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: 19-28 / in Starts: 9-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 14

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	110	3	Apr 22	CHC		MLN	L,6-15	3-4		99	0.2	4	4	3	0	1	2	0	40.50	38.59	7	1	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.43	-0.154	1.11	-0.24%	-3.90	3t --- 2 out d3	4t 1-- 1 out d7
2	111	6	Apr 26	CHC		STL	W,7-5		W(1-0)	3	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	7.36	8.32	10												9					0
3	112	8	Apr 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4			2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.23	7.44	3												3					0
May				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
4	113	13	May 4	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-8	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	6.2	9	7	7	3	4	2	1	8.18	7.23	31	7	7	3	1	9	29			1	0	1	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	.85	-0.098	1.87	-0.13%	-3.61	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out d7
5	114	18	May 10(2)	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(1-2)	5	7.0	7	4	4	2	4	0	0	7.00	5.32	30	13	4	0	0	7	49			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	2	.88	-0.131	1.38	-0.12%	-0.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
6	115	23	May 17(2)	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	GS-7	W(2-2)	6	6.2	4	3	3	4	9	2	2	6.20	5.63	30	6	7	0	0	2	59			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.245	.84	0.17%	0.74	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out a4
7	116	28	May 24(2)	CHC		MLN	W,5-2	CG	W(3-2)	6	9.0	10	2	2	3	2	0	1	5.08	5.06	36	12	8	1	3	10	58			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	3	0	0	1.20	0.354	.98	0.17%	2.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	117	32	May 27	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-9	6-6		2	0.0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.08	5.15	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.153	.88	-0.06%	-1.88	6b 1-- 1 out d1	6b -23 1 out d2
9	118	35	May 30(2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS-7	W(4-2)	2	6.2	1	1	1	6	4	0	0	4.46	4.97	27	6	10	0	0	1	66			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.45	0.330	.39	0.05%	2.98	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a2
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
10	119	37	Jun 2	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4		L(4-3)	2	7.0	7	4	4	5	6	1	0	4.56	4.96	31												26					0
11	120	41	Jun 6	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-3	GS-7	L(4-4)	3	7.0	5	3	3	3	4	1	0	4.47	4.91	28	8	9	3	1	4	56			2	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.038	.06	0.00%	0.89	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
12	121	46	Jun 10(1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-9	GS-2	L(4-5)	3	1.0	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	5.04	5.03	10	1	3	0	2	3	26			0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.354	.09	-0.02%	-4.31	1b start tie	2b 123 0 out d2
13	122	47	Jun 10(2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-8	8-GF(8)		-1	1.0	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	5.27	5.02	8	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	1	.54	-0.121	.02	0.00%	-2.46	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 4
14	123	50	Jun 14(2)	CHC	@	BRO	T,6-6	GS-5		3	4.1	4	4	3	7	5	0	0	5.34	5.03	23	7	4	2	0	0	39			1	0	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.269	.03	0.00%	-1.79	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d2
15	124	52	Jun 16(2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.28	4.97	2	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.78	0.289	.00	0.00%	0.96	9t 12- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
16	125	55	Jun 19(1)	CHC		BRO	W,11-8	GS-2		2	1.1	3	6	5	4	0	0	0	5.89	5.11	11	2	5	1	0	0	22			0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.309	.02	0.00%	-3.53	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out d1
17	126	56	Jun 19(2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-7	4-8		-1	4.1	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	5.64	5.00	19	3	10	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	.16	0.008	.00	0.00%	1.32	4t --- 2 out d5	8t 3 out d6
18	127	57	Jun 20	CHC		BRO	L,3-5	8-GF		0	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	5.61	4.94	10	4	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	.93	-0.066	.01	0.00%	0.10	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
19	128	62	Jun 25	CHC		PHI	L,2-13	4-7		4	3.2	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	5.70	4.89	18	6	3	0	2	4		1	0	1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.63	4t -2- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d6
20	129	65	Jun 28	CHC		NYG	L,2-12	GS-2	L(4-6)	2	1.0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	5.74	4.86	7	2	3	1	0	2	39			0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.19	-0.242	.01	0.00%	-2.95	1t start tie	2t -23 0 out d2
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
21	130	68	Jul 1	CHC	@	STL	L,5-10	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	3	3	3	1	0	1	5.95	4.93	12	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	.15	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-1.92	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 7
22	131	70	Jul 4(1)	CHC		STL	L,3-7	9-GF		2	0.2	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	6.13	4.90	5	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-2.28	9t -2- 1 out d1	9t end d 4
23	132	72	Jul 5(1)	CHC		CIN	W,8-4	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.10	4.89	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t 12- 2 out a4	9t end a 4
24	133	73	Jul 5(2)	CHC		CIN	L,6-8	4-7	L(4-7)	-1	3.1	4	5	2	3	3	1	0	6.08	4.99	17	4	3	0	1	4		1	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.326	.00	0.00%	-3.10	4t 1-- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d5
25	134	79	Jul 11	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	W(5-7)	5	9.0	4	2	2	6	2	0	0	5.66	4.91	35	11	12	1	0	4	67			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	0.419	.00	0.00%	2.85	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
26	135	82	Jul 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-10	GS-1		4	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.87	4.94	3	0	0	0	0	2	37			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.207	.01	0.00%	-2.35	1b start a 3	1b 1-3 0 out a2
27	136	85	Jul 19(2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	4-GF	L(5-8)	2	5.0	8	3	3	2	1	0	0	5.84	4.86	25	4	10	2	1	8		2	0	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	-0.523	.00	0.00%	-0.03	4b 1-3 2 out d1	9b end d 1
28	137	87	Jul 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-15	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.80	4.80	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.73	8b -2- 1 out d11	8b end d11
29	138	93	Jul 26(2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-3		S(3)	4	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.72	4.75	4												4					0
30	139	94	Jul 28	CHC		BRO	L,2-13	GS-2	L(5-9)	1	2.0	4	7	0	2	2	1	0	5.60	4.86	13	4	4	1	0	1	34			0	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.04	-0.388	.00	0.00%	-5.90	1t start tie	2t 3 out d7
31	140	95	Jul 29	CHC		BRO	L,5-6	4-7		0	3.1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	5.51	4.75	14	5	5	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	.22	0.002	.00	0.00%	1.00	4t -2- 2 out d5	7t 3 out d5
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
32	141	101	Aug 5(1)	CHC		NYG	W,9-6	GS-8	W(6-9)	6	7.0	10	6	5	2	5	0	0	5.57	4.58	32	10	5	0	1	10	38			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	1	.66	0.050	.00	0.00%	-1.00	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out a6
33	142	107	Aug 9(2)	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	W(7-9)	3	9.0	10	5	3	5	3	0	1	5.37	4.53	44	11	14	0	1	10	49			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.53	0.147	.00	0.00%	-0.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
34	143	109	Aug 12(1)	CHC		CIN	L,6-10	8-GF	L(7-10)	2	1.2	5	5	5	1	2	1	0	5.67	4.60	11	2	1	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	-0.652	.00	0.00%	-3.73	8t -2- 1 out tie	9t end d 4
35	144	112	Aug 14	CHC		MLN	W,11-4	7-GF	S(4)	1	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.53	4.54	13	3	6	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.40	0.060	.00	0.00%	1.65	7t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 7
36	145	115	Aug 16(2)	CHC		MLN	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.44	4.51	9	2	3	0	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.024	.00	0.00%	1.10	7t --- 0 out d4	8t end d 4
37	146	117	Aug 19	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	8-GF	S(5)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.36	4.49	7	2	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.39	0.396	.00	0.00%	2.09	8b 12- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
38	147	122	Aug 23(2)	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-2	CG(7)	W(8-10)	3	7.0	6	2	2	4	4	0	0	5.21	4.42	30	9	7	0	0	6	57			1	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.09	0.123	.00	0.00%	1.55	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
39	148	126	Aug 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-7	GS-6		3	6.0	5	4	4	5	6	2	1	5.24	4.57	27	7	8	3	0	0	47			1	2	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.162	.00	0.00%	-0.66	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
40	149	131	Aug 31	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-13	GS-2		3	1.2	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	5.18	4.56	12	2	2	0	0	4	39			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	-0.232	.00	0.00%	-2.36	1b start a 1	2b 12- 2 out d2
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
41	150	132	Sep 1	CHC	@	NYG	L,9-10	6-GF(8)	BL(8-11)	0	2.1	4	3	2	3	1	0	0	5.22	4.58	13	2	3	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.94	-0.400	.00	0.00%	-1.35	6b 1-3 2 out a2	8b end d 1
42	151	135	Sep 6(1)	CHC		CIN	W,7-6	3-8		4	5.2	1	1	1	3	1	1	0	5.09	4.64	20	4	11	1	0	1		1	0	0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.034	.00	0.00%	2.32	3t 1-- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d1
43	152	139	Sep 9	CHC		PIT	W,8-7	3-5		2	2.0	5	3	3	3	2	0	0	5.20	4.64	14	2	2	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.266	.00	0.00%	-2.18	3t 1-3 2 out d3	5t 123 2 out d2
44	153	143	Sep 14	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	W(9-11)	4	9.0	3	1	1	4	9	1	0	4.96	4.57	34	10	9	0	0	2	82			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	0.511	.00	0.00%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
45	154	147	Sep 19	CHC	@	STL	W,5-2		W(10-11)	4	5.0	4	0	0	5	5	0	0	4.81	4.54	22												17					0
46	155	149	Sep 21	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.78	4.52	5	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
47	156	150	Sep 22(1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.75	4.53	4	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
48	157	155	Sep 27	CHC		STL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(6)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.72	4.52	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	0.173	.00	0.00%	0.55	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
							19-28		W-L:10-11,Sv:6,BSv:1	2.4	167.2	168	114	88	110	113	15	8	4.72	4.52	775	0.92		7%	5%	124	47	20	10%	9	6	2	650	29	4	4	14	0	17	1.05	-2.037	.26	-0.19%	-23.14

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