Howard Johnson - 2-time MLB World Series Champion

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🗓️ 15 May 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Episode 494

Howard Johnson played 14 seasons of Major League Baseball from 1982 to 1995. He was selected in the first round of the 1979 MLB Draft by the Detroit Tigers (12th overall) and made his MLB debut three years later, on April 14, 1982. He would play three seasons in Detroit and was a member of the 1984 Tigers team that won the World Series.

In the offseason of 1984, he was traded to the Mets and would spend the next nine seasons in New York. His time with the Mets saw him make two All-Star teams, become a three-time member of the 30/30 club (30 HR, 30 Stolen Bases) and win a World Series in 1986.

After stints in Colorado and Chicago, Johnson retired following the 1995 season and went into coaching. He was the hitting coach of the Mets from 2007-2011 and in 2019, served as the hitting coach for the AAA Nashville Sounds.

On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Howard Johnson about his time with the Mets, winning World Series titles in 1984 and 1986, the influence Gary Carter had on his faith, his journey to faith and the struggle with living that faith out in the clubhouse.

* Interview recorded prior to coronavirus outbreak.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation.
0:17.5	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:20.0	Hey, everyone. Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast.
0:22.7	I am Jason Romano.
0:24.2	Excited about our guest Howard Johnson today, two-time Major League Baseball All-Star,
0:29.3	longtime New York Mets, 1986, 1986, 1984, World Series champion.
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1:08.4	Today on the show, we welcome Howard Johnson, two-time World Series champion, two-time Major League
1:14.8	Baseball All-Star, two-sports spectrum.
1:19.0	Hojo selected in the first round of the 1979 MLB draft by the Tigers, 12th overall, makes
1:26.2	his major league debut three years later and plays three seasons
1:29.6	with the Tigers before he's traded to the New York Mets. And that's where he would really make
1:34.3	his mark as a major leaguer from 1985 to 1993 with the New York Mets in that span, a two-time
1:42.2	off star, a World Series champion in 1986, the National League
1:46.9	home run and RBI leader in 1991, and a three-time member of the 30-30 club, 30 homers,
1:55.0	30 stolen bases. He did it in 1987, 1989, and 1991.
2:02.0	He would retire after the 1995 season and go into coaching,
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