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Jay Johnstone
John William Johnstone Jr.

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.

Debut July 30, 1966
  vs. CLE 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 6, 1985
Born November 20, 1945 in Manchester, CT

Signed by the Los Angeles Angels as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1966 20 CAL AL  61  254   35   67  12  4   3   17   3  3  11  36  .264  .297  .378   96   96   2   0   1   1   3
 1967 21 CAL AL  79  230   18   48   7  1   2   10   3  2   5  37  .209  .226  .274   51   63   2   0   0   0   4
 1968 22 CAL AL  41  115   11   30   4  1   0    3   2  1   7  15  .261  .303  .313   92   36   2   0   0   0   0
 1969 23 CAL AL 148  540   64  146  20  5  10   59   3  9  38  75  .270  .321  .381  102  206   8   6   5   5   7
 1970 24 CAL AL 119  320   34   76  10  5  11   39   1  0  24  53  .238  .290  .403   93  129   3   3   6   1   7
 1971 25 CHW AL 124  388   53  101  14  1  16   40  10  5  38  50  .260  .329  .425  110  165   5   2   4   3   4
 1972 26 CHW AL 113  261   27   49   9  0   4   17   2  1  25  42  .188  .259  .268   55   70   4   0   2   0   2
 1973 27 OAK AL  23   28    1    3   1  0   0    3   0  1   2   4  .107  .167  .143  -10    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1974 28 PHI NL  64  200   30   59  10  4   6   30   5  5  24  28  .295  .371  .475  132   95   0   0   4   0   2
 1975 29 PHI NL 122  350   50  115  19  2   7   54   7  3  42  39  .329  .397  .454  133  159   3   3   7   0   8
 1976 30 PHI NL 129  440   62  140  38  4   5   53   5  5  41  39  .318  .373  .457  132  201   1   7   5   2   9
 1977 31 PHI NL 112  363   64  103  18  4  15   59   3  7  38  38  .284  .349  .479  116  174   1   7   3   2   9
 1978 32 TOT     71  121    9   27   2  0   1   10   0  3  10  19  .223  .296  .264   60   32   0   1   0   3   2
         PHI NL  35   56    3   10   2  0   0    4   0  2   6   9  .179  .258  .214   33   12   0   0   0   0   2
         NYY AL  36   65    6   17   0  0   1    6   0  1   4  10  .262  .329  .308   83   20   0   1   0   3   0
 1979 33 TOT     98  249   17   69   9  2   1   39   2  3  20  28  .277  .328  .341   88   85   4   2   3   0   6
         NYY AL  23   48    7   10   1  0   1    7   1  0   2   7  .208  .240  .292   44   14   0   0   0   0   0
         SDP NL  75  201   10   59   8  2   0   32   1  3  18  21  .294  .348  .353   99   71   4   2   3   0   6
 1980 34 LAD NL 109  251   31   77  15  2   2   20   3  2  24  29  .307  .372  .406  119  102   2   0   1   2   3
 1981 35 LAD NL  61   83    8   17   3  0   3    6   0  1   7  13  .205  .267  .349   77   29   0   0   0   0   3
 1982 36 TOT NL 119  282   40   68  14  1  10   45   0  2  45  43  .241  .341  .404  107  114   1   4   9   0   3
         LAD NL  21   13    1    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   5   2  .077  .316  .154   37    2   0   1   1   0   0
         CHC NL  98  269   39   67  13  1  10   43   0  2  40  41  .249  .343  .416  110  112   1   3   8   0   3
 1983 37 CHC NL  86  140   16   36   7  0   6   22   1  1  20  24  .257  .362  .436  117   61   2   0   6   3   4
 1984 38 CHC NL  52   73    8   21   2  2   0    3   0  0   7  18  .288  .350  .370   97   27   0   0   4   0   2
 1985 39 LAD NL  17   15    0    2   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   2  .133  .188  .200   10    3   0   0   1   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 20 Seasons    1748 4703  578 1254 215 38 102  531  50 54 429 632  .267  .329  .394  103 1851  40  35  61  22  80
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        436   54  116  20  4   9   49   5  5  40  59  .267  .329  .394  103  172   4   3   6   2   7
 Career High    148  540   64  146  38  5  16   59  10  9  45  75  .329  .397  .479  133  206   8   7   9   5   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1966 20 CAL AL  268  195   28   3.9    87| .264  .245| .297  .311| .378  .378| .675  .689|  96  .495  -2.3  -0.2  50%
 1967 21 CAL AL  237  190   13   1.8    80| .209  .238| .226  .306| .274  .356| .500  .662|  51  .216 -14.7  -1.6  60%
 1968 22 CAL AL  124   88   12   3.7    76| .261  .232| .303  .301| .313  .344| .616  .645|  92  .520  -1.3  -0.2  66%
 1969 23 CAL AL  597  424   65   4.1    90| .270  .247| .321  .323| .381  .373| .702  .696| 102  .491   0.6   0.1  25%
 1970 24 CAL AL  351  257   37   3.9    94| .238  .253| .290  .327| .403  .386| .693  .713|  93  .452  -4.5  -0.5 100%
 1971 25 CHW AL  436  303   56   5.0    95| .260  .259| .329  .332| .425  .385| .754  .717| 110  .595   4.0   0.4  66%
 1972 26 CHW AL  290  219   19   2.3    85| .188  .250| .259  .319| .268  .361| .527  .680|  55  .308 -14.8  -1.7  66%
 1973 27 OAK AL   30   26    1   1.0    89| .107  .254| .167  .322| .143  .373| .310  .694| -10  .067  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1974 28 PHI NL  224  148   35   6.4    98| .295  .267| .371  .340| .475  .386| .846  .725| 132  .677   8.2   0.8  50%
 1975 29 PHI NL  398  252   64   6.8    99| .329  .270| .397  .341| .454  .390| .851  .731| 133  .699  16.8   1.7  70%
 1976 30 PHI NL  491  322   75   6.3    95| .318  .267| .373  .334| .457  .381| .830  .715| 132  .686  20.1   2.1  50%
 1977 31 PHI NL  411  284   59   5.6   107| .284  .275| .349  .344| .479  .419| .828  .763| 116  .587   8.2   0.8  30%
 1978 32 TOT     135  100   10   2.7    93| .223  .260| .296  .326| .264  .383| .560  .709|  60  .299  -6.3  -0.6   0%
         PHI NL   62   50    3   1.6    96| .179  .263| .258  .331| .214  .387| .472  .718|  33  .149  -5.0  -0.5   0%
         NYY AL   73   50    7   3.7    91| .262  .258| .329  .322| .308  .380| .637  .702|  83  .434  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1979 33 TOT     275  195   28   3.9    95| .277  .262| .328  .326| .341  .390| .669  .716|  88  .434  -3.6  -0.4  40%
         NYY AL   50   38    4   2.8   100| .208  .267| .240  .332| .292  .405| .532  .736|  44  .280  -3.9  -0.4 100%
         SDP NL  225  157   24   4.1    94| .294  .260| .348  .325| .353  .386| .701  .711|  99  .468   0.3   0.0  25%
 1980 34 LAD NL  279  181   39   5.8    94| .307  .266| .372  .328| .406  .386| .778  .713| 119  .641   6.9   0.7  60%
 1981 35 LAD NL   90   70    7   2.7    89| .205  .259| .267  .324| .349  .371| .616  .695|  77  .317  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1982 36 TOT NL  332  224   41   5.0    96| .241  .268| .341  .331| .404  .389| .745  .720| 107  .571   3.9   0.4   0%
         LAD NL   19   13    1   2.1    93| .077  .263| .316  .326| .154  .382| .470  .708|  37  .214  -0.7  -0.1   0%
         CHC NL  313  211   40   5.1    96| .249  .268| .343  .331| .416  .389| .759  .721| 110  .587   4.5   0.5   0%
 1983 37 CHC NL  165  111   22   5.3   100| .257  .268| .362  .337| .436  .397| .798  .734| 117  .603   3.7   0.4  50%
 1984 38 CHC NL   80   54    9   4.5   100| .288  .272| .350  .338| .370  .396| .720  .734|  97  .533  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1985 39 LAD NL   16   15    0   0.0    92| .133  .257| .188  .324| .200  .382| .388  .706|  10  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 20 Seasons     5229 3658  620   4.6    94| .267  .259| .329  .328| .394  .383| .723  .711| 103  .542  15.6   1.2  48%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1966 20 CAL AL OF 61 114 2 3 1 .975 .982 1.90 1.82 1.97 2.10 61 531.0 LF 40 60 0 3 0 .952 .980 1.50 1.45 1.65 1.83 39 327.7 CF 13 30 0 0 0 1.000 .987 2.31 2.09 2.80 2.52 10 96.3 RF 13 24 2 0 1 1.000 .977 2.00 1.69 2.19 1.94 12 107.0 1967 21 CAL AL OF 63 141 3 4 0 .973 .980 2.29 1.76 2.84 2.05 49 456.7 CF 62 140 3 4 0 .973 .981 2.31 2.08 2.84 2.47 49 452.7 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1968 22 CAL AL OF 29 58 4 1 1 .984 .981 2.14 1.80 2.45 2.08 26 228.0 CF 21 39 3 0 1 1.000 .986 2.00 2.25 2.36 2.53 18 160.0 RF 7 12 1 0 0 1.000 .977 1.86 1.57 1.95 1.88 7 60.0 LF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 1.40 1.12 1.80 1 8.0 1969 23 CAL AL CF 143 331 13 6 4 .983 .982 2.41 2.18 2.52 2.50 141 1230.7 1970 24 CAL AL OF 100 200 7 4 3 .981 .980 2.07 1.85 2.49 2.14 78 748.3 CF 88 185 5 4 3 .979 .985 2.16 2.30 2.59 2.62 69 660.7 RF 11 14 2 0 0 1.000 .976 1.45 1.59 1.81 1.98 9 79.7 LF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 1.50 4.50 1.80 0 8.0 1971 25 CHW AL OF 119 232 9 8 1 .968 .982 2.03 1.96 2.35 2.24 102 921.3 CF 92 189 8 7 1 .966 .983 2.14 2.32 2.43 2.73 86 729.0 RF 24 21 0 1 0 .955 .981 0.88 1.70 1.40 2.05 12 134.7 LF 11 17 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.64 1.60 2.81 1.93 4 57.7 1972 26 CHW AL OF 97 154 5 2 1 .988 .983 1.64 1.91 2.33 2.22 56 613.7 CF 83 144 5 2 1 .987 .987 1.80 2.29 2.51 2.65 50 534.7 LF 14 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.29 1.53 0.88 1.89 2 41.0 RF 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.43 1.76 2.37 2.13 4 38.0 1973 27 OAK AL OF 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.00 2.01 4.41 2.27 0 14.3 DH 4 LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.67 6.28 2.09 0 4.3 RF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.73 4.50 2.10 0 6.0 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.65 CF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.50 4.50 2.70 0 4.0 1974 28 PHI NL OF 59 88 4 3 1 .968 .979 1.56 1.96 1.78 2.27 56 466.3 RF 42 63 3 3 1 .957 .975 1.57 1.66 1.87 2.04 42 317.7 LF 31 24 1 0 0 1.000 .977 0.81 1.55 1.52 1.99 14 147.7 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1975 29 PHI NL OF 101 152 10 4 3 .976 .978 1.60 2.01 2.00 2.29 91 727.3 RF 100 151 10 4 3 .976 .974 1.61 1.74 2.04 2.05 89 709.3 CF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.43 1.50 2.70 2 18.0 1976 30 PHI NL OF 122 266 8 5 1 .982 .979 2.25 2.03 2.52 2.34 113 977.7 RF 120 263 8 4 1 .985 .974 2.26 1.83 2.53 2.15 111 963.7 1B 6 27 2 3 1 .906 .990 4.83 8.62 9.32 9.96 3 28.0 LF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 1.50 2.02 2 12.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1977 31 PHI NL OF 91 163 9 0 1 1.000 .978 1.89 1.93 2.23 2.26 73 694.3 RF 86 155 8 0 1 1.000 .974 1.90 1.78 2.16 2.11 72 679.3 1B 19 131 6 1 16 .993 .991 7.21 8.31 10.39 9.89 17 118.7 LF 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.52 2.40 1.92 1 15.0 1978 32 TOT OF 29 35 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.21 2.09 2.11 2.44 15 149.3 TOT RF 18 24 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.39 1.83 2.16 2.22 11 104.0 TOT LF 11 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.91 1.71 1.99 2.15 4 45.3 PHI NL 1B 8 73 7 1 9 .988 .993 10.00 8.32 10.96 9.99 8 65.7 OF 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.57 1.94 1.15 2.30 3 31.3 RF 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.77 0.90 2.12 2 20.0 LF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.53 1.59 1.99 1 11.3 NYY AL OF 22 31 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.41 2.13 2.36 2.47 12 118.0 RF 14 22 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.64 1.85 2.46 2.24 9 84.0 LF 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.77 2.12 2.20 3 34.0 DH 5 1979 33 TOT OF 64 92 4 1 0 .990 .980 1.50 2.04 2.08 2.36 41 415.4 TOT LF 48 63 3 0 0 1.000 .975 1.38 1.64 1.93 2.07 32 308.0 TOT CF 12 16 1 0 0 1.000 .983 1.42 2.49 2.15 2.84 5 71.3 TOT RF 6 13 0 1 0 .929 .977 2.17 1.88 3.25 2.20 4 36.0 NYY AL OF 19 32 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.68 2.13 2.80 2.46 9 102.7 LF 13 26 0 0 0 1.000 .981 2.00 1.80 2.78 2.22 9 84.3 CF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 2.62 3.15 2.90 0 14.3 DH 3 RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.90 2.25 2.25 0 4.0 SDP NL OF 45 60 4 1 0 .985 .979 1.42 2.00 1.84 2.33 32 312.7 LF 35 37 3 0 0 1.000 .971 1.14 1.58 1.61 2.01 23 223.7 1B 22 125 14 3 10 .979 .992 6.32 8.59 8.63 9.89 17 145.0 CF 8 11 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 2.42 1.89 2.83 5 57.0 RF 4 12 0 1 0 .923 .976 3.00 1.88 3.38 2.19 4 32.0 1980 34 LAD NL OF 61 100 9 4 0 .965 .980 1.79 1.98 2.16 2.31 58 454.7 RF 57 93 8 4 0 .962 .977 1.77 1.71 2.20 2.06 53 413.7 LF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.68 1.10 2.06 5 41.0 1981 35 LAD NL OF 16 19 3 1 0 .957 .982 1.38 2.02 2.13 2.33 9 93.0 LF 8 10 2 0 0 1.000 .976 1.50 1.79 2.40 2.12 4 45.0 RF 8 9 0 1 0 .900 .978 1.12 1.65 1.69 2.08 5 48.0 1B 2 14 1 0 2 1.000 .993 7.50 8.70 10.38 10.25 0 13.0 1982 36 CHC NL OF 86 154 8 3 0 .982 .978 1.88 1.91 2.23 2.25 77 653.7 RF 58 99 6 3 0 .972 .978 1.81 1.65 2.19 2.02 52 432.3 LF 36 55 3 0 0 1.000 .973 1.61 1.60 2.36 2.08 25 221.3 1983 37 CHC NL OF 44 55 3 4 1 .935 .980 1.32 1.92 1.95 2.27 32 268.0 LF 36 52 3 2 1 .965 .977 1.53 1.60 2.01 2.03 30 246.3 RF 8 2 0 2 0 .500 1.000 0.25 1.64 0.83 1.99 2 21.7 1984 38 CHC NL OF 15 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.91 1.29 2.27 9 84.0 RF 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.62 1.69 1.05 2.07 5 43.0 LF 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.00 1.53 1.57 2.02 4 40.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1976 30 PHI NL 1B 6 27 2 3 1 .906 .990 4.83 8.62 9.32 9.96 3 28.0 1977 31 PHI NL 1B 19 131 6 1 16 .993 .991 7.21 8.31 10.39 9.89 17 118.7 1978 32 PHI NL 1B 8 73 7 1 9 .988 .993 10.00 8.32 10.96 9.99 8 65.7 1979 33 SDP NL 1B 22 125 14 3 10 .979 .992 6.32 8.59 8.63 9.89 17 145.0 1981 35 LAD NL 1B 2 14 1 0 2 1.000 .993 7.50 8.70 10.38 10.25 0 13.0 1973 27 OAK AL 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.65 1966 20 CAL AL CF 13 30 0 0 0 1.000 .987 2.31 2.09 2.80 2.52 10 96.3 1967 21 CAL AL CF 62 140 3 4 0 .973 .981 2.31 2.08 2.84 2.47 49 452.7 1968 22 CAL AL CF 21 39 3 0 1 1.000 .986 2.00 2.25 2.36 2.53 18 160.0 1969 23 CAL AL CF 143 331 13 6 4 .983 .982 2.41 2.18 2.52 2.50 141 1230.7 1970 24 CAL AL CF 88 185 5 4 3 .979 .985 2.16 2.30 2.59 2.62 69 660.7 1971 25 CHW AL CF 92 189 8 7 1 .966 .983 2.14 2.32 2.43 2.73 86 729.0 1972 26 CHW AL CF 83 144 5 2 1 .987 .987 1.80 2.29 2.51 2.65 50 534.7 1973 27 OAK AL CF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.50 4.50 2.70 0 4.0 1974 28 PHI NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1975 29 PHI NL CF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.43 1.50 2.70 2 18.0 1976 30 PHI NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1979 33 TOT CF 12 16 1 0 0 1.000 .983 1.42 2.49 2.15 2.84 5 71.3 NYY AL CF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 2.62 3.15 2.90 0 14.3 SDP NL CF 8 11 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 2.42 1.89 2.83 5 57.0 1984 38 CHC NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1973 27 OAK AL DH 4 1978 32 NYY AL DH 5 1979 33 NYY AL DH 3 1966 20 CAL AL LF 40 60 0 3 0 .952 .980 1.50 1.45 1.65 1.83 39 327.7 1967 21 CAL AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 1968 22 CAL AL LF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 1.40 1.12 1.80 1 8.0 1970 24 CAL AL LF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 1.50 4.50 1.80 0 8.0 1971 25 CHW AL LF 11 17 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.64 1.60 2.81 1.93 4 57.7 1972 26 CHW AL LF 14 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.29 1.53 0.88 1.89 2 41.0 1973 27 OAK AL LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.67 6.28 2.09 0 4.3 1974 28 PHI NL LF 31 24 1 0 0 1.000 .977 0.81 1.55 1.52 1.99 14 147.7 1976 30 PHI NL LF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 1.50 2.02 2 12.0 1977 31 PHI NL LF 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.52 2.40 1.92 1 15.0 1978 32 TOT LF 11 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.91 1.71 1.99 2.15 4 45.3 PHI NL LF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.53 1.59 1.99 1 11.3 NYY AL LF 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.77 2.12 2.20 3 34.0 1979 33 TOT LF 48 63 3 0 0 1.000 .975 1.38 1.64 1.93 2.07 32 308.0 NYY AL LF 13 26 0 0 0 1.000 .981 2.00 1.80 2.78 2.22 9 84.3 SDP NL LF 35 37 3 0 0 1.000 .971 1.14 1.58 1.61 2.01 23 223.7 1980 34 LAD NL LF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.68 1.10 2.06 5 41.0 1981 35 LAD NL LF 8 10 2 0 0 1.000 .976 1.50 1.79 2.40 2.12 4 45.0 1982 36 CHC NL LF 36 55 3 0 0 1.000 .973 1.61 1.60 2.36 2.08 25 221.3 1983 37 CHC NL LF 36 52 3 2 1 .965 .977 1.53 1.60 2.01 2.03 30 246.3 1984 38 CHC NL LF 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.00 1.53 1.57 2.02 4 40.0 1966 20 CAL AL OF 61 114 2 3 1 .975 .982 1.90 1.82 1.97 2.10 61 531.0 1967 21 CAL AL OF 63 141 3 4 0 .973 .980 2.29 1.76 2.84 2.05 49 456.7 1968 22 CAL AL OF 29 58 4 1 1 .984 .981 2.14 1.80 2.45 2.08 26 228.0 1969 23 CAL AL OF 144 331 12 6 4 .983 .978 2.38 1.84 2.51 2.13 141 1230.7 1970 24 CAL AL OF 100 200 7 4 3 .981 .980 2.07 1.85 2.49 2.14 78 748.3 1971 25 CHW AL OF 119 232 9 8 1 .968 .982 2.03 1.96 2.35 2.24 102 921.3 1972 26 CHW AL OF 97 154 5 2 1 .988 .983 1.64 1.91 2.33 2.22 56 613.7 1973 27 OAK AL OF 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.00 2.01 4.41 2.27 0 14.3 1974 28 PHI NL OF 59 88 4 3 1 .968 .979 1.56 1.96 1.78 2.27 56 466.3 1975 29 PHI NL OF 101 152 10 4 3 .976 .978 1.60 2.01 2.00 2.29 91 727.3 1976 30 PHI NL OF 122 266 8 5 1 .982 .979 2.25 2.03 2.52 2.34 113 977.7 1977 31 PHI NL OF 91 163 9 0 1 1.000 .978 1.89 1.93 2.23 2.26 73 694.3 1978 32 TOT OF 29 35 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.21 2.09 2.11 2.44 15 149.3 PHI NL OF 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.57 1.94 1.15 2.30 3 31.3 NYY AL OF 22 31 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.41 2.13 2.36 2.47 12 118.0 1979 33 TOT OF 64 92 4 1 0 .990 .980 1.50 2.04 2.08 2.36 41 415.4 NYY AL OF 19 32 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.68 2.13 2.80 2.46 9 102.7 SDP NL OF 45 60 4 1 0 .985 .979 1.42 2.00 1.84 2.33 32 312.7 1980 34 LAD NL OF 61 100 9 4 0 .965 .980 1.79 1.98 2.16 2.31 58 454.7 1981 35 LAD NL OF 16 19 3 1 0 .957 .982 1.38 2.02 2.13 2.33 9 93.0 1982 36 CHC NL OF 86 154 8 3 0 .982 .978 1.88 1.91 2.23 2.25 77 653.7 1983 37 CHC NL OF 44 55 3 4 1 .935 .980 1.32 1.92 1.95 2.27 32 268.0 1984 38 CHC NL OF 15 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.91 1.29 2.27 9 84.0 1966 20 CAL AL RF 13 24 2 0 1 1.000 .977 2.00 1.69 2.19 1.94 12 107.0 1967 21 CAL AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1968 22 CAL AL RF 7 12 1 0 0 1.000 .977 1.86 1.57 1.95 1.88 7 60.0 1970 24 CAL AL RF 11 14 2 0 0 1.000 .976 1.45 1.59 1.81 1.98 9 79.7 1971 25 CHW AL RF 24 21 0 1 0 .955 .981 0.88 1.70 1.40 2.05 12 134.7 1972 26 CHW AL RF 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.43 1.76 2.37 2.13 4 38.0 1973 27 OAK AL RF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.73 4.50 2.10 0 6.0 1974 28 PHI NL RF 42 63 3 3 1 .957 .975 1.57 1.66 1.87 2.04 42 317.7 1975 29 PHI NL RF 100 151 10 4 3 .976 .974 1.61 1.74 2.04 2.05 89 709.3 1976 30 PHI NL RF 120 263 8 4 1 .985 .974 2.26 1.83 2.53 2.15 111 963.7 1977 31 PHI NL RF 86 155 8 0 1 1.000 .974 1.90 1.78 2.16 2.11 72 679.3 1978 32 TOT RF 18 24 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.39 1.83 2.16 2.22 11 104.0 PHI NL RF 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.77 0.90 2.12 2 20.0 NYY AL RF 14 22 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.64 1.85 2.46 2.24 9 84.0 1979 33 TOT RF 6 13 0 1 0 .929 .977 2.17 1.88 3.25 2.20 4 36.0 NYY AL RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.90 2.25 2.25 0 4.0 SDP NL RF 4 12 0 1 0 .923 .976 3.00 1.88 3.38 2.19 4 32.0 1980 34 LAD NL RF 57 93 8 4 0 .962 .977 1.77 1.71 2.20 2.06 53 413.7 1981 35 LAD NL RF 8 9 0 1 0 .900 .978 1.12 1.65 1.69 2.08 5 48.0 1982 36 CHC NL RF 58 99 6 3 0 .972 .978 1.81 1.65 2.19 2.02 52 432.3 1983 37 CHC NL RF 8 2 0 2 0 .500 1.000 0.25 1.64 0.83 1.99 2 21.7 1984 38 CHC NL RF 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.62 1.69 1.05 2.07 5 43.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1308 2373 100 53 18 .979 .980 1.89 1.93 1087 9727.7 260 521 577# RF* 577 961 49 23 7 .978 .975 1.75 1.74 490 4195.0 CF* 521 1079 38 23 10 .980 .984 2.14 2.24 430 3961.3 LF* 260 321 13 6 1 .982 .977 1.28 1.58 167 1571.3 1B* 57 370 30 8 38 .980 .992 7.02 8.47 45 370.3 DH 12 Games not counted in Overall Total below 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.65 2 0.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1367 2743 130 61 56 .979 .981 2.10 2.20
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1976   NLCS  PHI CIN     L   3   9   1   7  1  1  0   2   1   0  .778  .800 1.111   0  0   0   0   0 
 1977   NLCS  PHI LAD     L   2   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .200  .200  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
 1978   WS    NYY LAD     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1981   NLDS  LAD HOU     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  LAD MON     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    LAD NYY     W   3   3   1   2  0  0  1   3   0   0  .667  .667 1.667   0  0   0   0   0 
 1985   NLCS  LAD STL     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Champ Series     1-3   8  17   1   8  1  1  0   2   1   2  .471  .500  .647   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        2-0   5   5   1   2  0  0  1   3   0   1  .400  .400 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
  7 Postseason Series   4-3  14  23   2  10  1  1  1   5   1   3  .435  .458  .696   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1976 NL-**.318-10

Doubles
1976 NL-38-2

Triples
1969 AL-5-9

Oldest Player
1985 NL-39-9

Youngest Player
1966 AL-20-8

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1564) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1771) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.5 (1173) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 30, 1963: Signed by the Los Angeles Angels as an amateur free agent.

November 30, 1970: Traded by the California Angels with Tom Bradley and Tom Egan to the Chicago White Sox for Ken Berry, Syd O'Brien, and Billy Wynne.

March 7, 1973: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

March 31, 1973: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

January 9, 1974: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Oakland Athletics.

March 26, 1974: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

April 3, 1974: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

June 14, 1978: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Bobby Brown to the New York Yankees for Rawly Eastwick.

June 15, 1979: Traded by the New York Yankees to the San Diego Padres for Dave Wehrmeister.

November 1, 1979: Granted Free Agency.

December 4, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

May 25, 1982: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

June 1, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

September 9, 1984: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

February 20, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 31, 1985: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Los Angeles Dodgers$150,000
Career (may be incomplete)$150,000

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