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.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 14	NYY	@	DET	W,11-5	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	4	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-3	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
3	5	Apr 18	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
4	6	Apr 19	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	7	Apr 21	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	8	Apr 22 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	10 (1)	Apr 24	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
8	14 (3)	Apr 29 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	19 (4)	May 5	NYY		WSA	W,7-6	GS	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	20	May 6 (1)	NYY		WSA	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
11	25 (4)	May 13 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	C
12	29 (3)	May 17	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
13	30	May 18	NYY		MIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
14	34 (3)	May 22	NYY		LAA	W,2-1	GS	37	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
15	35	May 23	NYY		KCA	W,13-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	36	May 24	NYY		KCA	W,9-4	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
17	39 (2)	May 27 (1)	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
18	40	May 27 (2)	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
19	41	May 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	42	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	43	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	47	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	44	Jun 1	NYY	@	LAA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
23	45	Jun 2	NYY	@	LAA	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	46	Jun 3	NYY	@	LAA	W,6-3	GS	21	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	47	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
26	48	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
27	49	Jun 8	NYY		BAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
28	50	Jun 9	NYY		BAL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
29	51	Jun 10 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	52	Jun 10 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
31	53	Jun 11	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
32	54	Jun 12	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
33	55	Jun 15	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
34	56	Jun 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,9-10	GS	44	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	RF C
35	57	Jun 17 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
36	58	Jun 17 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	59	Jun 19	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	62 (2)	Jun 23 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
39	63	Jun 23 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	11	0	2	13	0	1B
40	64	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	95	22.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
41	66 (1)	Jun 26	NYY		MIN	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
42	69 (2)	Jun 29	NYY		LAA	W,6-3	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	70	Jun 30	NYY		LAA	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	71	Jul 1 (1)	NYY		LAA	W,6-3	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	76 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,7-3	GF	25	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	77	Jul 6	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	83 (5)	Jul 15 (1)	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-6	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	92 (8)	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		WSA	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	95 (2)	Jul 25 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	102 (6)	Aug 1 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,6-4	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
51	103	Aug 1 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	W,5-2	GS	38	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
52	106 (2)	Aug 5	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
53	110 (3)	Aug 8 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
54	114 (3)	Aug 12	NYY		DET	W,2-0	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	121 (6)	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
56	122	Aug 19	NYY	@	KCA	W,21-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
57	129 (6)	Aug 25 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,6-8	GS	35	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
58	134 (4)	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	138 (3)	Sep 2	NYY		KCA	W,2-1	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
60	141 (2)	Sep 4	NYY		LAA	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
61	159 (17)	Sep 26	NYY		WSA	W,9-5	GF	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	161 (1)	Sep 29	NYY		CHW	W,8-6	GF	19	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	162	Sep 30	NYY		CHW	L,4-8	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							64gm		506.2	160	3	6	169	0