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210 ’75—THE RED SOX TEAM THAT SAVED BASEBALL
Johnson was a coach for the New York Mets in 1983. Note
He served as a special-assignment scout, a position he held into 1993. He played in his rst Old-Timers Game in 1984. In 1985 he also served as coordinator of minor-league operations for the Mets.
Johnson nally tasted World Series champagne with the Mets in 1986, when they beat the Red Sox and Johnson joined in the clubhouse celebration.
After working as the bench coach for the Mets in 1993, Johnson became a special assistant to the general manager from 1993 through 1999, which was his last year in baseball.
Darrell Johnson died of leukemia on May 3, 2004, in Fair eld, California. He was 75 years old. He had lost his wife,Dixie,in February. e couple left two daugh- ters, Dara and Deana; a son, Douglas; three grand- children; and two great-grandchildren. e Red Sox were in rst place the night before, some 39 games into the season. Later that year, they nally won it all, 29 years after Johnson had helped bring them to the brink.
Wayne McElreavy co-authored the original version of this biography which was published in the book ’75: e Red Sox Team at Saved Baseball.
Notes
1 e Sporting News, June 6, 1951.
2 Hartford Courant, January 5, 1979.
3 New York Times, October 2, 1961.
4 Chicago Tribune, October 24, 1961.
5 Hartford Courant, August 6, 1974.
6 New York Times, May 6, 2004.
7 Washington Post, October 20, 1975.
8 Hartford Courant, October 24, 1975.
9 Hartford Courant, July 7, 1976.
10 Associated Press wire story, July 20, 1976. 11 Christian Science Monitor, August 16, 1976. 12 Christian Science Monitor, August 27, 1975. 13 Chicago Tribune, July 19, 1977.
14 See the New York Times, August 1, 1982.