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: 9-30 / in Starts: 5-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 11

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	194	3	Apr 14	CIN		CHC	L,4-6	10-GF(10)		99	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	2	0	27.00	41.37	5	0	2	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.399	3.21	-0.51%	-2.29	10t -2- 1 out tie	10t end d 3
2	195	4	Apr 16	CIN		MLN	L,5-9	8-GF		1	2.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	10.13	11.74	10	1	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.16	0.002	.30	0.00%	0.07	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
3	196	8	Apr 19	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	11-GF(11)		2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.13	11.74	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	-0.063	4.41	-0.07%	-1.00	11b 123 0 out tie	11b end d 1
4	197	13	Apr 27	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-7	5-6		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.79	7.94	8	2	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.054	.48	0.03%	1.06	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 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
5	198	17	May 1	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-2	GS-7		3	7.0	7	1	0	1	3	0	1	2.31	4.60	26	10	4	2	1	7	63			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.00	0.219	.91	0.12%	2.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
6	199	24	May 10	CIN		NYG	L,4-8	GS-6	L(0-1)	8	5.1	4	6	6	2	0	2	1	4.76	5.96	23	11	5	0	0	4	34			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.333	.99	-0.19%	-3.08	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d4
7	200	28	May 15(2)	CIN		BRO	W,11-4	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	6.0	9	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.70	5.45	27	7	14	7	0	2	44			1	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.132	.38	0.04%	-1.65	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a7
8	201	34	May 22(2)	CIN		STL	L,2-5	GS-3	L(1-2)	6	2.1	5	4	3	2	1	1	0	5.33	5.84	15	3	4	0	1	5	32			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.00	-0.206	1.01	-0.13%	-2.35	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d3
9	202	37	May 27	CIN	@	STL	L,4-7	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.94	5.59	6	2	4	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.027	.18	0.02%	1.39	7b 1-- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
10	203	39	May 29	CIN	@	STL	L,2-7	5-6		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.60	5.30	6	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.008	.05	0.01%	1.00	5b --- 0 out d7	6b 3 out d5
11	204	40	May 30(1)	CIN		MLN	L,6-7	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.45	5.14	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.86	0.042	.74	0.02%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
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	205	43	Jun 2	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-6	3-6		2	3.2	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.97	4.90	15	5	3	0	1	3		2	2	0	0	0	13	1	0	1	1	0	0	.60	0.009	.38	0.00%	0.96	3b -23 1 out d1	6b 3 out d2
13	206	46	Jun 5(1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-7	8-GF	L(1-3)	2	1.1	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	4.08	4.74	8	1	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	2.82	-0.694	1.09	-0.16%	-1.53	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
14	207	52	Jun 14	CIN		BRO	L,0-9	GS-2	L(1-4)	8	1.2	4	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.86	4.72	10	6	3	2	0	0	28			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.221	.25	-0.04%	-2.45	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d3
15	208	62	Jun 24(1)	CIN		PHI	L,6-8	6-7		9	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.70	4.58	5	0	3	1	2	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.050	.05	0.00%	0.78	6t 1-- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d2
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
16	209	70	Jul 3	CIN		MLN	L,3-7	4-5		8	2.0	2	3	1	3	2	1	0	4.69	4.92	11	2	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.28	-0.082	.07	-0.01%	-1.93	4t --- 0 out d4	5t 3 out d6
17	210	72	Jul 4(2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.46	4.87	6	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	.67	0.075	.17	0.01%	1.02	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
18	211	75	Jul 7	CIN		STL	L,8-9	5-6		2	1.2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	4.30	4.69	7	4	0	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.177	.08	-0.01%	-1.86	5t 123 1 out d1	6t 3 out d5
19	212	76	Jul 8(1)	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.30	4.54	9	2	4	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	.41	-0.035	.03	0.00%	-0.03	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
20	213	78	Jul 9	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-5	5-7	L(1-5)	0	1.2	6	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.91	4.72	12	2	1	0	1	6		1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.19	-0.283	.04	-0.01%	-4.19	5b 1-- 2 out tie	7b -23 1 out d4
21	214	84	Jul 17(1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-6	6-GF(8)		7	3.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.80	4.64	11	3	7	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.019	.01	0.00%	0.58	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
22	215	85	Jul 17(2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-8	8-GF(8)		-1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.70	4.61	5	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
23	216	90	Jul 20(2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS-4	L(1-6)	2	4.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.85	4.61	17	4	5	1	0	6	40			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.129	.01	0.00%	-1.01	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
24	217	96	Jul 26	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	3-5		5	2.1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	4.66	4.61	9	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.078	.00	0.00%	1.69	3t -23 2 out d4	5t 3 out d3
25	218	97	Jul 27	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	W(2-6)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.58	4.62	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	0.144	.01	0.00%	0.53	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
26	219	98	Jul 28	CIN		BRO	L,2-10	6-8		0	3.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.50	4.66	11	2	7	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.60	6t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d8
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
27	220	104	Aug 2(1)	CIN		PHI	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-6)	4	9.0	6	0	0	5	3	0	0	3.93	4.49	36	16	7	2	0	5	73			0	1	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.65	0.666	.00	0.00%	4.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
28	221	108	Aug 5	CIN		NYG	L,9-12	1-3		2	2.1	2	3	0	2	3	0	1	3.80	4.47	13	4	1	0	1	2		3	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.155	.00	0.00%	-2.14	1t 123 2 out d2	3t 3 out d6
29	222	112	Aug 9	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-5	L(3-7)	3	5.0	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.91	4.33	20	6	7	1	1	2	48			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.135	.00	0.00%	-0.46	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
30	223	115	Aug 11	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	10-GF(11)	W(4-7)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.81	4.26	6	1	4	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	0.341	.00	0.00%	1.02	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 1
31	224	122	Aug 19	CIN		STL	W,7-5	1-GF	W(5-7)	7	8.2	4	2	2	5	2	0	0	3.64	4.20	35	9	15	1	2	4		1	0	0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.358	.00	0.00%	2.82	1t 1-- 1 out d3	9t end a 2
32	225	127	Aug 25(1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-5	GS-9	W(6-7)	5	8.2	9	5	5	7	1	0	1	3.78	4.26	44	14	19	5	0	2	40			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	0.220	.00	0.00%	-0.49	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a3
33	226	131	Aug 28(1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-7	6-7		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.70	4.20	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.052	.00	0.00%	1.00	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
34	227	134	Aug 30(1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	GS-6	L(6-8)	1	6.0	4	3	1	3	1	0	0	3.58	4.17	28	8	12	0	4	4	54			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	3	.92	-0.100	.00	0.00%	0.08	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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
35	228	140	Sep 4	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-5	GS-4	L(6-9)	4	3.0	5	4	4	1	3	2	0	3.81	4.33	14	3	2	0	1	5	35			0	1	0	12	0	1	0	0	1	0	.75	-0.279	.00	0.00%	-2.92	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d3
36	229	142	Sep 7	CIN		PHI	W,6-3	3-GF	W(7-9)	2	6.1	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.60	4.18	21	6	7	1	2	1		2	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.349	.00	0.00%	3.66	3t 12- 2 out d3	9t end a 3
37	230	146	Sep 11(1)	CIN		BRO	W,9-0	SHO	W(8-9)	3	9.0	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.34	4.10	31	8	16	2	1	0	84			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.360	.00	0.00%	4.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
38	231	149	Sep 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-5	L(8-10)	5	5.0	7	3	1	3	5	0	0	3.28	4.03	25	4	6	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-0.46	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
39	232	152	Sep 21	CIN		MLN	W,14-5	CG	W(9-10)	3	9.0	8	5	5	4	7	1	0	3.39	4.00	37	8	10	2	2	8	54			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.38	0.157	.00	0.00%	-0.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
							9-30		W-L:9-10	3.2	138.0	120	66	52	60	68	13	4	3.39	4.00	588	0.86		9%	7%	92	48	20	40%	2	6	0	515	18	2	4	13	2	11	.90	-0.056	.21	-0.87%	1.49

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