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

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

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 16 (2)	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
2	5 (1)	Apr 19	CHW		TEX	W,2-1	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
3	6	Apr 22 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
4	7	Apr 22 (2)	CHW		KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
5	8	Apr 23	CHW		KCR	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
6	9	Apr 25	CHW		CLE	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
7	10	Apr 26	CHW		CLE	W,7-5	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
8	11	Apr 28	CHW	@	DET	L,0-12	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
9	13 (1)	Apr 30	CHW	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	15 (1)	May 5	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
11	16	May 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-12	CG	45	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
12	17	May 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
13	18	May 9	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
14	19	May 10	CHW		DET	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
15	20	May 12	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
16	21	May 13	CHW		BAL	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	23 (1)	May 15	CHW		MIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
18	24	May 16	CHW		MIN	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
19	25	May 17	CHW		MIN	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
20	26	May 19	CHW		CAL	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
21	27	May 20	CHW		CAL	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
22	28	May 21	CHW		CAL	W,9-8	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
23	29	May 22	CHW	@	TEX	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	30	May 23	CHW	@	TEX	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
25	31	May 24	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-1	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
26	33 (1)	May 27	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
27	34	May 28	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-5	GF	24	4.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
28	35	May 29 (1)	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	CF
29	36	May 29 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	GF	25	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	CF
30	37	May 30	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	38	May 31	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	39	Jun 2	CHW		NYY	W,6-1	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
33	40	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,10-18	GF	38	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
34	41	Jun 4 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
35	44 (2)	Jun 7	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
36	45	Jun 9	CHW		MIL	W,3-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
37	46	Jun 10	CHW		MIL	W,6-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
38	47	Jun 11 (1)	CHW		MIL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
39	49 (1)	Jun 13	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
40	52 (2)	Jun 17 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
41	53	Jun 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-10	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
42	54	Jun 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-4	GF	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
43	55	Jun 20	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
44	65 (9)	Jun 29 (2)	CHW		OAK	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
45	66	Jun 30	CHW		OAK	W,6-5	GF	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	67	Jul 1	CHW		MIN	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
47	68	Jul 2 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
48	74 (5)	Jul 8	CHW		DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
49	77 (2)	Jul 10	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
50	83 (5)	Jul 16	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	31	6.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
51	85 (1)	Jul 18	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
52	86	Jul 19	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
53	87	Jul 21	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
54	90 (2)	Jul 23 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
55	91	Jul 27 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,7-3	GF	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
56	92	Jul 27 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,0-3	GS	23	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
57	93	Jul 28	CHW		KCR	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	94	Jul 29	CHW		KCR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
59	95	Jul 30	CHW	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
60	96	Jul 31	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-1	GS	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	97	Aug 2	CHW		CAL	W,10-9	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
62	98	Aug 3	CHW		CAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
63	99	Aug 4	CHW		TEX	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	100	Aug 5	CHW		TEX	L,5-11	GS	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
65	101	Aug 6 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
66	102	Aug 6 (2)	CHW		TEX	W,7-1	GS	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
67	103	Aug 8	CHW	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
68	104	Aug 9	CHW	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
69	105	Aug 10 susp	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-5		27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
70	106	Aug 11	CHW	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
71	107	Aug 12	CHW	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	39	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
72	109 (1)	Aug 15	CHW		MIL	W,2-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
73	111 (1)	Aug 17	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-1	GF	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR CF
74	112	Aug 18	CHW		BOS	W,8-1	GF	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF LF
75	113	Aug 19	CHW		BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
76	114	Aug 20 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
77	117 (2)	Aug 23	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
78	118	Aug 26 (1)	CHW	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	52	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
79	119	Aug 26 (2)	CHW	@	MIL	L,0-4	GF	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
80	120	Aug 27	CHW	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	124 (3)	Sep 1	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
82	125	Sep 2	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
83	126	Sep 3	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
84	127	Sep 4 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
85	132 (4)	Sep 8 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,5-1	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
86	137 (4)	Sep 12	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
87	138	Sep 13	CHW	@	KCR	L,4-6	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
88	140 (1)	Sep 16	CHW	@	CAL	W,2-0	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
89	141	Sep 17	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
90	144 (2)	Sep 22	CHW		TEX	W,8-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
91	145	Sep 23	CHW		TEX	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
92	146	Sep 24	CHW		TEX	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
93	149 (2)	Sep 29	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-1	GF	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
94	150	Sep 30	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
95	151	Oct 1	CHW	@	TEX	L,0-1	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	152	Oct 2	CHW	@	MIN	W,6-4		9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
97	153	Oct 3	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
							103gm		611.0	158	5	2	165	1