The Edmonton Cracker-Cats of the Northern League announced the signing of a one-year contract with former Major Leaguer and
“I'm back home, playing pro ball, still doing what I like to do in a city I love to live in,” said Johnson in an Edmonton Journal interview. “Our family was going to make this our permanent home in about a year, so it's like this was meant to be.”
The six-foot-two, 180-pound right-hander pitched parts of five seasons in the majors from 1997-2001 with the Baltimore Orioles and the Montreal Expos. The 31-year-old compiled a career big league mark of 7-14 with a 6.85 ERA and two saves in 218 innings pitched.
Johnson, who was a member of the 2004 Canadian Olympic Team in
