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Connie Johnson

Clifford Johnson

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Orioles/WhiteSox 1953-1958

Final Game: September 14, 1958
Died: November 28, 2004 in Kansas City, MO
Buried: Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, KS
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:10PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #916. Chick Fraser… #917. Dave Veres… #918. Johnny Cueto… #919. CONNIE JOHNSON… #920. Scott Bankhead… #921. George Hemming… #922. Mickey Haefner… 

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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 4 272 114 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 56 116 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 6 987 112 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 93 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 5 764 114 1.500 8.4 0.5 5.1 6.4 1.26

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1953 30 CHW AL 60.2 10 27 35 1 1.0 8 0.8 $
1955 32 CHW AL 99.0 16 40 56 3 1.1 16 1.8 $
1956 33 CHW AL 12.1 2 5 7 0 .8 2 0.2 $
1956 33 BAL AL 183.2 25 79 111 -5 1.1 32 3.5 $
1957 34 BAL AL 242.0 30 93 119 8 1.1 26 3.1 $
1958 35 BAL AL 118.1 17 58 66 -1 1.0 8 0.8 $
5 Seasons 716.0 100 302 394 6 1.1 92 10.2 $
BAL (3 yrs) 544.0 72 230 296 2 1.1 66 7.4 $
CHW (3 yrs) 172.0 28 72 98 4 1.0 26 2.8 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1953 30 CHW AL 15 23 20 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .050 .136 .050 .186 -49 1 1 0 1 1
1955 32 CHW AL 19 36 33 4 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 .152 .147 .212 .359 -5 7 2 0 2 1 0 1
1956 33 TOT AL 31 73 61 5 15 1 0 0 4 1 0 6 10 .246 .313 .262 .576 59 16 1 0 6 0 0 1
1956 33 CHW AL 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1956 33 BAL AL 26 70 58 5 15 1 0 0 4 1 0 6 9 .259 .328 .276 .604 67 16 1 0 6 0 0 1
1957 34 BAL AL 35 95 89 6 12 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 12 .135 .135 .135 .270 -24 12 3 0 6 0 0 1
1958 35 BAL AL 26 38 34 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 .206 .243 .235 .479 36 8 0 0 1 1 0 1
5 Seasons 126 265 237 20 40 4 0 0 17 2 0 10 48 .169 .201 .186 .386 8 44 7 0 16 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 341 305 26 51 5 0 0 22 3 0 13 62 .169 .201 .186 .386 8 57 9 0 21
BAL (3 yrs) 87 203 181 12 34 2 0 0 11 2 0 8 33 .188 .221 .199 .420 18 36 4 0 13 1 0
CHW (3 yrs) 39 62 56 8 6 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 15 .107 .136 .143 .278 -26 8 3 0 3 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1953 30 CHW AL 23 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1955 32 CHW AL 36 -5 1 1 -1 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1956 33 CHW AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1956 33 BAL AL 70 -3 0 1 0 0 5 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1
1957 34 BAL AL 95 -16 0 -1 0 0 7 3 -7 -0.9 -7 -0.7 -0.2 $ 1
1958 35 BAL AL 38 -3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
5 Seasons 265 -32 1 1 -1 0 20 8 -3 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $
BAL (3 yrs) 203 -22 0 0 0 0 15 6 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $
CHW (3 yrs) 62 -10 1 1 -1 0 5 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1953 CHW AL 30 P 14 60.2 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.04 0.50 .957 1.96 1.93
1955 CHW AL 32 P 17 99.0 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.09 0.71 .956 1.99 1.97
1956 TOT AL 33 P 31 27 9 196.0 26 9 16 1 0 .962 1.15 0.81 .950 1.92 1.91 9 10 53% 0
1956 CHW AL 33 P 5 2 0 12.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.19 0.60 .950 1.90 1.92 0 0 0
1956 BAL AL 33 P 26 25 9 183.2 23 8 14 1 0 .957 1.08 0.85 .950 1.92 1.91 9 10 53% 0
1957 BAL AL 34 P 35 242.0 33 10 22 1 0 .970 1.19 0.91 .963 1.99 2.00
1958 BAL AL 35 P 26 118.1 16 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.22 0.62 .963 1.95 1.93
5 Seasons P 123 27 9 716.0 94 26 66 2 0 .979 1.16 0.75 .958 1.96 1.95 9 10 53% 0
5 Seasons TOT 123 27 9 716.0 94 26 66 2 0 .979 1.16 0.75 .958 1.96 1.95 9 10 53% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1957 AL  3.1 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1957 AL  3.20 (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  0.597 (6th)
1957 AL  0.632 (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)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1957 AL  19.31 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1956 AL  2.1 (10th)
1957 AL  2.8 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1957 AL  2.1 (8th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 31 (768), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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