known as
  • Daniel Ryan Johnson
  • The Great Pumpkin
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Butler University
Lived in
  • Minnesota
  • Coon Rapids

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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