My Take
Johan Mieses is one of those career journeymen who makes you appreciate just how grueling the path through professional baseball actually is. Signed by the Dodgers out of the Dominican Republic as a teenager in 2013, he spent years grinding through the minors before eventually finding his footing in Japan with the Hanshin Tigers — which, honestly, takes a particular kind of mental toughness, adjusting to a different country, a different league culture, and an entirely different pitching style all at once. The NPB stint says a lot about his resilience and his willingness to go wherever the game takes him. He's the kind of outfielder scouts always liked on paper — athleticism, raw tools — and watching him keep that career alive across multiple continents is genuinely admirable.
Overview
Johan Mieses (born July 13, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers. He signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an international free agent in 2013.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Johan Mieses
- Name (Japanese)
- ヨハン・ミエセス
- Reading
- よはん・みえせす
- Born
- July 13, 1995 (age 30)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Boar
- Origin
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.