The
St. Louis Cardinals drafted Johns in the sixth round of the
1992 Major League Baseball draft. The Cardinals traded him to the
Milwaukee Brewers in 1997, and the Brewers sent him to the
Baltimore Orioles a few months later. In turn, the Orioles traded him to the
Boston Red Sox in March 1998, where he finally made his major league debut as a pinch hitter for
Jim Leyritz. In his only major league plate appearance, he collected a walk. Johns played in the minor leagues from 1992 to 2000 for the farm teams of the Cardinals, Brewers, Orioles, Red Sox,
Anaheim Angels, and
Chicago Cubs. In nine minor league seasons, Johns hit .249 with 27 home runs while
stealing 106 bases. He played at least ten games at each of the four infield positions and six in the outfield. ==Personal==