Bryce Johnson #9

Bryce Christopher Johnson...Played three seasons at Sam Houston (Texas) State. University, where he helped the Bearkats reach their first NCAA Division I Super Regional...Was named to the NCAA Lubbock All-Tournament Team after hitting .353 (6-for-17) with four RBI in 2017...Ranks fourth in Sam Houston State program history with 67 career stolen bases.

2024

Split the season between San Diego and El Paso (Padres’ AAA)…Began the year with El Paso, where he made 60 starts in center field, seven in left field and three in right field...Hit .338 (24-for-71) and posted a .447 OBP in 21 games during the month of May...Had four hits on 5/31 at Round Rock...Reached base safely in 18 straight Triple-A games from 5/31 thru 6/22...Had his contract selected by San Diego on 6/24...Had a career-high two RBI on 8/17 at Colorado...Made 38 appearances (17 starts) in right field, four appearances in left field and one start in center field while playing with the Padres...Was optioned back to El Paso for the remainder of the year on 9/1.

2023

Did not play below the Triple-A level for the third consecutive season, making four separate stints with the Giants Major League squad throughout the campaign...Had his contract selected from Triple-A Sacramento for SF’s second game of the season on April 1, entering the contest at Yankee Stadium as a defensive replacement in CF and grounding out in the T-9th in SF’s 7-5 win...Entered the April 3 game at CWS again as a defensive replacement in the B-8th and hit his first ML home run in the T-9th in SF’s 12-3 victory...Played in a total of 10 games for SF from April 1-12 and hit .150 (3-for-20) before being placed on the 7-day IL with a concussion...Began a rehab assignment with SAC on May 6 before being optioned to SAC on May 7…hit safely in four games with the River Cats before being recalled by SF on May 11...Remained with the big league club from May 11-June 4, going 4-for-20 at the dish (.200 AVG) before being optioned back to SAC on June 5...Hit safely in 10 of his 12 games played for the River Cats at a .294 clip (15-for-51) before being recalled by SF for the third time on June 22...Appeared in five games for SF from June 22-July 2, going 0-for-3 at the dish with one run scored and two of his three stolen base attempts on the season coming in that span…optioned back to SAC on July 4 before being recalled by SF for the fourth and final time on July 18…did not appear in the July 18 game at CIN before being optioned back to SAC the next day on July 19...Posted two separate eight-game hitting streaks while with SAC (May 6-June 9; .300 AVG and July 6-21; .382 AVG)...Saw his season AVG jump from .278 to .303 after going a career-best 6-for-6 with one HR, two RBI, two runs scored and one SB on Aug. 15 vs. Tacoma.

2022

Appeared in 11 games with SF at the Major League level in 2022...made his Major League debut on Aug. 3 vs. the Dodgers after his contract was selected from Triple-A Sacramento earlier that day... Logged his first Major League hit, run and RBI on Sept. 4 vs. PHI... Slashed .290/.369/.401 with 11 doubles, four triples, five homers, 36 RBI and 31 stolen bases in 94 games for Triple-A Sacramento while posting a .770 OPS... Was his second straight season stealing at least 30 bases with the River Cats...his 31 steals were sixth-most in the PCL.