Jay Johnstone
1966–1985 · bats L / throws R · California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres
1,748G
.267AVG
.329OBP
.394SLG
More career statistics
1,254H
102HR
531RBI
50SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 54 | 55 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,748 | 5,229 | 4,703 | 578 | 1,254 | 215 | 38 | 102 | 531 | 429 | 632 | 50 | 54 | 22 | 35 | 1,851 | .267 | .329 | .394 | .723 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1976-07-28 to 1976-08-14
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1971-07-25 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1970-09-09 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1971-04-07 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 882 | 2623 | 642 | 56 | 294 | 210 | 304 | .272 | .325 | .404 |
| Away | 866 | 2606 | 612 | 46 | 237 | 219 | 328 | .261 | .319 | .383 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 200 | 549 | 130 | 10 | 59 | 33 | 70 | .257 | .297 | .392 |
| May | 268 | 739 | 148 | 11 | 60 | 66 | 69 | .225 | .290 | .318 |
| June | 289 | 818 | 192 | 16 | 91 | 75 | 100 | .263 | .326 | .390 |
| July | 288 | 854 | 221 | 13 | 96 | 77 | 103 | .291 | .349 | .410 |
| August | 346 | 1147 | 302 | 33 | 128 | 92 | 148 | .292 | .344 | .463 |
| September | 331 | 1065 | 251 | 15 | 89 | 84 | 131 | .261 | .315 | .360 |
| October | 26 | 57 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 11 | .189 | .211 | .415 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| montreal-expos | 106 | 319 | 75 | 8 | 49 | 34 | 33 | .271 | .342 | .430 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 98 | 287 | 71 | 3 | 31 | 31 | 23 | .282 | .355 | .389 |
| houston-astros | 95 | 269 | 63 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 27 | .264 | .320 | .385 |
| cincinnati-reds | 93 | 257 | 56 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 34 | .240 | .300 | .386 |
| new-york-mets | 93 | 262 | 67 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 21 | .302 | .378 | .464 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 85 | 244 | 76 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 22 | .355 | .418 | .547 |
| atlanta-braves | 84 | 236 | 60 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 32 | .283 | .352 | .387 |
| san-francisco-giants | 80 | 224 | 56 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 30 | .279 | .339 | .353 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 |  California Angels | 61 | 254 | 67 | 3 | 17 | 3 | .264 | – | – |
| 1967 | California Angels | 79 | 230 | 48 | 2 | 10 | 3 | .209 | – | – |
| 1968 | California Angels | 41 | 115 | 30 | – | 3 | 2 | .261 | – | – |
| 1969 | California Angels | 148 | 540 | 146 | 10 | 59 | 3 | .270 | – | – |
| 1970 | California Angels | 119 | 320 | 76 | 11 | 39 | 1 | .237 | – | – |
| 1971 |  Chicago White Sox | 124 | 388 | 101 | 16 | 40 | 10 | .260 | – | – |
| 1972 | Chicago White Sox | 113 | 261 | 49 | 4 | 17 | 2 | .188 | – | – |
| 1973 |  Athletics | 23 | 28 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .107 | – | – |
| 1974 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 64 | 200 | 59 | 6 | 30 | 5 | .295 | – | – |
| 1975 | Philadelphia Phillies | 122 | 350 | 115 | 7 | 54 | 7 | .329 | – | – |
| 1976 | Philadelphia Phillies | 129 | 440 | 140 | 5 | 53 | 5 | .318 | – | – |
| 1977 | Philadelphia Phillies | 112 | 363 | 103 | 15 | 59 | 3 | .284 | – | – |
| 1978 | New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies | 71 | 121 | 27 | 1 | 10 | – | .223 | – | – |
| 1979 | New York Yankees, San Diego Padres | 98 | 249 | 69 | 1 | 39 | 2 | .277 | – | – |
| 1980 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 109 | 251 | 77 | 2 | 20 | 3 | .307 | – | – |
| 1981 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 61 | 83 | 17 | 3 | 6 | – | .205 | – | – |
| 1982 | Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers | 119 | 282 | 68 | 10 | 45 | – | .241 | – | – |
| 1983 |  Chicago Cubs | 86 | 140 | 36 | 6 | 22 | 1 | .257 | – | – |
| 1984 | Chicago Cubs | 52 | 73 | 21 | – | 3 | – | .288 | – | – |
| 1985 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 17 | 15 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .133 | – | – |