Danny Johnson took the field Monday with the Red Sox to resume a rain-delayed start for the Blue Jays last June.
BOSTON — Received Boston Red Sox Danny Johnson He became the first player in major league history to appear in the same game for both teams when he pitched for Boston on Monday in a resumption of a rain-delayed start in June with the Toronto jersey on.
Johnson was caught and batting in the Blue Jays’ lineup in the second inning when the game was postponed on June 26. He was traded to the Red Sox last month and took his position behind the plate as Boston’s catcher while being a pinch-hitter on Monday. Dalton Warshaw He struck out to finish the at-bat that Johnson started.
A supervisor was there to tag all of Johnson’s equipment, and the Baseball Hall of Fame said he requested the card from official scorer Bob Ellis. Ellis was also working when the game started in June.
“This scorecard will be a great tool to document and illustrate this history, featuring Danny Johnson’s name on both teams,” Hall spokesman John Shestakofsky said.
When the stadium opened to fans, the scoreboards showed Johnson batting for the Blue Jays, including a photo of him wearing a Toronto hat. Before the first pitch, the umpires had a long conversation with the coaches, who came up with some of the strangest lineup cards in baseball history.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this story.