Bryce Johnson #26

Played three seasons at Sam Houston State, where he helped the Bearkats reach their first NCAA Division I Super Regional…He was named to the NCAA Lubbock All-Tournament Team after hitting .353 (6-for-17) with four RBI in 2017…His 67 career steals were fourth-most in program history.

2025

Rejoined the Padres on April 17 after being acquired from PIT in exchange for C Brett Sullivan...Across 51 games between PIT's Triple-A Indianapolis (10 games) and the Chihuahuas (41), slashed .276/.379/.417 with 12 doubles, one triple, three home runs and 22 RBI...Hit safely in 11 of his last 12 games with an at-bat (eight R, six 2B, one HR, nine RBI, one BB, 13 SO, .347/.385/.531)...Had his contract selected from Triple-A El Paso on June 16 after DH Luis Campusano was optioned to Triple-A El Paso and RHP Yu Darvish was transferred to the 60-day IL...Reached base safely in a career high-tying six straight games from June 17-29 (twice, other: June 25-July 2, 2024)...Logged his first extra-base hit since Aug. 2, 2024 vs. COL (2B, 24 G) on June 18 @ LAD...His four total doubles were a career high...Logged back-to-back games with an RBI for the first time in his career from Aug. 31-Sept. 1...With his RBI on Aug. 31 @ MIN, surpassed his career high of four RBI from 2024...On Sept. 13 vs. COL, connected on his second career home run and first as a Padre (other: April 3, 2023 at CWS with SF)...His two RBI on the night match his single-game career high, set on Aug. 17, 2024 @ COL...Ended the season tallying multiple hits in four of his last nine starts (.306 BA)...His fourth stolen base came on Sept. 26 vs. ARI and marked a new career high...Concluded his Major League campaign hitting safely in 21 of his 35 appearances with an at-bat (26-for-76, .342 BA, .383 OBP, nine R, four 2B, HR, eight RBI, four SB).

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.

2021

Made his Triple-A debut and spent the entire campaign with Sacramento...Began the campaign with a five-game hitting streak in the opening week from May 6-10, earning Pacific Coast League Player of the Week honors…Collected four multi-hit efforts with two home runs and a .684 AVG (13-for-19), including a then career-high 5-for-5 at the dish on May 10 at Las Vegas...Scored a career-high-tying four runs twice (May 15 at Oklahoma City and Aug. 29 at Reno).

2020

 Did not play in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019

Began the 2019 season with High-A San Jose, hitting .265 (69-for-260) across 68 games before making his Double-A debut with Richmond, where he his .243 (51-for-210) in 60 games…Combined between the two stops to post career highs in a variety of offensive categories, including hits (120), doubles (23), walks (63), runs scored (68), games played (128), total bases (172) and at-bats (470).

2018

Spent the season at High-A San Jose and swiped a career-high tying 31 bases out of 35 attempts (88.6%).

2017

Earned Northwest League Post-Season All-Star honors in his first professional season for Low-A Salem-Keizer.