Sanfrid DeForest Johnson (born October 24, 1940) is an American

United States

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 professional baseball

Baseball

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 scout and player development

Minor league baseball

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 executive. Johnson spent the season as vice president, scouting, of the New York Mets

New York Mets

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 of Major League Baseball

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. He also is the brother of former Major League infielder

Infielder

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, coach

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 and manager

Manager (baseball)

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 Tim Johnson

Tim Johnson (baseball)

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During his playing career, Sandy Johnson spent seven seasons (1959–1962; 1964–1966) in the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates

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' organization as a second baseman

Second baseman

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, third baseman

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 and shortstop

Shortstop

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. He batted

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 .254 in 768 games and never rose above the Class A level. Johnson threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.83 m) tall and weighed 165 pounds (75 kg).

He was a minor league manager in the Milwaukee Brewers

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' farm system from 1970–1972, then became a Milwaukee scout in 1973. The following year, he switched to the Major League Scouting Bureau, where he was the East Coast supervisor through 1981. He then assumed high-level scouting and player development positions for the San Diego Padres

San Diego Padres

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 (director of scouting, 1982–1984); Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers (baseball)

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 (assistant general manager

General manager (baseball)

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/scouting and player development, 1985–1995; special assistant to the general manager, 1996); and Arizona Diamondbacks

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(special assistant to the general manager, 1997–1998; assistant GM, 1999–2003; vice president and senior assistant GM, 2004).

In Johnson joined the Mets as assistant general manager and was promoted to vice president, scouting, on December 6, 2006.