William Russell Johnson (born February 22, 1973) is an American former Major League Baseball infielder.

In the middle of the 2000 season, Johnson was traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for reliever Marc Valdes.

With minor leaguer Josh Pressley, he was supplied by the Devil Rays in 2002 to the New York Mets as a PTBNL in a deal for Rey Ordóñez.

In 2006, he played for the Yankees Triple-A team, and led the International League in walk percentage (14.8%).

[2] He spent 2007 in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, where he hit a combined .261 in 106 games split between Double-A and Triple-A.