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: 23-26

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 21

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	401	1	Apr 19	CLE		DET	L,2-4	15-15		99	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	---	---	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	0.002	9.98	0.00%	-0.17	15t -23 1 out tie	15t 123 1 out tie
2	402	7	Apr 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	5.53	7	2	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.018	.47	0.02%	0.98	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
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	403	14	May 4	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	3.19	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.031	1.08	0.05%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
4	404	20	May 13	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	6-7		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.53	8	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.87	0.067	3.05	0.14%	0.95	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
5	405	21	May 14	CLE		CHW	W,10-9	6-GF	S(1)	0	3.1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	1.08	4.33	12	4	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.255	5.57	0.49%	0.52	6t --- 2 out a2	9t end a 1
6	406	23	May 15(2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	8-GF(10)	W(1-0)	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.79	3.50	9	4	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.216	3.22	0.43%	1.42	8t --- 0 out d1	10t end tie
7	407	25	May 18	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	6-7		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.68	3.05	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.088	2.12	0.19%	0.95	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d1
8	408	27	May 21	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.63	2.88	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.006	.23	0.01%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
9	409	31	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	L(1-1)	6	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.20	3.73	2	1	0	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.94	-0.027	14.98	-0.06%	0.58	9b 123 1 out tie	10b end d 1
10	410	33	May 29(2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	7-7		0	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.20	4.13	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.00	-0.101	6.96	-0.21%	-1.17	7b -23 2 out d1	7b 123 2 out d2
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
11	411	38	Jun 3	CLE		DET	W,6-2	7-GF	S(3)	4	2.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	3.68	7	3	2	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.087	1.92	0.21%	1.70	7t 123 2 out a4	9t end a 4
12	412	43	Jun 8(1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	7-GF	S(4)	4	3.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.89	3.36	9	1	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.34	0.451	9.15	1.06%	1.51	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
13	413	45	Jun 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	8-GF	S(5)	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.81	3.20	8	2	3	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.11	0.343	13.65	0.91%	1.01	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
14	414	47	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	6-GF(8)	L(1-2)	1	2.1	1	2	0	0	4	1	0	0.73	3.34	9	1	3	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.214	5.22	-0.65%	-0.66	6b 12- 2 out tie	8b end d 2
15	415	48	Jun 14	CLE		BAL	L,4-7	8-8		2	1.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.05	3.54	7	3	0	0	0	2		3	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.045	2.08	-0.15%	-1.70	8t 123 0 out d2	8t 3 out d6
16	416	51	Jun 16	CLE		BAL	L,2-3	8-9		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.98	3.39	6	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.042	1.47	0.13%	0.95	8t --- 0 out d2	9t 3 out d2
17	417	52	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	7-8		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.91	3.34	5	2	2	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	.80	0.153	2.78	0.32%	2.78	7t 123 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
18	418	55	Jun 19(2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.85	3.38	8	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.054	2.01	0.11%	0.95	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d2
19	419	56	Jun 21	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	7-GF	S(6)	1	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.78	3.19	12	4	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	0.367	8.93	0.67%	1.42	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
20	420	58	Jun 23	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	7-7		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.76	3.26	5	2	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.90	-0.039	2.94	-0.08%	-0.05	7t -23 0 out d1	7t 3 out d3
21	421	59	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	L,6-10	6-7	L(1-3)	0	0.1	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.25	3.42	6	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.26	-0.399	10.75	-1.14%	-3.99	6t 1-3 2 out d1	7t -23 0 out d3
22	422	61	Jun 26(1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	6-8		1	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.16	3.33	10	3	4	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.012	1.14	-0.03%	0.61	6t -2- 1 out d3	8t 3 out d4
23	423	63	Jun 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	9-GF(11)	W(2-3)	1	3.0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.08	3.27	11	2	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.69	0.463	11.42	1.18%	1.45	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 1
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
24	424	67	Jul 3(1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	7-GF	S(7)	4	2.2	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	1.22	3.50	9	3	2	1	0	1		3	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.181	2.18	0.40%	1.57	7b 123 1 out a4	9b end a 3
25	425	70	Jul 4(2)	CLE		KCA	W,7-4	8-GF	S(8)	0	2.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.36	3.46	9	2	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.130	7.22	0.30%	-0.05	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
26	426	75	Jul 10(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	6-GF	W(3-3)	5	3.2	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	1.26	3.59	13	4	3	0	0	1		2	0	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.367	5.39	0.98%	2.64	6b 1-3 1 out tie	9b end a 4
27	427	78	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	W,9-4	6-7	H(1)	5	0.2	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	1.42	3.77	6	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.32	-0.006	10.57	-0.02%	-0.48	6t 1-- 1 out a2	7t 12- 0 out a4
28	428	82	Jul 19	CLE		NYY	L,11-13	7-8	H(2)	2	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	2	0	1.74	4.21	6	1	1	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	-0.110	9.59	-0.35%	-0.92	7t 12- 0 out a3	8t 1-- 0 out a1
29	429	84	Jul 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.88	4.18	6	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.058	1.97	-0.12%	-0.50	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
30	430	87	Jul 24(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.84	4.11	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.031	1.26	0.06%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
31	431	88	Jul 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	7-7		1	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.35	4.17	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.133	3.67	-0.32%	-1.98	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 12- 0 out d2
32	432	92	Jul 30	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	9-9	L(3-4)	3	0.1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.50	4.21	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	-0.062	7.04	-0.10%	-0.18	9b --- 0 out tie	9b -2- 1 out tie
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
33	433	97	Aug 5	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	9-GF	S(9)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	4.15	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	0.156	4.26	0.19%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
34	434	99	Aug 7(1)	CLE		BAL	L,6-8	8-8		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	4.14	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.098	2.26	-0.10%	-0.58	8t 12- 2 out d1	8t 3 out d2
35	435	102	Aug 10	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	9-GF		2	1.0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.40	4.34	5	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.13	-0.024	.09	-0.01%	-1.53	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
36	436	104	Aug 12	CLE		DET	L,4-6	9-GF(10)	L(3-5)	1	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.62	4.52	9	3	1	1	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.74	-0.283	.62	-0.06%	-1.05	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
37	437	109	Aug 17	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	8-GF	W(4-5)	4	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.54	4.35	7	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	0.260	.45	0.03%	0.95	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
38	438	114	Aug 21(2)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.51	4.33	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.148	.10	-0.01%	-0.59	8b -23 1 out tie	8b end d 2
39	439	115	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	S(10)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	4.32	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.66	0.171	.28	0.00%	0.44	10b 12- 2 out a1	10b end a 1
40	440	117	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-10	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.60	4.26	6	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.027	.03	0.00%	-0.50	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
41	441	118	Aug 26(1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	8-8	H(3)	0	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.86	4.29	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	-0.123	.20	-0.01%	-0.95	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 12- 2 out a1
42	442	122	Aug 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-1	8-GF	S(11)	1	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.78	4.23	7	1	2	0	0	1		2	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.111	.00	0.00%	1.41	8b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 8
43	443	123	Aug 29	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	9-GF	S(12)	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	4.22	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	0.045	.01	0.00%	0.23	9b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
Sep/Oct				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
44	444	127	Sep 2	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-2	9-GF	S(13)	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.73	4.24	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
45	445	134	Sep 8	CLE		BAL	L,0-9	7-8		5	1.2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.93	4.26	8	1	2	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	.04	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-2.02	7t 1-- 1 out d6	8t 3 out d9
46	446	141	Sep 16	CLE		KCA	W,4-2	8-GF	S(14)	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.86	4.16	5	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.290	.00	0.00%	1.85	8t -23 1 out a2	9t end a 2
47	447	147	Sep 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	8-9		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	4.11	6	2	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.95	8t --- 0 out d2	9t 3 out d2
48	448	151	Sep 28	CLE	@	KCA	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	3	2	2	3	1	0	0	2.99	4.19	8	1	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-1.51	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
49	449	153	Oct 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-8	8-GF	W(5-5)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	4.14	7	2	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	0.302	.00	0.00%	0.98	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
							23-26		W-L:5-5,Sv:14,Hld:3	2.4	74.1	53	30	24	35	46	8	1	2.91	4.14	302	1.14		6%	3%	49		43	26%	7	3	0	257	2	1	3	7	1	3	1.30	2.781	3.83	4.47%	10.67

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