Connie Johnson

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Full Name: Clifford Johnson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/200	First Game: April 17, 1953
Birthdate: December 27, 1922	Final Game: September 14, 1958
Birthplace: Stone Mountain, Georgia	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: November 28, 2004
Deathplace: Kansas City, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on December 27, 1922 in Stone Mountain, Georgia, Connie Johnson (Clifford Johnson) played for the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 5 year career. Johnson broke into the bigs on April 17, 1953 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 3.56 ERA in 60.2 innings pitched in 1953, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Connie Johnson's best season was 1957, when he posted a 3.20 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 177 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1953	CHI	A	14	10	4	4	3.56	44	27	24	2	1	0	60.2	55	4	38	0	4	2
1955	CHI	A	17	16	7	4	3.45	72	40	38	5	2	0	99	95	5	52	0	0	1
1956	CHI	A	5	2	0	1	3.65	6	5	5	0	0	0	12.1	11	1	7	0	1	0
1956	BAL	A	26	25	9	10	3.43	130	79	70	9	2	0	183.2	165	12	62	3	3	1
1956	TOT	A	31	27	9	11	3.44	136	84	75	9	2	0	196	176	13	69	3	4	1
1957	BAL	A	35	30	14	11	3.20	177	93	86	14	3	0	242	212	17	66	1	6	3
1958	BAL	A	26	17	6	9	3.88	68	58	51	4	0	1	118.1	116	13	32	3	2	0
Total			123	100	40	39	3.44	497	302	274	34	8	1	716	654	52	257	7	16	7

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1953	CHI	A	P	14	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	CHI	A	P	17	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	CHI	A	P	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	BAL	A	P	26	0	0	8	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1956	TOT	A	P	31	0	0	9	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1957	BAL	A	P	35	30	242	10	22	1	0	0	1	1	12	0	.970
1958	BAL	A	P	26	17	118.1	3	13	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	1.000
Total			P	123	47	360.1	26	66	2	0	0	3	4	15	0	.979

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1953	CHI	A	15	20	4	1	0	1	.050	.136	.050	0	0	2	7	0	1	0	0	1
1955	CHI	A	19	33	4	5	0	5	.152	.147	.212	2	0	0	7	0	2	0	0	2
1956	CHI	A	5	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1956	BAL	A	26	58	5	15	0	4	.259	.328	.276	1	0	6	9	0	6	1	0	1
1956	TOT	A	31	61	5	15	0	4	.246	.313	.262	1	0	6	10	0	6	1	0	1
1957	BAL	A	35	89	6	12	0	5	.135	.135	.135	0	0	0	12	0	6	1	0	3
1958	BAL	A	26	34	1	7	0	2	.206	.243	.235	1	0	2	12	0	1	0	0	0
Total			126	237	20	40	0	17	.169	.201	.186	4	0	10	48	0	16	2	0	7

[edit] Transactions

Sold by St Hyacinthe (Provincial) to Chicago White Sox for $6500 (1952).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Bob Nieman, Mike Fornieles and George Kell to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Jim Wilson and Dave Philley (May 21, 1956).

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