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: 9-27 / in Starts: 8-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 8

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	158	3	Apr 17	CHC		STL	W,23-13	GS-2		99	1.1	2	4	4	5	1	0	0	27.00	12.15	11	1	2	0	0	2	30			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	-0.154	4.22	-0.23%	-1.56	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out a1
2	159	4	Apr 18	CHC		STL	L,4-6	7-7	BL(0-1)	0	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	40.50	14.40	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.22	-0.211	6.06	-0.35%	-1.12	7t -2- 2 out a1	7t 12- 2 out tie
3	160	5	Apr 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,3-7	GS-5	L(0-2)	2	4.1	6	5	4	2	3	1	0	15.88	7.52	22	3	8	1	1	6	34			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.28	-0.434	3.14	-0.64%	-3.11	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d2
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	161	11	May 1	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	CG	W(1-2)	9	9.0	6	3	3	5	5	0	0	7.98	4.72	36	7	15	0	0	4	63			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.71	0.246	3.85	0.33%	1.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	162	15	May 6	CHC		BRO	W,8-7	GS-4		4	3.0	0	4	4	7	1	0	1	8.66	5.57	17	3	5	1	0	0	37			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.57	-0.182	3.42	-0.24%	-1.45	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out tie
6	163	19	May 11	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS-6		4	6.0	7	5	3	5	3	0	0	7.61	5.14	31	11	7	0	2	5	40			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.244	3.18	-0.39%	-1.94	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
7	164	23	May 15	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	3	3	3	3	5	2	0	6.34	5.15	31	10	10	0	0	3	71			0	1	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.445	2.34	0.48%	1.64	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
8	165	29	May 21	CHC		MLN	L,4-6	GS-8	L(2-3)	5	7.0	9	5	5	4	1	2	0	6.35	5.57	32	5	13	2	3	9	36			1	0	1	28	0	1	1	1	0	0	.83	-0.184	2.24	-0.30%	-0.78	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out tie
9	166	32	May 23(1)	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	10-GF(10)		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.20	5.57	4	3	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.031	2.16	0.04%	1.36	10t 123 0 out d1	10t end d 2
10	167	35	May 25	CHC	@	STL	L,4-9	GS-3	L(2-4)	1	2.0	5	3	3	3	2	0	0	6.54	5.54	14	3	1	0	0	5	33			1	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.241	1.65	-0.24%	-2.98	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out d3
11	168	41	May 30(2)	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	GS-8		4	7.0	10	5	5	4	4	1	0	6.52	5.44	35	12	7	1	0	8	37			0	0	0	30	1	2	0	0	1	0	1.50	-0.104	2.79	-0.12%	-0.78	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
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
12	169	44	Jun 5(1)	CHC		BRO	L,5-8	GS-4	L(2-5)	5	3.1	7	5	5	2	3	0	0	6.96	5.25	20	5	10	7	0	0	27			0	0	0	18	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.28	-0.203	2.22	-0.21%	-2.36	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d3
13	170	47	Jun 8	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.92	5.23	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	0.080	2.24	0.04%	0.24	9t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
14	171	51	Jun 11	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	GS-8		2	7.1	7	3	2	3	2	0	1	6.38	5.02	32	11	8	1	1	7	53			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.23	0.086	.64	0.03%	0.43	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a1
15	172	54	Jun 13(2)	CHC		NYG	L,4-9	9-GF		1	1.0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.42	5.03	6	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.026	.06	-0.01%	-1.48	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
16	173	58	Jun 20(1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	GS-2		6	2.0	4	4	4	1	1	1	1	6.79	5.21	12	1	7	3	0	1	32			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.254	.13	-0.02%	-2.94	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
17	174	59	Jun 20(2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	6-GF(8)		-1	3.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	6.75	5.02	13	4	7	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	.39	-0.075	.05	-0.01%	-0.41	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
18	175	64	Jun 26	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-4	L(2-6)	5	4.0	6	6	6	3	1	1	0	7.13	5.16	21	7	4	2	1	6	24			1	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.329	.01	0.00%	-3.94	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
19	176	66	Jun 29	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-7	6-7		2	0.1	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	7.23	5.27	6	0	1	0	1	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-3.86	6b 1-3 2 out d4	7b 1-3 0 out d7
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
20	177	71	Jul 4(2)	CHC		STL	L,0-7	GS-5	L(2-7)	4	4.0	7	5	5	3	1	0	0	7.44	5.21	22	7	4	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.19	-0.186	.01	0.00%	-2.43	1t start tie	5t -23 0 out d3
21	178	74	Jul 6	CHC		MLN	L,3-14	1-GF		1	8.2	11	10	6	6	4	2	0	7.31	5.35	43	12	10	1	4	11		3	3	0	1	0	36	0	0	1	1	1	2	.31	-0.310	.00	0.00%	-7.28	1t 123 1 out d1	9t end d11
22	179	84	Jul 17(2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-6	GS-5	L(2-8)	10	5.0	4	3	1	5	0	0	0	7.00	5.35	24	6	10	0	1	3	46			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.42	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.42	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
23	180	95	Jul 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-7	3-6		9	3.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	6.85	5.26	13	6	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.70	3b --- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d1
24	181	98	Jul 30(1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-8			2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.70	5.20	7												7					0
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
25	182	101	Aug 1(1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2			1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.63	5.17	3												3					0
26	183	104	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	4-GF(11)	L(2-9)	2	7.0	6	1	1	4	2	0	0	6.26	5.05	31	11	9	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	3	1	0	1	2.35	0.322	.00	0.00%	2.67	4b 1-3 2 out tie	11b end d 1
27	184	107	Aug 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-8	6-7		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.14	5.03	6	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.009	.00	0.00%	1.02	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
28	185	110	Aug 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.03	4.97	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.077	.00	0.00%	1.04	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
29	186	115	Aug 15	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(2-10)	4	8.0	8	2	1	2	3	0	0	5.68	4.79	34	11	12	0	0	6	61			1	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	1	.90	0.097	.00	0.00%	1.83	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
30	187	119	Aug 19(2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	7-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.67	4.79	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.45	7t 12- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d3
31	188	121	Aug 21	CHC		MLN	W,5-2	CG	W(3-10)	1	9.0	6	2	1	4	8	0	0	5.33	4.58	36	9	10	1	1	5	73			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	2	1	.86	0.276	.00	0.00%	2.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
32	189	126	Aug 27	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	GS-8		5	7.1	8	3	3	2	4	1	0	5.23	4.54	32	8	10	2	0	8	52			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.160	.00	0.00%	0.43	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d1
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
33	190	133	Sep 2	CHC		BRO	L,2-10	4-4		5	0.2	2	4	4	3	0	0	0	5.48	4.60	8	2	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	.55	-0.148	.00	0.00%	-4.61	4t 1-- 0 out d3	4t 1-3 2 out d8
34	191	137	Sep 6(1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-13	GS-6	L(3-11)	3	5.0	9	6	4	2	1	1	0	5.55	4.64	26	5	9	0	0	9	28			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	.62	-0.212	.00	0.00%	-2.95	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out d4
35	192	144	Sep 12(2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS-6		5	5.1	7	3	1	3	6	0	0	5.40	4.54	28	9	9	6	0	1	49			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	3	1.46	-0.262	.00	0.00%	-1.03	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out tie
36	193	151	Sep 21(2)	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GS-7	W(4-11)	8	6.1	3	2	2	7	2	1	0	5.29	4.65	27	11	4	1	0	3	54			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.68	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
							9-27		W-L:4-11,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.3	148.0	155	104	87	96	68	13	4	5.29	4.65	693	0.95		9%	4%	121	43	15	53%	7	4	3	569	25	7	8	12	14	12	1.13	-2.238	1.12	-1.84%	-30.65

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