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

Born: February 26, 1933 in 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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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
1955 22 NYY AL 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -27 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1959 26 NYY AL 49 66 59 6 10 1 0 2 4 0 0 7 12 .169 .258 .288 .546 53 17 2 0 0 0 0 2/937
1960 27 NYY AL 53 107 99 8 24 3 1 4 14 0 0 6 17 .242 .292 .414 .707 95 41 2 1 1 0 1 2
1961 28 NYY AL 93 275 243 38 74 10 1 21 54 1 0 27 28 .305 .382 .613 .995 168 149 6 4 0 1 9 2/79
1962 29 NYY AL 93 278 246 33 57 7 0 13 39 0 0 28 32 .232 .309 .419 .728 97 103 3 1 0 3 0 927/3
1963 30 NYY AL 76 247 218 22 49 4 0 16 45 0 0 26 30 .225 .305 .463 .768 112 101 5 0 1 2 3 97
1964 31 NYY AL 77 189 161 18 41 8 0 7 28 1 0 24 24 .255 .344 .435 .779 115 70 6 0 0 4 4 2/973
1965 32 TOT 74 186 164 12 30 3 0 4 16 0 0 17 20 .183 .258 .274 .532 52 45 4 1 0 4 3 29/7
1965 32 TOT AL 64 174 154 11 29 3 0 3 14 0 0 15 19 .188 .259 .266 .525 51 41 4 1 0 4 3 29
1965 32 NYY AL 12 42 34 1 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 7 3 .147 .286 .265 .550 59 9 1 0 0 1 2 2
1965 32 KCA AL 52 132 120 10 24 2 0 2 11 0 0 8 16 .200 .250 .267 .517 48 32 3 1 0 3 1 92
1965 32 MLN NL 10 12 10 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .100 .250 .400 .650 79 4 0 0 0 0 0 /7
8 Seasons 516 1352 1193 137 285 36 2 67 200 2 0 136 163 .239 .317 .441 .758 108 526 28 7 2 14 20
162 Game Avg. 162 424 375 43 89 11 1 21 63 1 0 43 51 .239 .317 .441 .758 108 165 9 2 1 4 6
NYY (8 yrs) 454 1208 1063 126 260 34 2 64 187 2 0 126 146 .245 .325 .461 .786 115 490 25 6 2 11 19
MLN (1 yr) 10 12 10 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .100 .250 .400 .650 79 4 0 0 0 0 0
KCA (1 yr) 52 132 120 10 24 2 0 2 11 0 0 8 16 .200 .250 .267 .517 48 32 3 1 0 3 1
AL (8 yrs) 506 1340 1183 136 284 36 2 66 198 2 0 134 162 .240 .318 .441 .759 108 522 28 7 2 14 20
NL (1 yr) 10 12 10 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .100 .250 .400 .650 79 4 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 27 NYY AL WS PIT L 5 11 11 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .455 .455 .636 1.091 7 0 0 0 0 0
1961 28 NYY AL WS CIN W 4 12 10 4 4 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 .400 .500 1.100 1.600 11 0 0 0 0 0
1962 29 NYY AL WS SFG W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 30 NYY AL WS LAD L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 31 NYY AL WS STL L 4 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (5 Series) 15 31 29 6 10 4 0 2 5 0 0 2 2 .345 .387 .690 1.077 20 0 0 0 0 0
5 WS 15 31 29 6 10 4 0 2 5 0 0 2 2 .345 .387 .690 1.077 20 0 0 0 0 0
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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 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

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1961 AL--9--4th

                                         

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1920), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

July 3, 1951: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

May 3, 1965: Traded by the New York Yankees with Rollie Sheldon to the Kansas City Athletics for Doc Edwards.

September 9, 1965: Purchased by the Milwaukee Braves from the Kansas City Athletics.

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