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

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-24 / in Starts: 9-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 8

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	69	1	Apr 15	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-5	5-9		99	3.2	4	2	2	4	3	1	0	4.91	7.57	18	6	1	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.43	-0.323	6.25	-0.50%	-1.26	5b 12- 2 out a2	9b 123 1 out tie
2	70	9	Apr 26	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	7-10		10	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.35	4.61	13	3	8	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.449	5.46	0.94%	1.87	7b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
3	71	11	Apr 28	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3		S(1)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.86	3.94	6												6			0		0
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
4	72	14	May 1	CHC		BRO	W,7-2	CG	W(1-0)	2	9.0	9	2	2	5	6	0	0	1.93	3.36	38	11	12	5	0	4	62			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.46	0.221	1.81	0.52%	2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
5	73	19	May 6	CHC		BSN	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.30	2.64	30	14	5	1	0	3	87			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	.95	0.544	2.54	0.87%	4.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	74	23	May 11(2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-11	GS-	L(2-1)	4	0.0	4	5	4	1	0	0	0	2.60	2.75	5						23						4			0		0
7	75	27	May 16(2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	6	4	4	1	4	2	1	2.95	3.32	35						62						33			0		0
8	76	32	May 22(2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(3-2)	5	8.0	7	5	5	4	3	2	0	3.43	3.87	35	12	9	3	0	7	47			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.096	1.30	-0.14%	-1.38	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
9	77	34	May 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-5	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	3.85	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.04	0.192	7.02	0.20%	0.89	9b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
10	78	37	May 27	CHC		STL	L,5-8	GS-5	L(3-3)	2	4.0	10	5	4	2	1	1	0	3.83	4.07	25	6	8	0	0	8	23			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	-0.264	2.49	-0.35%	-2.09	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out tie
Jun				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	79	41	Jun 1	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	GS-2	L(3-4)	4	1.2	4	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.24	4.35	11	4	3	2	0	1	34			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.256	3.22	-0.50%	-2.81	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d3
12	80	43	Jun 3	CHC		NYG	L,4-17	4-5		1	1.1	6	6	6	1	0	0	0	5.16	4.36	11	3	2	0	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.044	.29	-0.09%	-5.45	4t 12- 0 out d5	5t -23 1 out d11
13	81	48	Jun 8(1)	CHC		BSN	W,7-5	GS-5		4	4.2	10	5	5	0	6	1	1	5.53	4.27	25	1	7	0	0	10	30			0	0	0	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.197	2.74	-0.31%	-3.06	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out a2
14	82	54	Jun 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	8-GF(15)	W(4-4)	5	8.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.85	3.94	26	11	10	3	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.875	5.27	1.74%	3.62	8b --- 0 out d1	15b end a 2
15	83	57	Jun 17	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-9	1-5		2	4.2	6	5	5	2	3	1	0	5.17	4.03	21	5	7	1	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.037	1.49	-0.10%	-2.84	1b --- 1 out d4	5b 3 out d8
16	84	63	Jun 24(2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-7	L(4-5)	6	7.0	8	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.93	3.89	29	7	7	1	0	8	54			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.23	0.062	1.43	0.04%	1.24	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
17	85	67	Jun 29(1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-8	GS-5		4	4.1	9	6	6	1	0	0	0	5.33	3.85	22	3	9	0	2	9	20			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.310	.89	-0.18%	-2.83	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 1 out d2
18	86	69	Jun 30	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	8-GF	W(5-5)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.20	3.76	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.182	1.02	0.09%	0.94	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end a 1
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
19	87	74	Jul 4(1)	CHC	@	STL	L,7-13	GS-	L(5-6)	3	2.2	4	6	5	2	1	1	1	5.57	3.96	15						27						12			0		0
20	88	75	Jul 4(2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4			-1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.50	3.95	4												3			0		0
21	89	76	Jul 5	CHC		CIN	L,1-7	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.44	3.94	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
22	90	79	Jul 10	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	1-GF	W(6-6)	4	8.2	7	3	3	1	5	1	0	5.23	3.87	31	7	12	2	0	6		2	0	1	3	0	30	0	3	0	1	0	1	1.46	0.406	1.44	0.24%	1.66	1t 12- 1 out d3	9t end a 1
23	91	82	Jul 13(1)	CHC		PHI	L,3-7	2-5		2	3.1	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	5.15	3.94	16	4	6	1	0	2		2	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.025	.18	0.01%	0.84	2t 12- 2 out d3	5t 3 out d4
24	92	85	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	GS-9		2	9.0	6	2	2	4	5	0	1	4.89	3.85	38	13	11	1	0	4	68			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	-0.008	.23	0.00%	2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
25	93	88	Jul 20	CHC		NYG	L,7-9	GS-5	L(6-7)	3	4.1	10	7	6	5	2	1	1	5.18	4.04	27	3	6	0	1	10	14			0	0	0	21	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.34	-0.534	.15	-0.04%	-4.14	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d1
26	94	93	Jul 26	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-7	GS-5	L(6-8)	5	5.0	5	4	3	3	3	2	0	5.19	4.21	24	6	7	1	0	5	43			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.149	.05	-0.01%	-1.69	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
27	95	98	Jul 30(2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	W(7-8)	3	9.0	9	2	2	4	8	0	0	4.96	4.05	37	9	7	1	1	9	65			1	0	0	33	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.11	0.301	.05	0.01%	2.25	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
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
28	96	101	Aug 3(1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS-7		3	7.0	7	2	2	3	5	1	0	4.84	4.06	31	10	10	3	0	3	57			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.073	.08	0.00%	1.34	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
29	97	106	Aug 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-6		5	6.0	7	3	3	3	2	1	0	4.82	4.11	28	9	7	0	2	7	45			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.061	.01	0.00%	-0.14	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
30	98	111	Aug 13(1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-11	GS-7	L(7-9)	3	7.0	12	9	7	4	1	0	0	5.02	4.10	37	10	10	1	0	12	18			0	0	0	32	2	1	1	1	0	2	.88	-0.255	.00	0.00%	-5.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out d8
31	99	118	Aug 19(1)	CHC		NYG	L,0-5	GS-1	L(7-10)	5	0.1	2	4	3	3	0	0	0	5.19	4.16	6	1	0	0	0	2	30			0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.82	-0.268	.01	0.00%	-3.07	1t start tie	1t 123 1 out d2
32	100	120	Aug 21(1)	CHC		NYG	W,8-6	2-GF	W(8-10)	1	7.1	6	1	0	2	4	0	0	4.95	4.06	31	14	6	0	1	5		1	0	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.92	0.260	.00	0.00%	2.52	2t 1-- 2 out d5	9t end a 2
33	101	125	Aug 24(2)	CHC		PHI	L,4-14	1-2		2	0.2	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.10	4.05	6	0	2	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-2.45	1t -23 2 out d4	2t 1-- 1 out d7
34	102	127	Aug 26	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	GS-8		1	8.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	1	4.96	3.95	33	6	12	1	5	8	62			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.076	.00	0.00%	1.78	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
35	103	129	Aug 28	CHC		BRO	L,6-9	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.93	3.94	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
36	104	131	Aug 30	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	8-GF	S(3)	1	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.87	3.91	8	0	4	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.138	.00	0.00%	0.30	8b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
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
37	105	134	Sep 1(1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-0	SHO	W(9-10)	1	9.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	0	4.62	3.81	34	10	11	0	0	3	85			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.579	.00	0.00%	4.29	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
38	106	138	Sep 6	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	GS-8	L(9-11)	4	8.0	6	3	3	9	7	0	0	4.57	3.81	36	6	8	1	0	6	56			0	1	1	27	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.09	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.78	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
39	107	142	Sep 10(2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS-3	L(9-12)	3	2.1	5	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.70	3.85	15	3	8	4	0	1	28			2	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.257	.00	0.00%	-3.07	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d4
40	108	146	Sep 14(1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	L(9-13)	3	8.2	3	1	1	3	3	1	0	4.54	3.86	30	14	8	1	0	2	74			1	1	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.154	.00	0.00%	2.98	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out d1
41	109	150	Sep 19	CHC		STL	L,3-5	GS-9	L(9-14)	4	8.1	10	5	4	2	3	0	0	4.53	3.80	36	16	6	0	2	9	46			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	2	0	2	1.70	-0.397	.00	0.00%	-1.29	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out d1
							17-24		W-L:9-14,Sv:3	2.7	202.2	208	112	102	89	110	17	6	4.53	3.80	887	1.00		8%	3%	166	46	14	21%	12	8	1	787	27	13	7	13	0	9	1.08	1.028	1.02	2.44%	-6.28

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