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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 8	NYY		MIL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	4	Apr 10	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-6	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
3	5	Apr 11	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	5	0	0	5	0	LF
4	8 (2)	Apr 14	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
5	9	Apr 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
6	11 (1)	Apr 18	NYY		BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	12	Apr 19	NYY		BAL	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	14 (1)	Apr 21	NYY		TEX	L,0-5	GF	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
9	18 (3)	Apr 27	NYY	@	SEA	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
10	20 (1)	Apr 29	NYY	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	21	Apr 30	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-2	GF	15	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	25 (3)	May 5	NYY		OAK	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
13	29 (3)	May 9	NYY		SEA	W,5-0	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
14	41 (11)	May 22	NYY	@	DET	W,12-8	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	LF
15	42	May 23	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	44 (1)	May 27 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
17	45	May 27 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	59 (13)	Jun 10	NYY	@	KCR	W,10-4	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	61 (1)	Jun 13	NYY	@	MIN	L,7-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
				Player went from New York Yankees to San Diego Padres
20	69	Jun 18	SDP		STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
21	70	Jun 19	SDP		STL	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
22	71	Jun 20	SDP		STL	W,3-1	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	72	Jun 22	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
24	73	Jun 23	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS	24	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
25	75 (1)	Jun 25	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS	24	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
26	76	Jun 26	SDP	@	LAD	W,5-1	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
27	77	Jun 27 (1)	SDP		ATL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
28	79 (1)	Jun 28	SDP		ATL	W,6-5	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B LF
29	80	Jun 29	SDP		HOU	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
30	81	Jun 30	SDP		HOU	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	82	Jul 1	SDP		HOU	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
32	83	Jul 2	SDP		LAD	L,3-6	CG	54	12.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
33	84	Jul 3	SDP		LAD	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
34	85	Jul 4	SDP		LAD	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
35	86	Jul 6	SDP	@	NYM	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	87	Jul 7	SDP	@	NYM	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
37	90 (2)	Jul 10	SDP	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	38	8.2	11	0	0	11	0	1B LF
38	91	Jul 11	SDP	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B LF
39	92	Jul 12	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH
40	93	Jul 13 (1)	SDP	@	MON	W,7-5	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
41	94	Jul 13 (2)	SDP	@	MON	L,7-10	GF	24	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
42	96 (1)	Jul 15	SDP	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
43	97	Jul 19	SDP		NYM	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	98	Jul 20	SDP		NYM	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
45	99	Jul 21	SDP		NYM	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	100	Jul 22	SDP		PHI	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
47	101	Jul 23	SDP		PHI	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
48	102	Jul 24	SDP		MON	W,4-3	GS	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	104 (1)	Jul 26	SDP		SFG	L,2-6	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	105	Jul 27	SDP		SFG	L,3-4	GF	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
51	106	Jul 28	SDP		SFG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	107	Jul 29	SDP		SFG	L,2-4	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF CF
53	108	Jul 31	SDP	@	ATL	W,10-3	GS	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	111 (2)	Aug 3	SDP	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS	29	7.0	4	4	2	10	2	1B
55	115 (3)	Aug 8	SDP	@	SFG	L,7-10	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
56	117 (1)	Aug 10	SDP		CIN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	119 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	SDP		CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	121 (1)	Aug 15	SDP	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
59	122	Aug 16	SDP	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	123	Aug 17	SDP	@	CHC	L,6-9	GF	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	126 (2)	Aug 20	SDP	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	127	Aug 21	SDP	@	STL	W,3-2	GS	37	11.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B LF
63	128	Aug 22	SDP	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
64	129	Aug 24	SDP		PIT	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
65	130	Aug 25	SDP		PIT	L,3-4	GS	75	19.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF CF
66	131	Aug 26	SDP		PIT	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
67	132	Aug 27	SDP		CHC	W,5-4	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	133	Aug 28	SDP		CHC	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	136 (2)	Sep 1	SDP		STL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	141 (4)	Sep 6	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
71	144 (2)	Sep 9	SDP	@	ATL	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	145	Sep 11	SDP	@	LAD	W,3-1	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
73	150 (4)	Sep 17	SDP		HOU	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	151	Sep 18	SDP		HOU	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	152	Sep 19	SDP		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
76	153	Sep 20	SDP		CIN	L,5-8	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
77	155 (1)	Sep 22	SDP		LAD	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	156	Sep 23	SDP		LAD	L,2-5	GS	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
79	157	Sep 25	SDP	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	158	Sep 26	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							88gm		561.1	217	18	4	239	10