Johnny Blanchard
1955–1965 · bats L / throws R · Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Braves, New York Yankees
516G
.239AVG
.317OBP
.441SLG
More career statistics
285H
67HR
200RBI
2SB
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 · Plate appearances | 1,352 | 1,351 |
| Batting · Walks | 136 | 135 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 516 | 1,352 | 1,193 | 137 | 285 | 36 | 2 | 67 | 200 | 136 | 163 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 526 | .239 | .317 | .441 | .758 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1961-09-04 to 1961-09-15
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1963-08-15 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1961-06-18 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1961-07-26 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 270 | 692 | 142 | 42 | 112 | 75 | 81 | .234 | .314 | .466 |
| Away | 246 | 659 | 143 | 25 | 88 | 60 | 82 | .244 | .308 | .415 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 32 | 88 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 13 | .213 | .318 | .400 |
| May | 90 | 247 | 48 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 19 | .225 | .308 | .380 |
| June | 87 | 246 | 54 | 10 | 33 | 23 | 38 | .247 | .313 | .416 |
| July | 84 | 229 | 51 | 13 | 41 | 25 | 20 | .252 | .332 | .465 |
| August | 125 | 315 | 61 | 17 | 51 | 26 | 49 | .216 | .276 | .426 |
| September | 93 | 215 | 50 | 14 | 33 | 20 | 24 | .260 | .326 | .547 |
| October | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .545 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 69 | 154 | 24 | 11 | 29 | 18 | 19 | .185 | .273 | .454 |
| baltimore-orioles | 62 | 169 | 33 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 23 | .217 | .278 | .368 |
| detroit-tigers | 61 | 172 | 43 | 10 | 24 | 22 | 26 | .289 | .378 | .510 |
| cleveland-guardians | 56 | 157 | 36 | 8 | 34 | 13 | 26 | .255 | .312 | .447 |
| chicago-white-sox | 56 | 128 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 8 | .239 | .281 | .453 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 48 | 137 | 33 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 15 | .277 | .358 | .462 |
| los-angeles-angels-1961-64 | 47 | 131 | 30 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 13 | .248 | .290 | .479 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 41 | 115 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | .214 | .322 | .388 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |  New York Yankees | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1959 | New York Yankees | 49 | 59 | 10 | 2 | 4 | – | .169 | – | – |
| 1960 | New York Yankees | 53 | 99 | 24 | 4 | 14 | – | .242 | – | – |
| 1961 | New York Yankees | 93 | 243 | 74 | 21 | 54 | 1 | .305 | – | – |
| 1962 | New York Yankees | 93 | 246 | 57 | 13 | 39 | – | .232 | – | – |
| 1963 | New York Yankees | 76 | 218 | 49 | 16 | 45 | – | .225 | – | – |
| 1964 | New York Yankees | 77 | 161 | 41 | 7 | 28 | 1 | .255 | – | – |
| 1965 | Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Braves, New York Yankees | 74 | 164 | 30 | 4 | 16 | – | .183 | – | – |