Kenneth Travis Johnson

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Full Name: Kenneth Travis Johnson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/210	First Game: September 13, 1958
Birthdate: June 16, 1933	Final Game: April 18, 1970
Birthplace: West Palm Beach, Florida	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on June 16, 1933 in West Palm Beach, Florida, Ken Johnson (Kenneth Travis Johnson) played for the Kansas City Athletics, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Colt .45s, Milwaukee Braves, Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs and Montreal Expos over the course of his 13 year career. Johnson broke into the bigs on September 13, 1958 with the Kansas City Athletics, and put up a 4.26 ERA in 120.1 innings pitched in 1960, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ken Johnson's best season was 1965, when he posted a 3.42 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 151 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
1958	KC	A	2	0	0	0	27.00	1	7	7	0	0	0	2.1	6	1	3	0	0	0
1959	KC	A	2	2	1	1	4.09	8	6	5	0	0	0	11	11	2	5	0	0	0
1960	KC	A	42	6	5	10	4.26	83	68	57	2	0	3	120.1	120	16	45	6	3	7
1961	KC	A	6	1	0	4	1.61	4	11	11	0	0	0	9.1	11	2	7	0	0	0
1961	CIN	N	15	11	6	2	3.25	42	33	30	3	1	1	83	71	11	22	1	1	2
1961	Total		21	12	6	6	4.00	46	44	41	3	1	1	92.1	82	13	29	1	1	2
1962	HOU	N	33	31	7	16	3.84	178	100	84	5	1	0	197	195	18	46	1	6	7
1963	HOU	N	37	32	11	17	2.65	148	86	66	6	1	1	224	204	12	50	4	1	8
1964	HOU	N	35	35	11	16	3.63	117	100	88	7	1	0	218	209	15	44	6	3	7
1965	MIL	N	29	26	13	8	3.21	123	75	64	8	1	2	179.2	165	15	37	7	3	3
1965	HOU	N	8	8	3	2	4.18	28	25	24	1	0	0	51.2	52	4	11	1	2	4
1965	TOT	N	37	34	16	10	3.42	151	100	88	9	1	2	231.1	217	19	48	8	5	7
1966	ATL	N	32	31	14	8	3.30	105	89	79	11	2	0	215.2	213	24	46	6	1	0
1967	ATL	N	29	29	13	9	2.74	85	78	64	6	0	0	210.1	191	19	38	8	1	7
1968	ATL	N	31	16	5	8	3.47	57	58	52	1	0	0	135	145	10	25	10	3	9
1969	NY	A	12	0	1	2	3.46	21	11	10	0	0	0	26	19	1	11	2	1	0
1969	CHI	N	9	1	1	2	2.84	18	8	6	0	0	1	19	17	2	13	3	1	0
1969	ATL	N	9	2	0	1	4.97	20	17	16	0	0	1	29	32	4	9	1	0	0
1969	Total		30	3	2	5	3.89	59	36	32	0	0	2	74	68	7	33	6	2	0
1969	TOT	N	18	3	1	3	4.12	38	25	22	0	0	2	48	49	6	22	4	1	0
1970	MON	N	3	0	0	0	7.50	4	6	5	0	0	0	6	9	1	1	0	0	2
Total	NL		270	222	84	89	3.32	925	675	578	48	7	6	1568.1	1503	135	342	48	22	49
Total	AL		64	9	7	17	4.79	117	103	90	2	0	3	169	167	22	71	8	4	7
Total			334	231	91	106	3.46	1042	778	668	50	7	9	1737.1	1670	157	413	56	26	56

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1958	KC	A	P	2	0	3.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	KC	A	P	2	2	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1960	KC	A	P	42	6	120.1	6	27	0	0	0	3	9	5	0	1.000
1961	KC	A	P	6	1	9.1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	CIN	N	P	15	11	83	9	19	0	1	0	3	4	0	0	1.000
1961	Total		P	21	12	92.1	10	23	0	1	0	3	4	0	0	1.000
1962	HOU	N	P	33	31	196.2	9	37	4	1	0	5	8	8	3	.920
1963	HOU	N	P	37	32	223.2	8	51	1	4	0	6	6	14	1	.983
1964	HOU	N	P	35	35	218	9	50	6	4	0	6	8	7	0	.908
1965	MIL	N	P	29	26	179.2	10	17	2	0	0	5	15	7	0	.931
1965	HOU	N	P	8	8	51.2	6	13	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	1.000
1965	TOT	N	P	37	34	231.1	16	30	2	1	0	6	16	9	0	.958
1966	ATL	N	P	32	31	215.2	14	35	1	4	0	5	3	8	2	.980
1967	ATL	N	P	29	29	210.1	9	33	1	0	0	5	10	6	0	.977
1968	ATL	N	P	31	16	135	7	18	1	3	0	0	8	5	0	.962
1969	NY	A	P	12	0	26	2	7	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1.000
1969	CHI	N	P	9	1	19	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
1969	ATL	N	P	9	2	29	0	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
1969	Total		P	30	3	74	3	13	0	1	0	3	4	1	1	1.000
1969	TOT	N	P	18	3	48	1	6	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1.000
1970	MON	N	P	3	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	334	231	1737.2	93	322	16	19	0	42	76	63	7	.963

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1958	KC	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	KC	A	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1960	KC	A	42	30	2	5	0	3	.167	.167	.200	1	0	0	11	0	3	0	0	1
1961	KC	A	6	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1961	CIN	N	15	25	1	6	0	5	.240	.240	.280	1	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0
1961	Total		21	26	1	6	0	5	.231	.231	.269	1	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0
1962	HOU	N	33	52	1	4	0	3	.077	.094	.096	1	0	1	24	0	9	0	0	2
1963	HOU	N	38	74	3	5	0	0	.068	.092	.068	0	0	1	34	1	5	0	0	0
1964	HOU	N	35	76	4	6	1	1	.079	.114	.132	1	0	2	49	1	4	0	0	0
1965	MIL	N	29	61	3	7	0	5	.115	.115	.131	1	0	0	27	0	3	0	0	0
1965	HOU	N	8	18	0	2	0	0	.111	.111	.167	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
1965	TOT	N	37	79	3	9	0	5	.114	.114	.139	2	0	0	34	0	3	0	0	0
1966	ATL	N	32	70	3	10	1	2	.143	.155	.243	2	1	1	28	0	10	0	0	1
1967	ATL	N	29	71	5	9	0	1	.127	.184	.141	1	0	5	27	0	6	0	0	0
1968	ATL	N	31	40	1	7	0	2	.175	.171	.175	0	0	0	19	0	3	0	0	2
1969	NY	A	12	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.250	.000	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1969	CHI	N	9	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
1969	ATL	N	9	6	1	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
1969	Total		30	13	1	0	0	1	.000	.133	.000	0	0	2	9	0	1	0	0	0
1969	TOT	N	18	10	1	0	0	0	.000	.091	.000	0	0	1	7	0	1	0	0	0
1970	MON	N	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		271	497	22	56	2	19	.113	.135	.145	8	1	11	233	2	42	0	0	5
Total	AL		64	37	2	5	0	4	.135	.158	.162	1	0	1	17	0	3	0	0	1
Total			335	534	24	61	2	23	.114	.137	.146	9	1	12	250	2	45	0	0	6

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1952).
Sold by Kansas City Athletics to Toronto (International) (May 8, 1961).
Traded by Toronto (International) to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Orlando Pena and cash (July 21, 1961).
Selected by Houston Colt .45s from Cincinnati Reds in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
Traded by Houston Astros with Jim Beauchamp to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Lee Maye (May 23, 1965).
Sold by Atlanta Braves to New York Yankees (June 10, 1969).
Sold by New York Yankees to Chicago Cubs (August 11, 1969).
Released by Chicago Cubs (April 8, 1970).
Signed by Montreal Expos (April 8, 1970).
Released by Montreal Expos (April 28, 1970).

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