CHICAGO — First baseman Dan Johnson, whose dramatic home run on the final night of the regular season helped Tampa Bay reach last year’s playoffs, has agreed to a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox.
Johnson, a former Husker, is a .235 hitter with 53 homers and 188 RBIs in six major league seasons with Oakland and the Rays. He batted .119 with two homers for the Rays last year and was the International League MVP in 2010. In 2005 he batted .275 with 15 homers for the Athletics, who drafted him in 2001.
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