Connie Johnson
Clifford Johnson Jr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 27, 1922 in Stone Mountain, GA
High School: Stone Mountain (Stone Mountain, GA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1953
Final Game: September 14, 1958
Died: November 28, 2004 in Kansas City, MO
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Standard Pitching

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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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1953 30 CHW AL 4 4 .500 3.56 14 10 3 2 1 0 60.2 55 27 24 4 38 44 2 0 4 272 113 1.533 8.2 0.6 5.6 6.5 1.16
1955 32 CHW AL 7 4 .636 3.45 17 16 0 5 2 0 99.0 95 40 38 5 52 0 72 1 0 0 436 114 1.485 8.6 0.5 4.7 6.5 1.38
1956 33 TOT AL 9 11 .450 3.44 31 27 2 9 2 0 196.0 176 84 75 13 69 3 136 1 1 4 822 114 1.250 8.1 0.6 3.2 6.2 1.97
1956 33 CHW AL 0 1 .000 3.65 5 2 2 0 0 0 12.1 11 5 5 1 7 0 6 0 0 1 56 113 1.459 8.0 0.7 5.1 4.4 0.86
1956 33 BAL AL 9 10 .474 3.43 26 25 0 9 2 0 183.2 165 79 70 12 62 3 130 1 1 3 766 114 1.236 8.1 0.6 3.0 6.4 2.10
1957 34 BAL AL 14 11 .560 3.20 35 30 4 14 3 0 242.0 212 93 86 17 66 1 177 3 0 6 987 111 1.149 7.9 0.6 2.5 6.6 2.68
1958 35 BAL AL 6 9 .400 3.88 26 17 2 4 0 1 118.1 116 58 51 13 32 3 68 0 0 2 487 92 1.251 8.8 1.0 2.4 5.2 2.13
5 Seasons 40 39 .506 3.44 123 100 11 34 8 1 716.0 654 302 274 52 257 7 497 7 1 16 3004 109 1.272 8.2 0.7 3.2 6.2 1.93
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .506 3.44 38 30 3 10 2 0 218 199 92 84 16 78 152 2 0 5 916 109 1.272 8.2 0.7 3.2 6.2 1.93
BAL (3 yrs) 29 30 .492 3.42 87 72 6 27 5 1 544.0 493 230 207 42 160 7 375 4 1 11 2240 108 1.200 8.2 0.7 2.6 6.2 2.34
CHW (3 yrs) 11 9 .550 3.51 36 28 5 7 3 0 172.0 161 72 67 10 97 0 122 3 0 5 764 113 1.500 8.4 0.5 5.1 6.4 1.26

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 32 CHW AL 17 437 379 40 95 13 3 5 4 0 52 72 .251 .341 .340 .681 .296 129 8 1 3 2 0
1956 33 TOT AL 31 820 737 84 176 29 9 13 9 10 69 136 .239 .303 .355 .658 .274 262 10 1 7 6 3
1956 33 BAL AL 26 766 690 79 165 25 9 12 9 10 62 130 .239 .300 .354 .654 .276 244 8 1 7 6 3
1956 33 CHW AL 5 54 47 5 11 4 0 1 0 0 7 6 .234 .333 .383 .716 .250 18 2 0 0 0 0
1957 34 BAL AL 35 989 906 93 212 33 3 17 1 12 66 177 .234 .287 .333 .620 .272 302 12 3 9 5 1
1958 35 BAL AL 26 487 446 58 116 21 3 13 3 3 32 68 .260 .309 .408 .717 .281 182 16 0 8 1 3
4 Seasons 109 2733 2468 275 599 96 18 48 17 25 219 453 .243 .304 .355 .659 .278 875 46 5 27 14 7
162 Game Avg. 37 934 843 94 205 33 6 16 6 9 75 155 .243 .304 .355 .659 .278 299 16 2 9 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 32 CHW AL 17 16 7 4 5 0 1 9 6 .600 0 3 5 2 9 56% 54 83 24 16 7 5 3 4.8 4.9 6.2
1956 33 TOT AL 31 27 9 11 7 2 6 13 14 .481 2 1 9 2 14 52% 55 88 25 21 8 8 6 3.9 4.0 6.9
1956 33 CHW AL 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 45 48 41 5 1 0 1 2.0 3.4 3.5
1956 33 BAL AL 26 25 9 10 6 2 5 12 13 .480 2 1 9 2 13 52% 56 88 25 16 7 8 5 4.1 4.1 7.1
1957 34 BAL AL 35 30 14 10 6 2 5 16 14 .533 3 1 14 3 20 67% 59 95 5 15 9 5 6 4.5 4.5 7.9
1958 35 BAL AL 26 17 5 8 4 0 2 8 9 .471 0 2 4 0 7 41% 51 81 23 12 3 4 7 3.4 2.8 5.7
4 Seasons 109 90 35 33 22 4 14 46 43 .517 5 7 32 7 50 56% 55 95 5 64 27 22 22 4.2 4.2 6.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 32 CHW AL 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 1.122 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
1956 33 TOT AL 31 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1.089 0 1 2 0 0 4 1 3 3 1 3 0 8.3
1956 33 CHW AL 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.780 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 5.3
1956 33 BAL AL 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 1.111 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 17.0
1957 34 BAL AL 35 5 4 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 2 67% 9 1.147 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 0 3.4
1958 35 BAL AL 26 9 2 1 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 5 1 20% 6 0.978 2 3 4 4 0 5 4 5 6 3 6 0 7.3
4 Seasons 109 19 8 1 2 3 1 2 33% 4 1 11 5 45% 1.096 5 6 7 5 2 12 8 11 10 6 10 0 6.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1953 30 CHW AL
1955 32 CHW AL 438 46% 1.1% 16.5% 11.9% 4.8% 22% 0.98 70% 105 8 8%
1956 33 TOT AL 820 44% 1.6% 16.6% 8.4% 6.2% 29% 0.85 72% 143 10 7%
1956 33 CHW AL 54 39% 1.9% 11.1% 13.0% 9.3% 46% 1.21 74% 9 2 22%
1956 33 BAL AL 766 45% 1.6% 17.0% 8.1% 6.0% 28% 0.82 72% 134 8 6%
1957 34 BAL AL 989 37% 1.7% 17.9% 6.7% 5.4% 25% 0.97 73% 162 12 7%
1958 35 BAL AL 487 39% 2.7% 14.0% 6.6% 7.6% 32% 1.20 75% 85 16 19%
5 Seasons 2734 41% 1.9% 18.2% 9.4% 5.9% 25% 0.97 72% 495 46 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1953 30 CHW AL 55 4 4
1955 32 CHW AL 438 95 5 0 11 2 3 1 4 16 6 2 38% 5 0 0 183 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1956 33 TOT AL 820 176 13 1 14 10 3 4 9 40 21 7 53% 9 4 1 292 9 10 47% 8 9 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 0
1956 33 CHW AL 54 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 33% 0 1 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 33 BAL AL 766 165 12 1 14 9 3 4 8 37 20 7 54% 9 3 1 268 9 10 47% 8 9 1 0 0 1 1 0 13 0
1957 34 BAL AL 989 212 17 0 11 8 9 2 15 31 17 4 55% 9 6 1 357 1 12 8% 1 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
1958 35 BAL AL 487 116 13 0 8 8 5 6 7 22 7 4 32% 8 2 2 159 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
5 Seasons 2734 654 52 1 44 28 20 13 35 109 51 17 47% 31 16 4 991 17 25 40% 16 23 1 1 0 1 4 0 37 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1953 30 4 4 .500 3.56 14 10 3 2 1 0 60.2 55 27 24 4 38 44 2 0 4 272 113 1.533 8.2 0.6 5.6 6.5 1.16 113
1954 31 4 4 .500 3.56 14 10 3 2 1 0 60.2 55 27 24 4 38 44 2 0 4 272 113 1.533 8.2 0.6 5.6 6.5 1.16 113
1955 32 11 8 .579 3.49 31 26 3 7 3 0 159.2 150 67 62 9 90 0 116 3 0 4 708 113 1.503 8.5 0.5 5.1 6.5 1.29 113
1956 33 20 19 .513 3.47 62 53 5 16 5 0 355.2 326 151 137 22 159 3 252 4 1 8 1530 114 1.364 8.2 0.6 4.0 6.4 1.58 114
1957 34 34 30 .531 3.36 97 83 9 30 8 0 597.2 538 244 223 39 225 4 429 7 1 14 2517 113 1.277 8.1 0.6 3.4 6.5 1.91 113
1958 35 40 39 .506 3.44 123 100 11 34 8 1 716.0 654 302 274 52 257 7 497 7 1 16 3004 109 1.272 8.2 0.7 3.2 6.2 1.93 109

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1953 30 3 3 .500 3.69 61.0 58 28 25 4 40 44 2 1.607 8.6 5.9 6.5 1.10 0.6 14
1955 32 6 5 .545 3.56 101.0 99 44 40 5 54 73 1 1.515 8.8 4.8 6.5 1.35 0.4 17
1956 33 12 10 .545 3.51 200.0 185 87 78 14 73 139 1 1.290 8.3 3.3 6.3 1.90 0.6 31
1957 34 14 12 .538 3.76 242.0 236 112 101 19 73 177 3 1.277 8.8 2.7 6.6 2.42 0.7 35
1958 35 5 7 .417 4.70 115.0 128 67 60 14 35 66 0 1.417 10.0 2.7 5.2 1.89 1.1 26
5 Seasons 40 37 .519 3.81 719.0 706 338 304 56 275 499 7 1.364 8.8 6.2 1.81 0.7 123

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1957 AL--3.198--9th

Wins s c a p y
1957 AL--14--7th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1956 AL--1.250--7th
1957 AL--1.149--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL--8.082--10th
1957 AL--7.884--7th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL--3.168--8th
1957 AL--2.455--6th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL--6.245--6th
1957 AL--6.583--2nd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1957 AL--242.0--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1956 AL--136--10th
1957 AL--177--3rd

Games Started s c a p y
1957 AL--30--7th

Complete Games s c a p y
1957 AL--14--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
1957 AL--3--4th

Hits s c a p y
1957 AL--212--10th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1956 AL--1.971--4th
1957 AL--2.682--1st

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL--.597--6th
1957 AL--.632--9th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1957 AL--86--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1957 AL--6--5th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1957 AL--987--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 19 (809), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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