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

+10

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.0

101

118

ERA

4.24

711

161

1967.2

1158

WHIP

1.470

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	16 (15)	May 6 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	17	May 6 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-7	GF	8	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	19 (1)	May 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	24 (4)	May 13 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
5	29 (4)	May 19	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
6	34 (4)	May 26	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GS	39	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	38 (3)	Jun 2	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-5	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
8	43 (4)	Jun 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-7	GS	28	5.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
9	45 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	48 (2)	Jun 13	CHC		PHI	L,0-5	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
11	53 (4)	Jun 18	CHC		BSN	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	56 (2)	Jun 22	CHC		NYG	L,6-9	GS	23	5.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
13	58 (1)	Jun 24	CHC		NYG	L,7-10		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	62 (3)	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	T,6-6	GF	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	68 (5)	Jul 5	CHC		STL	L,2-10	GS	0	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
16	70 (1)	Jul 7	CHC		CIN	L,6-8		12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	71	Jul 12	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-9	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	74 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-7	GF	6	1.1	0	1	0	1	1	P
19	82 (7)	Jul 22 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	86 (3)	Jul 26	CHC		BRO	L,1-9		11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	107 (20)	Aug 12 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	109 (1)	Aug 13	CHC	@	STL	W,6-3	GF	17	5.1	1	0	0	1	0
23	116 (6)	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	32	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
24	122 (5)	Aug 26 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-5	GS	18	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	129 (6)	Sep 2 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-7	GS	27	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
26	132 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	GF	0	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
27	134 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	CHC		STL	L,5-6		4	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	135	Sep 6	CHC		STL	L,2-10		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	139 (3)	Sep 9 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-7	GF	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	140	Sep 11	CHC		BSN	W,13-11		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	142 (1)	Sep 14	CHC		NYG	L,2-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	143	Sep 15	CHC		NYG	L,2-5		11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	146 (2)	Sep 18	CHC		PHI	W,7-4	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	150 (3)	Sep 23 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-9		18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	154 (3)	Sep 30 (1)	CHC		STL	W,7-6		0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
							35gm		123.2	4	23	0	27	3