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johnson with the yokohama baystars in 2009 left coon rapids , minnesota 2005 2014 season .236 57 201 st. louis cardinals first baseman batting average home runs runs batted in 250 10 august 1979 may 27 yb-dan-johnson . jpg dan johnson -lrb- baseball -rrb-
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dan johnson -lrb- baseball -rrb-

daniel ryan johnson -lrb- born august 10 , 1979 -rrb- is an american professional baseball first baseman playing in the organization of the st. louis cardinals of major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- .
he has played in most of ten seasons in mlb and nippon professional baseball , but has never held a major league starting job for an entire season .
he is perhaps best known for hitting a dramatic two-out , two-strike home run for the tampa bay rays in the bottom of the ninth inning of the last game of the 2011 season , also known as wild card wednesday .
that home run tied the game , which the rays eventually won , sending them to the playoffs .
his clutch hitting for the rays , along with his red hair and beard , earned him the nickname `` the great pumpkin '' .
also within his extensive minor league baseball career that began in 2001 , johnson has won a most valuable player -lrb- mvp -rrb- award in two different triple-a leagues .
he won the pacific coast league mvp in 2004 and the international league mvp in 2010 .
