Johnny Klippstein

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 173lb (185cm, 78kg)

Born: October 17, 1927 in Washington, DC us

Died: October 10, 2003 in Elgin, IL

Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Huntley, IL

High School: Montgomery Blair HS (Silver Spring, MD)

Debut: May 3, 1950 (Age 22-198d, 10,703rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 4.0 IP, 9 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: May 27, 1967 (Age 39-222d)
vs. WSA 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: John Calvin Klippstein

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1959 World Series

+10

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.0

101

118

ERA

4.24

711

161

1967.2

1158

WHIP

1.470

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-23 / in Starts: 3-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 10

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	34	16	May 6(1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.48	7	2	3	1	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.025	.52	0.04%	0.98	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 2
2	35	17	May 6(2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-7	8-GF(10)	W(1-0)	-1	3.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.28	8	3	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.392	3.53	0.50%	1.84	8b 1-- 0 out tie	10b end a 2
3	36	19	May 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	6-7		2	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.79	6	3	1	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	.43	0.021	1.10	0.03%	0.74	6b 1-- 2 out d3	7b 3 out d3
4	37	24	May 13(2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-0	SHO	W(2-0)	3	9.0	6	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.00	3.26	35	14	10	0	4	6	72			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	0.467	3.27	0.76%	4.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
5	38	29	May 19	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	GS-8	L(2-1)	5	8.0	8	2	2	1	5	1	1	0.77	3.38	33	12	6	1	0	8	62			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	0.147	3.55	0.29%	2.06	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
6	39	34	May 26	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GS-9		6	8.2	4	4	4	5	4	0	3	1.69	3.64	39	13	10	2	2	4	59			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	-0.214	5.20	-0.36%	-0.21	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	40	38	Jun 2	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-5	GS-9	W(3-1)	6	8.0	7	5	5	5	4	1	0	2.48	3.90	35	11	8	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.226	2.59	-0.43%	-2.64	1b start a 1	9b 1-3 0 out a2
8	41	43	Jun 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-7	GS-6	L(3-2)	4	5.2	12	7	7	0	0	1	0	3.55	4.01	28	9	7	0	0	12	17			1	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.243	2.41	-0.36%	-2.67	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out d4
9	42	45	Jun 10(1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-6	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	3	3	2	0	2	1	1	3.78	4.20	10	2	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	.18	-0.030	.38	-0.04%	-2.00	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 5
10	43	48	Jun 13	CHC		PHI	L,0-5	GS-8	L(3-3)	2	8.0	9	4	2	4	2	0	0	3.56	4.10	34	13	6	0	0	9	50			0	2	0	28	0	2	1	1	0	2	.88	-0.012	1.50	-0.01%	0.06	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
11	44	53	Jun 18	CHC		BSN	W,5-4	9-GF	W(4-3)	4	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.49	4.05	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.71	0.139	3.49	0.08%	0.51	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
12	45	56	Jun 22	CHC		NYG	L,6-9	GS-5		3	5.0	6	6	6	3	4	2	0	4.09	4.36	23	6	4	0	1	6	32			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	-0.421	.98	-0.24%	-3.46	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
13	46	58	Jun 24	CHC		NYG	L,7-10	5-6		1	1.1	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.14	4.32	8	3	1	0	0	4		3	3	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.409	.72	-0.17%	-3.72	5t 123 2 out tie	6t 3 out d3
14	47	62	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	T,6-6			4	5.0	3	1	0	2	3	0	0	3.84	4.18	23												19			0		0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	48	68	Jul 5	CHC		STL	L,2-10	GS-	L(4-4)	5	1.2	4	3	2	1	2	0	0	4.00	4.13	10						38						9			0		0
16	49	70	Jul 7	CHC		CIN	L,6-8	5-7		1	1.2	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.42	4.08	12	2	2	0	0	5		1	0	2	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.131	.15	-0.02%	-2.85	5t -2- 2 out d2	7t 1-3 1 out d5
17	50	71	Jul 12	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-9	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	4.79	4.27	10	2	5	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.28	-0.034	.07	-0.01%	-2.98	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 6
18	51	74	Jul 14(2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-7	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.70	4.31	6	1	2	2	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.071	.17	0.01%	0.83	8b -2- 2 out a2	9b end a 4
19	52	82	Jul 22(1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-7	6-6	BS(1)	7	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.80	4.31	3	2	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.25	-0.260	.48	-0.02%	-1.59	6b 12- 1 out a2	6b 1-3 2 out tie
20	53	86	Jul 26	CHC		BRO	L,1-9	7-9		3	1.2	4	5	5	1	1	1	0	5.28	4.45	11	3	5	3	0	1		2	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.19	-0.033	.01	0.00%	-2.89	7t 1-3 2 out d3	9t -23 1 out d6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	54	107	Aug 12(1)	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	9-GF		16	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.21	4.42	3	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.68	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
22	55	109	Aug 13	CHC	@	STL	W,6-3	4-GF	W(5-4)	0	5.1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.88	4.20	17	8	4	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.295	.00	0.00%	2.72	4b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 3
23	56	116	Aug 19(2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-8		5	7.2	5	3	0	3	4	0	0	4.47	4.07	32	5	15	1	5	5	64			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.094	.00	0.00%	0.62	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a1
24	57	122	Aug 26(2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-5	GS-4	L(5-5)	6	3.2	7	4	3	1	1	0	0	4.58	4.02	18	5	4	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.258	.00	0.00%	-2.22	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	58	129	Sep 2(1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-7	GS-6	L(5-6)	6	5.0	8	4	2	2	2	0	1	4.53	3.99	27	9	5	1	0	8	39			2	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.197	.00	0.00%	-1.85	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d4
26	59	132	Sep 3(2)	CHC		PIT	L,3-4			0	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.41	3.95	9												9			0		0
27	60	134	Sep 5(2)	CHC		STL	L,5-6	5-6		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.35	3.93	4	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.95	5t 12- 2 out d4	6t 3 out d4
28	61	135	Sep 6	CHC		STL	L,2-10	7-8		0	1.0	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.57	3.97	8	3	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-2.88	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 1-- 0 out d7
29	62	139	Sep 9(2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-7	4-GF(8)		2	5.0	5	3	3	0	4	1	0	4.61	3.95	20	6	5	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.49	4b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 7
30	63	140	Sep 11	CHC		BSN	W,13-11	8-8	W(6-6)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.57	3.97	4	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.053	.00	0.00%	0.51	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
31	64	142	Sep 14	CHC		NYG	L,2-7	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.53	3.96	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
32	65	143	Sep 15	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	5-7		0	3.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.41	3.96	11	3	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.055	.00	0.00%	1.52	5t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d3
33	66	146	Sep 18	CHC		PHI	W,7-4	6-GF	S(2)	2	4.0	2	1	1	3	3	1	0	4.34	4.04	16	1	7	0	2	2		0	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.195	.00	0.00%	1.03	6t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 3
34	67	150	Sep 23(1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-9	2-4		4	3.0	5	2	2	4	0	0	0	4.38	4.10	18	7	3	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-1.51	2b 12- 0 out d2	4b 3 out d5
35	68	154	Sep 30(1)	CHC		STL	W,7-6			6	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.29	4.06	9												9			0		0
							11-23		W-L:6-6,Sv:2,BSv:1	2.9	123.2	125	71	59	53	56	10	6	4.29	4.06	545	1.22		6%	6%	104	47	16	44%	7	7	0	475	12	4	2	11	0	11	.94	-0.621	1.48	0.05%	-14.00

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