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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:23AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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
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 86 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 66 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 62 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 88 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 88 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 88 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 62 2.029 9.5 0.8 8.7 7.9 0.91
NL (5 yrs) NL 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) AL 0 0 6.35 9 1 6 0 0 0 11.1 12 11 8 1 11 10 0 0 1 55 62 2.029 9.5 0.8 8.7 7.9 0.91

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
1947 24 STL NL 10.0 1 1 6 0 1.0 5 0.5 $
1948 25 STL NL 45.1 4 27 27 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
1949 26 STL NL 33.2 2 28 20 0 1.0 -8 -0.8 $
1950 27 STL NL 2.0 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
1950 27 PHI NL 60.2 8 32 38 1 1.0 6 0.4 $
1951 28 PHI NL 106.1 18 56 62 0 1.0 6 0.5 $
1952 29 DET AL 11.1 1 11 6 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $
6 Seasons 269.1 34 156 160 1 1.0 4 0.1 $
STL (4 yrs) 91.0 7 57 54 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
PHI (2 yrs) 167.0 26 88 100 1 1.0 12 0.9 $
DET (1 yr) 11.1 1 11 6 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $

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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
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 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 -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 86 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
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: 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
1947 24 STL NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1948 25 STL NL 20 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1949 26 STL NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1950 27 PHI NL 20 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1951 28 PHI NL 37 -6 1 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1952 29 DET AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
6 Seasons 92 -10 1 0 0 0 6 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
STL (3 yrs) 32 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $
PHI (2 yrs) 57 -9 1 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
DET (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

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

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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
1947 STL NL 24 P 2 1 1 10.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 1.00 .965 2.07 2.05
1948 STL NL 25 P 13 4 0 45.1 9 0 8 1 0 .889 1.59 0.62 .963 2.10 2.08
1949 STL NL 26 P 14 2 0 33.2 16 1 13 2 1 .875 3.74 1.00 .953 2.03 2.02
1950 TOT NL 27 P 16 9 3 62.2 15 1 14 0 0 1.000 2.15 0.94 .961 2.13 2.10 2 0 0% 1
1950 STL NL 27 P 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0.50 .960 2.25 2.10 0 0 0
1950 PHI NL 27 P 14 9 3 60.2 14 1 13 0 0 1.000 2.08 1.00 .961 2.12 2.10 2 0 0% 1
1951 PHI NL 28 P 20 18 4 106.1 19 4 15 0 4 1.000 1.61 0.95 .962 2.14 2.14 4 4 50% 0
1952 DET AL 29 P 9 1 0 11.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.38 0.33 .967 2.06 2.10 0 0 0
6 Seasons P 74 35 8 269.1 64 7 54 3 5 .953 2.04 0.82 .960 2.11 2.09 6 4 40% 1
6 Seasons TOT 74 35 8 269.1 64 7 54 3 5 .953 2.04 0.82 .960 2.11 2.09 6 4 40% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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
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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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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