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, 10,710th 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

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.0

101

118

ERA

4.24

711

161

1967.2

1158

WHIP

1.470

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1944	16	STL-min	D,B	4	2	.667		13			0	0		54.0	61	48			37		57	1	0	4				1.815	10.2		6.2	9.5	1.54	LIM,ALN OHSL,ISLG
1945	17	STL-min	C,B	8	7	.533	2.41	26	15	7	11	1		153.0	111	62	41		75		106	8	2	19				1.216	6.5		4.4	6.2	1.41	WSM,ALN CARL,ISLG
1946			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1947	19	STL-min	A,B,AAA	8	6	.571	4.94	27			9	3		124.0	115	80	68		84		80	4	0	4				1.605	8.3		6.1	5.8	0.95	OMA,LBG,CLB WL,PIED,AA
1948	20	STL-min	B	6	5	.545	4.06	33			4	1		155.0	131	89	70		119		127	4	4	8				1.613	7.6		6.9	7.4	1.07	LBG PIED
1949	21	BRO-min	AA	15	8	.652	2.95	33			15	5		195.0	167	76	64		121		127	8	0	14				1.477	7.7		5.6	5.9	1.05	MOB SOUA
1950	22	CHC	NL	2	9	.182	5.25	33	11	14	3	0	0	104.2	112	69	61	9	64	1	51	4	1	6	480	80	4.68	1.682	9.6	0.8	5.5	4.4	0.80
1951	23	CHC	NL	6	6	.500	4.29	35	11	13	1	1	2	123.2	125	71	59	10	53	2	56	6	2	2	546	96	4.06	1.439	9.1	0.7	3.9	4.1	1.06
1952	24	CHC	NL	9	14	.391	4.44	41	25	10	7	2	3	202.2	208	110	100	17	89	7	110	6	0	12	885	87	3.80	1.465	9.2	0.8	4.0	4.9	1.24
1953	25	CHC	NL	10	11	.476	4.83	48	19	21	5	0	6	167.2	169	115	90	15	107	5	113	8	0	10	777	92	4.47	1.646	9.1	0.8	5.7	6.1	1.06
1954	26	CHC	NL	4	11	.267	5.29	36	21	9	4	0	1	148.0	155	104	87	13	96	8	69	4	1	5	693	79	4.63	1.696	9.4	0.8	5.8	4.2	0.72
1955	27	CIN	NL	9	10	.474	3.39	39	14	14	3	2	0	138.0	120	66	52	13	60	5	68	4	0	6	588	124	4.00	1.304	7.8	0.8	3.9	4.4	1.13
1956	28	CIN	NL	12	11	.522	4.09	37	29	3	11	0	1	211.0	219	103	96	26	82	13	86	10	1	0	916	96	4.46	1.427	9.3	1.1	3.5	3.7	1.05
1957	29	CIN	NL	8	11	.421	5.05	46	18	9	3	1	3	146.0	146	84	82	17	68	6	99	3	0	5	643	81	4.07	1.466	9.0	1.0	4.2	6.1	1.46
1958	30	TOT	NL	6	7	.462	4.10	57	4	27	0	0	10	123.0	118	60	56	17	58	9	95	3	0	9	528	102	4.21	1.431	8.6	1.2	4.2	7.0	1.64
1958	30	CIN	NL	3	2	.600	4.91	12	4	5	0	0	1	33.0	37	20	18	5	14	1	22	1	0	4	147	86	4.48	1.545	10.1	1.4	3.8	6.0	1.57
1958	30	LAD	NL	3	5	.375	3.80	45	0	22	0	0	9	90.0	81	40	38	12	44	8	73	2	0	5	381	110	4.12	1.389	8.1	1.2	4.4	7.3	1.66
1959	31	LAD	NL	4	0	1.000	5.91	28	0	10	0	0	2	45.2	48	31	30	8	33	5	30	2	0	2	214	72	5.81	1.774	9.5	1.6	6.5	5.9	0.91
1960	32	CLE	AL	5	5	.500	2.91	49	0	30	0	0	14	74.1	53	30	24	8	35	3	46	1	0	1	303	130	4.14	1.184	6.4	1.0	4.2	5.6	1.31
1961	33	WSA	AL	2	2	.500	6.78	42	1	22	0	0	0	71.2	83	59	54	13	43	1	41	4	0	10	336	58	5.76	1.758	10.4	1.6	5.4	5.1	0.95
1962	34	CIN	NL	7	6	.538	4.47	40	7	16	0	0	4	108.2	113	66	54	13	64	5	67	4	1	8	490	90	4.82	1.629	9.4	1.1	5.3	5.5	1.05
1963	35	PHI	NL	5	6	.455	1.93	49	1	23	0	0	8	112.0	80	28	24	3	46	9	86	3	0	6	450	168	2.60	1.125	6.4	0.2	3.7	6.9	1.87
1964	36	TOT	MLB	2	5	.286	2.65	44	0	14	0	0	3	68.0	66	22	20	10	28	8	52	3	0	9	295	136	4.36	1.382	8.7	1.3	3.7	6.9	1.86
1964	36	PHI	NL	2	1	.667	4.03	11	0	5	0	0	1	22.1	22	10	10	6	8	1	13	2	0	3	98	88	6.28	1.343	8.9	2.4	3.2	5.2	1.63
1964	36	MIN	AL	0	4	.000	1.97	33	0	9	0	0	2	45.2	44	12	10	4	20	7	39	1	0	6	197	184	3.42	1.401	8.7	0.8	3.9	7.7	1.95
1965	37	MIN	AL	9	3	.750	2.24	56	0	24	0	0	5	76.1	59	22	19	8	31	4	59	3	0	4	314	160	3.67	1.179	7.0	0.9	3.7	7.0	1.90
1966	38	MIN	AL	1	1	.500	3.40	26	0	16	0	0	3	39.2	35	15	15	2	20	2	26	2	0	1	172	107	3.56	1.387	7.9	0.5	4.5	5.9	1.30
1967	39	DET	AL	0	0		5.40	5	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	26	65	3.74	1.050	8.1	1.4	1.4	5.4	4.00
18 Yrs				101	118	.461	4.24	711	161	275	37	6	65	1967.2	1915	1059	927	203	978	93	1158	70	6	97	8656	94	4.24	1.470	8.8	0.9	4.5	5.3	1.18
162 Game Avg.				8	9	.461	4.24	55	13	21	3	0	5	153	149	83	72	16	76	7	90	5	0	8	675	94	4.24	1.470	8.8	0.9	4.5	5.3	1.18
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
CIN (5 yrs)				39	40	.494	4.27	174	72	47	17	3	9	636.2	635	339	302	74	288	30	342	22	2	23	2784	95	4.33	1.450	9.0	1.0	4.1	4.8	1.19
CHC (5 yrs)				31	51	.378	4.79	193	87	67	20	3	12	746.2	769	469	397	64	409	23	399	28	4	35	3381	87	4.28	1.578	9.3	0.8	4.9	4.8	0.98
MIN (3 yrs)				10	8	.556	2.45	115	0	49	0	0	10	161.2	138	49	44	14	71	13	124	6	0	11	683	147	3.57	1.293	7.7	0.8	4.0	6.9	1.75
PHI (2 yrs)				7	7	.500	2.28	60	1	28	0	0	9	134.1	102	38	34	9	54	10	99	5	0	9	548	144	3.21	1.161	6.8	0.6	3.6	6.6	1.83
LAD (2 yrs)				7	5	.583	4.51	73	0	32	0	0	11	135.2	129	71	68	20	77	13	103	4	0	7	595	93	4.69	1.518	8.6	1.3	5.1	6.8	1.34
WSA (1 yr)				2	2	.500	6.78	42	1	22	0	0	0	71.2	83	59	54	13	43	1	41	4	0	10	336	58	5.76	1.758	10.4	1.6	5.4	5.1	0.95
CLE (1 yr)				5	5	.500	2.91	49	0	30	0	0	14	74.1	53	30	24	8	35	3	46	1	0	1	303	130	4.14	1.184	6.4	1.0	4.2	5.6	1.31
DET (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	5	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	26	65	3.74	1.050	8.1	1.4	1.4	5.4	4.00

NL (13 yrs)				84	103	.449	4.36	500	160	174	37	6	41	1653.1	1635	917	801	167	828	76	943	59	6	74	7308	93	4.25	1.490	8.9	0.9	4.5	5.1	1.14
AL (6 yrs)				17	15	.531	3.61	211	1	101	0	0	24	314.1	280	142	126	36	150	17	215	11	0	23	1348	103	4.21	1.368	8.0	1.0	4.3	6.2	1.43

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