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Kenji Johjima #2 | Catcher | Seattle Mariners
Height: 6-0    Weight: 198    Throws: R    Bats: R
Born: Jun 8, 1976, Sasebo,
Contract: Signed through 2008.
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September 27, 2008
Kenji Johjima was 1-for-3 with an RBI in Saturday's 7-3 win over the A's. The one hit that Johjima had was his seventh home run of the year.
September 20, 2008
Kenji Johjima went 2-for-4 with four RBI in Saturday's 8-7 loss to Oakland. He hit a single and a two-run homer.
September 7, 2008
Johjima should see additional playing time for the rest of the season due to Jeff Clement's pending knee surgery.
August 24, 2008
Kenji Johjima broke out of a 1-for-15 slump by going 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs scored to help the Mariners take down the A's, 8-4.
August 9, 2008
Though he signed a three-year, $24 million contract extension in April, Kenji Johjima has played poorly this season, and has not seen the field since August 4, as Jeff Clement has become the regular catcher, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
July 10, 2008
With the release of Richie Sexson, it's possible Kenji Johjima could see some time at first base, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
May 26, 2008
Kenji Johjima finally quit looking over his shoulder and broke out of his 1-for-19 slump on Sunday. The starting catcher had two huge hits against the Yankees.
May 21, 2008
Kenji Johjima will yield to backup Jamie Burke on Wednesday, according to the Seattle Times. Manager John McLaren said he wanted to match the pitching and catching batteries that work together when he can. The manager apparently thinks Burke meshes well with Jarrod Washburn. Johjima will be back in the lineup for tomorrow's day game.
May 17, 2008
Kenji Johjima went 2-for-4 and delivered a two-run homer in Friday's 6-4 loss to the Padres.
May 13, 2008
Seattle suffered the 5-2 loss to Texas this evening, but catcher Kenji Johjima continues to work towards better offerings. Today Johjima went 1-for-4 at the dish with his fifth double of the season, adding one RBI to an otherwise boring stat line.
May 9, 2008
Kenji Johjima went 0-for-3 on Thursday night to drop his average down to .184 on the season for the Mariners. Over the last 13 games, Johjima is 6-for-40 (.150).
May 3, 2008
Seattle catcher Kenji Johjima was reportedly in the midst of a two-day rest as his hitting woes left need for reflection and focus, but Johjima was behind home plate today despite those reports and performed well, going 2-for-4 at the dish.
May 3, 2008
Seattle catcher Kenji Johjima received the first of two promised days off on Friday against the Yankees, according to the Sports Xchange.
May 1, 2008
Kenji Johjima will sit out the next two games as a "mental break", according to the Seattle Times. Johjima is hitting a dismal .177 (with only five RBI) over 24 games, and he said, "Manager McLaren told me to relax, but it's not easy to relax. Because even if I do relax, I don't know how good of a performance I can come up with. I can't be happy. Just because I'm taking two days off, that's not to say I'm going to do better on the third day. I can't allow myself to think that way."
April 30, 2008
Kenji Johjima went 0-for-3 to drop his average to .177 before he was replaced behind the plate by recently called up Jeff Clement who hit a single in his only at-bat.
April 25, 2008
Fox Sports reports that Kenji Johjima who joined Seattle in 2006 with a three-year, $16.5 million contract, is about to receive another three-year deal. The financial terms of Johjima's deal were not published in the report but it did mention that an announcement is scheduled for Friday afternoon or early evening.
April 15, 2008
Kenji Johjima hit a run scoring double in a 3-for-4 day at the plate.
March 15, 2008
Kenji Johjima hit a grand slam against the Giants on Saturday. The four RBI from the blast boosts his spring total to seven.