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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 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
1958 25 KCA AL 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 7 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 17 15 3.857 23.1 3.9 11.6 3.9 0.33
1959 26 KCA AL 1 1 .500 4.09 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 11 6 5 2 5 0 8 0 0 0 47 98 1.455 9.0 1.6 4.1 6.5 1.60
1960 27 KCA AL 5 10 .333 4.26 42 6 18 2 0 3 120.1 120 68 57 16 45 6 83 7 1 3 525 94 1.371 9.0 1.2 3.4 6.2 1.84
1961 28 TOT MLB 6 6 .500 4.00 21 12 2 3 1 1 92.1 82 44 41 13 29 1 46 2 0 1 386 102 1.202 8.0 1.3 2.8 4.5 1.59
1961 28 KCA AL 0 4 .000 10.61 6 1 1 0 0 0 9.1 11 11 11 2 7 0 4 0 0 0 45 39 1.929 10.6 1.9 6.8 3.9 0.57
1961 28 CIN NL 6 2 .750 3.25 15 11 1 3 1 1 83.0 71 33 30 11 22 1 42 2 0 1 341 125 1.120 7.7 1.2 2.4 4.6 1.91
1962 29 HOU NL 7 16 .304 3.84 33 31 0 5 1 0 197.0 195 100 84 18 46 1 178 7 1 6 826 98 1.223 8.9 0.8 2.1 8.1 3.87
1963 30 HOU NL 11 17 .393 2.65 37 32 4 6 1 1 224.0 204 86 66 12 50 4 148 8 3 1 919 119 1.134 8.2 0.5 2.0 5.9 2.96
1964 31 HOU NL 11 16 .407 3.63 35 35 0 7 1 0 218.0 209 100 88 15 44 6 117 7 0 3 909 94 1.161 8.6 0.6 1.8 4.8 2.66
1965 32 TOT NL 16 10 .615 3.42 37 34 2 9 1 2 231.1 217 100 88 19 48 8 151 7 0 5 950 101 1.146 8.4 0.7 1.9 5.9 3.15
1965 32 HOU NL 3 2 .600 4.18 8 8 0 1 0 0 51.2 52 25 24 4 11 1 28 4 0 2 215 80 1.219 9.1 0.7 1.9 4.9 2.55
1965 32 MLN NL 13 8 .619 3.21 29 26 2 8 1 2 179.2 165 75 64 15 37 7 123 3 0 3 735 109 1.124 8.3 0.8 1.9 6.2 3.32
1966 33 ATL NL 14 8 .636 3.30 32 31 0 11 2 0 215.2 213 89 79 24 46 6 105 0 1 1 872 112 1.201 8.9 1.0 1.9 4.4 2.28
1967 34 ATL NL 13 9 .591 2.74 29 29 0 6 0 0 210.1 191 78 64 19 38 8 85 7 1 1 842 122 1.089 8.2 0.8 1.6 3.6 2.24
1968 35 ATL NL 5 8 .385 3.47 31 16 9 1 0 0 135.0 145 58 52 10 25 10 57 9 0 3 566 87 1.259 9.7 0.7 1.7 3.8 2.28
1969 36 TOT MLB 2 5 .286 3.89 30 3 13 0 0 2 74.0 68 36 32 7 33 6 59 0 0 2 321 95 1.365 8.3 0.9 4.0 7.2 1.79
1969 36 TOT NL 1 3 .250 4.12 18 3 5 0 0 2 48.0 49 25 22 6 22 4 38 0 0 1 213 92 1.479 9.2 1.1 4.1 7.1 1.73
1969 36 ATL NL 0 1 .000 4.97 9 2 2 0 0 1 29.0 32 17 16 4 9 1 20 0 0 0 126 73 1.414 9.9 1.2 2.8 6.2 2.22
1969 36 NYY AL 1 2 .333 3.46 12 0 8 0 0 0 26.0 19 11 10 1 11 2 21 0 0 1 108 101 1.154 6.6 0.3 3.8 7.3 1.91
1969 36 CHC NL 1 2 .333 2.84 9 1 3 0 0 1 19.0 17 8 6 2 13 3 18 0 0 1 87 142 1.579 8.1 0.9 6.2 8.5 1.38
1970 37 MON NL 0 0 7.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 9 6 5 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 31 55 1.667 13.5 1.5 1.5 6.0 4.00
13 Seasons 91 106 .462 3.46 334 231 50 50 7 9 1737.1 1670 778 668 157 413 56 1042 56 7 26 7211 102 1.199 8.7 0.8 2.1 5.4 2.52
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .462 3.46 40 28 6 6 1 1 209 201 94 80 19 50 7 125 7 1 3 868 102 1.199 8.7 0.8 2.1 5.4 2.52
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
ATL (5 yrs) 45 34 .570 3.22 130 104 13 26 3 3 769.2 746 317 275 72 155 32 390 19 2 8 3141 107 1.171 8.7 0.8 1.8 4.6 2.52
KCA (4 yrs) 6 15 .286 5.03 52 9 19 2 0 3 143.0 148 92 80 21 60 6 96 7 1 3 634 79 1.455 9.3 1.3 3.8 6.0 1.60
HOU (4 yrs) 32 51 .386 3.41 113 106 4 19 3 1 690.2 660 311 262 49 151 12 471 26 4 12 2869 100 1.174 8.6 0.6 2.0 6.1 3.12
MON (1 yr) 0 0 7.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 9 6 5 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 31 55 1.667 13.5 1.5 1.5 6.0 4.00
CHC (1 yr) 1 2 .333 2.84 9 1 3 0 0 1 19.0 17 8 6 2 13 3 18 0 0 1 87 142 1.579 8.1 0.9 6.2 8.5 1.38
CIN (1 yr) 6 2 .750 3.25 15 11 1 3 1 1 83.0 71 33 30 11 22 1 42 2 0 1 341 125 1.120 7.7 1.2 2.4 4.6 1.91
NYY (1 yr) 1 2 .333 3.46 12 0 8 0 0 0 26.0 19 11 10 1 11 2 21 0 0 1 108 101 1.154 6.6 0.3 3.8 7.3 1.91
NL (10 yrs) 84 89 .486 3.32 270 222 23 48 7 6 1568.1 1503 675 578 135 342 48 925 49 6 22 6469 105 1.176 8.6 0.8 2.0 5.3 2.70
AL (5 yrs) 7 17 .292 4.79 64 9 27 2 0 3 169.0 167 103 90 22 71 8 117 7 1 4 742 82 1.408 8.9 1.2 3.8 6.2 1.65

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1961 28 CIN NL WS L NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Standard Batting

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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
1958 25 KCA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1959 26 KCA AL 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1960 27 KCA AL 42 33 30 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .167 .167 .200 .367 -1 6 1 0 3 0 0 1
1961 28 TOT MLB 21 27 26 1 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 12 .231 .231 .269 .500 32 7 0 0 1 0 0 1
1961 28 KCA AL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1961 28 CIN NL 15 26 25 1 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 11 .240 .240 .280 .520 37 7 0 0 1 0 0 1
1962 29 HOU NL 33 62 52 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 24 .077 .094 .096 .190 -47 5 2 0 9 0 0 1
1963 30 HOU NL 38 81 74 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 .068 .092 .068 .160 -52 5 0 1 5 0 0 1
1964 31 HOU NL 35 83 76 4 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 49 .079 .114 .132 .246 -29 10 0 1 4 0 0 1
1965 32 TOT NL 37 82 79 3 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 34 .114 .114 .139 .253 -29 11 0 0 3 0 0 1
1965 32 HOU NL 8 18 18 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .111 .111 .167 .278 -20 3 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1965 32 MLN NL 29 64 61 3 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 27 .115 .115 .131 .246 -31 8 0 0 3 0 0 1
1966 33 ATL NL 32 81 70 3 10 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 28 .143 .155 .243 .398 8 17 1 0 10 0 0 1
1967 34 ATL NL 29 82 71 5 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 27 .127 .184 .141 .325 -5 10 0 0 6 0 0 1
1968 35 ATL NL 31 44 40 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 .175 .171 .175 .346 4 7 2 0 3 1 0 1
1969 36 TOT MLB 30 16 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .000 .133 .000 .133 -60 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1969 36 TOT NL 18 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .091 .000 .091 -73 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1969 36 ATL NL 9 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 -57 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1969 36 NYY AL 12 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 36 CHC NL 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1970 37 MON NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
13 Seasons 335 594 534 24 61 9 1 2 23 0 0 12 250 .114 .137 .146 .283 -20 78 6 2 45 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 287 258 12 29 4 0 1 11 0 0 6 121 .114 .137 .146 .283 -20 38 3 1 22 0 0
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
ATL (5 yrs) 130 278 248 13 33 4 1 1 10 0 0 7 104 .133 .156 .169 .326 -7 42 3 0 22 1 0
KCA (4 yrs) 52 37 34 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 15 .147 .147 .176 .324 -13 6 1 0 3 0 0
HOU (4 yrs) 114 244 220 8 17 3 0 1 4 0 0 4 114 .077 .102 .105 .206 -40 23 2 2 18 0 0
MON (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 15 26 25 1 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 11 .240 .240 .280 .520 37 7 0 0 1 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 12 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 271 553 497 22 56 8 1 2 19 0 0 11 233 .113 .135 .145 .280 -20 72 5 2 42 1 0
AL (5 yrs) 64 41 37 2 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .135 .158 .162 .320 -13 6 1 0 3 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
1961 28 CIN NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1963 NL  2.652 (10th)
1967 NL  2.739 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1966 NL  .636 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1965 NL  1.146 (10th)
1967 NL  1.089 (7th)
Career  1.199 (130th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 NL  2.102 (7th)
1964 NL  1.816 (8th)
1965 NL  1.867 (5th)
1966 NL  1.920 (10th)
1967 NL  1.626 (3rd)
Career  2.140 (132nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 NL  8.132 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1962 NL  178 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1964 NL  35 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1966 NL  11 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1967 NL  19 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1962 NL  3.870 (1st)
1963 NL  2.960 (10th)
1965 NL  3.146 (7th)
Career  2.523 (79th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 NL  .482 (7th)
1964 NL  .619 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1962 NL  16 (7th)
1963 NL  17 (4th)
1964 NL  16 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 AL  7 (6th)
1962 NL  7 (10th)
1963 NL  8 (7th)
1964 NL  7 (7th)
1965 NL  7 (10th)
1967 NL  7 (5th)
1968 NL  9 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1967 NL  122 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1962 NL  9 (10th)
1966 NL  10 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1970 NL  born 1933-06-16 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 28 (830), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1952 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.

May 8, 1961: Purchased by Toronto (International) from the Kansas City Athletics.

July 21, 1961: Traded by Toronto (International) to the Cincinnati Reds for Orlando Pena and cash.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the Houston Colt .45's from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1961 expansion draft.

May 23, 1965: Traded by the Houston Astros with Jim Beauchamp to the Milwaukee Braves for Lee Maye.

June 10, 1969: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Atlanta Braves.

August 11, 1969: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the New York Yankees.

April 8, 1970: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

April 8, 1970: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

April 28, 1970: Released by the Montreal Expos.

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