finalyear debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date finaldate image_size finalleague image statlabel debutteam name throws caption debutleague birth_place debutdate bats statleague position article_title
2009 2012 1995 2006 .296 244 808 .268 48 198 seattle mariners hanshin tigers 8 june 1976 october 3 may 9 300px mlb npb kenjijohjimalead.jpg batting home runs runs batted in average home runs runs batted in batting average fukuoka daiei hawks seattle mariners kenji johjima right johjima with the seattle mariners npb mlb sasebo , japan may 31 april 3 right npb mlb catcher kenji johjima

kenji johjima

on november 21 , 2005 , johjima and the mariners agreed to a $ 16.5 million , three-year contract .
prior to signing with the mariners , he played in japan for the fukuoka softbank hawks team in the pacific league who drafted him in .
johjima also played in the 2004 summer olympics in athens for japan .
on october 19 , 2009 , johjima opted out of the final two years of a three-year extension that he had signed with the mariners in 2008 with the intention to return to playing in japan .
