Howard Johnson (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Howard Johnson (baseball)

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1960

Place of Birth: Clearwater, Florida, United States

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Howard Michael Johnson (born November 29, 1960), nicknamed HoJo (the nickname of the otherwise unrelated Howard Johnson's company), is a former Major League Baseball third baseman.
He played for the Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and Chicago Cubs from 1982 to 1995.
He is third on the Mets' all-time lists for home runs, runs batted in, doubles, and stolen bases.
He also played for the Rockland Boulders of the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball.
On July 13, 2007, he was promoted from his position as the Mets' first base coach to their hitting coach which he held until the end of the 2010 season.
From 2014 to June 2015, he was the hitting coach of the Seattle Mariners after starting 2013 as the batting instructor for the Tacoma Rainiers, the Mariners' Triple-A affiliate.