Jay Johnstone

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: November 20, 1945 in Manchester, CT us

Died: September 26, 2020 in Granada Hills, CA

High School: Edgewood HS (West Covina, CA)

Debut: July 30, 1966 (Age 20-252d, 12,497th in major league history)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 39-320d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Agents: John Boggs & Associates

Full Name: John William Johnstone

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.7

4703

1254

102

.267

578

RBI

531

OBP

.329

SLG

.394

OPS

.722

OPS+

103

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1963	17	LAA-min	A	48	165	155	21	39	5	3	1	18	3	1	10	45	.252	.297	.342	.639		53		0	0	0			SJO · CALL
1964	18	LAA-min	A,WRk	150	584	527	75	154	31	12	4	59	13	3	46	90	.292	.356	.419	.775		221		7	2	2			SJO,ANG · CALL,AZIL
1965	19	CAL-min	A,AA	132	543	493	74	146	26	8	7	81	10	2	39	32	.296	.346	.424	.770		209		3	0	8			SJO,ELP · CALL,TL
1966	20	CAL-min	AAA,AA	88	371	343	65	113	16	7	8	43	11	8	21	34	.329	.370	.487	.856		167		2	3	2			SLE,ELP · PCL,TL
1966	20	CAL	AL	61	268	254	35	67	12	4	3	17	3	3	11	36	.264	.297	.378	.675	96	96	3	1	2	0	1	789
1967	21	CAL-min	AAA	49	192	184	21	58	11	1	4	21	2	2	7	17	.315	.340	.451	.791		83		0	1	0			SLE · PCL
1967	21	CAL	AL	79	237	230	18	48	7	1	2	10	3	2	5	37	.209	.226	.274	.499	51	63	4	0	2	0	0	8H/79
1968	22	CAL-min	AAA	84	341	314	45	87	15	4	13	56	4	8	22	47	.277	.325	.475	.800		149		1	3	1			SLE · PCL
1968	22	CAL	AL	41	124	115	11	30	4	1	0	3	2	1	7	15	.261	.303	.313	.616	92	36	0	0	2	0	0	8H/97
1969	23	CAL	AL	148	597	540	64	146	20	5	10	59	3	9	38	75	.270	.321	.381	.702	102	206	7	5	8	6	5	*8/H
1970	24	CAL	AL	119	351	320	34	76	10	5	11	39	1	0	24	53	.238	.290	.403	.693	93	129	7	1	3	3	6	8H9/7
1971	25	CHW	AL	124	436	388	53	101	14	1	16	40	10	5	38	50	.260	.329	.425	.755	110	165	4	3	5	2	4	*89H7
1972	26	CHW	AL	113	290	261	27	49	9	0	4	17	2	1	25	42	.188	.259	.268	.527	55	70	2	0	4	0	2	8H7/9
1973	27	OAK-min	AAA	69	279	242	58	84	15	5	9	44	4	1	30	26	.347	.424	.562	.986		136		4	1	2			TUC · PCL
1973	27	OAK	AL	23	30	28	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	4	.107	.167	.143	.310	-10	4	0	0	0	0	0	H/D7948
1974	28	PHI-min	AAA	57	182	155	31	49	15	1	8	25	2	1	24	25	.316	.409	.581	.989		90		1	1	1			TOL · IL
1974	28	PHI	NL	64	224	200	30	59	10	4	6	30	5	5	24	28	.295	.371	.475	.846	132	95	2	0	0	0	4	97/H8
1975	29	PHI	NL	122	398	350	50	115	19	2	7	54	7	3	42	39	.329	.397	.454	.852	133	159	8	0	3	3	7	9H/8
1976	30	PHI	NL	129	491	440	62	140	38	4	5	53	5	5	41	39	.318	.373	.457	.830	133	201	9	2	1	7	5	*9H/378
1977	31	PHI	NL	112	411	363	64	103	18	4	15	59	3	7	38	38	.284	.349	.479	.828	116	174	9	2	1	7	3	93H/7
1978	32	TOT	MLB	71	135	121	9	27	2	0	1	10	0	3	10	19	.223	.296	.264	.561	60	32	2	3	0	1	0	H97/3D
1978	32	PHI	NL	35	62	56	3	10	2	0	0	4	0	2	6	9	.179	.258	.214	.472	33	12	2	0	0	0	0	H/397
1978	32	NYY	AL	36	73	65	6	17	0	0	1	6	0	1	4	10	.262	.329	.308	.636	83	20	0	3	0	1	0	9H/7D
1979	33	TOT	MLB	98	275	249	17	69	9	2	1	39	2	3	20	28	.277	.328	.341	.670	88	85	6	0	4	2	3	7H38/9D
1979	33	NYY	AL	23	50	48	7	10	1	0	1	7	1	0	2	7	.208	.240	.292	.532	44	14	0	0	0	0	0	7/H8D9
1979	33	SDP	NL	75	225	201	10	59	8	2	0	32	1	3	18	21	.294	.348	.353	.702	99	71	6	0	4	2	3	73H/89
1980	34	LAD	NL	109	279	251	31	77	15	2	2	20	3	2	24	29	.307	.372	.406	.778	119	102	3	2	2	0	1	9H/7
1981	35	LAD	NL	61	90	83	8	17	3	0	3	6	0	1	7	13	.205	.267	.349	.616	77	29	3	0	0	0	0	H/793
1982	36	TOT	NL	119	332	282	40	68	14	1	10	45	0	2	45	43	.241	.341	.404	.746	107	114	3	0	1	4	9	9H7
1982	36	LAD	NL	21	19	13	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	2	.077	.316	.154	.470	37	2	0	0	0	1	1	H
1982	36	CHC	NL	98	313	269	39	67	13	1	10	43	0	2	40	41	.249	.343	.416	.759	110	112	3	0	1	3	8	97H
1983	37	CHC	NL	86	165	140	16	36	7	0	6	22	1	1	20	24	.257	.362	.436	.798	117	61	4	3	2	0	6	H7/9
1984	38	CHC	NL	52	80	73	8	21	2	2	0	3	0	0	7	18	.288	.350	.370	.720	97	27	2	0	0	0	4	H/978
1985	39	LAD	NL	17	16	15	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.133	.188	.200	.388	11	3	2	0	0	0	1	H
20 Yrs				1748	5229	4703	578	1254	215	38	102	531	50	54	429	632	.267	.329	.394	.722	103	1851	80	22	40	35	61
162 Game Avg.				162	485	436	54	116	20	4	9	49	5	5	40	59	.267	.329	.394	.722	103	172	7	2	4	3	6
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
PHI (5 yrs)				462	1586	1409	209	427	87	14	33	200	20	22	151	153	.303	.368	.455	.823	124	641	30	4	5	17	19
CAL (5 yrs)				448	1577	1459	162	367	53	16	26	128	12	15	85	216	.252	.294	.363	.657	90	530	21	7	17	9	12
LAD (4 yrs)				208	404	362	40	97	20	2	5	30	3	3	37	46	.268	.338	.376	.714	102	136	8	2	2	1	3
CHC (3 yrs)				236	558	482	63	124	22	3	16	68	1	3	67	83	.257	.350	.415	.764	110	200	9	3	3	3	18
NYY (2 yrs)				59	123	113	13	27	1	0	2	13	1	1	6	17	.239	.293	.301	.594	67	34	0	3	0	1	0
CHW (2 yrs)				237	726	649	80	150	23	1	20	57	12	6	63	92	.231	.301	.362	.663	89	235	6	3	9	2	6
OAK (1 yr)				23	30	28	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	4	.107	.167	.143	.310	-10	4	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				75	225	201	10	59	8	2	0	32	1	3	18	21	.294	.348	.353	.702	99	71	6	0	4	2	3

NL (12 yrs)				981	2773	2454	322	707	137	21	54	330	25	31	273	303	.288	.358	.427	.786	116	1048	53	9	14	23	43
AL (10 yrs)				767	2456	2249	256	547	78	17	48	201	25	23	156	329	.243	.295	.357	.652	88	803	27	13	26	12	18

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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