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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 17	CHC		STL	W,23-13	GS	11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	4	Apr 18	CHC		STL	L,4-6		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	5	Apr 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,3-7	GS	22	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	11 (5)	May 1	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	15 (3)	May 6	CHC		BRO	W,8-7	GS	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	19 (3)	May 11	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS	31	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	23 (3)	May 15	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
8	29 (5)	May 21	CHC		MLN	L,4-6	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	32 (2)	May 23 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	35 (2)	May 25	CHC	@	STL	L,4-9	GS	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	41 (5)	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	GS	35	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	44 (2)	Jun 5 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,5-8	GS	20	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	47 (2)	Jun 8	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	51 (3)	Jun 11	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	GS	32	7.1	2	3	0	5	0	P
15	54 (2)	Jun 13 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,4-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	58 (3)	Jun 20 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	59	Jun 20 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	64 (4)	Jun 26	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
19	66 (1)	Jun 29	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-7		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	71 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	L,0-7	GS	22	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
21	74 (2)	Jul 6	CHC		MLN	L,3-14	GF	44	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
22	84 (9)	Jul 17 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-6	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	95 (10)	Jul 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-7		13	3.1	1	3	0	4	0	P
24	98 (2)	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-8	GF	0	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	101 (2)	Aug 1 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	104 (2)	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	GF	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
27	107 (2)	Aug 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-8		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	110 (2)	Aug 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	GF	6	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	P
29	115 (4)	Aug 15	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	119 (3)	Aug 19 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	121 (1)	Aug 21	CHC		MLN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	126 (4)	Aug 27	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	GS	32	7.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	133 (6)	Sep 2	CHC		BRO	L,2-10		8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	137 (3)	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-13	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	144 (6)	Sep 12 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	28	5.1	1	1	0	2	1	P
36	151 (6)	Sep 21 (2)	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GS	27	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							36gm		148.0	15	27	0	42	3