How Jay Johnstone's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Jay Johnstone posted a career Range Factor of 2.1, well below the league average of 3.19 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1978, posting 3.11, near the league average of 3.27 that year. The lowest point came in 1973 at .778, well below the league average of 3.38 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.88 in 1982 to 1.32 in 1983 and .800 in 1984. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from .778 to 3.11 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Jay Johnstone Lifetime Range Factor

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Jay Johnstone
Range Factor
Career2.102
Season Avg.2.102
162 Game Avg.2.102
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Jay Johnstone Range Factor Per Season

Jay Johnstone's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jay Johnstone Range Factor per season line chart

Jay Johnstone Range Factor by Team

Jay Johnstone's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jay Johnstone career Range Factor by team bar chart

Jay Johnstone Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jay Johnstone's career Range Factor shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Jay Johnstone Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Jay Johnstone Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jay Johnstone's seasonal Range Factor alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Jay Johnstone Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jay Johnstone Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jay Johnstone's MLB career with Range Factor alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Jay Johnstone Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table