Johnny Klippstein

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 173lb (185cm, 78kg)

Born: October 17, 1927 in Washington, DC us

Died: October 10, 2003 in Elgin, IL

Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Huntley, IL

High School: Montgomery Blair HS (Silver Spring, MD)

Debut: May 3, 1950 (Age 22-198d, 10,703rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 4.0 IP, 9 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: May 27, 1967 (Age 39-222d)
vs. WSA 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: John Calvin Klippstein

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1959 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.0

101

118

ERA

4.24

711

161

1967.2

1158

WHIP

1.470

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-15 / in Starts: 16-13
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 82 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	78 (41-27-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 82 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	51 (27-16-8)

Most Driven In
S Burgess	1
E Bailey	1
R Jablonski	1
R McMillan	0

Most Driven In By
J Temple	2
R Jablonski	1
F Robinson	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	235	4 (3)	Apr 21	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	1.34	-0.145	3.27	-0.21%	-0.57	P
2	236	8 (3)	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	W,7-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	9	1.65	-0.028	2.95	-0.03%	0.66	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	237	12 (3)	May 1	CIN		BRO	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	9	.95	-0.083	2.50	-0.13%	-1.04	P
4	238	18 (5)	May 6 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,11-9	GS-5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	9	.29	-0.022	.98	-0.05%	-1.20	P
5	239	21 (2)	May 11	CIN		MLN	L,8-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	9	2.21	-0.032	8.21	-0.07%	-0.31	P
6	240	24 (2)	May 13 (2)	CIN		MLN	L,1-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.176	.399	9	1.03	-0.052	3.42	-0.10%	-0.40	P
7	241	27 (2)	May 19	CIN	@	BRO	W,10-5	GS-6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.190	.150	.340	9	.48	-0.038	1.48	-0.07%	-1.27	P
8	242	32 (4)	May 26	CIN	@	MLN	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.174	.136	.310	9	1.38	-0.066	5.76	-0.16%	-0.48	P
9	243	36 (3)	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.120	.154	.120	.274	9	.64	-0.044	2.33	-0.10%	-0.19	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	244	41 (4)	Jun 3 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.167	.107	.274	9	.41	-0.019	1.40	-0.04%	-0.45	P
11	245	47 (5)	Jun 8	CIN		BRO	W,6-4	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.188	.103	.291	9	1.63	-0.021	8.01	-0.06%	-0.36	P
12	246	51 (3)	Jun 15	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG(11)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.200	.125	.325	9	2.81	-0.025	10.36	-0.06%	0.24	P
13	247	56 (4)	Jun 19	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.189	.118	.307	9	1.39	-0.091	5.83	-0.23%	-0.86	P
14	248	60 (3)	Jun 24 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,10-6	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.184	.114	.298	9	.69	-0.028	3.22	-0.08%	-0.54	P
15	249	64 (3)	Jun 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.179	.111	.291	9	1.49	-0.045	7.31	-0.13%	-0.41	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	250	69 (4)	Jul 2	CIN		MLN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.167	.103	.269	9	.68	-0.057	4.86	-0.24%	-0.56	P
17	251	74 (4)	Jul 7	CIN		STL	W,5-2	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.163	.100	.263	9	.46	-0.012	2.45	-0.04%	-0.10	P
18	252	78 (3)	Jul 14	CIN		PHI	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.156	.095	.251	9	.76	-0.039	3.91	-0.12%	-0.34	P
19	253	80 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.095	.156	.095	.251	9						P
20	254	83 (2)	Jul 18	CIN		BRO	L,3-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.095	.156	.095	.251	9						P
21	255	84	Jul 19	CIN		BRO	W,7-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.095	.156	.095	.251	9						P
22	256	85	Jul 20	CIN		PIT	W,6-4	10-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.093	.152	.093	.245	1	1.80	-0.045	8.63	-0.13%	-0.16	P
23	257	90 (4)	Jul 24	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-10	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.167	.111	.278	9	.79	0.037	4.73	0.13%	0.28	P
24	258	94 (3)	Jul 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.151	.100	.251	9	1.20	-0.159	4.28	-0.34%	-1.86	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	259	100 (5)	Aug 1	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.096	.145	.096	.242	9	.95	-0.046	5.06	-0.15%	-0.38	P
26	260	106 (5)	Aug 8	CIN		CHC	W,8-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.089	.136	.089	.225	9	.21	-0.026	.92	-0.07%	-1.85	P
27	261	111 (4)	Aug 13	CIN	@	MLN	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.086	.131	.086	.217	9	1.20	-0.059	8.66	-0.26%	-0.55	P
28	262	113 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	13-GF(15)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.102	.145	.102	.247	9	4.62	0.136	24.24	0.43%	0.66	P
29	263	117 (3)	Aug 18	CIN		MLN	W,13-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.141	.098	.239	9	1.18	-0.060	11.55	-0.35%	-0.60	P
30	264	122 (4)	Aug 23	CIN		BRO	L,5-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.097	.138	.097	.235	9	.43	-0.011	2.76	-0.04%	-0.10	P
31	265	125 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,10-5	1-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.095	.136	.095	.232	9	2.93	-0.007	11.43	-0.02%	-0.14	P
32	266	128 (2)	Aug 29	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.134	.094	.228	9	1.09	-0.031	4.80	-0.08%	-0.36	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	267	132 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.088	.127	.088	.215	9	1.56	-0.206	12.91	-1.03%	-1.93	P
34	268	143 (10)	Sep 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-3	3-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.101	.139	.101	.240	9	.48	0.016	4.56	0.09%	0.13	P
35	269	147 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.099	.135	.099	.234	9	.41	-0.024	.14	-0.01%	-0.83	P
36	270	153 (5)	Sep 25	CIN		MLN	L,1-7	4-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.099	.135	.099	.234	9						P
37	271	154	Sep 29	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-6	4-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.099	.135	.099	.234	9						P
							22-15		82	71	4	7	0	0	0	3	3	0	19	0	8	0	2	1	0	0	.099	.135	.099	.234		1.14	-1.332	4.93	-3.73%	-15.87

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