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: 21-36 / in Starts: 1-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 32

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 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	316	5	Apr 21	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-2	14-GF(14)	S(1)	99	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.48	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.83	0.088	4.89	0.14%	0.49	14b --- 0 out a2	14b end a 2
2	317	7	Apr 24	CIN		MLN	L,2-6	8-GF		2	2.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.00	4.48	10	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.001	.90	0.00%	0.04	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
3	318	9	Apr 26	CIN		PIT	L,4-8	9-GF		1	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.91	7.11	4	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.123	1.67	-0.18%	-2.07	9t 12- 1 out d1	9t end d 4
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	319	16	May 7	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		10	2.0	2	1	0	2	5	0	0	3.18	4.77	10	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.12	0.000	.37	0.00%	-0.03	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
5	320	20	May 11	CIN	@	MLN	L,6-7	GS-4		3	3.0	3	4	4	2	1	1	0	6.23	5.94	14	4	4	0	0	3	36			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.199	1.72	-0.29%	-2.46	1b start tie	4b 123 0 out d2
6	321	23	May 15	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-4	4-8	W(1-0)	3	3.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.11	5.15	14	4	7	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.043	2.12	-0.05%	0.73	4b -2- 1 out tie	8b 1-- 0 out a1
7	322	26	May 19	CIN		MLN	L,3-4	GS-7		3	7.0	8	2	1	0	5	0	1	3.72	3.82	29	9	8	1	0	6	60			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.24	0.152	2.40	0.18%	1.65	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
8	323	30	May 24	CIN		LAD	W,5-4	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	5.0	5	4	4	3	2	2	0	4.44	4.82	22	2	14	2	0	1	40			0	1	0	18	1	1	0	0	1	0	.97	-0.080	1.12	-0.06%	-1.39	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out a1
9	324	34	May 28	CIN		CHC	L,4-6	6-6	L(2-1)	3	0.2	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	5.40	5.20	6	0	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.277	1.29	-0.23%	-1.99	6t --- 0 out tie	6t 1-3 2 out d2
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	325	38	Jun 1 susp	CIN	@	PHI	W,12-11	6-6		3	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.68	5.16	3	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.088	.95	-0.08%	-2.42	6b 12- 1 out a6	6b -2- 2 out a3
11	326	41	Jun 4	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-3	GS-3	L(2-2)	2	2.2	4	2	2	2	4	0	0	5.79	4.83	13	2	5	1	0	0	44			0	1	0	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.108	1.82	-0.13%	-0.91	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d2
12	327	51	Jun 15(2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-2	5-GF	W(3-2)	10	5.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.91	4.48	19	3	9	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.528	5.70	1.08%	3.42	5b 12- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
				Player went from Cincinnati Redlegs to Los Angeles Dodgers
13	328	56	Jun 17	LAD	@	PHI	L,6-9	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.76	4.53	5	0	2	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	.16	-0.011	.12	-0.01%	-0.03	8b -23 0 out d2	8b end d 4
14	329	59	Jun 20	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	6-7		2	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.50	4.45	7	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.03	0.087	.76	0.04%	0.96	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
15	330	61	Jun 22(1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-1	6-GF	S(2)	1	3.2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	4.08	4.24	14	6	5	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.26	0.322	.60	0.09%	1.99	6b 123 1 out a2	9b end a 3
16	331	64	Jun 24(1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,13-10	4-6	BS(1)	1	2.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	1	4.54	4.32	11	2	5	3	0	0		2	2	0	1	0	7	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.83	-0.472	1.28	-0.20%	-3.45	4b 1-3 1 out a3	6b -2- 1 out a1
17	332	68	Jun 28	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-7	1-6		3	5.2	6	2	2	4	2	1	0	4.37	4.55	23	5	12	4	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	.79	0.092	1.32	0.09%	1.77	1b 123 1 out d1	6b 3 out d2
18	333	70	Jun 30	LAD	@	STL	L,2-4	2-6		1	5.0	4	2	2	4	6	0	0	4.30	4.35	21	6	4	2	0	1		0	0	1	1	0	17	1	0	2	1	0	0	.91	-0.021	.94	-0.01%	0.58	2b --- 0 out d1	6b 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
19	334	74	Jul 5	LAD		CHC	L,1-7	2-7	L(3-3)	4	5.1	7	6	6	4	4	0	0	4.84	4.24	28	11	8	4	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	22	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.50	-0.210	1.48	-0.12%	-3.34	2t --- 2 out tie	7t 3 out d6
20	335	77	Jul 10	LAD		MLN	L,4-8	4-5		4	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.70	4.21	6	0	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.026	.18	0.01%	0.78	4t --- 1 out d5	5t 3 out d4
21	336	78	Jul 11	LAD		MLN	L,4-7	7-8	L(3-4)	0	1.1	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	5.04	4.16	11	2	6	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	-0.330	.84	-0.13%	-2.56	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 123 1 out d2
22	337	82	Jul 14	LAD		CIN	W,8-5	6-GF	S(3)	2	3.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.78	4.08	11	3	6	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.166	.66	0.08%	1.86	6t -2- 2 out a2	9t end a 3
23	338	83	Jul 15	LAD		PIT	L,2-6	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.71	4.00	4	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.004	.08	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
24	339	84	Jul 16	LAD		PIT	L,4-7	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.64	3.94	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.08	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
25	340	86	Jul 18	LAD		PHI	W,8-6	1-5		1	3.2	3	4	4	2	2	2	0	4.91	4.27	15	5	6	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.153	.55	-0.05%	-1.45	1t 123 2 out d1	5t --- 1 out d4
26	341	89	Jul 23(1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-11	3-4		4	1.2	4	4	4	1	2	2	0	5.30	4.58	10	1	6	3	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.223	.55	-0.08%	-3.22	3b --3 0 out tie	4b --- 2 out d5
27	342	91	Jul 24	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-5	4-4		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.23	4.56	5	2	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.054	.35	-0.01%	-0.54	4b 12- 0 out d2	4b 3 out d4
28	343	95	Jul 27 susp	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-6	6-7		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.13	4.50	4	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.080	.31	0.02%	0.84	6b --3 2 out d1	7b 3 out d1
29	344	96	Jul 29	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-2	9-GF	S(4)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.09	4.45	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	0.108	.79	0.03%	0.64	9b -2- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
30	345	97	Jul 30	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.04	4.48	3	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.91	0.039	.43	0.01%	0.64	8b -2- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
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
31	346	99	Aug 1	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-2	8-GF	W(4-4)	1	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.91	4.41	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.052	.09	0.01%	1.04	8b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 4
32	347	101	Aug 3(1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-6	10-GF(10)	S(5)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.85	4.33	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.85	0.096	.61	0.02%	0.52	10b --- 0 out a2	10b end a 2
33	348	103	Aug 4	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	6-7		0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.76	4.30	5	2	3	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.083	.21	0.01%	0.89	6b --3 2 out d1	7b 3 out d1
34	349	106	Aug 7	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-1	9-GF	S(6)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.73	4.29	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.66	0.195	.69	0.02%	0.90	9b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
35	350	107	Aug 8	LAD		SFG	W,6-3	9-GF	S(7)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	4.28	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.034	.24	0.00%	0.44	9t 12- 2 out a3	9t end a 3
36	351	109	Aug 10	LAD		SFG	L,8-12	3-6		1	3.1	5	4	4	1	3	4	0	4.95	4.79	16	4	8	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.290	.18	-0.03%	-2.23	3t --- 0 out d1	6t --- 1 out tie
37	352	110	Aug 12	LAD		CHC	L,3-9	7-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.93	4.76	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.002	.01	0.00%	0.23	7t 1-- 2 out d6	7t 3 out d6
38	353	112	Aug 14	LAD		CHC	W,7-3	8-9	H(1)	1	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.89	4.72	5	1	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.030	.04	0.00%	-0.63	8t 12- 2 out a3	9t 123 1 out a4
39	354	114	Aug 15(2)	LAD		STL	W,5-3	5-GF	W(5-4)	0	4.1	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.65	4.58	18	7	7	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.385	.11	0.01%	2.82	5t 123 2 out a2	9t end a 2
40	355	119	Aug 20	LAD		MLN	W,2-1	9-GF	S(8)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.63	4.55	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.47	0.142	.54	0.01%	0.44	9t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
41	356	120	Aug 21	LAD		MLN	L,0-4	5-8		0	3.2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.45	4.45	14	3	8	3	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.055	.04	0.01%	2.07	5t 1-- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d4
42	357	122	Aug 24	LAD		CIN	L,5-6	9-GF	BL(5-5)	2	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.53	4.59	2	1	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	-0.669	.10	-0.02%	-1.63	9t --3 2 out a1	9t end d 1
43	358	124	Aug 26	LAD		CIN	L,4-6	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.48	4.57	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.018	.01	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
44	359	125	Aug 27	LAD		CIN	L,7-8	7-7		0	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.45	4.62	5	0	3	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.056	.01	0.00%	-0.47	7t 1-- 1 out d2	7t 3 out d3
45	360	127	Aug 30(1)	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	6-7		2	2.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.36	4.61	10	3	5	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.96	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 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
46	361	130	Sep 1(1)	LAD	@	SFG	L,6-8	5-6		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.27	4.60	7	1	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.092	.00	0.00%	0.96	5b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
47	362	131	Sep 1(2)	LAD	@	SFG	L,5-6	9-14		-1	4.2	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	4.08	4.46	17	4	6	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0.525	.00	0.00%	1.74	9b 1-- 2 out tie	14b 12- 1 out tie
48	363	134	Sep 4	LAD		SFG	L,3-13	1-1		2	0.1	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	4.15	4.51	6	2	1	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.55	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-3.36	1t -23 1 out d4	1t 123 2 out d8
49	364	136	Sep 6	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.14	4.51	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.24	8b 1-- 2 out d1	8b end d 1
50	365	137	Sep 7	LAD	@	STL	W,7-5	6-9	H(2)	0	3.1	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	4.18	4.51	14	0	9	2	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.225	.00	0.00%	0.24	6b 12- 1 out a2	9b 1-- 2 out a2
51	366	138	Sep 9	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-4	6-GF(8)		1	2.2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.08	4.39	10	1	3	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.049	.00	0.00%	1.15	6b 1-3 1 out tie	8b end d 1
52	367	143	Sep 14	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-3	6-GF	W(6-5)	4	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.94	4.29	12	6	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.279	.00	0.00%	1.81	6b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 2
53	368	146	Sep 16(2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-7	6-GF(10)	L(6-6)	1	4.1	5	3	3	0	7	1	0	4.02	4.21	18	2	9	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.70	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-0.67	6b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 2
54	369	148	Sep 20	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	8-GF	L(6-7)	3	1.1	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.05	4.27	5	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.352	.00	0.00%	-0.28	8b --- 0 out d2	9b end d 1
55	370	149	Sep 21	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	9-GF	S(9)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.02	4.24	5	0	2	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.91	0.358	.00	0.00%	0.83	9b 1-3 0 out a2	9b end a 1
56	371	150	Sep 23	LAD		STL	L,1-5	9-9		1	0.2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.14	4.28	6	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-1.93	9t --- 0 out d2	9t 12- 2 out d4
57	372	152	Sep 26(1)	LAD		CHC	W,6-3	8-GF	S(10)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.10	4.21	5	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.95	8t 12- 2 out a3	9t end a 3
							21-36		W-L:6-7,Sv:10,BSv:2,Hld:2	1.5	123.0	118	60	56	58	95	17	3	4.10	4.21	528	0.59		18%	0%	34	45	55	31%	2	6	0	456	17	8	9	12	5	6	1.12	0.332	.94	0.20%	-0.90

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