Jeremy Johnson

Who is Jeremy Johnson?

Jeremy M. Johnson is a professional baseball pitcher. Johnson previously spent ten years in the minor league organizations of the Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros.

Johnson graduated from Mooresville High School in Mooresville, North Carolina in 2000. As a high school baseball player he was named an honorable mention on the 2000 USA Today All-USA high school baseball team. Johnson entered the amateur draft and was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 11th round. Johnson reported to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Tigers, where he went 3-1 with an ERA of 4.15. Toward the end of the season, the Tigers promoted Johnson to the Single-A Oneonta Tigers in the New York - Penn League, where he went 0-1 with a 2.89 ERA.

Johnson opened the 2001 season with Oneonta, where he went 7-1 in twelve starts with a 3.42 ERA before being promoted to the Single-A West Michigan Whitecaps in late August. Johnson finished out the Whitecaps season, going 1-1; he also played a few games for the Single-A Lakeland Flying Tigers. Johnson returned to the Whitecaps for the 2002 season, and posted a 4.26 ERA before being promoted to Lakeland and then, later in the season, the Double-A Erie SeaWolves.