catchers, ranked 3rd in hits, 4th in average, doubles and RBI and 5th i..from May 1 to the end of the season caught 30 of 68 (44%). Kenji hit his first career grand slam May 26 against the Kansas City Royals off of Brian Bannister; he also hit grand slam July 14 against the Detroit Tigers. In Kenji started 95 games at catcher, and has caught 3112.2 innings in the past three seasons, 5th-most in the majors. He threw out 18 of 69 attempted base stealers. On April, 15 he collected career hit number 1,500 on with a double (1,206 in Japan; 294 in Seattle). Johjima stole home May 31, his first career steal of home, only second steal since start of 2007. On April 25, 2008, the Mariners and Johjima agreed to a three-year contract extension. However, after losing playing time to two other catchers in the 2009 season, Johjima opted out of the final two years of this extension so he could return to playing in Japan, where he signed with the Hanshin Tigers of Japan's Central League. He retired a month into the 2012 season. Career statistics NPB MLB American League Personal life Johjima resides in Sasebo, Japan with his wife Maki and his son Yuta and daughter Miu He often called himself "George Mackenzie" as opposed to "Johjima Kenji", especially before he played in MLB References External links Johjima Kenji Baseball Memorial Hall Official Site Japanese Baseball Page Japanese league stats and info of Kenji Johjima 1976 births 2009 World Baseball Classic players Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Fukuoka Daiei Hawks players Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks players Hanshin Tigers players Japanese expatriate baseball players in the United States Living people Major League Baseball catchers Major League Baseball players from Japan Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Nippon Professional Baseball catchers Nippon Professional Baseball MVP Award winners Olympic baseball players of Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in baseball People from Sasebo Baseball people from Nagasaki Prefecture Seattle Mariners players Tacoma Rainiers players