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Ken Johnson
Kenneth Wandersee Johnson (Hook)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 18, 1947
Final Game July 15, 1952
Born January 14, 1923 in Topeka, KS
Died April 6, 2004 in Wichita, KS

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1947 24 STL NL   1   0   2   1   1   0   1  0   10.0    2    1    0   0    5    8   1   0    38       0  0.00  4.15  inf 0.700
 1948 25 STL NL   2   4  13   4   0   0   2  0   45.3   43   27   24   1   30   20   1   2   198       0  4.76  4.07   85 1.610
 1949 26 STL NL   0   1  14   2   0   0   2  0   33.7   29   28   24   1   35   18   3   3   160       1  6.42  4.16   65 1.901
 1950 27 TOT NL   4   1  16   8   3   1   7  0   62.7   62   33   27   3   46   33   1   5   292       0  3.88  4.07  105 1.723
         STL NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    1    1    0   0    3    1   0   0    10       0  0.00  4.31  inf 2.000
         PHI NL   4   1  14   8   3   1   6  0   60.7   61   32   27   3   43   32   1   5   282       0  4.01  4.06  101 1.714
 1951 28 PHI NL   5   8  20  18   4   3   2  0  106.3  103   56   54   8   68   58   3   5   474       0  4.57  3.84   84 1.608
 1952 29 DET AL   0   0   9   1   0   0   6  0   11.3   12   11    8   1   11   10   0   1    55       0  6.35  3.78   60 2.029
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .462  12  14  74  34   8   4  20  0  269.3  251  156  137  14  195  147   9  16  1217       1  4.58  3.98   87 1.656
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   8  46  21   5   2  12  0  169.3  158   98   86   8  122   92   5  10   766   0   0  4.58  3.98   87 1.656
 Career High      5   8  20  18   4   3   7  0  106.3  103   56   54   8   68   58   3   5   474   0   1  3.88  4.07  105 1.608

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 24 STL NL   2    4    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .500  .500  .500  162    2   0           0   0
 1948 25 STL NL  20   20    2    6   2  0   0    1   0      0   7  .300  .300  .400   83    8   0           0   0
 1949 26 STL NL  21    8    3    2   1  0   0    2   0      0   1  .250  .250  .375   62    3   0           0   0
 1950 27 TOT NL  23   19    4    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .158  .200  .158   -4    3   0   0   0   0   0
         PHI NL  21   19    4    3   0  0   0    0   0      1   3  .158  .200  .158   -4    3   0           0   0
 1951 28 PHI NL  36   35    7    5   0  0   0    3   1  0   1  11  .143  .167  .143  -16    5   1           0   0
 1952 29 DET AL   9    3    0    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   85    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      111   89   17   19   3  0   0    8   1  0   2  23  .213  .231  .247   28   22   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        130   25   28   4  0   0   12   1  0   3  34  .213  .231  .247   28   32   1   0   0   0   0
 Career High     36   35    7    6   2  0   0    3   1  0   1  11                           8   1   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 24 STL NL    4    2    1  13.3   109| .500  .279| .500  .354| .500  .413|1.000  .768| 162  .873   0.3   0.0     
 1948 25 STL NL   20   14    2   3.8   107| .300  .276| .300  .351| .400  .408| .700  .760|  83  .427  -0.5   0.0     
 1949 26 STL NL    8    6    1   4.5   108| .250  .276| .250  .351| .375  .413| .625  .764|  62  .488  -0.4   0.0     
 1950 27 TOT NL   20   16    1   1.7   106| .158  .267| .200  .344| .158  .414| .358  .758|  -4  .130  -2.9  -0.3   0%
         PHI NL   20   16    1   1.7   106| .158  .267| .200  .344| .158  .414| .358  .758|  -4  .130  -2.9  -0.3     
 1951 28 PHI NL   37   31    1   0.9   102| .143  .266| .167  .340| .143  .403| .310  .743| -16  .047  -5.8  -0.6 100%
 1952 29 DET AL    3    2    0   0.0    97| .333  .261| .333  .341| .333  .381| .666  .723|  85  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons        92   71    6   2.3   105| .213  .270| .231  .345| .247  .407| .478  .752|  28  .217  -9.4  -0.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1947 24 STL NL P 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.90 1.80 2.16 1 10.0 1948 25 STL NL P 13 0 8 1 0 .889 .964 0.62 0.91 1.59 2.11 4 45.3 1949 26 STL NL P 14 1 13 2 1 .875 .952 1.00 0.91 3.74 2.03 2 33.7 1950 27 TOT NL P 16 1 14 0 0 1.000 .962 0.94 0.97 2.15 2.12 8 62.7 STL NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.95 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 PHI NL P 14 1 13 0 0 1.000 .959 1.00 0.97 2.08 2.12 8 60.7 1951 28 PHI NL P 20 4 15 0 4 1.000 .960 0.95 0.96 1.61 2.14 18 106.3 1952 29 DET AL P 9 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.33 1.03 2.39 2.07 1 11.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1947 24 STL NL P 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.90 1.80 2.16 1 10.0 1948 25 STL NL P 13 0 8 1 0 .889 .964 0.62 0.91 1.59 2.11 4 45.3 1949 26 STL NL P 14 1 13 2 1 .875 .952 1.00 0.91 3.74 2.03 2 33.7 1950 27 TOT NL P 16 1 14 0 0 1.000 .962 0.94 0.97 2.15 2.12 8 62.7 STL NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.95 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 PHI NL P 14 1 13 0 0 1.000 .959 1.00 0.97 2.08 2.12 8 60.7 1951 28 PHI NL P 20 4 15 0 4 1.000 .960 0.95 0.96 1.61 2.14 18 106.3 1952 29 DET AL P 9 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.33 1.03 2.39 2.07 1 11.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 74 7 54 3 5 .953 .959 0.82 0.95 2.04 2.12 34 269.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 74 7 54 3 5 .953 .959 0.82 0.95 2.04 2.12 34 269
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1950   WS    PHI NYY     L   1   0   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Shutouts
1951 NL-3-7

Wild Pitches
1950 NL-5-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2555) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

April 27, 1950: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Blatnik.

March 21, 1952: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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Name and misspellings: Kenneth Hook king keny kenny Ken Wandersee jonson jonhson Johnson jhonson

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