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Johnny Klippstein

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Full Name: John Calvin Klippstein Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/173 First Game: May 3, 1950
Birthdate: October 17, 1927 Final Game: May 27, 1967
Birthplace: Washington, D.C. MLB Experience: 18 years
Died: October 10, 2003
Deathplace: Elgin, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on October 17, 1927 in Washington, D.C., Johnny Klippstein (John Calvin Klippstein) played for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies, Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 18 year career. Klippstein broke into the bigs on May 3, 1950 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 5.25 ERA in 104.2 innings pitched in 1950, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Johnny Klippstein's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1965, when he posted a 2.24 ERA and struck out 59 batters. However, others believe that it was 1963, when he posted a 1.93 ERA and struck out 86 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
1950 CHI N 33 11 2 9 5.25 51 69 61 3 0 1 104.2 112 9 64 0 6 4
1951 CHI N 35 11 6 6 4.29 56 71 59 1 1 2 123.2 125 10 53 0 2 6
1952 CHI N 41 25 9 14 4.44 110 110 100 7 2 3 202.2 208 17 89 0 12 6
1953 CHI N 48 19 10 11 4.83 113 115 90 5 0 6 167.2 169 15 107 0 10 8
1954 CHI N 36 21 4 11 5.29 69 104 87 4 0 1 148 155 13 96 8 5 4
1955 CIN N 39 14 9 10 3.39 68 66 52 3 2 0 138 120 13 60 5 6 4
1956 CIN N 37 29 12 11 4.09 86 103 96 11 0 1 211 219 26 82 13 0 10
1957 CIN N 46 18 8 11 5.05 99 84 82 3 1 3 146 146 17 68 6 5 3
1958 LA N 45 0 3 5 3.80 73 40 38 0 0 9 90 81 12 44 8 5 2
1958 CIN N 12 4 3 2 4.91 22 20 18 0 0 1 33 37 5 14 1 4 1
1958 TOT N 57 4 6 7 4.10 95 60 56 0 0 10 123 118 17 58 9 9 3
1959 LA N 28 0 4 0 5.91 30 31 30 0 0 2 45.2 48 8 33 5 2 2
1960 CLE A 49 0 5 5 2.91 46 30 24 0 0 14 74.1 53 8 35 3 1 1
1961 WAS A 42 1 2 2 6.78 41 59 54 0 0 0 71.2 83 13 43 1 10 4
1962 CIN N 40 7 7 6 4.47 67 66 54 0 0 4 108.2 113 13 64 5 8 4
1963 PHI N 49 1 5 6 1.93 86 28 24 0 0 8 112 80 3 46 9 6 3
1964 PHI N 11 0 2 1 4.03 13 10 10 0 0 1 22.1 22 6 8 1 3 2
1964 MIN A 33 0 0 4 1.97 39 12 10 0 0 2 45.2 44 4 20 7 6 1
1964 Total 44 0 2 5 2.65 52 22 20 0 0 3 68 66 10 28 8 9 3
1965 MIN A 56 0 9 3 2.24 59 22 19 0 0 5 76.1 59 8 31 4 4 3
1966 MIN A 26 0 1 1 3.40 26 15 15 0 0 3 39.2 35 2 20 2 1 2
1967 DET A 5 0 0 0 5.40 4 4 4 0 0 0 6.2 6 1 1 0 1 0
Total NL 500 160 84 103 4.36 943 917 801 37 6 42 1653.1 1635 167 828 61 74 59
Total AL 211 1 17 15 3.61 215 142 126 0 0 24 314.1 280 36 150 17 23 11
Total 711 161 101 118 4.24 1158 1059 927 37 6 66 1967.2 1915 203 978 78 97 70

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1950 CHI N P 33 0 0 7 15 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .880
1951 CHI N P 35 0 0 4 23 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 CHI N P 41 0 0 6 43 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 CHI N P 48 0 0 5 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1954 CHI N P 36 21 148 15 27 0 3 0 2 6 3 3 1.000
1955 CIN N P 39 0 0 9 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .914
1956 CIN N P 37 0 0 10 42 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1957 CIN N P 46 18 146 10 17 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 1.000
1958 LA N P 45 0 90 7 9 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 1.000
1958 CIN N P 12 4 33 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1.000
1958 TOT N P 57 4 123 8 11 0 1 0 1 2 6 0 1.000
1959 LA N P 28 0 45.2 2 7 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .818
1960 CLE A P 49 0 74.1 13 9 1 0 0 0 7 3 0 .957
1961 WAS A P 42 1 71.2 3 14 0 2 0 2 10 7 0 1.000
1962 CIN N P 40 7 108.2 3 22 0 1 0 2 5 2 3 1.000
1963 PHI N P 49 1 112 5 15 0 0 0 4 5 9 0 1.000
1964 PHI N P 11 0 21.2 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1964 MIN A P 33 0 46.1 1 12 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
1964 Total P 44 0 68 2 19 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 .955
1965 MIN A P 56 0 76.1 0 11 2 0 0 0 8 2 0 .846
1966 MIN A P 26 0 40 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1.000
1967 DET A P 5 0 6.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 711 52 1020.1 106 324 15 23 0 13 55 36 6 .966

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1950 CHI N 35 33 4 11 1 3 .333 .333 .515 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2
1951 CHI N 35 37 1 4 1 4 .108 .108 .189 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 2
1952 CHI N 41 63 3 11 1 9 .175 .200 .270 1 1 1 24 1 7 0 0 0
1953 CHI N 48 58 5 9 1 4 .155 .169 .241 2 0 1 20 0 3 0 0 0
1954 CHI N 36 45 2 6 0 3 .133 .130 .156 1 0 0 14 0 2 0 0 0
1955 CIN N 39 31 3 2 0 1 .065 .171 .097 1 0 3 15 1 4 0 0 1
1956 CIN N 37 71 4 7 0 3 .099 .135 .099 0 0 3 19 0 8 0 0 1
1957 CIN N 46 41 0 3 0 0 .073 .095 .073 0 0 1 20 0 2 0 0 1
1958 LA N 45 20 1 1 0 0 .050 .050 .050 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 0
1958 CIN N 12 8 1 1 0 1 .125 .125 .125 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1
1958 TOT N 57 28 2 2 0 1 .071 .071 .071 0 0 0 12 0 2 0 0 1
1959 LA N 28 7 0 1 0 0 .143 .143 .143 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CLE A 49 14 1 2 0 0 .143 .200 .143 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0
1961 WAS A 42 7 0 1 0 0 .143 .143 .143 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CIN N 40 24 2 3 1 1 .125 .192 .250 0 0 2 14 0 1 0 0 0
1963 PHI N 49 26 1 1 0 0 .038 .038 .038 0 0 0 14 0 2 0 0 0
1964 PHI N 11 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MIN A 33 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1964 Total 44 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
1965 MIN A 56 8 0 0 0 0 .000 .111 .000 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1
1966 MIN A 26 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1967 DET A 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 502 468 27 60 5 29 .128 .151 .182 8 1 11 174 2 31 0 0 8
Total AL 211 34 1 3 0 0 .088 .162 .088 0 0 3 16 0 4 0 0 1
Total 713 502 28 63 5 29 .125 .152 .175 8 1 14 190 2 35 0 0 9

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1944).
  • Selected by Brooklyn Dodgers from St. Louis Cardinals in the minor league draft (November 24, 1948).
  • Selected by Chicago Cubs from Brooklyn Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 17, 1949).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs with Jim Willis to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Ted Tappe, Harry Perkowski and Jim Bolger (October 1, 1954).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Steve Bilko and 2 players to be named later to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Don Newcombe (June 15, 1958); Los Angeles Dodgers received Art Fowler and Charlie Rabe (June 23, 1958).
  • Sold by Los Angeles Dodgers to Cleveland Indians for $25000 (April 11, 1960).
  • Selected by Washington Senators from Cleveland Indians in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
  • Traded by Washington Senators with Marty Keough to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Dave Stenhouse and Bob Schmidt (December 15, 1961).
  • Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Philadelphia Phillies (March 25, 1963).
  • Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Minnesota Twins (June 29, 1964).
  • Released by Minnesota Twins (October 18, 1966).
  • Signed by Detroit Tigers (April 10, 1967).
  • Released by Detroit Tigers (June 2, 1967).

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