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Ken Johnson
Kenneth Wandersee Johnson (Hook)

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
Final Game: July 15, 1952
Died: April 6, 2004 in Wichita, KS
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1947	24	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	10.0	2	1	0	0	5	8	1	0	0	38		0.700	1.8	0.0	4.5	7.2	1.60
1948	25	STL	NL	2	4	.333	4.76	13	4	2	0	0	0	45.1	43	27	24	1	30	20	1	0	2	198	85	1.610	8.5	0.2	6.0	4.0	0.67
1949	26	STL	NL	0	1	.000	6.42	14	2	2	0	0	0	33.2	29	28	24	1	35	18	3	1	3	160	65	1.901	7.8	0.3	9.4	4.8	0.51
1950	27	TOT	NL	4	1	.800	3.88	16	8	7	3	1	0	62.2	62	33	27	3	46	33	1	0	5	292	105	1.723	8.9	0.4	6.6	4.7	0.72
1950	27	STL	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	10		2.000	4.5	0.0	13.5	4.5	0.33
1950	27	PHI	NL	4	1	.800	4.01	14	8	6	3	1	0	60.2	61	32	27	3	43	32	1	0	5	282	101	1.714	9.0	0.4	6.4	4.7	0.74
1951	28	PHI	NL	5	8	.385	4.57	20	18	2	4	3	0	106.1	103	56	54	8	68	58	3	0	5	474	84	1.608	8.7	0.7	5.8	4.9	0.85
1952	29	DET	AL	0	0		6.35	9	1	6	0	0	0	11.1	12	11	8	1	11	10	0	0	1	55	60	2.029	9.5	0.8	8.7	7.9	0.91
6 Seasons				12	14	.462	4.58	74	34	20	8	4	0	269.1	251	156	137	14	195	147	9	1	16	1217	87	1.656	8.4	0.5	6.5	4.9	0.75
162 Game Avg.				8	9	.462	4.58	47	21	13	5	3	0	170	158	98	86	9	123	93	6	1	10	766	87	1.656	8.4	0.5	6.5	4.9	0.75

STL (4 yrs)				3	5	.375	4.75	31	7	6	1	0	0	91.0	75	57	48	2	73	47	5	1	5	406	87	1.626	7.4	0.2	7.2	4.6	0.64
PHI (2 yrs)				9	9	.500	4.37	34	26	8	7	4	0	167.0	164	88	81	11	111	90	4	0	10	756	90	1.647	8.8	0.6	6.0	4.9	0.81
DET (1 yr)				0	0		6.35	9	1	6	0	0	0	11.1	12	11	8	1	11	10	0	0	1	55	60	2.029	9.5	0.8	8.7	7.9	0.91

NL (5 yrs)				12	14	.462	4.50	65	33	14	8	4	0	258.0	239	145	129	13	184	137	9	1	15	1162	89	1.640	8.3	0.5	6.4	4.8	0.74
AL (1 yr)				0	0		6.35	9	1	6	0	0	0	11.1	12	11	8	1	11	10	0	0	1	55	60	2.029	9.5	0.8	8.7	7.9	0.91

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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
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	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	62	3	0	0	0			1
1950	27	TOT	NL	23	20	19	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.158	.200	.158	.358	-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1950	27	STL	NL	2	0	0	0	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	-16	5	0	0	1			1
1952	29	DET	AL	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	85	1	0	0	0			/1
6 Seasons				111	92	89	17	19	3	0	0	8	1	0	2	23	.213	.231	.247	.478	28	22	0	0	1	0	0
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	0	9	.313	.313	.406	.719	88	13	0	0	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	85	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	0	0
AL (1 yr)				9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	85	1	0	0	0

Postseason Batting

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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	0
1 WS							1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1947	STL	NL	24	P	2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.00	.950	0.90
1948	STL	NL	25	P	13	9	0	8	1	0	.889	0.62	.967	0.91
1949	STL	NL	26	P	14	16	1	13	2	1	.875	1.00	.956	0.91
1950	TOT	NL	27	P	16	15	1	14	0	0	1.000	0.94	.960	0.97
1950	STL	NL	27	P	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50	1.000	0.95
1950	PHI	NL	27	P	14	14	1	13	0	0	1.000	1.00	.957	0.97
1951	PHI	NL	28	P	20	19	4	15	0	4	1.000	0.95	.958	0.96
1952	DET	AL	29	P	9	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.33	.967	1.03
6 Seasons				P	74	64	7	54	3	5	.953	0.82	.959	0.95
6 Seasons				TOT	74	64	7	54	3	5	.953	0.82	.912	0.95

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1951 NL--3--7th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1950 NL--5--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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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.

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Uniforms

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Name and misspellings: Kenneth Hook king keny kenny Ken Wandersee jonson jonhson johson Johnson jhonson

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