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: 8-20

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 18

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	373	2	Apr 12	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	4-6	W(1-0)	99	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.54	11	5	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.138	1.85	0.18%	1.45	4b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
2	374	3	Apr 14	LAD		STL	L,2-6	8-GF		1	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.80	3.34	9	3	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.003	.32	0.00%	0.06	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
3	375	5	Apr 16	LAD		STL	W,7-6	5-9	W(2-0)	1	3.1	1	2	2	5	1	0	0	3.24	4.58	16	6	4	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.070	2.45	0.10%	0.96	5t --3 2 out a2	9t 12- 0 out a3
4	376	7	Apr 18	LAD		CHC	W,8-7	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	4.21	3	0	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.14	0.111	5.60	0.17%	-0.56	9t -23 1 out a3	9t end a 1
5	377	11	Apr 22	LAD		SFG	L,3-6	5-5		3	0.0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.00	4.54	4	1	2	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.219	3.18	-0.43%	-3.84	5t 12- 0 out d1	5t 123 0 out d4
6	378	17	Apr 30	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-4	4-6	W(3-0)	7	2.1	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.18	3.51	9	2	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.64	0.109	1.96	0.20%	1.77	4b 123 2 out d2	6b 3 out d2
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
7	379	19	May 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-16	4-5		1	1.2	3	4	4	2	0	1	0	5.54	4.85	10	2	6	0	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	6	1	1	1	0	1	0	.80	-0.401	2.77	-0.83%	-4.91	4b 123 1 out a1	5b 3 out d6
8	380	24	May 6	LAD	@	MLN	L,4-5	6-7	H(1)	3	2.0	3	2	2	1	3	0	0	6.00	4.34	10	0	6	3	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	0.043	10.02	0.09%	-0.13	6b 12- 0 out a3	7b 3 out a1
9	381	26	May 8	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-9	7-GF(8)		1	1.2	2	2	2	1	0	2	0	6.48	5.90	8	1	4	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.09	-0.011	.30	-0.02%	-1.14	7b -23 1 out d3	8b end d 6
10	382	32	May 14	LAD		PIT	L,6-7	4-7		5	3.1	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	5.85	5.94	14	4	7	3	0	0		1	1	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.073	.81	-0.17%	-0.08	4t -2- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d5
11	383	33	May 16	LAD		MLN	L,0-6	4-6		1	3.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	5.09	5.67	13	5	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	1	0	0	.31	0.037	1.19	0.09%	1.59	4t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d5
12	384	36	May 19	LAD		CIN	W,6-4	4-6	W(4-0)	2	2.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	4.62	5.46	9	4	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.22	0.152	3.26	0.24%	1.43	4t --3 2 out d1	6t 3 out d1
13	385	40	May 23	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.44	5.28	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.019	.77	0.04%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
14	386	41	May 24	LAD		SFG	L,1-6	6-8		0	3.0	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	4.60	5.27	14	3	5	2	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.137	1.39	-0.24%	-0.41	6t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d3
15	387	45	May 28	LAD		CHC	L,5-7	7-7	BS(1)	3	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.75	5.61	4	1	3	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.248	4.68	-0.38%	-1.12	7t 1-3 0 out a2	7t 3 out d1
16	388	46	May 29	LAD		CHC	L,4-9	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.60	5.51	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.06	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
17	389	48	May 31	LAD		STL	W,5-3	7-7		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.60	5.51	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.27	-0.123	6.68	-0.15%	-0.84	7t 12- 0 out a2	7t 123 0 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
18	390	54	Jun 7	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-8	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.45	5.36	4	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
19	391	58	Jun 12	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-6	3-5		4	2.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.98	5.22	10	2	6	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.51	-0.273	4.74	-0.51%	-1.42	3b 1-3 1 out d2	5b 123 1 out tie
20	392	66	Jun 18	LAD		MLN	L,6-7	3-7		5	4.1	3	2	2	4	1	1	0	4.89	5.52	20	6	9	3	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	1	.40	0.051	1.44	0.11%	0.91	3t 123 2 out d5	7t 3 out d2
21	393	69	Jun 21	LAD		CIN	L,3-17	4-4		2	0.2	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	5.26	5.70	4	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	-0.033	1.90	-0.06%	-0.70	4t 1-- 0 out d4	4t -23 2 out d5
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
22	394	81	Jul 4(1)	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		12	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.13	5.62	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.76	0.04%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
23	395	84	Jul 5(2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.09	5.54	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	0.088	16.21	0.25%	0.43	9b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
24	396	88	Jul 13	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-13	6-6		7	0.1	2	3	3	2	1	1	0	5.71	5.93	5	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.211	4.27	-0.61%	-3.02	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 1-- 1 out d4
25	397	89	Jul 14	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-9	7-GF(8)		0	1.1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	5.74	5.92	7	1	3	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.023	.41	-0.07%	-2.76	7b 123 2 out d4	8b end d 8
26	398	92	Jul 18	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-5	4-4		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.65	5.82	3	0	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.053	2.64	-0.14%	-0.60	4b -23 1 out d2	4b 3 out d4
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
27	399	118	Aug 17(1)	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-8	2-4		29	1.2	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	6.04	5.86	10	1	5	2	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	.41	-0.024	3.19	-0.11%	-1.89	2b 1-- 1 out d4	4b 123 0 out d5
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
28	400	153	Sep 26	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-12	8-GF(8)		39	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.91	5.85	6	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d10	8b end d10
							8-20		W-L:4-0,Sv:2,BSv:1,Hld:1	2.5	45.2	48	31	30	33	29	8	2	5.91	5.85	214	0.63		23%	1%	3		35	46%	1	1	0	174	5	3	4	7	3	2	.73	-0.999	2.35	-2.23%	-12.35

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