Johnny Callison

John Wesley Callison (March 12, 1939 – October 12, 2006) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball, best known for his years with the Philadelphia Phillies from 1960 to 1969. He led the National League in triples twice and doubles once, and gained his greatest prominence in a 1964 season in which he was runnerup for the Most Valuable Player Award and was named MVP of the All-Star Game. He also led the NL in outfield assists four consecutive times and in double plays once, and ended his career among the top five Phillies in home runs (185) and triples (84).

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1964

1964 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

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Major League batting statistics for Johnny Callison.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1958	CHW	18	64	10	19	4	2	1	12	1	6	14	0.297	0.352	0.469
1959	CHW	49	104	12	18	3	0	3	12	0	13	20	0.173	0.271	0.288
1960	PHI	99	288	36	75	11	5	9	30	0	45	70	0.260	0.360	0.427
1961	PHI	138	455	74	121	20	11	9	47	10	69	76	0.266	0.363	0.418
1962	PHI	157	603	107	181	26	10	23	83	10	54	96	0.300	0.363	0.491
1963	PHI	157	626	96	178	36	11	26	78	8	50	111	0.284	0.339	0.502
1964	PHI	162	654	101	179	30	10	31	104	6	36	95	0.274	0.316	0.492
1965	PHI	160	619	93	162	25	16	32	101	6	57	117	0.262	0.328	0.509
1966	PHI	155	612	93	169	40	7	11	55	8	56	83	0.276	0.338	0.418
1967	PHI	149	556	62	145	30	5	14	64	6	55	63	0.261	0.329	0.408
1968	PHI	121	398	46	97	18	4	14	40	4	42	70	0.244	0.319	0.415
1969	PHI	134	495	66	131	29	5	16	64	2	49	73	0.265	0.332	0.440
1970	CHC	147	477	65	126	23	2	19	68	7	60	63	0.264	0.348	0.440
1971	CHC	103	290	27	61	12	1	8	38	2	36	55	0.210	0.298	0.341
1972	NYY	92	275	28	71	10	0	9	34	3	18	34	0.258	0.299	0.393
1973	NYY	45	136	10	24	4	0	1	10	1	4	24	0.176	0.197	0.228
Career		1886	6652	926	1757	321	89	226	840	74	650	1064	-	-	-

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Major League fielding statistics for Johnny Callison.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1958	CHW	18	18	159	39	2	1	1	0.976
1959	CHW	49	27	271	53	3	1	0	0.982
1960	PHI	99	77	665	171	7	2	4	0.989
1961	PHI	138	117	1,059	225	10	8	2	0.967
1962	PHI	157	147	1,311	326	24	7	7	0.980
1963	PHI	157	152	1,387	299	25	2	4	0.994
1964	PHI	162	159	1,425	320	20	4	3	0.988
1965	PHI	160	154	1,390	317	21	6	2	0.983
1966	PHI	155	150	1,346	274	12	3	2	0.990
1967	PHI	149	144	1,281	286	11	7	1	0.977
1968	PHI	121	107	900	187	10	0	1	1.000
1969	PHI	134	128	1,119	272	10	3	3	0.989
1970	CHC	147	130	1,162	246	8	7	3	0.973
1971	CHC	103	82	726	156	3	3	0	0.981
1972	NYY	92	69	582	127	4	1	1	0.992
1973	NYY	45	29	252	43	2	2	0	0.957
Career		1886	1690	-	3341	172	57	34	-

First Name	John
Middle Name	Wesley
Last Name	Callison
Full Name at Birth	John Wesley Callison
Age	67 (age at death)
Date of Birth	March 12, 1939
Birthplace	Qualls, OK
Date of Death	October 12, 2006
Location of Death	Abington, PA
Height	5' 10" (178 cm)
Weight	175 lbs (79.4 kg)
Star Sign	Pisces
Nationality	American
High School	Bakersfield (Bakersfield, CA)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Rightfielder
Bats	Left
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	9 September 1958
Last MLB Game	17 August 1973