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Kenji Johjima (城島 健司, Jōjima Kenji, born June 8, 1976) / ˈ dʒ oʊ dʒ iː m ə / is a Japanese former professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for four years with the Seattle Mariners in the American League , then returned to Japan and played for the Hanshin Tigers .
Sadaharu Oh, nine-time winner—more wins than any other player. The Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award (最優秀選手, Saiyūshūsenshu) is an annual Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) award given to two outstanding players, one each for the Central League (CL) and Pacific League (PL).
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Jōjima (城島), also spelled Jojima or Johjima, may refer to: Jōjima, Fukuoka, Japan; Kenji Johjima (born 1976), Japanese baseball player; Koriki Jojima (born 1947), Japanese politician; Takatsugu Jōjima (1890–1967), a Japanese navy admiral
In the 7th, Matsunaka led off with a double to left, then Johjima quickly drove him home with a double to left to cut the Tigers' lead in half, 4–2. After Fujimoto made a great diving play to save a run (but no out was recorded), Torigoe brought Johjima in anyway with a bloop single to cut Hanshin's lead to 4–3.
A total of 81 Japanese-born [1] [2] players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, eleven are on existing MLB rosters.The first instance of a Japanese player playing in MLB occurred in 1964, when the Nankai Hawks, a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team, sent three exchange prospects to the United States to gain experience in MLB's minor league system.
Kenji Johjima Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1B Kazuya Fukuura: Chiba Lotte Marines 2B Tsuyoshi Nishioka Chiba Lotte Marines 3B Toshiaki Imae Chiba Lotte Marines SS Makoto Kosaka: Chiba Lotte Marines OF Tsuyoshi Shinjo: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: OF Saburo Ohmura: Chiba Lotte Marines OF Naoyuki Ohmura: Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Johjima doubled home another run, and after Iguchi was intentionally walked, Matsunaka doubled home two runs of his own for a 6-1 lead. Chunichi did mount a rally, though. The bottom of the third saw Chunichi's first home run of the series, as Gomez helped to chase Sakumoto, cutting the deficit to 6-2.