Ken Johnson

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Runner

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: January 14, 1923 in Topeka, KS us

Died: April 6, 2004 in Wichita, KS

Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, KS

Debut: September 18, 1947 (Age 24-247d, 10,366th in major league history)
vs. BSN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 15, 1952 (Age 29-183d)
vs. WSH 2.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 5 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Kenneth Wandersee Johnson

Nicknames: Hook

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

ERA

4.58

269.1

147

WHIP

1.656

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-10 / in Starts: 1-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 8, Entered with runners on base: 5

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	3	7	Apr 29	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	10-10		99	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	---	---	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.35	-0.047	10.75	-0.07%	-0.33	10b 12- 2 out tie	10b 123 2 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	4	10	May 2	STL		CHC	L,4-13	6-8		2	2.1	3	3	3	3	0	0	1	11.57	9.19	14	3	4	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.34	-0.024	3.61	-0.04%	-0.34	6t 12- 0 out d1	8t 12- 1 out d3
3	5	16	May 10	STL		BSN	L,0-6	6-GF		7	4.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.26	4.97	14	7	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	1	.05	0.013	.18	0.03%	2.13	6t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
4	6	17	May 13	STL		NYG	L,0-5	9-9		2	0.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	7.11	5.44	4	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.21	-0.030	.75	-0.06%	-2.85	9t --- 0 out d3	9t 123 0 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	7	86	Jul 24	STL		BSN	W,4-3	GS-2		71	2.0	2	3	1	2	2	1	0	6.48	6.60	10	2	2	2	0	2	44			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.193	3.30	-0.43%	-1.94	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
6	8	90	Jul 28	STL	@	BRO	L,4-12	GS-1	L(0-1)	3	1.0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	7.71	6.83	6	2	2	1	0	0	41			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.148	3.18	-0.23%	-1.48	1b start tie	1b 3 out d2
7	9	93	Jul 31	STL	@	BSN	L,6-7	8-9	H(1)	2	0.1	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	9.31	7.10	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	-0.040	6.07	-0.07%	-0.22	8b 123 2 out a3	9b 12- 0 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	10	109	Aug 16	STL	@	CHC	W,9-7	4-9	W(1-1)	15	5.1	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	7.20	5.82	25	9	7	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.080	6.37	0.25%	-0.31	4b --- 0 out a2	9b 1-3 1 out a2
9	11	119	Aug 26(2)	STL		NYG	W,7-5	3-GF	W(2-1)	9	7.0	5	2	2	1	5	0	0	5.73	4.53	26	8	7	0	3	5		0	0	0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.285	7.12	0.88%	1.72	3t --- 0 out d2	9t end tie
10	12	125	Aug 30(2)	STL		BRO	L,1-6	GS-6	L(2-2)	3	6.0	6	4	3	4	4	0	0	5.46	4.29	27	13	5	3	0	1	46			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.141	7.33	-0.56%	-0.81	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	13	133	Sep 8	STL		CHC	L,2-4	GS-	L(2-3)	8	8.2	10	4	4	4	5	0	0	5.15	3.99	35						49						29	1	0	0		0
12	14	136	Sep 11	STL		CIN	L,2-3	2-8	L(2-4)	2	7.0	5	2	2	5	0	0	0	4.74	4.13	28	8	10	1	0	5		1	1	0	2	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.42	-0.024	3.56	-0.04%	1.11	2t 1-- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d1
13	15	144	Sep 21(1)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-11	6-6		9	0.2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.87	4.20	5	1	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.16	-0.023	.19	-0.02%	-1.60	6b -23 1 out d4	6b 3 out d7
							3-10		W-L:2-4,Hld:1	4.7	44.1	43	27	24	30	21	1	1	4.87	4.20	198	1.29		10%	3%	26	45	10	40%	0	2	0	164	9	1	4	2	0	3	1.14	-0.292	4.83	-0.34%	-4.92

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