Seth Johnson (baseball)
American baseball player
Seth William Johnson (born September 19, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024 for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Amateur career
Johnson attended Jay M. Robinson High School in Concord, North Carolina, where he played baseball. After graduating in 2016, he enrolled at Louisburg College. At Louisburg, he played mainly as a shortstop, hitting a combined .254 with nine home runs in his two seasons there. During his career at Louisburg, he pitched a total of six innings. After his sophomore year, he transferred to Campbell University and began focusing solely on pitching. In 2019, his junior year at Campbell, he appeared in 14 games (11 starts), going 3–3 with a 4.61 ERA, striking out 81 batters over 66+1⁄3 innings.
Professional career
Tampa Bay Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays selected Johnson with the 40th overall pick in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. He received a signing bonus of $1.72 million and made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Rays.
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