Connie Johnson
[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
| 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
| 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
| 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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