Connie Johnson
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[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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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