Johnny Klippstein
John Calvin Klippstein
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 17, 1927 in Washington, DC
High School: Montgomery Blair (Silver Spring, MD)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1950
Final Game: May 27, 1967
Died: October 10, 2003 in Elgin, IL
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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
1950 CHC NL 22 P 33 25 7 15 3 3 .880 0.67 .964 0.97
1951 CHC NL 23 P 35 27 4 23 0 3 1.000 0.77 .959 0.96
1952 CHC NL 24 P 41 49 6 43 0 4 1.000 1.20 .951 0.98
1953 CHC NL 25 P 48 28 5 21 2 1 .929 0.54 .957 0.87
1954 CHC NL 26 P 36 21 148.0 42 15 27 0 3 1.000 2.55 1.17 .957 2.07 0.87
1955 CIN NL 27 P 39 14 138.0 35 9 23 3 0 .914 2.09 0.82 .951 2.04 0.83
1956 CIN NL 28 P 37 29 211.0 53 10 42 1 3 .981 2.22 1.41 .966 2.05 0.83
1957 CIN NL 29 P 46 18 146.0 27 10 17 0 0 1.000 1.66 0.59 .959 2.06 0.82
1958 TOT NL 30 P 57 4 123.0 19 8 11 0 1 1.000 1.39 0.33 .953 1.97 0.77
1958 CIN NL 30 P 12 4 33.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.82 0.25 .967 1.96 0.77
1958 LAD NL 30 P 45 0 90.0 16 7 9 0 1 1.000 1.60 0.36 .950 1.97 0.77
1959 LAD NL 31 P 28 0 45.2 11 2 7 2 0 .818 1.77 0.32 .964 1.99 0.82
1960 CLE AL 32 P 49 0 74.1 23 13 9 1 0 .957 2.66 0.45 .965 1.96 0.78
1961 WSA AL 33 P 42 1 71.2 17 3 14 0 2 1.000 2.13 0.40 .953 2.05 0.83
1962 CIN NL 34 P 40 7 108.2 25 3 22 0 1 1.000 2.07 0.63 .944 2.07 0.82
1963 PHI NL 35 P 49 1 112.0 20 5 15 0 0 1.000 1.61 0.41 .950 2.06 0.84
1964 TOT MLB 36 P 44 0 68.0 22 2 19 1 2 .955 2.78 0.48 .955 1.99 0.75
1964 PHI NL 36 P 11 0 21.2 9 1 7 1 0 .889 3.32 0.73 .956 2.16 0.84
1964 MIN AL 36 P 33 0 46.1 13 1 12 0 2 1.000 2.53 0.39 .954 1.90 0.72
1965 MIN AL 37 P 56 0 76.1 13 0 11 2 0 .846 1.30 0.20 .954 2.04 0.75
1966 MIN AL 38 P 26 0 40.0 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.31 .950 1.98 0.75
1967 DET AL 39 P 5 0 6.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.20 1.000 2.02 0.74
18 Seasons P 711 95 1369.1 445 106 324 15 23 .966 2.83 0.60 .957 2.03 0.83
18 Seasons TOT 711 95 1369.1 445 106 324 15 23 .966 2.83 0.60 .923 2.03 0.83
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
1950 CHC NL 22 35 35 35 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CHC NL 23 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CHC NL 24 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHC NL 25 48 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHC NL 26 36 21 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CIN NL 27 39 14 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 28 37 29 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CIN NL 29 46 18 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 LAD NL 30 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CIN NL 30 12 4 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 LAD NL 31 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CLE AL 32 49 0 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 WSA AL 33 42 1 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CIN NL 34 40 7 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 PHI NL 35 49 1 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MIN AL 36 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 PHI NL 36 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 MIN AL 37 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 MIN AL 38 26 0 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 DET AL 39 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 713 95 713 713 711 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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%
1954 CHC NL 26 616 77% 26% 25 92% 1 12 1 10 26 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 3 100%
1955 CIN NL 27 605 78% 26% 29 86% 0 9 0 9 25 23 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1956 CIN NL 28 929 81% 24% 42 95% 1 11 0 10 41 33 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 10 90%
1957 CIN NL 29 657 74% 23% 21 100% 0 10 3 6 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1958 LAD NL 30 391 69% 22% 9 100% 0 6 0 5 9 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1958 CIN NL 30 154 76% 16% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 LAD NL 31 219 71% 23% 9 78% 0 2 0 1 6 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1960 CLE AL 32 314 74% 25% 12 75% 1 14 0 13 8 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1961 WSA AL 33 361 76% 24% 19 89% 0 3 1 2 16 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1962 CIN NL 34 512 74% 26% 18 94% 0 2 0 1 21 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1963 PHI NL 35 474 72% 31% 15 100% 0 5 0 3 15 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1964 MIN AL 36 205 71% 27% 14 100% 1 1 0 1 14 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 100%
1964 PHI NL 36 101 77% 34% 7 86% 0 1 0 1 7 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1965 MIN AL 37 328 72% 22% 15 87% 0 0 0 0 13 13 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1966 MIN AL 38 180 73% 28% 6 100% 0 4 0 4 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1967 DET AL 39 27 81% 30% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 6073 75% 25% 244 92% 4 81 5 67 228 184 19 9 1 5 3 4 13 9 11 2 49 94%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 82%

* 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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