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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-52 / in Starts: 18-22
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 186 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	118 (58-39-21)
Avg. MLBer w/ 186 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	109 (56-35-17)

Most Driven In
D Green	4
Self	4
J Landis	2
T Kubek	2
B Campaneris	1
J Gentile	1
D SeguÃ	1
S Alomar	1

Most Driven In By
Self	4
E Charles	2
F Talbot	1
D Green	1
J Gentile	1
M Hershberger	1
N Mathews	1
D Mossi	0

1965 Batting Game Log

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1965 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	443	2 (1)	Apr 14	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	7	1.26	-0.012	2.56	-0.02%	-0.35	C
2	444	4 (1)	Apr 17	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.750	1.125	8	.47	-0.003	.98	0.00%	0.64	C
3	445	5	Apr 18	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-4	CG	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.462	.700	1.162	8	.41	0.052	.89	0.07%	0.80	C
4	446	6	Apr 19	NYY	@	KCA	L,2-8	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.412	.538	.950	8	.42	-0.070	.99	-0.10%	-0.95	C
5	447	7	Apr 21	NYY		MIN	L,2-7	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.400	.467	.867	8	.78	-0.046	1.83	-0.06%	-0.30	C
6	448	9 (1)	Apr 24	NYY		CAL	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.375	.474	.849	8	.43	-0.028	.76	-0.03%	0.34	C
7	449	10	Apr 25 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.393	.429	.821	8	.86	-0.041	1.34	-0.04%	-0.19	C
8	450	11	Apr 25 (2)	NYY		CAL	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.355	.375	.730	8	.57	-0.042	.97	-0.04%	-0.43	C
9	451	12	Apr 28	NYY		KCA	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.343	.333	.676	7	.29	-0.017	.55	-0.02%	-0.38	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	452	14 (1)	May 1	NYY		BAL	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.161	.308	.290	.598	7	.82	-0.113	1.51	-0.13%	-2.04	C
11	453	15	May 2 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.308	.290	.598	8						C
12	454	16	May 2 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.286	.265	.550	7	.72	-0.051	1.29	-0.06%	-0.61	C
				Player went from New York Yankees to Kansas City Athletics
13	455	17	May 6	KCA	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.139	.283	.250	.533	8	1.34	0.033	.91	0.01%	0.28	C
14	456	18	May 7 (1)	KCA	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.320	.300	.620	4	1.87	0.277	1.14	0.10%	2.24	RF C
15	457	19	May 7 (2)	KCA	@	CAL	W,6-3	GS-7	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.315	.318	.633	4	.89	0.031	.47	0.01%	-0.05	RF
16	458	20	May 8	KCA	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.213	.316	.319	.635	8	1.21	-0.060	.77	-0.02%	-0.29	C
17	459	21	May 9	KCA	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.311	.300	.611	4	1.14	-0.082	.65	-0.03%	-0.68	RF
18	460	22	May 12 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.323	.302	.625	6	.84	0.013	.41	0.00%	0.11	C
19	461	23	May 12 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.333	.316	.649	4	.95	0.063	.38	0.02%	0.45	RF
20	462	24	May 13	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-6	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.343	.328	.670	9	.21	0.011	.07	0.00%	0.23	PH
21	463	25	May 14	KCA		MIN	L,3-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.352	.339	.691	9	.49	0.027	.12	0.00%	0.11	PH
22	464	26	May 15	KCA		MIN	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.347	.333	.680	4	1.21	-0.096	.27	-0.01%	-0.66	RF
23	465	27	May 16 (1)	KCA		MIN	W,7-4	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.338	.324	.661	4	1.05	-0.039	.17	0.00%	-0.49	RF
24	466	30 (2)	May 18	KCA		CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.321	.306	.627	4	.96	-0.100	.18	-0.01%	-0.92	RF
25	467	31	May 19	KCA		CHW	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.240	.318	.347	.665	4	.54	0.098	.07	0.01%	0.32	RF
26	468	32	May 21	KCA	@	MIN	L,4-6	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.315	.333	.649	4	1.01	-0.058	.13	0.00%	-0.58	RF
27	469	34 (1)	May 25	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.309	.325	.635	4	1.11	-0.085	.15	-0.01%	-0.32	RF
28	470	35	May 26	KCA	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS-9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.230	.304	.322	.626	4	1.20	-0.025	.15	0.00%	-0.81	RF
29	471	36	May 28	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.220	.292	.308	.600	4	.98	-0.132	.17	-0.01%	-1.46	RF
30	472	38 (1)	May 31 (1)	KCA	@	WSA	L,2-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.284	.298	.582	4	.66	-0.051	.06	0.00%	-0.49	RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	473	41 (2)	Jun 5	KCA		BOS	L,3-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.282	.295	.577	9	.99	-0.027	.03	0.00%	-0.33	PH
32	474	42	Jun 6 (1)	KCA		BOS	L,4-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.279	.292	.571	9	1.91	-0.047	.04	0.00%	-0.21	PH
33	475	44 (1)	Jun 7	KCA		NYY	L,2-4	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.274	.286	.560	9	2.38	-0.115	.06	0.00%	-0.81	PH RF
34	476	49 (4)	Jun 13 (1)	KCA		CLE	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.274	.284	.558	5	1.26	-0.134	.02	0.00%	-0.74	RF
35	477	50	Jun 13 (2)	KCA		CLE	L,2-5	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.275	.286	.561	5	1.24	-0.069	.03	0.00%	-0.58	RF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	478	73 (22)	Jul 7	KCA		BAL	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.273	.283	.556	9	1.63	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.09	PH
37	479	75 (1)	Jul 9	KCA		DET	L,5-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.270	.280	.551	9	.56	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.09	PH
38	480	76	Jul 10	KCA		DET	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.278	.275	.553	7	1.99	-0.130	.00	0.00%	-0.15	C
39	481	79 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	KCA	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.277	.274	.551	5	2.36	0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.25	C
40	482	80	Jul 16	KCA	@	MIN	W,10-2	GS-7	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.291	.284	.576	5	.61	0.104	.00	0.00%	0.88	C
41	483	81	Jul 17	KCA	@	MIN	W,5-4	7-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.294	.282	.576	8	2.87	0.105	.00	0.00%	0.44	PH RF
42	484	82	Jul 18 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.208	.288	.275	.563	5	1.09	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-0.90	C
43	485	86 (3)	Jul 21 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.294	.276	.570	5	.45	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.93	C
44	486	88 (1)	Jul 23	KCA	@	WSA	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.292	.274	.566	8	1.13	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.20	PH
45	487	89	Jul 24	KCA	@	WSA	L,2-9	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.290	.272	.562	9	.14	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.14	PH
46	488	91 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	KCA	@	WSA	W,5-3	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.289	.271	.560	5	.79	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.44	C
47	489	93 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,10-8	GS-4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.283	.265	.548	6	.54	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-1.49	C
48	490	95 (1)	Jul 29	KCA	@	BOS	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.281	.263	.544	8	1.43	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
49	491	97 (1)	Jul 31	KCA		WSA	W,5-4	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.201	.279	.261	.540	9	.93	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	492	101 (3)	Aug 4	KCA		BOS	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.277	.259	.537	2	.48	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.40	PH
51	493	104 (2)	Aug 7	KCA		BAL	W,7-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.274	.255	.529	8	1.15	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.35	C
52	494	107 (2)	Aug 10	KCA	@	DET	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.272	.254	.526	5	.67	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
53	495	108	Aug 11 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,2-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.270	.252	.522	9	.43	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
54	496	109	Aug 11 (2)	KCA	@	DET	L,4-5	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.269	.250	.519	9	2.24	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.21	RF
55	497	117 (7)	Aug 18 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.267	.248	.515	7	.67	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
56	498	119 (1)	Aug 21	KCA		CHW	L,6-7	9-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.264	.245	.509	9	3.52	-0.159	.00	0.00%	-0.09	PH RF
57	499	120	Aug 22 (1)	KCA		CHW	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.262	.243	.505	9	.15	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
58	500	121	Aug 22 (2)	KCA		CHW	L,1-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.261	.241	.502	9	1.76	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.14	PH
59	501	123 (1)	Aug 24	KCA		DET	L,2-8	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.259	.240	.499	9	.17	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
60	502	124	Aug 25	KCA		DET	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.259	.260	.519	7	.31	0.086	.00	0.00%	0.26	C
61	503	125	Aug 26	KCA		DET	W,5-3	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.257	.258	.516	9	1.51	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.30	PH
62	504	129 (3)	Aug 31 (1)	KCA		CLE	L,1-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.256	.257	.512	8	.70	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.14	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
63	505	139 (9)	Sep 8	KCA		CAL	L,3-5	13-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.254	.255	.509	6	1.02	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.14	PH
64	506	140	Sep 9	KCA		CAL	L,2-7	8-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.259	.266	.525	9	.14	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.40	PH
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Milwaukee Braves
65	507	141	Sep 11	MLN	@	NYM	W,9-0	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.263	.266	.529	3	.03	0.001	.13	0.00%	0.60	PH
66	508	142	Sep 12	MLN	@	NYM	L,0-1	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.261	.265	.526	8	1.65	-0.039	6.92	-0.10%	-0.14	PH
67	509	143	Sep 13	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.260	.263	.523	8	.99	-0.025	3.01	-0.05%	-0.09	PH
68	510	144	Sep 14	MLN	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.256	.258	.513	5	1.39	-0.114	2.86	-0.14%	-0.96	LF
69	511	146 (1)	Sep 16	MLN	@	PHI	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.254	.256	.510	4	1.14	-0.032	1.28	-0.02%	-0.21	PH
70	512	148 (1)	Sep 18	MLN		SFG	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.253	.255	.507	8	1.68	-0.041	1.86	-0.03%	-0.21	PH
71	513	149	Sep 19	MLN		SFG	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.251	.253	.504	9	1.06	-0.026	.28	0.00%	-0.14	PH
72	514	150	Sep 20	MLN		PHI	L,1-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.255	.253	.509	9	2.51	0.096	.08	0.00%	0.65	PH
73	515	154 (3)	Sep 25	MLN	@	SFG	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.259	.276	.536	8	.69	0.038	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
74	516	156 (1)	Sep 27	MLN	@	HOU	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.258	.274	.532	8	4.94	0.189	.00	0.00%	0.57	PH
							22-52		186	164	12	30	3	0	4	16	17	3	20	1	0	4	0	5	0	0	.183	.258	.274	.532		1.04	-1.451	.54	-0.72%	-12.20

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