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Jay
Johnstone		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 20, 1945 in Usa, CT, MANCHESTER
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 20 TAM AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7
1967 21 TAM AL     6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 5 7 7 7
1968 22 TAM AL     6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 7
1969 23 TAM AL     6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 7
1970 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 8 8
1971 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
1972 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1973 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 5 5 7 8 7
1974 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7
1975 29 TAM AL $ 1,800,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7
1976 30 TAM AL $ 1,800,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7
1977 31 TAM AL $ 1,800,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
1978 32 TAM AL $ 1,300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
1979 33 TAM AL $ 1,300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 7
1980 34 TAM AL $ 1,300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9 4 4 4 6 7 7
1981 35 BOS AL $ 650,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 8 3 4 4 6 6 6
1982 36 IND AL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 5 5 5 6 6
1983 37 SEM AL $ 1,100,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 5 5 6 6 6
1984 38 PIT NL $ 840,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,800,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1966 20 AAA   135 490 57 127 22 2 17 84 4 5 43 75 .259 .319 .416 .735 64.3  
1967 21 AAA   133 537 93 156 27 3 19 70 7 6 43 58 .291 .343 .458 .801 80.8  
1968 22 AAA   135 542 77 154 29 5 16 80 5 4 52 63 .284 .347 .445 .791 81.2  
1969 23 AAA   136 527 87 162 25 4 18 95 5 3 76 68 .307 .395 .472 .867 96.3  
1970 24 TAM AL 57 89 5 25 5 0 0 15 1 1 7 12 .281 .330 .337 .667 10.5 1.6
1971 25 TAM AL 52 127 23 31 7 1 6 24 0 0 13 18 .244 .314 .457 .771 17.8 3.4
    AAA   29 118 30 37 11 1 1 15 1 2 18 12 .314 .404 .449 .854 20.3  
1972 26 TAM AL 79 189 19 45 6 1 3 23 2 0 15 18 .238 .293 .328 .621 19.3 2.0
1973 27 AAA   137 533 95 172 30 2 22 106 5 9 59 52 .323 .390 .510 .901 97.8  
1974 28 TAM AL 86 270 38 86 22 2 9 47 2 0 15 23 .319 .353 .515 .868 45.0 9.1
1975 29 TAM AL 128 457 64 118 26 2 5 57 1 1 29 55 .258 .301 .357 .658 42.7 3.9
1976 30 TAM AL 146 475 65 116 33 2 5 63 1 5 39 59 .244 .301 .354 .654 48.5 5.8
1977 31 TAM AL 101 309 38 94 18 0 3 46 1 2 21 30 .304 .347 .392 .739 38.8 6.7
1978 32 TAM AL 91 267 29 67 10 0 6 32 0 2 22 35 .251 .309 .356 .665 26.7 3.3
1979 33 TAM AL 136 441 51 107 20 3 2 40 3 0 28 58 .243 .289 .315 .604 37.6 3.1
1980 34 TAM AL 148 528 41 128 34 4 1 48 1 1 31 70 .242 .283 .328 .611 44.8 3.1
1981 35 BOS AL 133 348 40 94 33 1 5 40 1 1 18 41 .270 .308 .414 .722 39.8 7.3
1982 36 IND AL 113 399 55 111 32 1 6 57 1 0 25 58 .278 .319 .409 .727 47.0 8.5
    AAA   25 92 11 27 7 1 2 12 2 0 14 13 .293 .387 .457 .843 16.3  
1983 37 SEM AL 85 177 17 45 13 0 3 31 0 0 11 34 .254 .298 .379 .677 17.6 2.5
1984 38 PIT NL 135 464 38 113 16 2 1 47 0 1 27 105 .244 .288 .293 .581 35.3 1.8
14 Years Sim 1490 4540 523 1180 275 19 55 570 14 14 301 616 .260 .306 .365 .671 471.5 62.0
7 Years AAA 730 2839 450 835 151 18 95 462 29 29 305 341 .294 .362 .460 .823 457.0  
162 Game Average 493 56 128 29 2 5 61 1 1 32 66 .260 .306 .365 .671 51.3  
Career Highs 148 528 65 128 34 4 9 63 3 5 39 105 .319 .353 .515 .868 48.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3467 397 921 216 15 44 425 10 12 231 423 .266 .311 .375 .686 389.6
vs LH   1073 126 259 59 4 11 145 4 2 70 193 .241 .289 .335 .623 100.7
Home 731 2213 255 567 123 13 24 260 5 7 143 309 .256 .301 .356 .657 229.4
Away 759 2327 268 613 152 6 31 310 9 7 158 307 .263 .310 .374 .684 260.9
RISP   1170 0 319 70 6 20 484 0 0 77 168 .273 .313 .394 .707 141.4
Pinch Hitting   144 15 43 4 1 4 36 0 0 13 26 .299 .358 .424 .782 21.4
Close/Late   639 64 180 39 2 5 77 0 0 43 96 .282 .328 .372 .701 74.9
Mar/Apr 201 553 52 142 36 1 3 72 1 1 34 71 .257 .297 .342 .639 54.2
May 263 818 96 229 45 5 12 115 5 5 49 123 .280 .322 .391 .713 97.8
June 251 772 114 201 50 2 13 100 2 2 66 103 .260 .320 .381 .700 92.1
July 250 750 90 189 47 6 10 102 1 1 50 94 .252 .297 .371 .668 80.5
August 260 806 85 203 44 3 10 85 3 2 55 109 .252 .299 .351 .650 82.9
Sep/Oct 265 841 86 216 53 2 7 96 2 3 47 116 .257 .297 .350 .646 82.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1970 24 TAM AL RF 8 3 41.3 10 1 1 1 .917 2.40 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 5 2 29.0 5 0 1 0 .833 1.55 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 19 0 28.0 27 1 2 4 .933 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 6 2 26.3 5 9 0 1 1.000 4.79 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 2 1 14.0 0 7 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 2 1 11.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 5.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 3 1 11.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1971 25 TAM AL C 23 20 177.3 141 9 0 0 1.000 7.61 16 3 .188 0 1.1
    LF 5 3 32.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 5 2 25.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 2 2 18.0 2 5 0 2 1.000 3.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 5 1 17.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 10 0 14.7 2 6 0 1 1.000 4.91 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1972 26 TAM AL C 26 26 225.0 152 15 0 0 1.000 6.68 24 11 .458 0 1.7
    3B 14 6 75.0 7 16 1 0 .958 2.76 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 18 5 71.7 8 22 2 6 .938 3.77 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 13 3 47.0 8 24 1 4 .970 6.13 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 3 1 15.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 1 10.0 9 1 1 0 .909 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1974 28 TAM AL C 19 19 170.7 113 8 0 0 1.000 6.38 13 5 .385 0 1.4
    SS 28 15 165.0 25 65 2 15 .978 4.91 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 10 10 88.7 4 19 0 1 1.000 2.33 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 13 7 76.0 16 29 2 5 .957 5.33 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 8 5 49.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 8 4 42.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 3.21 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 1 9.0 8 1 0 3 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 1 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1975 29 TAM AL SS 22 19 177.3 19 76 2 13 .979 4.82 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    CF 20 18 167.7 44 2 2 1 .958 2.47 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    C 19 19 165.0 130 9 1 0 .993 7.58 22 8 .364 0 1.0
    2B 15 13 111.0 25 48 0 13 1.000 5.92 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 11 9 86.0 18 0 1 0 .947 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 9 9 75.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.56 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 9 7 60.7 5 16 2 1 .913 3.12 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 6 4 36.0 49 2 1 6 .981 12.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1976 30 TAM AL 3B 120 118 1035.7 67 272 14 19 .960 2.95 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    C 8 7 62.0 29 1 0 0 1.000 4.35 4 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 5 5 43.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.47 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 4 4 34.7 8 0 2 0 .800 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 4 4 31.0 3 9 0 2 1.000 3.48 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 4 2 19.0 18 4 0 2 1.000 10.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1977 31 TAM AL C 93 90 796.3 432 29 7 0 .985 5.21 83 20 .241 0 2.1
    CF 4 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 32 TAM AL C 65 62 558.0 287 21 3 1 .990 4.97 59 12 .203 0 1.2
    CF 9 6 66.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.73 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 5 3 30.0 5 10 1 1 .938 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 3 2 18.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 3 0 5.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 33 TAM AL C 82 79 709.7 365 32 4 0 .990 5.03 67 15 .224 0 4.5
    CF 13 5 70.3 17 1 1 0 .947 2.30 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 7 6 56.0 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.61 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 6 4 47.0 60 6 0 2 1.000 12.64 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 6 4 43.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.51 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 8 4 41.0 17 19 0 4 1.000 7.90 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 4 4 31.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 6 2 26.0 1 15 0 2 1.000 5.54 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 34 TAM AL C 54 53 476.7 270 25 7 1 .977 5.57 65 19 .292 0 1.5
    3B 36 36 312.7 13 79 2 6 .979 2.65 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    CF 9 8 76.7 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.23 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 10 7 69.0 11 24 2 4 .946 4.57 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 7 7 52.0 69 10 0 5 1.000 13.67 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 6 6 50.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 6 4 32.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 7 2 26.0 5 6 0 0 1.000 3.81 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1981 35 BOS AL C 29 24 220.7 138 11 1 1 .993 6.08 26 7 .269 0 1.5
    2B 32 11 137.7 32 53 2 12 .977 5.56 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 17 14 113.0 151 9 0 16 1.000 12.74 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 25 7 90.7 10 38 1 3 .980 4.77 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 9 9 73.0 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 8 7 55.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 5 5 44.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.66 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 3 23.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0  
1982 36 IND AL C 91 89 804.0 401 37 9 0 .980 4.90 79 24 .304 0 2.0
    SS 5 5 45.0 9 17 1 4 .963 5.20 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 7 3 34.3 9 13 0 3 1.000 5.77 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 2 19.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 2 1 10.0 14 0 0 1 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 1 8.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0  
1983 37 SEM AL C 21 21 170.0 94 11 4 0 .963 5.56 25 10 .400 0 0.6
    SS 35 6 107.0 12 45 0 7 1.000 4.79 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 24 4 68.0 8 18 0 1 1.000 3.44 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 3 3 33.0 8 14 1 3 .957 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 4 3 26.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 1 11.0 12 0 0 2 1.000 9.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 38 PIT NL C 119 114 1017.3 596 44 8 1 .988 5.66 111 30 .270 0 2.9
    LF 5 3 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 3 0 11.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 651 624 5563.6 3155 252 44 4 .987 5.51 594 164 .276 0 21.8
  3B 239 201 1819.6 113 449 20 31 .966 2.78 0 0 .000 0 6.5
  SS 176 72 841.6 105 334 10 59 .978 4.69 0 0 .000 0 4.1
  CF 89 58 598.3 154 3 6 1 .963 2.36 0 0 .000 0 3.0
  2B 107 50 553.0 126 225 7 46 .980 5.71 0 0 .000 0 2.6
  RF 58 41 389.7 89 4 2 1 .979 2.15 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  1B 69 35 340.0 424 34 4 42 .991 12.12 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  LF 47 31 278.3 67 0 0 0 1.000 2.17 0 0 .000 0 0.4
Career Totals   1436 1112 10384.2 4233 1301 93 184 .983 4.80 594 164 .276 0 39.5
Career Highs   146 140 1226.3 605 287 16 34 1.000 5.79 111 30 .458 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1972 26 TAM AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1974 28 TAM AL 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1975 29 TAM AL 6 17 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .235 .316 .235 .551
1977 31 TAM AL 7 28 4 8 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 6 .286 .286 .536 .821
1982 36 IND AL 11 37 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .135 .158 .162 .320
Career Post-Season Batting 29 89 10 17 3 1 1 7 0 0 6 11 .191 .242 .281 .523
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
1980-9-34
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1966
4/2/1969: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
4/2/1970: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Had first career hit on 4/11/1970, off Bob Johnson (BSN)
4/2/1971: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Hit first career homerun on 4/20/1971, off Dick Estelle (MIN)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1974, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 7/15/1974 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
10/13/1974: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,800,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 4/11/1977 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
6/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,300,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 9/28/1978
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/28/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $650,000 per year
 
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