Ken Johnson
Kenneth Travis Johnson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 16, 1933 in West Palm Beach, FL
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1958
Final Game: April 18, 1970
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 KCA AL 25 P 2 0 3.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 1.00 .950 1.89 0.80
1959 KCA AL 26 P 2 2 11.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.45 1.50 .967 2.05 0.85
1960 KCA AL 27 P 42 6 120.1 33 6 27 0 0 1.000 2.47 0.79 .967 1.96 0.78
1961 TOT MLB 28 P 21 12 92.1 33 10 23 0 1 1.000 3.22 1.57 .958 2.16 0.87
1961 KCA AL 28 P 6 1 9.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.82 0.83 .960 2.02 0.83
1961 CIN NL 28 P 15 11 83.0 28 9 19 0 1 1.000 3.04 1.87 .957 2.18 0.88
1962 HOU NL 29 P 33 31 196.2 50 9 37 4 1 .920 2.11 1.39 .950 2.07 0.82
1963 HOU NL 30 P 37 32 223.2 60 8 51 1 4 .983 2.37 1.59 .950 2.06 0.84
1964 HOU NL 31 P 35 35 218.0 65 9 50 6 4 .908 2.44 1.69 .955 2.14 0.84
1965 TOT NL 32 P 37 34 231.4 48 16 30 2 1 .958 1.79 1.24 .956 2.08 0.81
1965 HOU NL 32 P 8 8 51.2 19 6 13 0 1 1.000 3.31 2.38 .953 2.07 0.81
1965 MLN NL 32 P 29 26 179.2 29 10 17 2 0 .931 1.35 0.93 .959 2.08 0.81
1966 ATL NL 33 P 32 31 215.2 50 14 35 1 4 .980 2.04 1.53 .946 1.96 0.74
1967 ATL NL 34 P 29 29 210.1 43 9 33 1 0 .977 1.80 1.45 .958 2.00 0.78
1968 ATL NL 35 P 31 16 135.0 26 7 18 1 3 .962 1.67 0.81 .958 2.01 0.85
1969 TOT MLB 36 P 30 3 74.0 16 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.95 0.53 .950 1.92 0.74
1969 TOT NL 36 P 18 3 48.0 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.31 0.39 .957 1.95 0.78
1969 ATL NL 36 P 9 2 29.0 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.55 0.56 .960 1.96 0.78
1969 NYY AL 36 P 12 0 26.0 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 3.12 0.75 .944 1.87 0.69
1969 CHC NL 36 P 9 1 19.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.95 0.22 .950 1.94 0.78
1970 MON NL 37 P 3 0 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.67 .950 1.80 0.70
13 Seasons P 334 231 1737.2 431 93 322 16 19 .963 2.15 1.24 .954 2.04 0.81
13 Seasons TOT 334 231 1737.2 431 93 322 16 19 .963 2.15 1.24 .917 2.04 0.81
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 KCA AL 25 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 KCA AL 26 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 KCA AL 27 42 6 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CIN NL 28 15 11 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 KCA AL 28 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 HOU NL 29 33 31 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 HOU NL 30 38 32 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 HOU NL 31 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 MLN NL 32 29 26 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 HOU NL 32 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 ATL NL 33 32 31 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 ATL NL 34 29 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 ATL NL 35 31 16 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 NYY AL 36 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 ATL NL 36 9 2 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CHC NL 36 9 1 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 MON NL 37 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 335 231 335 335 334 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1958 KCA AL 25 18 78% 22% 2 50% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 KCA AL 26 47 72% 32% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 KCA AL 27 542 75% 22% 30 90% 1 5 0 5 27 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 100%
1961 CIN NL 28 348 81% 30% 24 92% 1 9 3 6 19 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1961 KCA AL 28 46 76% 33% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1962 HOU NL 29 860 73% 26% 36 97% 1 9 2 7 36 27 3 4 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1963 HOU NL 30 953 78% 28% 54 93% 1 8 2 6 51 42 4 1 0 1 0 1 4 3 3 1 5 80%
1964 HOU NL 31 932 82% 29% 58 91% 0 10 2 8 51 45 4 6 1 4 1 4 4 4 4 0 10 80%
1965 MLN NL 32 707 78% 25% 19 89% 0 11 1 9 15 15 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1965 HOU NL 32 220 80% 28% 15 100% 0 6 2 3 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1966 ATL NL 33 760 82% 23% 31 94% 0 12 3 7 28 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 8 75%
1967 ATL NL 34 830 84% 28% 37 95% 2 9 4 3 32 26 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1968 ATL NL 35 524 85% 24% 16 94% 1 7 0 7 15 11 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 3 0 2 100%
1969 NYY AL 36 113 72% 24% 9 89% 1 2 0 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1969 ATL NL 36 126 77% 18% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1969 CHC NL 36 90 66% 22% 3 67% 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 MON NL 37 31 77% 16% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
13 Seasons 7147 79% 26% 346 93% 8 92 21 63 307 253 23 15 1 9 5 9 19 14 18 1 56 88%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 83%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* 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.

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