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RHP
RYAN JOHNSON

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BORN: AUG. 5, 2002 OPENING DAY AGE: 22
BIRTHPLACE: DALLAS, TX RESIDES: RED OAK, TX
ACQUIRED: SECOND (COMPENSATORY) ROUND OF 2024 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT
SIGNED THRU: 2025; UNDER CLUB CONTROL; 0/3 OPTIONS USED

NON-ROSTER INVITEE
JOHNSON’S LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
JOHNSON
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
Will make professional debut in 2025
2024 SEASON
◆ Finished third season at Dallas Baptist University...Went 11-3 with a 2.21 ERA (106.0 IP – 26 ER) and 151 strikeouts.
◆ Led Conference USA in earned run average and strikeouts, and his 10.79 strikeout-to-walk ratio ranked first
among NCAA Division 1 pitchers (min. 90 IP).
◆ Became Dallas Baptist University’s single-season (151) and all-time strikeout leader (314)...Notched double-digit
strikeouts in six games, and reached a season-high 15 strikeouts on Mar. 22 and Apr. 19...Struck out at least
seven hitters in all but three starts.
◆ Threw 10 quality starts in 16 outings, including eight in a row from Feb. 23 to April 12.
◆ Named the 2024 Conference USA Pitcher of the Year.
◆ Named First Team All-American by Baseball America, First Team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball
Writers Association and First Team All-American by Perfect Game.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
◆ July 15, 2024...Selected by Angels in fourth round of First-Year Player Draft.
PERSONAL/MISC
◆ Ryan Christopher Johnson.
◆ Went 22-9 with a 3.46 ERA (252.0 IP - 97 ER) with 314 strikeouts in three seasons with Dallas Baptist University...
Set DBU’s single-season strikeout record (151) in 2024 and all-time strikeout record (314)...Majored in Business
Entrepreneurship.
◆ Homeschooled in high school.
◆ Parents are Jeff and Amy Johnson...Younger brother of M.D. Johnson, who holds Dallas Baptist’s NCAA Division
I record with 29 wins and now pitches in the Miami Marlins system.
◆ Loves to play golf and hunt...Hobbies also include watersports and skeet shooting.
◆ Originally signed by Angels scout KJ Hendricks.

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