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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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.5

1193

285

.239

137

RBI

200

OBP

.317

SLG

.441

OPS

.758

OPS+

108

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	4 (1)	Apr 17	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	5	Apr 18	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	6	Apr 19	NYY	@	KCA	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
5	7	Apr 21	NYY		MIN	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
6	9 (1)	Apr 24	NYY		CAL	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
7	10	Apr 25 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
8	11	Apr 25 (2)	NYY		CAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
9	12	Apr 28	NYY		KCA	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	14 (1)	May 1	NYY		BAL	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
11	15	May 2 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
12	16	May 2 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
				Player went from New York Yankees to Kansas City Athletics
13	17	May 6	KCA	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
14	18	May 7 (1)	KCA	@	CAL	L,4-5	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF C
15	19	May 7 (2)	KCA	@	CAL	W,6-3	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
16	20	May 8	KCA	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	21	May 9	KCA	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
18	22	May 12 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	23	May 12 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	26 (2)	May 15	KCA		MIN	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
21	27	May 16 (1)	KCA		MIN	W,7-4	CG	44	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	30 (2)	May 18	KCA		CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
23	31	May 19	KCA		CHW	W,7-3	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
24	32	May 21	KCA	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
25	34 (1)	May 25	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	35	May 26	KCA	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
27	36	May 28	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
28	38 (1)	May 31 (1)	KCA	@	WSA	L,2-5	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	44 (5)	Jun 7	KCA		NYY	L,2-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
30	49 (4)	Jun 13 (1)	KCA		CLE	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	50	Jun 13 (2)	KCA		CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	76 (25)	Jul 10	KCA		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
33	79 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	KCA	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	80	Jul 16	KCA	@	MIN	W,10-2	GS	25	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	81	Jul 17	KCA	@	MIN	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
36	82	Jul 18 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
37	86 (3)	Jul 21 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
38	91 (4)	Jul 25 (2)	KCA	@	WSA	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	93 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,10-8	GS	16	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	104 (10)	Aug 7	KCA		BAL	W,7-4	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	109 (4)	Aug 11 (2)	KCA	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	119 (9)	Aug 21	KCA		CHW	L,6-7	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
43	124 (4)	Aug 25	KCA		DET	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	129 (4)	Aug 31 (1)	KCA		CLE	L,1-8	GS	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Milwaukee Braves
45	144	Sep 14	MLN	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							46gm		328.0	143	12	4	159	1