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Jay Johnstone
John William Johnstone Jr.

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

Born: November 20, 1945 in Manchester, CT
High School: Edgewood (West Covina, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Angels as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1966
Final Game: October 6, 1985
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Jay Johnstone
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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- 1966
- 1976
- 1967
- 1977
- 1968
- 1978
- 1969
- 1979
- 1970
- 1980
- 1971
- 1981
- 1972
- 1982
- 1973
- 1983
- 1974
- 1984
- 1975
- 1985
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- Career
- 1966
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- 1971
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- 1972
- 1982
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- 1975
- 1985
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Standard Batting

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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
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	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	8/79
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	8/97
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
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	89/7
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	*897
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	87/9
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	/D7948
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	97/8
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	9/8
1976	30	PHI	NL	129	491	440	62	140	38	4	5	53	5	5	41	39	.318	.373	.457	.830	132	201	9	2	1	7	5	*9/378
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	93/7
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	97/3D
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	/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	9/7D
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	738/9D
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	7/8D9
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	73/89
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	9/7
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	/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	97
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
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	97
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	7/9
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	/978
1985	39	LAD	NL	17	16	15	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.133	.188	.200	.388	10	3	2	0	0	0	1
20 Seasons				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	87	803	27	13	26	12	18

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1966	20	CAL	AL	268	195	28	3.9	87	.298	.264	.245	.297	.311	.378	.378	.675	.689	96	.495	-2.3	-0.2	.560	.157	.114	3.0
1967	21	CAL	AL	237	190	13	1.8	80	.241	.209	.238	.226	.306	.274	.356	.499	.662	51	.216	-14.7	-1.6	.367	.091	.065	2.4
1968	22	CAL	AL	124	88	12	3.7	76	.300	.261	.232	.303	.301	.313	.344	.616	.645	92	.520	-1.3	-0.2	.512	.122	.052	.0
1969	23	CAL	AL	597	424	65	4.1	90	.295	.270	.247	.321	.323	.381	.373	.702	.696	102	.491	0.6	0.1	.593	.170	.111	4.6
1970	24	CAL	AL	351	257	37	3.9	94	.251	.238	.253	.290	.327	.403	.386	.693	.713	93	.452	-4.5	-0.5	.618	.244	.166	1.8
1971	25	CHW	AL	436	303	56	5.0	95	.262	.260	.259	.329	.332	.425	.385	.755	.717	110	.595	4.0	0.4	.713	.276	.165	12.3
1972	26	CHW	AL	290	219	19	2.3	85	.209	.188	.250	.259	.319	.268	.361	.527	.680	55	.308	-14.8	-1.7	.447	.180	.080	2.7
1973	27	OAK	AL	30	26	1	1.0	89	.125	.107	.254	.167	.322	.143	.373	.310	.694	-10	.067	-4.0	-0.4	.192	.071	.036
1974	28	PHI	NL	224	148	35	6.4	98	.319	.295	.267	.371	.340	.475	.386	.846	.725	132	.677	8.2	0.8	.804	.300	.180	5.5
1975	29	PHI	NL	398	252	64	6.8	99	.352	.329	.270	.397	.341	.454	.390	.852	.731	133	.699	16.8	1.7	.833	.257	.126	7.0
1976	30	PHI	NL	491	322	75	6.3	95	.335	.318	.267	.373	.334	.457	.381	.830	.715	132	.686	20.1	2.1	.777	.232	.139	5.0
1977	31	PHI	NL	411	284	59	5.6	107	.278	.284	.275	.349	.344	.479	.419	.828	.763	116	.587	8.2	0.8	.761	.289	.196	5.0
1978	32	TOT	MLB	135	100	10	2.7	93	.255	.223	.260	.296	.326	.264	.383	.561	.709	60	.299	-6.3	-0.6	.424	.099	.041	.0
1978	32	PHI	NL	62	50	3	1.6	96	.213	.179	.263	.258	.331	.214	.387	.472	.718	33	.149	-5.0	-0.5	.320	.107	.036
1978	32	NYY	AL	73	50	7	3.7	91	.291	.262	.258	.329	.322	.308	.380	.636	.702	83	.434	-1.3	-0.1	.531	.092	.046	.0
1979	33	TOT	MLB	275	195	28	3.9	95	.306	.277	.262	.328	.326	.341	.390	.670	.716	88	.434	-3.6	-0.4	.550	.141	.064	1.3
1979	33	NYY	AL	50	38	4	2.8	100	.225	.208	.267	.240	.332	.292	.405	.532	.736	44	.280	-3.9	-0.4	.447	.146	.083	1.0
1979	33	SDP	NL	225	157	24	4.1	94	.324	.294	.260	.348	.325	.353	.386	.702	.711	99	.468	0.3	0.0	.576	.139	.060	.0
1980	34	LAD	NL	279	181	39	5.8	94	.341	.307	.266	.372	.328	.406	.386	.778	.713	119	.641	6.9	0.7	.721	.199	.100	2.4
1981	35	LAD	NL	90	70	7	2.7	89	.209	.205	.259	.267	.324	.349	.371	.616	.695	77	.317	-2.9	-0.3	.500	.217	.145	.0
1982	36	TOT	NL	332	224	41	5.0	96	.249	.241	.268	.341	.331	.404	.389	.746	.720	107	.571	3.9	0.4	.717	.316	.163	.0
1982	36	LAD	NL	19	13	1	2.1	93	.083	.077	.263	.316	.326	.154	.382	.470	.708	37	.214	-0.7	-0.1	.583	.462	.077
1982	36	CHC	NL	313	211	40	5.1	96	.258	.249	.268	.343	.331	.416	.389	.759	.721	110	.587	4.5	0.5	.725	.309	.167	.0
1983	37	CHC	NL	165	111	22	5.3	100	.273	.257	.268	.362	.337	.436	.397	.798	.734	117	.603	3.7	0.4	.771	.321	.179	1.7
1984	38	CHC	NL	80	54	9	4.5	100	.382	.288	.272	.350	.338	.370	.396	.720	.734	97	.533	-0.5	-0.1	.630	.178	.082
1985	39	LAD	NL	16	15	0	0.0	92	.154	.133	.257	.188	.324	.200	.382	.388	.706	10	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.267	.133	.067
20 Seasons				5229	3658	620	4.6	94	.288	.267	.259	.329	.328	.394	.383	.722	.711	103	.542	15.6	1.2	.641	.217	.127	67.1
162 Game Avg.				485	339	57	4.6	94	.288	.267	.259	.329	.328	.394	.383	.722	.711	103	.542	1	0	.641	.217	.127	6
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
PHI (5 yrs)				1586	1056	236	6.0	100	.318	.303	.270	.368	.339	.455	.394	.823	.733	124	.648	48.3	4.9	.768	.258	.152	24.9
CAL (5 yrs)				1577	1154	155	3.6	88	.278	.252	.245	.294	.317	.363	.372	.657	.689	90	.448	-22.2	-2.4	.549	.168	.112	16.4
LAD (4 yrs)				404	279	47	4.6	93	.295	.268	.264	.338	.327	.376	.382	.714	.709	102	.536	1.6	0.1	.634	.210	.108	3.8
CHC (3 yrs)				558	376	71	5.1	98	.280	.257	.269	.350	.334	.415	.392	.764	.726	110	.585	7.7	0.8	.724	.293	.158	1.9
NYY (2 yrs)				123	88	11	3.3	95	.263	.239	.262	.293	.326	.301	.390	.594	.716	67	.369	-5.2	-0.5	.494	.115	.062	1.3
CHW (2 yrs)				726	522	75	3.9	91	.241	.231	.256	.301	.327	.362	.375	.663	.702	89	.499	-10.8	-1.3	.601	.237	.131	15.0
OAK (1 yr)				30	26	1	1.0	89	.125	.107	.254	.167	.322	.143	.373	.310	.694	-10	.067	-4.0	-0.4	.192	.071	.036
SDP (1 yr)				225	157	24	4.1	94	.324	.294	.260	.348	.325	.353	.386	.702	.711	99	.468	0.3	0.0	.576	.139	.060	.0

NL (12 yrs)				2773	1868	378	5.5	98	.308	.288	.268	.358	.335	.427	.391	.786	.726	116	.608	57.9	5.8	.723	.248	.139	34.2
AL (10 yrs)				2456	1790	242	3.6	89	.265	.243	.249	.295	.321	.357	.374	.652	.695	87	.454	-42.3	-4.6	.556	.184	.114	32.9

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
1976	30	PHI	NL	NLCS	CIN	L	3	10	9	1	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	.778	.800	1.111	1.911	10	0	0	0	0	0
1977	31	PHI	NL	NLCS	LAD	L	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
1978	32	NYY	AL	WS	LAD	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

1981	35	LAD	NL	NLDS	HOU	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	35	LAD	NL	NLCS	MON	W	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	35	LAD	NL	WS	NYY	W	3	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.667	2.333	5	0	0	0	0	0

1985	39	LAD	NL	NLCS	STL	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Seasons (7 Series)							14	22	21	2	10	1	1	1	5	0	0	1	1	.476	.500	.762	1.262	16	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 NLCS							8	18	17	1	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	.471	.500	.647	1.147	11	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							5	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.667	2.333	5	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1966	20	CAL	AL	268	1.1%	13.4%	4.1%	7.1%	28%	3.27	7.1	84.7	14.9		1.00	80%
1967	21	CAL	AL	237	0.8%	15.6%	2.1%	4.2%	21%	7.40	6.2	115.0	23.0		0.96	81%
1968	22	CAL	AL	124	0.0%	12.1%	5.7%	4.0%	17%	2.14	7.7		38.3		0.77	81%
1969	23	CAL	AL	597	1.7%	12.6%	6.4%	5.9%	24%	1.97	7.2	54.0	9.2		0.94	77%
1970	24	CAL	AL	351	3.1%	15.1%	6.8%	7.4%	34%	2.21	6.0	29.1	8.2		0.77	74%
1971	25	CHW	AL	436	3.7%	11.5%	8.7%	7.1%	31%	1.32	7.8	24.3	9.7		0.54	74%
1972	26	CHW	AL	290	1.4%	14.5%	8.6%	4.5%	27%	1.68	6.2	65.3	15.4		0.60	74%
1973	27	OAK	AL	30	0.0%	13.3%	6.7%	3.3%	33%	2.00	7.0		9.3		0.58	80%
1974	28	PHI	NL	224	2.7%	12.5%	10.7%	8.9%	34%	1.17	7.1	33.3	6.7		0.54	74%
1975	29	PHI	NL	398	1.8%	9.8%	10.6%	7.0%	24%	0.93	9.0	50.0	6.5		0.87	77%
1976	30	PHI	NL	491	1.0%	7.9%	8.4%	9.6%	34%	0.95	11.3	88.0	8.3		0.72	82%
1977	31	PHI	NL	411	3.7%	9.3%	9.3%	9.0%	36%	1.00	9.6	24.2	6.2		0.90	77%
1978	32	TOT	MLB	135	0.7%	14.1%	7.4%	2.2%	11%	1.90	6.4	121.0	12.1		0.66	76%
1978	32	PHI	NL	62	0.0%	14.5%	9.7%	3.2%	20%	1.50	6.2		14.0		0.77	76%
1978	32	NYY	AL	73	1.4%	13.7%	5.5%	1.4%	6%	2.50	6.5	65.0	10.8		0.56	75%
1979	33	TOT	MLB	275	0.4%	10.2%	7.3%	4.4%	17%	1.40	8.9	249.0	6.4		0.96	81%
1979	33	NYY	AL	50	2.0%	14.0%	4.0%	4.0%	20%	3.50	6.9	48.0	6.9		0.88	80%
1979	33	SDP	NL	225	0.0%	9.3%	8.0%	4.4%	17%	1.17	9.6		6.3		0.98	81%
1980	34	LAD	NL	279	0.7%	10.4%	8.6%	6.8%	25%	1.21	8.7	125.5	12.6		0.73	79%
1981	35	LAD	NL	90	3.3%	14.4%	7.8%	6.7%	35%	1.86	6.4	27.7	13.8		0.96	74%
1982	36	TOT	NL	332	3.0%	13.0%	13.6%	7.5%	37%	0.96	6.6	28.2	6.3		0.51	70%
1982	36	LAD	NL	19	0.0%	10.5%	26.3%	5.3%	100%	0.40	6.5		6.5		0.10	63%
1982	36	CHC	NL	313	3.2%	13.1%	12.8%	7.7%	36%	1.03	6.6	26.9	6.3		0.55	71%
1983	37	CHC	NL	165	3.6%	14.6%	12.1%	7.9%	36%	1.20	5.8	23.3	6.4		0.87	67%
1984	38	CHC	NL	80	0.0%	22.5%	8.8%	5.0%	19%	2.57	4.1		24.3		1.83	69%
1985	39	LAD	NL	16	0.0%	12.5%	6.3%	6.3%	50%	2.00	7.5		7.5		1.17	81%
20 Seasons				5229	2.0%	12.1%	8.2%	6.8%	28%	1.47	7.4	46.1	8.9		0.77	77%
MLB Averages
				PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1966	20	CAL	AL	6	0	42%	96	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	56%	17	7	10	3	3	0	7	2	5
1967	21	CAL	AL	5	0	31%	70	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	47%	14	8	6	1	1	0	2	0	2
1968	22	CAL	AL	3	0	30%	63	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	82%	8	1	7	0	0	0	3	1	2
1969	23	CAL	AL	14	0	30%	195	3	9	25%	3	8	0	1	0	0	8	3	15	18	54%	32	13	19	5	5	0	13	3	8
1970	24	CAL	AL	2	0	26%	96	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	5	63%	13	5	8	5	1	4	6	2	3
1971	25	CHW	AL	4	0	29%	154	10	5	67%	8	3	0	1	2	1	3	0	9	10	47%	20	11	8	4	2	2	10	4	6
1972	26	CHW	AL	3	0	33%	103	2	1	67%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	41%	13	8	5	4	2	2	5	3	2
1973	27	OAK	AL	2	0	20%	9	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
1974	28	PHI	NL	1	0	31%	75	5	5	50%	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	3	42%	16	10	6	4	1	2	6	2	3
1975	29	PHI	NL	4	0	29%	179	7	3	70%	7	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	8	48%	27	19	7	8	1	7	9	2	7
1976	30	PHI	NL	6	0	32%	169	5	5	50%	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	19	44%	38	26	12	7	4	3	17	4	12
1977	31	PHI	NL	5	0	38%	157	3	7	30%	3	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	12	52%	29	13	16	6	5	1	13	5	8
1978	32	TOT	MLB	0	0	21%	46	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25%	3	3	0	1	1	0	4	2	2
1978	32	PHI	NL	0	0	19%	24	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1978	32	NYY	AL	0	0	22%	22	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25%	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
1979	33	TOT	MLB	6	0	18%	107	2	3	40%	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	4	38%	14	10	2	1	1	0	9	2	7
1979	33	NYY	AL	1	0	55%	17	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	40%	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1979	33	SDP	NL	5	0	13%	90	1	3	25%	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	2	37%	12	8	2	1	1	0	6	1	5
1980	34	LAD	NL	1	0	29%	110	3	2	60%	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	5	49%	19	15	4	2	1	1	12	1	11
1981	35	LAD	NL	2	0	24%	25	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	3
1982	36	TOT	NL	0	0	29%	117	0	2	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	7	36%	12	8	4	7	4	2	9	5	4
1982	36	LAD	NL	0	0	17%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	36	CHC	NL	0	0	30%	112	0	2	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	6	36%	12	8	4	7	4	2	9	5	4
1983	37	CHC	NL	0	0	19%	58	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	40%	8	4	4	1	0	1	6	4	1
1984	38	CHC	NL	2	0	29%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	43%	4	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	2
1985	39	LAD	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20 Seasons				66	0	30%	1857	50	54	48%	47	47	1	6	2	2	18	6	79	127	48%	291	166	121	60	33	25	137	42	88
MLB Averages
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1966	20	CAL	AL	268	63%	67			0	0	0	0		3	0	4	2	1	1	2	0	2	2	100%	54	3	6%	27	5	19%	130	16	12%	8	5	63%	10	4	40%	0
1967	21	CAL	AL	237	74%	48			21	5	1	3	1.34	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	100%	42	4	10%	16	5	31%	107	8	7%	2	2	100%	9	5	56%	0
1968	22	CAL	AL	124	80%	30			8	0	0	0	0.91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	19	0	0%	8	4	50%	48	4	8%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
1969	23	CAL	AL	597	69%	146			4	1	0	1	2.10	10	1	16	7	3	5	5	0	11	8	73%	148	7	5%	68	26	38%	362	50	14%	40	19	48%	31	12	39%	0
1970	24	CAL	AL	351	82%	76			23	5	1	5	1.52	11	1	11	11	0	4	7	0	3	3	100%	63	7	11%	29	12	41%	221	28	13%	20	11	55%	13	4	31%	0
1971	25	CHW	AL	436	84%	101			10	3	2	2	1.40	16	0	10	16	0	9	7	0	7	5	71%	77	4	5%	44	11	25%	228	26	11%	16	5	31%	21	6	29%	0
1972	26	CHW	AL	290	82%	49			20	6	1	4	1.79	4	0	4	3	1	2	2	0	8	4	50%	50	2	4%	34	10	29%	159	15	9%	8	2	25%	15	4	27%	0
1973	27	OAK	AL	30	93%	3			11	0	0	0	0.95	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	20	3	15%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1974	28	PHI	NL	224	93%	59			6	4	0	2	2.32	6	0	4	6	0	5	1	0	1	0	0%	49	2	4%	14	4	29%	133	24	18%	9	5	56%	12	3	25%	0
1975	29	PHI	NL	398	97%	115			25	10	1	6	1.66	7	0	8	7	0	5	2	0	3	3	100%	75	8	11%	35	16	46%	276	50	18%	28	18	64%	37	14	38%	0
1976	30	PHI	NL	491	95%	140			12	2	0	2	1.42	5	0	12	3	2	2	3	0	1	1	100%	99	9	9%	40	15	38%	327	52	16%	29	19	66%	35	15	43%	0
1977	31	PHI	NL	411	92%	103			14	5	0	5	2.36	15	0	12	14	1	9	6	0	1	1	100%	79	9	11%	53	21	40%	273	46	17%	35	22	63%	27	13	48%	0
1978	32	TOT	MLB	135	89%	27			27	2	0	1	1.65	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		27	2	7%	17	4	24%	105	9	9%	11	4	36%	13	9	69%	0
1978	32	PHI	NL	62	95%	10			20	1	0	0	1.75	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	2	18%	5	1	20%	47	4	9%	3	1	33%	8	6	75%	0
1978	32	NYY	AL	73	84%	17			7	1	0	1	1.38	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		16	0	0%	12	3	25%	58	5	9%	8	3	38%	5	3	60%	0
1979	33	TOT	MLB	274	82%	69			22	6	1	3	2.17	1	1	8	1	0	0	1	0	5	4	80%	46	6	13%	26	12	46%	179	39	22%	21	15	71%	14	9	64%	1
1979	33	NYY	AL	50	94%	10			6	3	1	1	2.78	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		5	0	0%	1	1	100%	25	6	24%	3	3	100%	4	4	100%	0
1979	33	SDP	NL	224	79%	59			16	3	0	2	1.94	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	41	6	15%	25	11	44%	154	33	21%	18	12	67%	10	5	50%	1
1980	34	LAD	NL	279	95%	77			41	11	0	3	2.02	2	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	100%	48	3	6%	21	5	24%	153	18	12%	8	3	38%	21	12	57%	0
1981	35	LAD	NL	90	98%	17			38	11	3	6	1.62	3	0	2	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		16	3	19%	10	1	10%	53	3	6%	4	1	25%	6	3	50%	0
1982	36	TOT	NL	332	91%	68			26	3	0	2	1.49	10	0	4	9	1	7	3	0	1	1	100%	43	3	7%	25	11	44%	196	35	18%	17	8	47%	23	12	52%	0
1982	36	LAD	NL	19	95%	1			13	1	0	2	1.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	1	50%	18	2	11%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1982	36	CHC	NL	313	91%	67			13	2	0	0	1.81	10	0	4	9	1	7	3	0	1	1	100%	40	3	8%	23	10	43%	178	33	19%	15	7	47%	21	11	52%	0
1983	37	CHC	NL	165	92%	36			38	6	1	5	1.72	6	0	4	6	0	4	2	0	2	2	100%	40	4	10%	20	7	35%	123	16	13%	9	4	44%	10	4	40%	0
1984	38	CHC	NL	80	96%	21			39	10	0	2	1.26	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	2	12%	6	2	33%	64	3	5%	7	1	14%	8	2	25%	0
1985	39	LAD	NL	16	94%	2			15	2	0	2	1.57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	67%	2	0	0%	11	2	18%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
20 Seasons				5228	85%	1254			400	92	11	54	1.64	102	3	115	92	10	56	46	0	51	40	78%	998	80	8%	497	171	34%	3168	447	14%	275	146	53%	310	134	43%	1
MLB Averages
				PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1966	20	61	268	254	35	67	12	4	3	17	3	3	11	36	.264	.297	.378	.675	96	96	3	1	2	0	1
1967	21	140	505	484	53	115	19	5	5	27	6	5	16	73	.238	.263	.329	.592	75	159	7	1	4	0	1
1968	22	181	629	599	64	145	23	6	5	30	8	6	23	88	.242	.271	.326	.597	78	195	7	1	6	0	1
1969	23	329	1226	1139	128	291	43	11	15	89	11	15	61	163	.255	.295	.352	.647	90	401	14	6	14	6	6
1970	24	448	1577	1459	162	367	53	16	26	128	12	15	85	216	.252	.294	.363	.657	90	530	21	7	17	9	12
1971	25	572	2013	1847	215	468	67	17	42	168	22	20	123	266	.253	.302	.376	.678	95	695	25	10	22	11	16
1972	26	685	2303	2108	242	517	76	17	46	185	24	21	148	308	.245	.296	.363	.659	90	765	27	10	26	11	18
1973	27	708	2333	2136	243	520	77	17	46	188	24	22	150	312	.243	.295	.360	.655	89	769	27	10	26	11	18
1974	28	772	2557	2336	273	579	87	21	52	218	29	27	174	340	.248	.301	.370	.671	92	864	29	10	26	11	22
1975	29	894	2955	2686	323	694	106	23	59	272	36	30	216	379	.258	.314	.381	.695	98	1023	37	10	29	14	29
1976	30	1023	3446	3126	385	834	144	27	64	325	41	35	257	418	.267	.323	.392	.714	103	1224	46	12	30	21	34
1977	31	1135	3857	3489	449	937	162	31	79	384	44	42	295	456	.269	.326	.401	.726	104	1398	55	14	31	28	37
1978	32	1206	3992	3610	458	964	164	31	80	394	44	45	305	475	.267	.325	.396	.721	103	1430	57	17	31	29	37
1979	33	1304	4267	3859	475	1033	173	33	81	433	46	48	325	503	.268	.325	.393	.717	102	1515	63	17	35	31	40
1980	34	1413	4546	4110	506	1110	188	35	83	453	49	50	349	532	.270	.328	.393	.721	103	1617	66	19	37	31	41
1981	35	1474	4636	4193	514	1127	191	35	86	459	49	51	356	545	.269	.327	.393	.719	102	1646	69	19	37	31	41
1982	36	1593	4968	4475	554	1195	205	36	96	504	49	53	401	588	.267	.328	.393	.721	103	1760	72	19	38	35	50
1983	37	1679	5133	4615	570	1231	212	36	102	526	50	54	421	612	.267	.329	.395	.723	103	1821	76	22	40	35	56
1984	38	1731	5213	4688	578	1252	214	38	102	529	50	54	428	630	.267	.329	.394	.723	103	1848	78	22	40	35	60
1985	39	1748	5229	4703	578	1254	215	38	102	531	50	54	429	632	.267	.329	.394	.722	103	1851	80	22	40	35	61

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1966	20	61	274	261	41	73	13	4	3	20	3	12	36	.280	.314	.395	.709	32	61
1967	21	79	241	235	23	53	8	1	2	13	3	6	37	.226	.245	.294	.538	17	79
1968	22	41	132	123	15	38	5	1	0	4	3	9	15	.309	.356	.366	.722	16	41
1969	23	148	604	552	74	158	22	5	11	68	3	41	75	.286	.338	.404	.742	75	148
1970	24	119	353	324	38	80	11	5	12	43	1	25	53	.247	.300	.423	.723	41	119
1971	25	125	445	399	58	110	15	1	17	44	11	41	50	.276	.346	.446	.792	61	124
1972	26	118	313	282	35	60	11	0	5	22	2	31	44	.213	.291	.305	.596	25	113
1973	27	23	32	29	2	4	1	0	0	5	0	3	4	.138	.219	.172	.391	1	23
1974	28	64	225	201	31	60	10	4	6	31	5	24	28	.299	.373	.478	.851	36	64
1975	29	122	399	353	51	118	19	2	7	56	7	43	39	.334	.404	.459	.862	66	122
1976	30	129	496	445	66	145	39	4	5	57	5	42	39	.326	.381	.465	.846	80	129
1977	31	112	403	358	61	98	17	4	14	56	3	36	38	.274	.337	.461	.798	56	112
1978	32	71	139	124	10	30	2	0	1	11	0	11	19	.242	.317	.282	.599	11	71
1979	33	98	275	252	19	72	9	2	1	43	2	21	28	.286	.338	.349	.687	30	98
1980	34	109	286	258	34	84	16	2	2	22	3	26	29	.326	.392	.426	.818	43	109
1981	35	92	137	126	14	26	5	0	5	11	0	11	20	.206	.270	.365	.635	12	61
1982	36	119	339	287	43	73	15	1	11	48	0	48	43	.254	.357	.429	.786	44	119
1983	37	86	166	142	17	38	7	0	6	23	1	21	24	.268	.373	.444	.817	23	86
1984	38	52	79	72	8	20	2	2	0	3	0	7	18	.278	.342	.361	.703	9	52
1985	39	17	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.063	.000	.063	0	17
20 Seasons		1785	5354	4838	640	1340	227	38	108	580	52	459	641	.277	.340	.407	.747	678	1748
162 Game Avg.		162	486	439	58	122	21	3	10	53	5	42	58	.277	.340	.407	.747	62	1748
		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y 1976 NL--.318--10th**	Doubles s c a p y 1976 NL--38--2nd	Triples s c a p y 1969 AL--5--9th	Oldest s c a p y 1985 NL--born 1945-11-20--9th
Youngest s c a p y 1966 AL--born 1945-11-20--8th

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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 3 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 8 (1199), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 9 (1840), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Barry Bonnell (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Bass (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Johnny Groth (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Lee Maye (935) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Juan Beniquez (937) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 8 (1199), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1840), Average HOFer ≈ 50