Johnny Blanchard
John Edwin Blanchard
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: February 26, 1933 in Minneapolis, MN
High School: Central (Minneapolis, MN)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1955
Final Game: September 27, 1965
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1955 NYY AL 22 C 1 1 8.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.88 7.00 .986 5.62 4.70 0 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 26 C 12 2 40.0 27 25 1 1 1 .963 -2.0 -60.0 -2 5.85 2.17 .989 6.08 5.31 4 2 5 1 17%
1959 NYY AL 26 OF 8 4 31.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 0.5 19.4 0.5 0.7 -0.1 0 2.32 1.00 .978 2.21 1.96
1959 NYY AL 26 RF 7 4 30.1 9 8 0 1 0 .889 0.5 19.8 0.5 0.7 -0.1 0 2.37 1.14 .978 1.90 1.64
1959 NYY AL 26 1B 1 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 3.00 1.000 9.90 8.30
1959 NYY AL 26 LF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.70
1960 NYY AL 27 C 28 21 202.0 160 151 7 2 0 .988 -3.0 -17.8 -3 7.04 5.64 .987 5.93 5.12 5 6 8 2 20%
1961 NYY AL 28 C 48 42 406.2 289 268 18 3 2 .990 -2.0 -5.9 -2 6.33 5.96 .989 6.21 5.44 2 11 18 5 22%
1961 NYY AL 28 OF 15 12 113.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.0 21.2 2.0 1.2 0.8 0 1.91 1.60 .975 2.25 1.98
1961 NYY AL 28 LF 8 7 66.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 9.1 0.5 0.1 0.4 0 1.77 1.63 .969 2.00 1.62
1961 NYY AL 28 RF 7 5 47.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 38.3 1.5 1.1 0.4 0 2.30 1.71 .975 2.07 1.74
1962 NYY AL 29 OF 47 44 380.2 79 76 2 1 0 .987 3.2 10.1 3.2 2.3 1.0 0 1.84 1.66 .980 2.19 1.92
1962 NYY AL 29 RF 32 29 247.1 49 48 1 0 0 1.000 2.2 10.7 2.2 1.8 0.5 0 1.78 1.53 .978 2.00 1.71
1962 NYY AL 29 C 15 10 109.0 63 59 1 3 0 .952 -2.0 -22.0 -2 4.95 4.00 .989 6.30 5.57 0 3 6 1 14%
1962 NYY AL 29 LF 15 15 133.1 31 29 1 1 0 .968 1.0 9.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0 2.02 2.00 .977 2.01 1.61
1962 NYY AL 29 1B 2 2 17.0 26 24 0 2 0 .923 -1.4 -98.8 -1.4 -1.4 0.0 0 12.71 12.00 .992 9.42 8.75
1963 NYY AL 30 OF 64 59 488.1 79 76 2 1 0 .987 -5.2 -12.8 -3.2 -0.2 -3.0 -2 1.44 1.22 .981 2.16 1.91
1963 NYY AL 30 RF 42 38 317.1 48 46 2 0 0 1.000 -6.7 -25.3 -4.7 -1.3 -3.4 -2 1.36 1.14 .979 2.01 1.72
1963 NYY AL 30 LF 22 21 171.0 29 28 0 1 0 .966 1.5 10.5 1.5 1.1 0.4 0 1.47 1.27 .976 1.90 1.57
1964 NYY AL 31 C 25 22 193.2 127 118 7 2 1 .984 -1.0 -6.2 -1 5.81 5.00 .990 7.07 6.07 4 10 6 3 33%
1964 NYY AL 31 OF 14 14 124.1 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -3.9 -1.4 -0.2 -1.3 1 1.59 1.57 .982 2.04 1.79
1964 NYY AL 31 RF 8 8 70.1 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -11.9 -1.7 -0.5 -1.3 1 1.28 1.25 .980 1.88 1.61
1964 NYY AL 31 LF 6 6 54.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 6.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 1.67 1.67 .970 1.82 1.47
1964 NYY AL 31 1B 3 3 25.1 30 27 3 0 5 1.000 1.2 56.8 1.2 0.9 0.3 0 10.66 10.00 .990 9.41 8.13
1965 TOT MLB 32 OF 21 16 139.0 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -20.7 -2.4 -1.9 -0.5 0 1.42 1.05 .977 2.04 1.78
1965 TOT AL 32 C 26 24 189.0 138 122 12 4 1 .971 -4.0 -25.4 -4 6.38 5.15 .988 6.96 5.67 3 7 15 3 17%
1965 NYY AL 32 C 12 11 98.0 77 67 7 3 0 .961 -1.0 -12.2 -1 6.80 6.17 .988 6.96 5.67 2 1 5 2 29%
1965 KCA AL 32 OF 20 15 131.0 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -20.2 -2.2 -1.7 -0.5 0 1.51 1.10 .977 2.04 1.78
1965 KCA AL 32 RF 19 15 131.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -20.2 -2.2 -1.7 -0.5 0 1.44 1.11 .976 1.85 1.57
1965 KCA AL 32 C 14 13 91.0 61 55 5 1 1 .984 -3.0 -39.6 -3 5.93 4.29 .989 6.96 5.67 1 6 10 1 9%
1965 MLN NL 32 LF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.69 1.40
1965 MLN NL 32 OF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.80
6 Seasons OF 169 149 1276.1 235 227 5 3 0 .987 -2.3 -2.2 -1.3 1.9 -3.1 -1 1.64 1.37 .980 2.15 1.90
7 Seasons C 155 122 1148.1 811 750 46 15 5 .982 -14.0 -14.6 -14 6.24 5.14 .989 6.43 5.52 18 39 58 15 21%
6 Seasons RF 115 99 843.1 149 144 4 1 0 .993 -5.4 -7.7 -4.4 0.1 -4.4 -1 1.58 1.29 .978 1.97 1.68
6 Seasons LF 53 50 433.0 83 80 1 2 0 .976 3.1 8.6 3.1 1.8 1.3 0 1.68 1.53 .975 1.94 1.58
3 Seasons 1B 6 5 45.1 59 54 3 2 5 .966 -0.2 -5.3 -0.2 -0.5 0.3 0 11.32 9.50 .992 9.45 8.37
8 Seasons TOT 330 276 2470.0 1105 1031 54 20 10 .982 -16.5 -8.0 -1.5 1.4 -2.8 -1 0 -14 3.95 3.29 .969 4.28 3.72 18 39 58 15 21%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1955 NYY AL 22 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 26 49 6 49 49 0 12 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 30 0
1960 NYY AL 27 53 21 53 53 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
1961 NYY AL 28 93 54 93 93 0 48 0 0 0 0 8 0 7 15 33 0
1962 NYY AL 29 93 56 93 93 0 15 2 0 0 0 15 0 32 47 32 0
1963 NYY AL 30 76 59 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 42 64 14 0
1964 NYY AL 31 77 39 77 77 0 25 3 0 0 0 6 0 8 14 37 0
1965 KCA AL 32 52 28 52 52 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 20 23 0
1965 NYY AL 32 12 11 12 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 MLN NL 32 10 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 0
8 Seasons 516 276 516 516 0 155 6 0 0 0 53 0 115 169 204 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1955 NYY AL 22 45 6.75 9.00 3 100% 0 0 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 26 181 3.83 4.05 3 100% 0 0 27 3 0 1 23 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1960 NYY AL 27 854 3.12 3.43 18 89% 0 0 152 11 0 2 139 7 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1961 NYY AL 28 1733 3.41 3.72 31 90% 0 0 276 22 0 5 249 18 6 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1962 NYY AL 29 489 4.38 4.79 5 80% 1 0 58 4 0 1 53 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1964 NYY AL 31 852 3.25 3.44 9 100% 0 0 117 8 1 3 105 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1965 KCA AL 32 406 2.97 4.05 8 100% 0 0 52 3 0 5 44 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1965 NYY AL 32 423 3.58 4.13 9 78% 0 0 67 4 0 3 60 7 2 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
7 Seasons 4983 3.44 3.83 86 91% 1 0 756 58 1 20 677 45 14 0 0 9 15 0 11 4 2 4 0 0 1 9 78%
MLB Averages 3.80 4.31 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1955 NYY AL 22 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 26 4 2 69 5 1 1 17% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 1.89 1.81
1960 NYY AL 27 5 6 285 8 2 2 20% 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 4 1.21 1.64
1961 NYY AL 28 2 11 611 18 5 5 22% 14 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 44 7 2.02 1.01
1962 NYY AL 29 0 3 188 6 1 1 14% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 1.63 0.13
1964 NYY AL 31 4 10 322 6 3 3 33% 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 26 6 1.10 1.26
1965 KCA AL 32 1 6 148 10 1 1 9% 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 0.98 2.40
1965 NYY AL 32 2 1 154 5 2 2 29% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 0.98 1.17
7 Seasons 18 39 1796 58 15 15 21% 51 15 6 0 1 0 2 0 148 24 1.49 1.25
MLB Averages 39% 1.19 1.18

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1959 NYY AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 134 70% 79% 25% 17 47%
1961 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 185 66% 69% 28% 19 63%
1962 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 3 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 17 8 47.1% 9 0 0.0% 1 1015 58% 78% 29% 82 60%
1963 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 15 4 0 4 0 0 4 3 0 5 1 0 3 3 0 31 11 35.5% 20 0 0.0% 2 1316 61% 74% 23% 98 49%
1964 NYY AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 1 300 68% 75% 26% 23 43%
1965 KCA AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 0 612 65% 75% 25% 24 88%
6 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 30 13 0 16 5 0 6 4 0 11 4 0 12 10 0 75 36 48.0% 39 0 0.0% 4 3562 62% 75% 26% 263 56%
MLB Averages 42.4% 3.1% 61% 78% 28% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1959 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60% 20% 0% 0
1961 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 272 72% 76% 32% 22 59%
1962 NYY AL 29 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 1 545 63% 77% 31% 55 53%
1963 NYY AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 7 58.3% 5 0 0.0% 0 673 66% 76% 29% 57 49%
1964 NYY AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 228 60% 78% 26% 26 38%
1965 MLN NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 53% 72% 22% 3 0%
6 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 8 0 6 1 0 6 5 0 3 1 0 4 4 0 30 19 63.3% 11 0 0.0% 1 1755 65% 77% 29% 163 49%
MLB Averages 56.9% 2.3% 61% 78% 28% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1959 NYY AL 26 10 90% 70% 10% 2 100% 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1962 NYY AL 29 71 62% 83% 37% 5 40% 0 24 1 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1964 NYY AL 31 105 57% 76% 33% 9 100% 0 27 1 26 0 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 1 100%
3 Seasons 186 61% 78% 33% 16 81% 0 54 3 50 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 5 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 3 67%
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 94% 86%

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