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

Born: October 17, 1927 in Washington, DC
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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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
1950 22 CHC NL 2 9 .182 5.25 33 11 14 3 0 1 104.2 112 69 61 9 64 51 4 1 6 480 80 1.682 9.6 0.8 5.5 4.4 0.80
1951 23 CHC NL 6 6 .500 4.29 35 11 13 1 1 2 123.2 125 71 59 10 53 56 6 2 2 546 95 1.439 9.1 0.7 3.9 4.1 1.06
1952 24 CHC NL 9 14 .391 4.44 41 25 10 7 2 3 202.2 208 110 100 17 89 110 6 0 12 885 87 1.465 9.2 0.8 4.0 4.9 1.24
1953 25 CHC NL 10 11 .476 4.83 48 19 21 5 0 6 167.2 169 115 90 15 107 113 8 0 10 777 92 1.646 9.1 0.8 5.7 6.1 1.06
1954 26 CHC NL 4 11 .267 5.29 36 21 9 4 0 1 148.0 155 104 87 13 96 69 4 1 5 693 79 1.696 9.4 0.8 5.8 4.2 0.72
1955 27 CIN NL 9 10 .474 3.39 39 14 14 3 2 0 138.0 120 66 52 13 60 5 68 4 0 6 588 123 1.304 7.8 0.8 3.9 4.4 1.13
1956 28 CIN NL 12 11 .522 4.09 37 29 3 11 0 1 211.0 219 103 96 26 82 13 86 10 1 0 916 96 1.427 9.3 1.1 3.5 3.7 1.05
1957 29 CIN NL 8 11 .421 5.05 46 18 9 3 1 3 146.0 146 84 82 17 68 6 99 3 0 5 643 81 1.466 9.0 1.0 4.2 6.1 1.46
1958 30 TOT NL 6 7 .462 4.10 57 4 27 0 0 10 123.0 118 60 56 17 58 9 95 3 0 9 528 101 1.431 8.6 1.2 4.2 7.0 1.64
1958 30 CIN NL 3 2 .600 4.91 12 4 5 0 0 1 33.0 37 20 18 5 14 1 22 1 0 4 147 85 1.545 10.1 1.4 3.8 6.0 1.57
1958 30 LAD NL 3 5 .375 3.80 45 0 22 0 0 9 90.0 81 40 38 12 44 8 73 2 0 5 381 108 1.389 8.1 1.2 4.4 7.3 1.66
1959 31 LAD NL 4 0 1.000 5.91 28 0 10 0 0 2 45.2 48 31 30 8 33 5 30 2 0 2 214 71 1.774 9.5 1.6 6.5 5.9 0.91
1960 32 CLE AL 5 5 .500 2.91 49 0 30 0 0 14 74.1 53 30 24 8 35 3 46 1 0 1 303 129 1.184 6.4 1.0 4.2 5.6 1.31
1961 33 WSA AL 2 2 .500 6.78 42 1 22 0 0 0 71.2 83 59 54 13 43 1 41 4 0 10 336 58 1.758 10.4 1.6 5.4 5.1 0.95
1962 34 CIN NL 7 6 .538 4.47 40 7 16 0 0 4 108.2 113 66 54 13 64 5 67 4 1 8 490 90 1.629 9.4 1.1 5.3 5.5 1.05
1963 35 PHI NL 5 6 .455 1.93 49 1 23 0 0 8 112.0 80 28 24 3 46 9 86 3 0 6 450 169 1.125 6.4 0.2 3.7 6.9 1.87
1964 36 TOT 2 5 .286 2.65 44 0 14 0 0 3 68.0 66 22 20 10 28 8 52 3 0 9 295 134 1.382 8.7 1.3 3.7 6.9 1.86
1964 36 PHI NL 2 1 .667 4.03 11 0 5 0 0 1 22.1 22 10 10 6 8 1 13 2 0 3 98 86 1.343 8.9 2.4 3.2 5.2 1.63
1964 36 MIN AL 0 4 .000 1.97 33 0 9 0 0 2 45.2 44 12 10 4 20 7 39 1 0 6 197 182 1.401 8.7 0.8 3.9 7.7 1.95
1965 37 MIN AL 9 3 .750 2.24 56 0 24 0 0 5 76.1 59 22 19 8 31 4 59 3 0 4 314 159 1.179 7.0 0.9 3.7 7.0 1.90
1966 38 MIN AL 1 1 .500 3.40 26 0 16 0 0 3 39.2 35 15 15 2 20 2 26 2 0 1 172 106 1.387 7.9 0.5 4.5 5.9 1.30
1967 39 DET AL 0 0 5.40 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 6 4 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 26 60 1.050 8.1 1.4 1.4 5.4 4.00
18 Seasons 101 118 .461 4.24 711 161 275 37 6 66 1967.2 1915 1059 927 203 978 70 1158 70 6 97 8656 94 1.470 8.8 0.9 4.5 5.3 1.18
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .461 4.24 55 13 21 3 0 5 153 149 83 72 16 76 90 5 0 8 675 94 1.470 8.8 0.9 4.5 5.3 1.18
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
CIN (5 yrs) 39 40 .494 4.27 174 72 47 17 3 9 636.2 635 339 302 74 288 30 342 22 2 23 2784 95 1.450 9.0 1.0 4.1 4.8 1.19
CHC (5 yrs) 31 51 .378 4.79 193 87 67 20 3 13 746.2 769 469 397 64 409 399 28 4 35 3381 86 1.578 9.3 0.8 4.9 4.8 0.98
MIN (3 yrs) 10 8 .556 2.45 115 0 49 0 0 10 161.2 138 49 44 14 71 13 124 6 0 11 683 146 1.293 7.7 0.8 4.0 6.9 1.75
PHI (2 yrs) 7 7 .500 2.28 60 1 28 0 0 9 134.1 102 38 34 9 54 10 99 5 0 9 548 144 1.161 6.8 0.6 3.6 6.6 1.83
LAD (2 yrs) 7 5 .583 4.51 73 0 32 0 0 11 135.2 129 71 68 20 77 13 103 4 0 7 595 92 1.518 8.6 1.3 5.1 6.8 1.34
WSA (1 yr) 2 2 .500 6.78 42 1 22 0 0 0 71.2 83 59 54 13 43 1 41 4 0 10 336 58 1.758 10.4 1.6 5.4 5.1 0.95
CLE (1 yr) 5 5 .500 2.91 49 0 30 0 0 14 74.1 53 30 24 8 35 3 46 1 0 1 303 129 1.184 6.4 1.0 4.2 5.6 1.31
DET (1 yr) 0 0 5.40 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 6 4 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 26 60 1.050 8.1 1.4 1.4 5.4 4.00
NL (13 yrs) 84 103 .449 4.36 500 160 174 37 6 42 1653.1 1635 917 801 167 828 53 943 59 6 74 7308 92 1.490 8.9 0.9 4.5 5.1 1.14
AL (6 yrs) 17 15 .531 3.61 211 1 101 0 0 24 314.1 280 142 126 36 150 17 215 11 0 23 1348 102 1.368 8.0 1.0 4.3 6.2 1.43

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
1959 31 LAD NL WS W CHW 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1965 37 MIN AL WS L LAD 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 12 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 10.1 1.50
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 3 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 19 1.071 5.8 0.0 3.9 9.6 2.50
2 WS 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 3 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 19 1.071 5.8 0.0 3.9 9.6 2.50
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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
1950 22 CHC NL 35 33 33 4 11 3 0 1 3 0 0 5 .333 .333 .515 .848 120 17 2 0 0 1
1951 23 CHC NL 35 37 37 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 12 .108 .108 .189 .297 -22 7 2 0 0 1
1952 24 CHC NL 41 72 63 3 11 1 1 1 9 0 0 1 24 .175 .200 .270 .470 29 17 0 1 7 1
1953 25 CHC NL 48 62 58 5 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 20 .155 .169 .241 .411 5 14 0 0 3 1
1954 26 CHC NL 36 48 45 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 .133 .130 .156 .286 -26 7 0 0 2 1 1
1955 27 CIN NL 39 39 31 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 15 .065 .171 .097 .268 -27 3 1 1 4 0 0 1
1956 28 CIN NL 37 82 71 4 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 19 .099 .135 .099 .234 -37 7 1 0 8 0 0 1
1957 29 CIN NL 46 44 41 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 .073 .095 .073 .168 -55 3 1 0 2 0 0 1
1958 30 TOT NL 57 30 28 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .071 .071 .071 .143 -63 2 1 0 2 0 0 1
1958 30 CIN NL 12 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -35 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
1958 30 LAD NL 45 21 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .050 .050 .050 .100 -74 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1959 31 LAD NL 28 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -25 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1960 32 CLE AL 49 17 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .143 .200 .143 .343 -4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1961 33 WSA AL 42 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1962 34 CIN NL 40 27 24 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 14 .125 .192 .250 .442 16 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
1963 35 PHI NL 49 28 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .038 .038 .038 .077 -78 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1964 36 TOT 44 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -56 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 36 PHI NL 11 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 36 MIN AL 33 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 37 MIN AL 56 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .111 .000 .111 -66 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
1966 38 MIN AL 26 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 39 DET AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
18 Seasons 713 554 502 28 63 8 1 5 29 0 0 14 190 .125 .152 .175 .328 -13 88 9 2 35 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 126 114 6 14 2 0 1 7 0 3 43 .125 .152 .175 .328 -13 20 2 0 8
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
CIN (5 yrs) 174 201 175 10 16 1 0 1 6 0 0 9 70 .091 .141 .114 .255 -32 20 4 1 16 0 0
CHC (5 yrs) 195 252 236 15 41 7 1 4 23 0 0 2 75 .174 .183 .263 .446 17 62 4 1 12 1
MIN (3 yrs) 115 17 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .000 .133 .000 .133 -59 0 1 0 2 0 0
PHI (2 yrs) 60 32 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 .033 .033 .033 .067 -81 1 0 0 2 0 0
LAD (2 yrs) 73 28 27 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .074 .074 .074 .148 -61 2 0 0 1 0 0
WSA (1 yr) 42 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 49 17 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .143 .200 .143 .343 -4 2 0 0 2 0 0
DET (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (13 yrs) 502 513 468 27 60 8 1 5 29 0 0 11 174 .128 .151 .182 .333 -12 85 8 2 31 1 0
AL (6 yrs) 211 41 34 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 .088 .162 .088 .250 -29 3 1 0 4 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr 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 0.0 0.0 2.55 1.17 .957 2.07 0.87
1955 CIN NL 27 P 39 14 138.0 35 9 23 3 0 .914 0.0 0.0 2.09 0.82 .951 2.04 0.83
1956 CIN NL 28 P 37 29 211.0 53 10 42 1 3 .981 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.60 0.36 .950 1.97 0.77
1959 LAD NL 31 P 28 0 45.2 11 2 7 2 0 .818 0.0 0.0 1.77 0.32 .964 1.99 0.82
1960 CLE AL 32 P 49 0 74.1 23 13 9 1 0 .957 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.61 0.41 .950 2.06 0.84
1964 TOT 36 P 44 0 68.0 22 2 19 1 2 .955 0.0 0.0 2.78 0.48 .955 1.99 0.75
1964 PHI NL 36 P 11 0 21.2 9 1 7 1 0 .889 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.53 0.39 .954 1.90 0.72
1965 MIN AL 37 P 56 0 76.1 13 0 11 2 0 .846 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.35 0.20 1.000 2.02 0.74
18 Seasons P 711 95 1369.1 445 106 324 15 23 .966 0.0 0.0 2.83 0.60 .957 2.03 0.83
18 Seasons TOT 711 95 1369.1 445 106 324 15 23 .966 0.0 0.0 2.83 0.60 .923 2.03 0.83
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL--4.885--10th
1953 NL--6.066--4th

Games Played s c a p y
1953 NL--48--7th
1958 NL--57--2nd
1960 AL--49--6th
Career--711--75th

Saves s c a p y
1953 NL--6--8th
1958 NL--10--4th
1960 AL--14--1st
Career--66--186th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1953 NL--113--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1955 NL--2--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1956 NL--26--6th
Career--203--185th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 NL--89--7th
1953 NL--107--3rd
1954 NL--96--4th
1956 NL--82--7th
1957 NL--68--10th
Career--978--117th

Hits s c a p y
1952 NL--208--10th
1956 NL--219--8th

Losses s c a p y
1952 NL--14--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1952 NL--100--4th
1956 NL--96--6th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1950 NL--6--5th
1952 NL--12--1st
1953 NL--10--2nd
1954 NL--5--7th
1955 NL--6--2nd
1957 NL--5--9th
1958 NL--9--2nd
1961 AL--10--1st
Career--97--85th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 NL--6--6th
1952 NL--6--4th
1953 NL--8--3rd
1956 NL--10--1st
Career--70--155th

Games Finished s c a p y
1953 NL--21--8th
1958 NL--27--8th
1960 AL--30--3rd
Career--275--124th

Oldest s c a p y
1965 AL--born 1927-10-17--7th
1966 AL--born 1927-10-17--4th
1967 AL--born 1927-10-17--4th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (545), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 17 (1164), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (727), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

November 24, 1948: Drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1948 minor league draft.

November 17, 1949: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1949 rule 5 draft.

October 1, 1954: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jim Willis to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Jim Bolger, Harry Perkowski and Ted Tappe.

June 15, 1958: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs with players to be named later and Steve Bilko to the Los Angeles Dodgers for players to be named later and Don Newcombe. The Cincinnati Redlegs sent Art Fowler (June 23, 1958) and Charlie Rabe (June 23, 1958) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

April 11, 1960: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Los Angeles Dodgers for $25,000.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the Cleveland Indians in the 1960 expansion draft.

December 15, 1961: Traded by the Washington Senators with Marty Keough to the Cincinnati Reds for Bob Schmidt and Dave Stenhouse.

March 25, 1963: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Cincinnati Reds.

June 29, 1964: Purchased by the Minnesota Twins from the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 18, 1966: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

April 10, 1967: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

June 2, 1967: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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