Johnny Blanchard

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 193lb (185cm, 87kg)

Born: February 26, 1933 in Minneapolis, MN us

Died: March 25, 2009 in Robbinsdale, MN

Buried: Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN

High School: Central HS (Minneapolis, MN)

Debut: September 25, 1955 (Age 22-211d, 11,315th in major league history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1965 (Age 32-213d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: John Edwin Blanchard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.5

1193

285

.239

137

RBI

200

OBP

.317

SLG

.441

OPS

.758

OPS+

108

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 67 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 10 tying, 18 go ahead

3 Tms
NYY	64
KCA	2
MLN	1

Platoon
vs RHP	62
vs LHP	5

Home/Road
Home	42
Away	25

Outs
0	25
1	24
2	18

10 Opps
BOS	11
DET	10
CLE	8
MIN	7
LAA	7
CHW	7
KCA	6
BAL	6
WSA	4
SFG	1

48 Pitchers
Milt Pappas	5
Phil Regan	4
Mudcat Grant	3
Ray Herbert	3
Frank Lary	2
Bill Pleis	2
Barry Latman	2
Ken McBride	2
Camilo Pascual	2
Ike Delock	2
Don Lee	2
John Buzhardt	2
Jack Spring	1
Jim Perry	1
Johnny Klippstein	1
Moe Drabowsky	1
Jack Lamabe	1
Don Mossi	1
Jerry Casale	1
Jim Archer	1
Bobby Bolin	1
Bob Heffner	1
Dave Morehead	1
Joe Sparma	1
Jim Bunning	1
Tom Cheney	1
Paul Foytack	1
Joe Bonikowski	1
Bill Monbouquette	1
Bruce Howard	1
Eddie Fisher	1
Gene Conley	1
Dave Stenhouse	1
Dan Pfister	1
Julio Navarro	1
Lee Stange	1
Mike Fornieles	1
Dick Donovan	1
Robin Roberts	1
Bob Turley	1
Bennie Daniels	1
Bert Cueto	1
Earl Wilson	1
Ed Rakow	1
John Wyatt	1
Billy Muffett	1
Ron Kline	1
Dave Wickersham	1

10 Parks
Yankee Stad (NYC)	40
Munic. Stad (KAN)	6
Fenway Pk (BOS)	6
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Wrigley (LA) (LOS)	2
RFK Stad (WAS)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
9	63
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	55
2·HR gms	6

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	41
1--	9
12-	5
123	3
-2-	3
1-3	3
--3	2
-23	1

108 RBI
RISP	17
0 on	41
1 on	14
2 on	9
3 on	3
Any on	26

Inning
1	4
2	13
3	7
4	10
5	8
6	4
7	5
8	6
9	7
Extra	3

1-3	24
4-6	22
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	3
+2	5
+1	10
Tied	13
-1	11
-2	8
-3	6
-4..	5

Ahead	24
Tied	13
Behind	30

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	26
RF	21
LF	12
PH	7
1B	1

OrderPos
6th	22
7th	14
5th	13
8th	9
4th	6
9th	2
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1959-06-03	NYY	@	DET	Frank Lary	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	8	9	0.112	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1959-09-26	NYY		BAL	Milt Pappas	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	---	1	4	2	0.119	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1960-08-02 (1)	NYY		DET	Don Mossi	behind 0-1	b 6	0	---	1	8	2	0.192	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	2	1	1960-08-03	NYY		DET	Phil Regan	behind 0-12	b 8	1	1--	2	8	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (CF-RF); B. Cerv Scores
5	5	3	1	1960-08-28 (2)	NYY		DET	Phil Regan	tied 2-2	b 2	1	---	1	7	2	0.116	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	4	1	1960-09-05 (2)	NYY		BOS	Ike Delock	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	6	2	0.117	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1961-05-07	NYY	@	LAA	Ron Kline	behind 0-3	t 7	1	---	1	6	2	0.070	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
8	8	2	1	1961-05-13	NYY		DET	Phil Regan	behind 1-3	b 5	0	---	1	7	2	0.130	41%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	3	1	1961-05-25	NYY		BOS	Billy Muffett	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	2	0.174	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Kubek Scores
10	10	4	1	1961-06-05 (1)	NYY		MIN	Don Lee	behind 0-2	b 7	1	12-	3	8	PH	0.492	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Skowron Scores/unER; E. Howard Scores
11	11	5	1	1961-06-18	NYY	@	DET	Frank Lary	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	2	0.094	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	6	2	1961-06-18	NYY	@	DET	Jerry Casale	ahead 6-0	t 7	1	---	1	7	2	0.009	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	7	1	1961-06-24	NYY	@	MIN	Bert Cueto	ahead 3-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	2	0.064	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	8	1	1961-06-26	NYY	@	LAA	Ken McBride	behind 3-5	t 8	1	1--	2	8	PH	0.297	45%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Skowron Scores
15	15	9	1	1961-07-08	NYY		BOS	Ike Delock	behind 0-3	b 3	0	---	1	7	2	0.093	32%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	10	1	1961-07-21	NYY	@	BOS	Mike Fornieles	behind 7-8	t 9	2	123	4	8	PH	0.726	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Mantle Scores; Y. Berra Scores; B. Skowron Scores
17	17	11	1	1961-07-22	NYY	@	BOS	Gene Conley	behind 8-9	t 9	2	---	1	8	PH	0.357	39%		Home Run (Deep RF Line)
18	18	12	1	1961-07-26	NYY		CHW	Ray Herbert	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	---	1	5	2	0.080	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	13	2	1961-07-26	NYY		CHW	Ray Herbert	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---	1	5	2	0.051	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	14	1	1961-08-04	NYY		MIN	Bill Pleis	tied 5-5	b 10	2	1-3	3	6	2	0.365	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); M. Mantle Scores; Y. Berra Scores
21	21	15	1	1961-08-06 (1)	NYY		MIN	Bill Pleis	behind 5-6	b 10	0	---	1	6	2	0.440	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	16	1	1961-09-04 (1)	NYY		WSA	Bennie Daniels	tied 3-3	b 8	1	---	1	5	9	0.299	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
23	23	17	1	1961-09-06	NYY		WSA	Tom Cheney	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	1--	2	5	7	0.184	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Mantle Scores
24	24	18	2	1961-09-06	NYY		WSA	Johnny Klippstein	ahead 5-0	b 6	0	1--	2	5	7	0.014	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Mantle Scores
25	25	19	1	1961-09-09	NYY		CLE	Mudcat Grant	tied 1-1	b 4	0	---	1	5	7	0.131	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	20	1	1961-09-10 (1)	NYY		CLE	Barry Latman	behind 0-2	b 2	0	--3	2	5	7	0.121	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Mantle Scores
27	27	21	1	1961-09-29	NYY		BOS	Bill Monbouquette	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	1	5	9	0.141	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1962-04-14	NYY	@	DET	Phil Regan	tied 1-1	t 3	1	12-	3	5	7	0.239	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Tresh Scores; M. Mantle Scores
29	29	2	1	1962-04-21	NYY		CLE	Barry Latman	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3	5	7	0.251	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Richardson Scores; M. Mantle Scores
30	30	3	1	1962-04-24	NYY		CHW	John Buzhardt	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	2	0.109	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	4	1	1962-05-13 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	Dick Donovan	behind 0-3	t 2	2	---	1	6	2	0.077	26%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
32	32	5	1	1962-05-23	NYY		KCA	Dan Pfister	behind 0-3	b 2	1	---	1	5	9	0.087	31%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	6	1	1962-05-24	NYY		KCA	Jim Archer	ahead 6-2	b 5	2	---	1	5	9	0.032	96%		Home Run (CF-RF)
34	34	7	1	1962-05-30 (1)	NYY	@	MIN	Joe Bonikowski	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	1-3	3	4	7	0.173	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Boyer Scores; B. Richardson Scores
35	35	8	1	1962-06-06	NYY		CLE	Mudcat Grant	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	---	1	4	9	0.114	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	9	1	1962-06-10 (1)	NYY		BAL	Milt Pappas	behind 0-5	b 9	0	---	1	4	9	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	10	1	1962-06-16	NYY	@	CLE	Jim Perry	behind 2-7	t 5	2	--3	2	4	2	0.069	12%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Richardson Scores
38	38	11	1	1962-07-28	NYY		CHW	Eddie Fisher	behind 1-3	b 7	2	12-	3	9	PH	0.559	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. López Scores; C. Boyer Scores
39	39	12	1	1962-08-01 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	Dave Stenhouse	ahead 3-2	t 11	0	1--	2	7	9	0.105	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Howard Scores
40	40	13	1	1962-09-29	NYY		CHW	John Buzhardt	behind 2-4	b 8	2	---	1	5	2	0.103	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1963-06-22 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	Dave Morehead	tied 0-0	t 2	1	-2-	2	7	7	0.173	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Pepitone Scores
42	42	2	1	1963-07-14 (1)	NYY	@	KCA	Ed Rakow	behind 1-4	t 4	1	---	1	6	9	0.081	24%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
43	43	3	1	1963-07-15	NYY	@	KCA	Dave Wickersham	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	9	0.111	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	4	1	1963-07-22	NYY		LAA	Julio Navarro	ahead 7-2	b 5	0	---	1	6	9	0.015	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	5	1	1963-07-23	NYY		LAA	Paul Foytack	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	1	6	9	0.149	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	6	2	1963-07-23	NYY		LAA	Jack Spring	ahead 3-0	b 5	1	1-3	3	6	9	0.058	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Pepitone Scores; E. Howard Scores
47	47	7	1	1963-07-24	NYY		LAA	Don Lee	behind 2-3	b 3	1	12-	3	6	9	0.293	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); T. Tresh Scores; Y. Berra Scores
48	48	8	1	1963-08-03	NYY		BAL	Milt Pappas	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	1	7	7	0.166	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	9	2	1963-08-03	NYY		BAL	Milt Pappas	tied 1-1	b 7	0	---	1	7	7	0.217	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	10	1	1963-08-15	NYY	@	BOS	Earl Wilson	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	123	4	6	9	0.194	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Tresh Scores/unER; E. Howard Scores; J. Pepitone Scores
51	51	11	2	1963-08-15	NYY	@	BOS	Bob Turley	ahead 8-1	t 8	2	1--	2	6	9	0.003	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Tresh Scores
52	52	12	1	1963-08-22	NYY		CLE	Mudcat Grant	behind 0-6	b 6	2	123	4	6	9	0.144	18%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Kubek Scores; T. Tresh Scores; E. Howard Scores
53	53	13	1	1963-08-24	NYY		CHW	Ray Herbert	ahead 2-0	b 8	2	---	1	6	9	0.036	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	14	1	1963-09-03	NYY	@	DET	Jim Bunning	behind 1-2	t 9	0	---	1	7	7	0.346	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
55	55	15	1	1963-09-12	NYY	@	KCA	Moe Drabowsky	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	-2-	2	6	9	0.162	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Mantle Scores
56	56	16	1	1963-09-13	NYY	@	MIN	Camilo Pascual	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	6	9	0.117	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1964-05-20	NYY		MIN	Camilo Pascual	behind 2-7	b 9	1	1--	2	9	PH	0.009	2%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Boyer Scores
58	58	2	1	1964-07-17	NYY		CLE	Lee Stange	ahead 4-2	b 3	1	-23	3	6	3	0.102	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Maris Scores; T. Tresh Scores
59	59	3	1	1964-08-08	NYY		BAL	Milt Pappas	behind 0-1	b 5	1	-2-	2	7	2	0.265	70%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); J. Pepitone Scores
60	60	4	1	1964-08-09 (2)	NYY		BAL	Robin Roberts	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	6	7	0.117	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	5	1	1964-08-22 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	Jack Lamabe	ahead 4-0	t 4	1	---	1	6	2	0.045	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	6	1	1964-08-30	NYY		BOS	Bob Heffner	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	1--	2	6	2	0.131	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); J. Pepitone Scores
63	63	7	1	1964-09-03	NYY	@	LAA	Ken McBride	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---	1	7	2	0.111	37%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1965-04-17	NYY	@	KCA	John Wyatt	ahead 4-2	t 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.036	97%		Home Run (CF-RF)
65	65	2	1	1965-05-19	KCA		CHW	Bruce Howard	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	4	9	0.111	43%		Home Run
66	66	3	1	1965-08-25	KCA		DET	Joe Sparma	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	7	2	0.099	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	4	1	1965-09-25	MLN	@	SFG	Bobby Bolin	behind 4-7	t 9	0	---	1	8	PH	0.038	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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