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

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-15 / in Starts: 16-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 2

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	233	4	Apr 21	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(0-1)	99	10.1	11	3	3	5	4	0	0	2.61	3.05	45	9	17	3	0	10	58			0	2	0	38	2	1	3	0	0	1	1.49	-0.022	3.64	-0.03%	0.65	1b start tie	11b 123 1 out d1
2	234	8	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	W,7-4	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	8	4	4	1	4	2	1	3.26	3.97	37	13	10	0	0	8	58			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	.99	0.048	1.77	0.05%	0.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	235	12	May 1	CIN		BRO	W,3-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	7	2	0	0	2.54	4.06	39	10	18	6	0	2	66			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.484	3.68	0.77%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
4	236	18	May 6(2)	CIN		PHI	W,11-9	GS-5		4	4.1	8	5	5	2	3	0	0	3.58	3.84	23	3	7	0	1	8	28			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.003	1.41	-0.01%	-3.41	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out a5
5	237	21	May 11	CIN		MLN	L,8-9	GS-4		4	3.0	7	5	5	0	0	1	0	4.54	4.08	16	6	4	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.398	3.26	-0.89%	-3.42	1t start tie	4t --3 0 out a1
6	238	24	May 13(2)	CIN		MLN	L,1-6	GS-8	L(2-2)	1	8.0	10	5	4	3	2	0	1	4.53	3.95	37	9	13	0	1	9	43			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.02	-0.202	3.38	-0.40%	-1.00	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
7	239	27	May 19	CIN	@	BRO	W,10-5	GS-6	W(3-2)	5	5.0	7	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.81	3.99	22	6	11	4	0	1	39			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.015	1.88	0.03%	-1.40	1b start a 3	6b 12- 0 out a6
8	240	32	May 26	CIN	@	MLN	L,1-2	GS-7		6	7.0	0	1	1	7	4	0	1	4.37	4.08	28	7	9	0	0	0	70			0	0	0	17	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.03	0.182	4.28	0.45%	2.13	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
9	241	36	May 30(1)	CIN	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	8	3	3	3	4	2	1	4.18	4.30	38	8	14	2	2	8	60			0	0	0	34	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.27	0.288	4.63	0.63%	1.25	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	242	41	Jun 3(1)	CIN		NYG	W,7-3	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	10	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.03	4.30	38	8	17	1	5	10	54			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.161	4.38	0.33%	1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
11	243	47	Jun 8	CIN		BRO	W,6-4	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	7	4	4	3	4	3	0	4.03	4.57	35	13	15	5	0	0	58			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.163	5.18	0.48%	0.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
12	244	51	Jun 15	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG(11)	L(6-3)	6	10.1	11	4	4	3	4	1	0	3.97	4.48	45	12	15	0	0	11	56			2	0	0	40	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.78	-0.057	6.58	-0.13%	-0.35	1b start a 1	11b 123 1 out d1
13	245	56	Jun 19	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS-8	L(6-4)	3	7.0	6	4	4	4	5	1	1	4.05	4.51	31	8	7	0	1	6	50			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.371	5.41	-0.93%	-0.74	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out d2
14	246	60	Jun 24(1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,10-6	GS-4		4	3.1	9	6	6	0	2	1	0	4.44	4.53	17	8	3	2	0	4	20			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.342	5.04	-0.96%	-3.52	1b start a 4	4b 123 1 out a2
15	247	64	Jun 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-6		3	6.0	5	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.45	4.54	24	11	6	0	0	5	50			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.062	4.76	-0.18%	-0.23	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	248	69	Jul 2	CIN		MLN	W,2-1	CG	W(7-4)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	6	1	0	4.18	4.43	35	9	10	0	1	8	71			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.54	0.639	10.95	2.73%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
17	249	74	Jul 7	CIN		STL	W,5-2	GS-5		4	5.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.16	4.37	19	7	8	0	3	3	52			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	.73	0.003	3.91	0.01%	0.50	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
18	250	78	Jul 14	CIN		PHI	L,0-2	GS-8	L(7-5)	6	8.0	8	2	2	3	0	0	0	4.04	4.32	33	14	8	2	0	8	55			0	1	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	0	.82	0.099	4.22	0.31%	2.00	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
19	251	80	Jul 15(2)	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	8-8		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	4.31	1	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	0.078	13.68	0.23%	0.32	8t -2- 2 out tie	8t 3 out tie
20	252	83	Jul 18	CIN		BRO	L,3-6	GS-1	L(7-6)	2	0.2	3	4	1	1	0	1	0	4.08	4.43	7	0	5	2	0	1	35			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.320	5.43	-1.25%	-3.73	1t start tie	1t 1-- 2 out d4
21	253	84	Jul 19	CIN		BRO	W,7-2	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.07	4.42	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.000	.12	0.00%	0.10	9t --- 2 out a5	9t end a 5
22	254	85	Jul 20	CIN		PIT	W,6-4	10-GF(12)	W(8-6)	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.98	4.36	10	6	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.34	0.412	11.23	1.19%	1.50	10t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
23	255	90	Jul 24	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-10	GS-6	L(8-7)	3	6.0	7	6	6	4	4	2	0	4.19	4.49	27	5	9	3	0	5	34			0	1	0	23	3	1	1	1	0	0	1.01	-0.369	6.02	-1.32%	-2.88	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
24	256	94	Jul 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	W(9-7)	3	9.0	8	3	3	1	1	2	1	4.12	4.56	36	9	16	1	3	8	59			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.007	3.66	0.02%	1.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	257	100	Aug 1	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-3	GS-7	L(9-8)	3	6.1	8	3	3	3	3	0	1	4.13	4.51	31	4	12	1	1	8	45			0	0	0	24	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.32	-0.078	7.04	-0.25%	-0.23	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out d1
26	258	106	Aug 8	CIN		CHC	W,8-2	CG	W(10-8)	6	9.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	1	4.01	4.38	33	8	14	1	2	5	72			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	2	0	.51	0.158	2.17	0.41%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
27	259	111	Aug 13	CIN	@	MLN	L,1-5	GS-6	L(10-9)	4	6.0	4	3	2	5	3	1	0	3.98	4.44	28	8	8	0	2	4	52			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.37	-0.111	9.91	-0.48%	-0.32	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
28	260	113	Aug 15(1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	13-GF(15)	W(11-9)	1	3.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.91	4.36	12	1	4	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.45	0.454	18.10	1.43%	1.42	13b --- 0 out tie	15b end a 1
29	261	117	Aug 18	CIN		MLN	W,13-4	GS-5		2	4.0	8	4	4	0	1	2	0	4.02	4.45	20	4	7	0	3	8	31			0	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	-0.233	10.71	-1.37%	-2.62	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out a1
30	262	122	Aug 23	CIN		BRO	L,5-6	GS-5	L(11-10)	4	5.0	6	5	3	1	3	0	1	4.06	4.39	23	8	9	6	0	1	41			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	1	1	1	1.08	-0.288	6.90	-1.11%	-2.50	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
31	263	125	Aug 26(1)	CIN		PHI	W,10-5	1-3		2	1.2	1	2	2	3	0	0	1	4.12	4.44	10	4	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.35	-0.218	5.28	-0.51%	-2.14	1t 12- 2 out d2	3t 123 1 out d2
32	264	128	Aug 29	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	GS-4		2	3.0	9	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.20	4.45	16	2	3	0	1	9	31			0	2	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.236	4.65	-0.62%	-1.88	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	265	132	Sep 3(1)	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	L(11-11)	4	8.0	7	3	3	2	2	2	0	4.16	4.51	32	7	14	0	5	7	56			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.21	-0.186	10.07	-0.93%	-0.39	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out d1
34	266	143	Sep 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-3	3-5		12	2.2	3	1	1	5	4	0	0	4.15	4.52	15	3	2	2	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	.85	-0.009	8.05	-0.05%	-0.23	3b --- 0 out d2	5b 123 2 out d3
35	267	147	Sep 19(1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-3	GS-8	W(12-11)	2	7.2	9	3	3	5	3	0	0	4.13	4.48	34	8	9	1	1	9	47			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	3	1	0	.78	0.133	.27	0.03%	0.25	1b start a 4	8b 1-3 2 out a3
36	268	153	Sep 25	CIN		MLN	L,1-7	4-5		5	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.09	4.47	9	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.024	3.49	0.18%	1.00	4t --- 0 out d5	5t 3 out d5
37	269	154	Sep 29	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-6	4-5		3	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.09	4.46	10	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.85	-0.021	1.57	-0.02%	-0.06	4b --- 0 out d2	5b 3 out d3
							22-15		W-L:12-11,Sv:1	3.2	211.0	219	103	96	82	86	26	10	4.09	4.46	917	0.78		8%	6%	183	49	3	0%	4	7	0	796	39	8	13	17	11	7	1.15	-0.178	5.20	-2.20%	-6.75

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