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

Buried: San Gabriel Mission Cemetery, San Gabriel, CA

High School: Edgewood HS (West Covina, CA)

Debut: July 30, 1966 (Age 20-252d, 12,490th 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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-35 / in Starts: 16-11
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 135 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	105 (51-30-24)
Avg. MLBer w/ 135 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	82 (40-27-14)

Most Driven In
M Schmidt	2
Self	1
B Harrelson	1
M Rivers	1
G Thomasson	1
J Lonborg	1
L Piniella	1
B Doyle	1

Most Driven In By
B Boone	3
G Nettles	3
Self	1
R Jackson	1
C Chambliss	1
B Dent	0
M Schmidt	0

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1136	1	Apr 7	PHI		STL	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.83	-0.018	1.29	-0.02%	-0.34	PH
2	1137	3 (1)	Apr 9	PHI		STL	W,12-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						RF
3	1138	4	Apr 12	PHI		MON	L,7-8	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.20	-0.030	2.03	-0.03%	-0.41	PH
4	1139	5	Apr 14	PHI	@	STL	W,4-3	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						PH
5	1140	6	Apr 15	PHI	@	STL	W,3-2	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	5.44	-0.186	9.67	-0.20%	-0.67	PH
6	1141	7	Apr 16	PHI	@	STL	L,0-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.13	-0.003	.24	0.00%	-0.21	PH
7	1142	11 (3)	Apr 23	PHI	@	MON	L,2-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	5	1.41	0.046	2.35	0.05%	0.31	1B
8	1143	14 (2)	Apr 26	PHI		CHC	L,2-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.222	.000	.222	9	1.22	-0.033	2.10	-0.03%	-0.47	PH
9	1144	17 (2)	Apr 30	PHI		SDP	W,11-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9	.05	-0.001	.08	0.00%	-0.29	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	1145	18	May 1	PHI	@	CIN	W,12-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	6						LF
11	1146	19	May 3	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-12	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.182	.000	.182	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
12	1147	22 (2)	May 7	PHI		NYM	W,8-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	.15	-0.004	.32	-0.01%	-0.34	PH
13	1148	23	May 9	PHI		HOU	L,1-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.154	.000	.154	8	1.28	-0.038	2.50	-0.04%	-0.57	PH
14	1149	24	May 10	PHI		HOU	W,3-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.294	.077	.371	5	1.16	0.163	2.25	0.19%	1.40	1B
15	1150	26 (1)	May 12	PHI		CIN	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.333	.176	.510	1	1.90	-0.007	3.81	-0.01%	-0.23	RF
16	1151	27	May 13	PHI		CIN	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.318	.167	.485	9	4.53	-0.104	8.95	-0.12%	-0.27	RF
17	1152	28	May 14	PHI		CIN	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.190	.346	.238	.584	2	.62	0.060	1.18	0.07%	-0.31	RF
18	1153	29	May 15	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.300	.200	.500	3	.30	-0.029	.61	-0.04%	-0.49	1B
19	1154	31 (1)	May 17	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.290	.192	.483	8	1.27	-0.031	2.53	-0.04%	-0.08	PH
20	1155	32	May 18	PHI	@	HOU	W,8-5	GS-9	4	4	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.371	.333	.705	4	.76	0.166	1.44	0.19%	2.44	LF
21	1156	33	May 19	PHI	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.333	.294	.627	5	1.17	-0.113	2.77	-0.16%	-0.68	1B LF
22	1157	34	May 20	PHI	@	NYM	W,9-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.325	.286	.611	5	4.34	-0.106	9.81	-0.14%	-0.40	PH
23	1158	35	May 21	PHI	@	NYM	L,5-6	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.317	.278	.595	4	1.20	-0.029	2.81	-0.04%	-0.09	PH
24	1159	36	May 24	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.195	.283	.244	.527	5	1.08	-0.167	2.77	-0.26%	-1.24	1B
25	1160	37	May 25	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.292	.256	.547	5	.64	0.030	1.56	0.04%	0.28	1B
26	1161	39 (1)	May 27	PHI	@	ATL	W,6-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.286	.250	.536	9	2.43	-0.127	3.95	-0.12%	-0.66	PH
27	1162	40	May 28	PHI	@	ATL	L,3-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.267	.567	8	2.10	0.081	3.55	0.08%	0.51	PH
28	1163	41	May 29	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	13-14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.294	.261	.555	8	4.57	-0.121	8.14	-0.13%	-0.34	PH
29	1164	43 (1)	May 31	PHI		PIT	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.288	.255	.544	9	3.32	-0.090	6.83	-0.11%	-0.21	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	1165	44	Jun 2	PHI		LAD	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.273	.240	.513	6	.43	-0.042	.74	-0.04%	-0.79	1B
31	1166	45	Jun 3	PHI		LAD	W,5-1	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.276	.231	.507	6	1.28	-0.050	2.38	-0.06%	-0.24	1B
32	1167	48 (2)	Jun 6	PHI		SFG	W,7-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.271	.226	.498	9	.63	-0.015	1.21	-0.02%	-0.14	PH
33	1168	49	Jun 7	PHI		SFG	W,5-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.267	.222	.489	9	1.90	-0.052	3.70	-0.06%	-0.34	PH
34	1169	51 (1)	Jun 10	PHI		ATL	W,6-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.262	.218	.480	9	.52	-0.012	1.05	-0.02%	-0.30	PH
35	1170	54 (2)	Jun 13	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-5	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.258	.214	.472	9	.60	-0.015	1.19	-0.02%	-0.21	PH
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to New York Yankees
36	1171	61	Jun 16	NYY		CAL	L,7-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.254	.211	.464	3	.53	-0.017	.76	-0.02%	-0.01	PH
37	1172	63 (1)	Jun 18	NYY		CAL	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.250	.207	.457	9	1.69	-0.043	2.09	-0.03%	-0.09	PH
38	1173	64	Jun 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.246	.203	.450	9	.46	-0.009	.89	-0.01%	-0.81	PH
39	1174	66 (1)	Jun 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.246	.254	.500	8	.37	-0.026	.72	-0.03%	-0.08	DH
40	1175	67	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.233	.239	.472	8	1.81	-0.182	2.01	-0.12%	-1.47	DH
41	1176	68	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	W,12-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.227	.232	.459	7	.45	-0.022	.56	-0.02%	-0.44	DH
42	1177	69	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.218	.222	.440	7	.96	-0.069	1.18	-0.05%	-0.56	DH
43	1178	71 (1)	Jun 26	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.151	.215	.219	.434	9	3.83	-0.095	7.76	-0.12%	-0.74	PH
44	1179	75 (3)	Jun 30	NYY		DET	W,10-2	GS-8	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.238	.244	.482	1	.83	0.084	.69	0.04%	1.57	RF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
45	1180	76	Jul 1	NYY		DET	L,4-8	CG	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.198	.258	.259	.518	1	.63	-0.012	.63	-0.01%	0.07	RF
46	1181	77	Jul 2 (1)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.247	.247	.494	1	1.05	-0.103	1.03	-0.06%	-0.76	RF
47	1182	78	Jul 2 (2)	NYY		DET	W,5-3	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.247	.247	.495	2	.70	-0.018	.74	-0.01%	-0.32	RF
48	1183	79	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-9	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.245	.244	.489	8	1.07	-0.025	2.10	-0.03%	-0.49	PH
49	1184	84 (4)	Jul 9	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.242	.242	.484	6	.25	-0.006	.15	0.00%	-0.15	PH
50	1185	87 (2)	Jul 15	NYY		KCR	L,2-8	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.250	.250	.500	9	.11	0.004	.07	0.00%	0.66	PH
51	1186	98 (10)	Jul 27 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,11-0	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.248	.247	.495	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.15	RF
52	1187	104 (5)	Jul 31	NYY		TEX	W,6-1	8-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.248	.247	.495	5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR LF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
53	1188	105	Aug 1	NYY		TEX	W,8-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.245	.245	.490	4	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.22	LF
54	1189	106	Aug 2 susp	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.243	.242	.485	9	2.21	-0.055	4.54	-0.07%	-0.22	PH
55	1190	107	Aug 3	NYY		BOS	L,1-8	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.245	.245	.490	8	1.40	-0.011	2.13	-0.01%	-0.23	LF
56	1191	110 (2)	Aug 6	NYY		BAL	W,3-0	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.255	.255	.509	2	.65	0.057	.48	0.03%	0.61	RF
57	1192	112 (1)	Aug 9	NYY		MIL	W,8-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.248	.248	.495	7	1.24	-0.096	.99	-0.05%	-0.83	RF
58	1193	113	Aug 10	NYY		MIL	W,9-0	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.254	.255	.509	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.72	RF
59	1194	114	Aug 11	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG(6)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.256	.250	.506	7	1.42	-0.001	1.58	0.00%	-0.02	RF
60	1195	115	Aug 12	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-6	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.254	.248	.502	4	2.59	-0.057	3.65	-0.05%	-0.34	RF
61	1196	120 (4)	Aug 18	NYY	@	SEA	W,6-1	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.256	.243	.499	8	1.31	-0.088	1.41	-0.06%	-0.55	LF
62	1197	121	Aug 19	NYY	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.266	.248	.514	8	1.13	0.063	1.13	0.04%	0.36	LF
63	1198	122	Aug 20	NYY	@	SEA	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.266	.248	.514	5						PR
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
64	1199	135 (12)	Sep 4 (1)	NYY		DET	W,9-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.266	.248	.514	7						LF
65	1200	136	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-5	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.272	.254	.526	7	1.80	0.069	3.62	0.08%	0.25	LF
66	1201	137	Sep 5	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.273	.256	.530	8	.52	0.070	1.04	0.08%	0.54	RF
67	1202	138	Sep 6	NYY		DET	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.217	.280	.258	.539	8	.65	0.107	1.65	0.16%	-0.35	RF
68	1203	140 (1)	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,13-2	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.286	.264	.550	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.28	RF
69	1204	141	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-0	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.291	.264	.556	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.21	LF
70	1205	153 (11)	Sep 21	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.291	.264	.556	1						RF
71	1206	154	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-8	9-9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.296	.264	.561	9	.37	0.020	1.86	0.06%	0.25	PH
							36-35		135	121	9	27	2	0	1	10	10	0	19	3	0	1	0	2	0	3	.223	.296	.264	.561		1.07	-1.338	1.80	-1.33%	-8.90

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