Ken Johnson

Kenneth Wandersee Johnson (Hook)

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Runner
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 14, 1923 in Topeka, KS
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1947
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals/Tigers 1947-1952

Final Game: July 15, 1952
Died: April 6, 2004 in Wichita, KS
Cremated
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1941	18	STL-min	B	13	25	25		4	0	0	0						.160	.160	.160	.320		4						AVL · PIED
1942	19	STL-min	B	31	73	73		15	3	1	2						.205	.205	.356	.562		26						AVL · PIED
1946	23	STL-min	AAA	12	19	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.222	.263	.222	.485		4	0	0	0			ROC · IL
1947	24	STL-min	A,AAA	43	67	66	4	17	5	0	0	3	0		1	5	.258	.269	.333	.602		22	0	0	0			OMA,CLB · WL,AA
1947	24	STL	NL	2	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	162	2	0	0	0		/1
1948	25	STL-min	AAA	24	45	42	6	8	2	2	1	1	0		3	13	.190	.244	.405	.649		17		0	0			ROC · IL
1948	25	STL	NL	20	20	20	2	6	2	0	0	1	0		0	7	.300	.300	.400	.700	83	8	0	0	0		1
1949	26	STL	NL	21	8	8	3	2	1	0	0	2	0		0	1	.250	.250	.375	.625	63	3	0	0	0		1
1950	27	TOT	NL	23	20	19	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.158	.200	.158	.358	-4	3	0	0	0		1
1950	27	STL	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0		/1
1950	27	PHI	NL	21	20	19	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.158	.200	.158	.358	-4	3	0	0	0		1
1951	28	PHI	NL	36	37	35	7	5	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	11	.143	.167	.143	.310	-15	5	0	0	1		1
1952	29	DET-min	AAA	16	26	25	3	7	2	1	0	8	1		1	4	.280	.308	.440	.748		11		0	0			BFL · IL
1952	29	DET	AL	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	86	1	0	0	0		/1
1953	30	DET-min	AAA	42	76	73	11	21	5	0	1	13	2		3	8	.288	.316	.397	.713		29		0	0			BFL · IL
1954	31	DET-min	AAA	47	93	80	8	15	1	0	3	11	0		1	11	.188	.209	.313	.522		25		2	7	3		BFL · IL
1955	32	TTO	AAA	43	94	83	5	14	2	1	0	4	0		5	18	.169	.231	.217	.448		18		2	3	1		TTO · IL
1956	33	TTO	AAA	32	58	52	6	9	1	0	0	3	0		2	12	.173	.200	.192	.392		10		0	3	1		TTO · IL
6 Yrs				111	92	89	17	19	3	0	0	8	1	0	2	23	.213	.231	.247	.478	28	22	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	134	130	25	28	4	0	0	12	1		3	34	.213	.231	.247	.478	28	32	0	0	1

STL (4 yrs)				45	32	32	6	10	3	0	0	3	0		0	9	.313	.313	.406	.719	88	13	0	0	0
PHI (2 yrs)				57	57	54	11	8	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	14	.148	.179	.148	.327	-11	8	0	0	1
DET (1 yr)				9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	86	1	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				102	89	86	17	18	3	0	0	6	1	0	2	23	.209	.227	.244	.471	26	21	0	0	1
AL (1 yr)				9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	86	1	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1947	24	STL	NL	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.535	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1948	25	STL	NL	20	20	-1	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.510	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	1
1949	26	STL	NL	21	8	-0	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1950	27	STL	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1950	27	PHI	NL	21	20	-3	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1951	28	PHI	NL	36	37	-6	-0	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
1952	29	DET	AL	9	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
6 Seasons				111	92	-9	0	1	0	10	1	0.1	3	4	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.0	4	$

STL (4 yrs)				45	32	-1	0	0	0	3	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.507	.500	0.3	0.0	4	$
PHI (2 yrs)				57	57	-8	0	1	0	6	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.497	.499	-0.2	-0.0	0	$
DET (1 yr)				9	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1947	24	STL	NL	4	2	1	13.3	109	.667	.500	.279	.500	.355	.500	.414	1.000	.768	162	.873	0.3	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1948	25	STL	NL	20	14	2	3.8	107	.462	.300	.276	.300	.351	.400	.408	.700	.760	83	.427	-0.5	-0.1	.571	.100	.100
1949	26	STL	NL	8	6	1	4.5	107	.286	.250	.275	.250	.349	.375	.412	.625	.761	63	.488	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.125	.125
1950	27	TOT	NL	20	16	1	1.7	106	.188	.158	.267	.200	.344	.158	.414	.358	.758	-4	.130	-2.9	-0.3	.250	.053	.000
1950	27	PHI	NL	20	16	1	1.7	106	.188	.158	.267	.200	.344	.158	.414	.358	.758	-4	.130	-2.9	-0.3	.250	.053	.000
1951	28	PHI	NL	37	31	1	0.9	102	.208	.143	.265	.167	.339	.143	.402	.310	.740	-15	.047	-5.7	-0.6	.233	.057	.000	.0
1952	29	DET	AL	3	2	0	0.0	96	.333	.333	.260	.333	.340	.333	.380	.667	.720	86	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
6 Yrs				92	71	6	2.3	104	.288	.213	.269	.231	.344	.247	.407	.478	.751	28	.218	-9.3	-0.9	.357	.067	.034	.0
162 Game Avg.				134	104	9	2.3	104	.288	.213	.269	.231	.344	.247	.407	.478	.751	28	.218	-9.3	-0.9	.357	.067	.034

STL (4 yrs)				32	22	4	4.8	107	.435	.313	.276	.313	.351	.406	.410	.719	.761	88	.532	-0.6	-0.1	.591	.094	.094
PHI (2 yrs)				57	47	2	1.1	103	.200	.148	.266	.179	.341	.148	.406	.327	.747	-11	.073	-8.6	-0.9	.239	.056	.000	.0
DET (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	96	.333	.333	.260	.333	.340	.333	.380	.667	.720	86	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

NL (5 yrs)				89	69	6	2.3	105	.286	.209	.270	.227	.344	.244	.407	.471	.752	26	.226	-9.2	-0.9	.353	.070	.035	.0
AL (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	96	.333	.333	.260	.333	.340	.333	.380	.667	.720	86	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1950	27	PHI	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	24	STL	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0				75%
1948	25	STL	NL	20	0.0%	35.0%	0.0%	10.0%	33%		2.9		20.0	1.00	65%
1949	26	STL	NL	8	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	12.5%	50%		8.0		4.0	1.00	88%
1950	27	TOT	NL	20	0.0%	15.0%	5.0%	0.0%	0%	3.00	6.3			11.00	80%
1950	27	PHI	NL	20	0.0%	15.0%	5.0%	0.0%	0%	3.00	6.3			11.00	80%
1951	28	PHI	NL	37	0.0%	29.7%	2.7%	0.0%	0%	11.00	3.2		11.7	1.00	65%
1952	29	DET	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				1.5		100%
6 Yrs				92	0.0%	25.0%	2.2%	3.3%	16%	11.50	3.9		11.1	1.85	72%
MLB Averages					1.8%	9.8%	9.9%	6.4%	28%	0.99	9.0	48.5	8.1	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	24	STL	NL	0.3	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	25	STL	NL	-0.5	-0.1	9	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	.94	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.02	0.0	1.05	5
1949	26	STL	NL	-0.4	-0.0	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	1.45	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.33	-0.8		0
1950	27	TOT	NL	-2.9	-0.3	20	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.85	-0.3	0.0	-3.0	-0.3	0.91	-3.7		0
1950	27	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1950	27	PHI	NL	-2.9	-0.3	20	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.85	-0.3	0.0	-3.0	-0.3	0.91	-3.7		0
1951	28	PHI	NL	-5.8	-0.6	29	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.95	-0.3	0.2	-3.3	-0.3	0.97	-3.6		0
1952	29	DET	AL	-0.1	-0.0	2	0.1	0.1	-0.0	1.57	0.0	0.1	1.1	0.1	1.71	0.2		0
6 Yrs				-9.4	-0.9	65	-0.4	0.7	-1.1	.97	-0.7	0.3	-6.2	-0.6	1.01	-7.8	1.05	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	25	STL	NL	0	33%	5	0			0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0
1949	26	STL	NL	0	150%	7	0			0	0	33%	1	1	0	2	1	1
1950	27	TOT	NL	1	100%	11	0			0	1	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0
1950	27	PHI	NL	1	100%	11	0			0	1	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0
1951	28	PHI	NL	1	117%	12	1	0	100%	1	1	38%	7	4	2	1	0	1
1952	29	DET	AL	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				2	81%	35	1	0	100%	1	2	40%	12	7	4	3	1	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	25	STL	NL	20	78%	6			5	2	0	1	1.05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	1	14%	0	0		0	0		0
1949	26	STL	NL	8	20%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	7	2	29%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1950	27	TOT	NL	20	75%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	5	0	0%	13	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0
1950	27	PHI	NL	20	75%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	5	0	0%	13	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0
1951	28	PHI	NL	37	68%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	5	2	40%	17	3	18%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
1952	29	DET	AL	3	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	2	67%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				88	69%	19			5	2	0	1	1.05	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	13	0	0%	13	2	15%	47	8	17%	8	3	38%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			124%			16%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1947	24	2	4	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	162	2	0
1948	25	22	24	24	3	8	2	1	0		0	8	.333	.333	.417	.750	97	10	0
1949	26	43	32	32	6	10	3	3	0		0	9	.313	.313	.406	.719	88	13	0
1950	27	66	52	51	10	13	3	3	0		1	12	.255	.269	.314	.583	54	16	0
1951	28	102	89	86	17	18	3	6	1	0	2	23	.209	.227	.244	.471	26	21	1
1952	29	111	92	89	17	19	3	8	1	0	2	23	.213	.231	.247	.478	28	22	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1947	24	2	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	2
1948	25	21	21	21	2	6	2	1	0	0	7	.286	.286	.381	.667	2	20
1949	26	22	8	8	4	2	1	3	0	0	1	.250	.250	.375	.625	1	21
1950	27	24	22	21	7	4	0	0	0	1	3	.190	.227	.190	.418	1	23
1951	28	37	39	37	9	6	0	4	1	1	11	.162	.184	.162	.346	1	36
1952	29	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
6 Yrs		115	97	94	23	20	3	8	1	2	23	.213	.229	.245	.474	6	111
162 Game Avg.		162	137	132	32	28	4	11	1	3	32	.213	.229	.245	.474	8	111

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