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: 18-28 / in Starts: 7-11

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: 9

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	270	1	Apr 16	CIN		STL	L,4-13	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.0	8	5	5	3	5	0	0	9.00	2.26	25	3	6	1	3	8	33			1	0	0	22	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.257	2.94	-0.41%	-1.83	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d2
2	271	4	Apr 21	CIN	@	MLN	L,1-3	GS-8	L(0-2)	4	7.0	7	3	2	5	2	0	0	5.25	3.29	31	6	12	1	3	6	50			0	2	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.047	2.26	-0.06%	-0.82	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out d2
3	272	9	Apr 26	CIN		MLN	L,2-9	GS-3	L(0-3)	4	2.2	4	5	5	1	0	2	0	7.36	5.12	13	5	3	1	0	4	29			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.291	3.04	-0.48%	-3.57	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d5
4	273	11	Apr 28	CIN		MLN	L,2-3	5-6		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.48	4.56	7	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.079	1.56	0.11%	1.03	5t --- 0 out d2	6t 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	274	14	May 2	CIN	@	NYG	W,9-7	GS-1		3	0.0	1	4	4	3	0	0	0	8.64	5.10	4	0	0	0	0	1	29			0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	-0.351	3.62	-0.45%	-3.62	1b start a 3	1b -2- 0 out tie
6	275	15	May 3	CIN	@	NYG	W,11-10	6-6	H(1)	0	0.2	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	10.38	5.34	6	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	-0.224	4.79	-0.32%	-1.94	6b --- 0 out a3	6b 12- 2 out a1
7	276	30	May 19(2)	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	1-3		15	3.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	9.30	4.62	14	4	3	1	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	2	1	.95	0.045	4.07	0.12%	0.89	1t 1-3 0 out d1	3t 3 out d3
8	277	32	May 22	CIN		BRO	W,8-1	CG	W(1-3)	2	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	6.75	3.72	31	8	17	8	0	0	77			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.209	3.97	0.69%	3.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
9	278	37	May 27	CIN	@	MLN	W,11-6	GS-8		4	7.2	6	4	4	2	7	1	0	6.32	3.59	31	7	9	0	0	6	56			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.226	5.55	0.77%	0.39	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a2
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
10	279	43	Jun 2(2)	CIN		CHC	L,2-4	GS-6	L(1-4)	5	5.1	6	4	4	7	4	0	0	6.38	3.76	29	4	8	0	0	6	37			1	0	0	21	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.06	-0.168	4.99	-0.48%	-1.51	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d2
11	280	45	Jun 5	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-2	10-GF(11)	W(2-4)	2	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	6.09	3.74	9	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	0.215	12.29	0.74%	0.94	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 2
12	281	47	Jun 7	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-6	GS-4	L(2-5)	1	4.0	6	4	4	0	6	2	1	6.33	3.99	19	4	3	1	0	5	40			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.257	4.96	-0.90%	-1.89	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
13	282	53	Jun 12	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-8		4	7.0	9	2	2	2	2	0	0	5.86	3.83	30	8	9	1	0	9	51			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.126	5.92	0.33%	1.30	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a2
14	283	58	Jun 17	CIN		BRO	L,2-7	GS-4	L(2-6)	4	3.1	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	6.14	3.99	17	3	10	5	0	2	32			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.294	3.55	-0.73%	-3.37	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d3
15	284	59	Jun 18	CIN		BRO	L,0-7	9-GF		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.03	3.96	4	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
16	285	67	Jun 26	CIN		NYG	L,7-17	5-6	L(2-7)	7	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	6.30	4.01	3	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.271	6.55	-0.76%	-2.16	5t -2- 2 out d2	6t -23 0 out tie
17	286	68	Jun 27	CIN		NYG	L,2-7	4-4		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.20	3.92	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.014	.81	0.04%	0.51	4t --- 0 out d5	4t 3 out d5
18	287	72	Jun 30(2)	CIN		PHI	W,6-2	GS-7	W(3-7)	2	6.1	5	1	1	5	4	0	0	5.75	3.88	28	9	8	1	2	2	58			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.235	3.88	0.73%	1.66	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a5
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	288	76	Jul 4	CIN		MLN	L,7-10	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.66	3.80	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.71	0.03%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
20	289	78	Jul 6	CIN	@	STL	L,3-13	GS-1	L(3-8)	1	0.2	4	4	4	0	1	1	0	6.13	3.95	6	1	0	0	0	4	29			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.305	8.56	-1.11%	-3.61	1b start tie	1b --- 2 out d4
21	290	80	Jul 7(2)	CIN	@	STL	L,6-9	6-7		0	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.96	3.92	8	2	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.006	.27	0.02%	0.99	6b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d5
22	291	82	Jul 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-3	GS-8	L(3-9)	4	7.1	4	3	3	5	10	0	1	5.74	3.76	32	6	9	3	0	1	63			0	0	0	25	0	2	0	0	1	0	1.33	-0.070	4.74	-0.15%	0.25	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out d2
23	292	87	Jul 18	CIN	@	NYG	W,2-1	GS-9	W(4-9)	5	8.0	8	1	1	1	6	1	1	5.32	3.72	34	8	10	1	1	8	67			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	0.275	4.54	0.61%	2.49	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
24	293	91	Jul 21(2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.26	3.68	3	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	0.173	11.39	0.48%	0.84	9b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
25	294	92	Jul 23	CIN		PIT	L,3-6	GS-5		1	5.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	0	5.17	3.74	21	5	7	1	0	6	48			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.004	4.23	0.01%	0.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
26	295	96	Jul 27	CIN		BRO	L,3-5	GS-7	L(4-10)	3	6.0	7	5	5	1	6	2	0	5.31	3.84	26	7	10	2	0	2	43			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.116	4.67	-0.39%	-1.93	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out d5
27	296	99	Jul 31	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	5-7		3	3.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.15	3.86	10	3	5	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.167	3.04	0.29%	1.54	5t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d1
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	297	100	Aug 1	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	8-8	W(5-10)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.10	3.84	4	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.030	1.21	0.05%	0.51	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
29	298	101	Aug 2	CIN		NYG	W,9-6	8-9		0	1.1	4	2	2	0	2	1	0	5.21	3.91	8	1	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	-0.476	6.40	-0.82%	-1.39	8t --- 0 out tie	9t -23 1 out a1
30	299	103	Aug 4(1)	CIN		NYG	L,6-7	11-12		1	1.1	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	5.23	4.03	9	3	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.03	-0.259	5.07	-0.39%	-1.56	11t --- 0 out tie	12t 123 1 out d1
31	300	106	Aug 7	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-12	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	5.26	4.16	6	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.55	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d10
32	301	107	Aug 8	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.25	4.16	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.012	1.24	0.02%	0.47	8b 1-3 2 out d2	8b end d 2
33	302	108	Aug 9(1)	CIN		CHC	W,9-7	7-8	W(6-10)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.15	4.07	7	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.065	.94	0.06%	1.03	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
34	303	112	Aug 14	CIN		MLN	L,3-13	8-9		4	1.0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	5.35	4.14	6	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.031	.82	-0.05%	-1.33	8t --- 0 out d3	9t 123 0 out d2
35	304	116	Aug 18	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-8	5-6		3	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.37	4.13	7	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.014	.07	0.00%	-0.42	5b --- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d5
36	305	117	Aug 20(1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-11	3-3		1	1.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.40	4.12	6	1	3	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.24	-0.111	.55	-0.03%	-1.08	3b 1-- 0 out d1	3b 3 out d3
37	306	118	Aug 20(2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-6	8-GF(12)	L(6-11)	-1	4.1	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	5.28	4.21	18	8	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.43	0.180	.81	0.04%	1.36	8b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
38	307	123	Aug 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-10	3-4		4	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.19	4.20	7	3	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.006	.02	0.00%	0.35	3b 1-- 0 out d2	4b 3 out d3
39	308	124	Aug 26	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-17	6-6		0	0.2	4	5	5	1	1	2	0	5.54	4.42	7	0	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	.36	-0.141	.00	0.00%	-4.62	6b --- 0 out d2	6b --- 2 out d7
40	309	126	Aug 28	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-5	8-GF	S(2)	1	1.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.46	4.37	6	0	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.70	0.396	.04	0.00%	1.00	8b 123 1 out a2	9b end a 1
41	310	127	Aug 30	CIN		MLN	L,5-9	9-9		1	0.2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	5.58	4.39	6	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-1.99	9t --- 0 out d3	9t 1-3 2 out d5
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
42	311	132	Sep 3	CIN		STL	L,4-14	5-6		3	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.49	4.36	9	5	3	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	.16	-0.013	.00	0.00%	0.03	5t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d6
43	312	140	Sep 13	CIN		PHI	W,8-7	9-GF	S(3)	9	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.46	4.33	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.99	0.280	.00	0.00%	0.59	9t 123 1 out a2	9t end a 1
44	313	143	Sep 16	CIN		BRO	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(7-11)	2	10.0	6	2	2	4	5	0	0	5.18	4.21	39	12	17	4	0	1	73			1	0	0	33	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.54	0.554	.00	0.00%	3.12	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
45	314	147	Sep 21	CIN		STL	W,9-8	5-8		4	3.1	5	5	5	3	0	0	0	5.39	4.23	19	5	6	1	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	16	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.80	-0.537	.00	0.00%	-3.15	5t 12- 1 out a2	8t -23 2 out d2
46	315	153	Sep 28	CIN	@	MLN	W,6-0	SHO	W(8-11)	6	9.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	5.05	4.07	29	10	12	1	3	1	89			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.311	.00	0.00%	4.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
							18-28		W-L:8-11,Sv:3,Hld:1	2.4	146.0	146	84	82	68	99	17	3	5.05	4.07	643	0.81		11%	5%	112	50	16	38%	7	2	0	559	28	4	6	8	5	6	1.12	-0.657	3.20	-2.42%	-11.85

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