Johnny Klippstein

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 173lb (185cm, 78kg)

Born: October 17, 1927 in Washington, DC us

Died: October 10, 2003 in Elgin, IL

Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Huntley, IL

High School: Montgomery Blair HS (Silver Spring, MD)

Debut: May 3, 1950 (Age 22-198d, 10,703rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 4.0 IP, 9 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: May 27, 1967 (Age 39-222d)
vs. WSA 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: John Calvin Klippstein

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1959 World Series

+10

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.0

101

118

ERA

4.24

711

161

1967.2

1158

WHIP

1.470

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-5		18	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	9 (7)	Apr 26	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4		13	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	11 (1)	Apr 28	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	14 (2)	May 1	CHC		BRO	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	19 (4)	May 6	CHC		BSN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
6	23 (3)	May 11 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-11	GS	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	27 (3)	May 16 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	32 (4)	May 22 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
9	34 (1)	May 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	37 (2)	May 27	CHC		STL	L,5-8	GS	25	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	41 (3)	Jun 1	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	GS	11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	43 (1)	Jun 3	CHC		NYG	L,4-17		11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	48 (4)	Jun 8 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,7-5	GS	25	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	54 (5)	Jun 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	GF	26	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
15	57 (2)	Jun 17	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-9		21	4.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
16	63 (5)	Jun 24 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	67 (3)	Jun 29 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-8	GS	22	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
18	69 (1)	Jun 30	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	74 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,7-13	GS	0	2.2	0	3	0	3	1
20	75	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	76	Jul 5	CHC		CIN	L,1-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	79 (2)	Jul 10	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	GF	31	8.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
23	82 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,3-7		16	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	85 (2)	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	88 (2)	Jul 20	CHC		NYG	L,7-9	GS	27	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	93 (4)	Jul 26	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-7	GS	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	98 (4)	Jul 30 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	101 (2)	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	106 (4)	Aug 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	111 (4)	Aug 13 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-11	GS	37	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
31	118 (6)	Aug 19 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,0-5	GS	6	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
32	120 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,8-6	GF	31	7.1	0	0	0	0	0
33	125 (4)	Aug 24 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,4-14		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	127 (1)	Aug 26	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	129 (1)	Aug 28	CHC		BRO	L,6-9	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	131 (1)	Aug 30	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	134 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	138 (3)	Sep 6	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	GS	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
39	142 (3)	Sep 10 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS	15	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	146 (3)	Sep 14 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	30	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
41	150 (3)	Sep 19	CHC		STL	L,3-5	GS	36	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
							41gm		202.2	6	43	0	49	4