Editing Davey Johnson (section)

{{Short description|American baseball player and manager (born 1943)}}
{{similar names|David Johnson (disambiguation){{!}}David Johnson}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Davey Johnson
|image=Davey Johnson 1972.jpg 
|caption=Johnson with the Orioles in 1972
|image_size=
|position= [[Second baseman]] / [[Manager (baseball)|Manager]]
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1943|1|30}}
|birth_place=[[Orlando, Florida]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 13
|debutyear=1965
|debutteam=Baltimore Orioles
|debut2league = NPB
|debut2date=April 22
|debut2year=1975
|debut2team=Yomiuri Giants
|final2league = MLB
|final2date=September 29
|final2year=1978
|final2team=Chicago Cubs
|finalleague = NPB
|finaldate=November 2
|finalyear=1976
|finalteam=Yomiuri Giants
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.261
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=136
|stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=609
|stat4label=Managerial record
|stat4value=1,372–1,071
|stat5label=Winning %
|stat5value={{Winning percentage|1372|1071}}
|stat2league = NPB
|stat21label=Batting average
|stat21value=.241
|stat22label=Home runs
|stat22value=39
|stat23label=Runs batted in
|stat23value=112
|teams=
'''As player'''
* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1965}}–{{mlby|1972}})
* [[Atlanta Braves]] ({{mlby|1973}}–{{mlby|1975}})
* [[Yomiuri Giants]] ({{baseball year|1975}}–{{baseball year|1976}}) 
* [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{mlby|1977}}–{{mlby|1978}})
* [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{mlby|1978}})
'''As manager'''
* [[New York Mets]] ({{mlby|1984}}–{{mlby|1990}})
* [[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{mlby|1993}}–{{mlby|1995}})
* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1996}}–{{mlby|1997}})
* [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{mlby|1999}}–{{mlby|2000}})
* [[Washington Nationals]] ({{mlby|2011}}–{{mlby|2013}})
|highlights=
* 4× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1968 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1968]]–[[1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1970]], [[1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1973]])
* 3× [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1966}}, {{wsy|1970}}, {{wsy|1986}})
* 3× [[Gold Glove Award]] (1969–1971)
* 2× [[Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award|Manager of the Year]] (1997, 2012)
* [[Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame]]
* [[New York Mets Hall of Fame]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[baseball]]}}
{{MedalSport | Manager for {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Baseball Classic]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2009 World Baseball Classic|2009 Los Angeles]] | [[United States national baseball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Summer Olympics]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[United States national baseball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Baseball World Cup]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2007 Baseball World Cup|2007 Tianmu]] | [[United States national baseball team|Team]]}}
}}

'''David Allen Johnson''' (born January 30, 1943) is an American former professional [[baseball]] player and [[Manager (baseball)|manager]]. He played as a [[second baseman]] from {{Baseball year|1965}} through {{Baseball year|1978}}, most notably in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) as a member of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] dynasty that won four [[List of American League pennant winners|American League pennants]] and two [[World Series]] championships between 1966 and 1971. Johnson played in MLB from 1965 to 1975, then played for two seasons in the [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] league before returning to play in MLB with the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] and [[Chicago Cubs]] from 1977 to 1978. A three-time [[Rawlings Gold Glove Award]] winner, he was selected to four [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] teams during his playing career.

After retiring as a player, Johnson became a successful manager. He led the [[New York Mets]] to the [[1986 World Series]] title, and to an additional [[National League East]] title in [[1988 New York Mets season|1988]]. He won the American League's [[Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award|Manager of the Year Award]] in 1997, when he led the Baltimore Orioles wire-to-wire to the [[American League East]] division championship. He won the same award in the National League in 2012, when he led the [[Washington Nationals]] to the franchise's first division title since moving to Washington, D.C., and its first overall since 1981. Johnson managed teams to their respective League Championship Series in three consecutive years &nbsp;– the [[Cincinnati Reds]] in [[1995 National League Championship Series|1995]] and the Orioles in both [[1996 American League Championship Series|1996]] and [[1997 American League Championship Series|1997]]. He also briefly managed the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]. He led the [[United States national baseball team|United States national team]] to its first medal finish in a [[World Baseball Classic]], taking third place at the [[2009 World Baseball Classic|2009 edition]].