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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 22	CHC		MLN	L,6-15		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	6 (2)	Apr 26	CHC		STL	W,7-5	GF	0	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	8 (1)	Apr 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	GF	0	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (4)	May 4	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-8	GS	31	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	18 (4)	May 10 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-4	GS	30	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
6	23 (4)	May 17 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	GS	30	6.2	0	0	0	0	0
7	28 (4)	May 24 (2)	CHC		MLN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
8	32 (3)	May 27	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-9		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	35 (2)	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS	27	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	37 (1)	Jun 2	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	GF	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	41 (3)	Jun 6	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-3	GS	28	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
12	46 (4)	Jun 10 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-9	GS	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	47	Jun 10 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-8	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	50 (2)	Jun 14 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	T,6-6	GS	23	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	52 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
16	55 (2)	Jun 19 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,11-8	GS	11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	56	Jun 19 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-7		19	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	57	Jun 20	CHC		BRO	L,3-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	62 (4)	Jun 25	CHC		PHI	L,2-13		18	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	65 (2)	Jun 28	CHC		NYG	L,2-12	GS	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	68 (2)	Jul 1	CHC	@	STL	L,5-10	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	70 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	L,3-7	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	72 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,8-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	73	Jul 5 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,6-8		17	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	79 (5)	Jul 11	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	82 (2)	Jul 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-10	GS	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	85 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
28	87 (1)	Jul 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-15	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	93 (5)	Jul 26 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-3	GF	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
30	94	Jul 28	CHC		BRO	L,2-13	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	95	Jul 29	CHC		BRO	L,5-6		14	3.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	101 (5)	Aug 5 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,9-6	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
33	107 (5)	Aug 9 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	109 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,6-10	GF	11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	112 (2)	Aug 14	CHC		MLN	W,11-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	115 (2)	Aug 16 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,2-6	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	117 (1)	Aug 19	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
38	122 (4)	Aug 23 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-2	CG	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
39	126 (3)	Aug 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-7	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	131 (4)	Aug 31	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-13	GS	12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	132	Sep 1	CHC	@	NYG	L,9-10	GF	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	135 (2)	Sep 6 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,7-6		20	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	139 (3)	Sep 9	CHC		PIT	W,8-7		14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	143 (3)	Sep 14	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
45	147 (3)	Sep 19	CHC	@	STL	W,5-2	GF	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	149 (1)	Sep 21	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
47	150	Sep 22 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	155 (4)	Sep 27	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							48gm		167.2	5	21	2	28	1