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Johnny Klippstein | Major Leaguer 1950-1967

Full Name: John Calvin Klippstein
Born: October 17,1927 in Washington, DC
Death: October 10,2003
Height: 6-1 Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
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Transactions: [Jan 1,1944] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Cardinals. [Nov 24,1948] - Selected by Dodgers from Cardinals in the minor league draft. [Oct 1,1954] - Traded by Cubs with Jim Willis to Reds for Jim Bolger, Harry Perkowski and Ted Tappe. [Jun 15,1958] - Traded by Reds with Charlie Rabe, Art Fowler and Steve Bilko to Dodgers for Don Newcombe. [Apr 11,1960] - Purchased by Indians from Dodgers. [Dec 14,1960] - Selected by Senators from Indians in expansion draft. [Dec 15,1961] - Traded by Senators with Marty Keough to Reds for Bob Schmidt and Dave Stenhouse. [Mar 25,1963] - Purchased by Phillies from Reds. [Jun 29,1964] - Purchased by Twins from Phillies. [Oct 18,1966] - Released by Twins. [Apr 10,1967] - Signed as Free Agent by Tigers. [Jun 2,1967] - Released by Tigers.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1950	Chi Cubs	NL	22	Chc	MLB	2	9	5.25	33	11	3	0	14	1	104.2	112	69	61	9	64	51	6	1	9.63	0.77	5.50	4.39	1.68	--
1951	Chi Cubs	NL	23	Chc	MLB	6	6	4.29	35	11	1	1	13	2	123.2	125	71	59	10	53	56	2	2	9.10	0.73	3.86	4.08	1.44	--
1952	Chi Cubs	NL	24	Chc	MLB	9	14	4.44	41	25	7	2	10	3	202.2	208	110	100	17	89	110	12	0	9.24	0.75	3.95	4.89	1.47	--
1953	Chi Cubs	NL	25	Chc	MLB	10	11	4.83	48	19	5	0	21	6	167.2	169	115	90	15	107	113	10	0	9.07	0.81	5.74	6.07	1.65	--
1954	Chi Cubs	NL	26	Chc	MLB	4	11	5.29	36	21	4	0	9	1	148.0	155	104	87	13	96	69	5	1	9.43	0.79	5.84	4.20	1.70	--
1955	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	9	10	3.39	39	14	3	2	14	0	138.0	120	66	52	13	60	68	6	0	7.83	0.85	3.91	4.43	1.30	--
1956	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	12	11	4.09	37	29	11	0	3	1	211.0	219	103	96	26	82	86	0	1	9.34	1.11	3.50	3.67	1.43	--
1957	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	8	11	5.05	46	18	3	1	9	3	146.0	146	84	82	17	68	99	5	0	9.00	1.05	4.19	6.10	1.47	43%
1958	LA Dodgers	NL	30	La	MLB	3	5	3.80	45	0	0	0	22	9	90.0	81	40	38	12	44	73	5	0	8.10	1.20	4.40	7.30	1.39	42%
	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	3	2	4.91	12	4	0	0	5	1	33.0	37	20	18	5	14	22	4	0	10.09	1.36	3.82	6.00	1.55	34%
1959	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	4	0	5.91	28	0	0	0	10	2	45.2	48	31	30	8	33	30	2	0	9.46	1.58	6.50	5.91	1.77	45%
1960	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	5	5	2.91	49	0	0	0	30	14	74.1	53	30	24	8	35	46	1	0	6.42	0.97	4.24	5.57	1.18	56%
1961	Washington	AL	33	Wa2	MLB	2	2	6.78	42	1	0	0	22	0	71.2	83	59	54	13	43	41	10	0	10.42	1.63	5.40	5.15	1.76	58%
1962	Cincinnati	NL	34	Cin	MLB	7	6	4.47	40	7	0	0	16	4	108.2	113	66	54	13	64	67	8	1	9.36	1.08	5.30	5.55	1.63	53%
1963	Philadelph	NL	35	Phi	MLB	5	6	1.93	49	1	0	0	23	8	112.0	80	28	24	3	46	86	6	0	6.43	0.24	3.70	6.91	1.13	58%
1964	Minnesota	AL	36	Min	MLB	0	4	1.97	33	0	0	0	9	2	45.2	44	12	10	4	20	39	6	0	8.67	0.79	3.94	7.69	1.40	54%
	Philadelph	NL	36	Phi	MLB	2	1	4.03	11	0	0	0	5	1	22.1	22	10	10	6	8	13	3	0	8.87	2.42	3.22	5.24	1.34	63%
1965	Minnesota	AL	37	Min	MLB	9	3	2.24	56	0	0	0	24	5	76.1	59	22	19	8	31	59	4	0	6.96	0.94	3.66	6.96	1.18	44%
1966	Minnesota	AL	38	Min	MLB	1	1	3.40	26	0	0	0	16	3	39.2	35	15	15	2	20	26	1	0	7.94	0.45	4.54	5.90	1.39	62%
1967	Detroit	AL	39	Det	MLB	0	0	5.41	5	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	6	4	4	1	1	4	1	0	8.11	1.35	1.35	5.41	1.05	60%

Major League Totals - 18 Season(s)						101	118	4.24	711	161	37	6	275	66	1,967.2	1915	1059	927	203	978	1158	97	6	8.76	0.93	4.47	5.30	1.47	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1950	Chi Cubs	NL	22	Chc	MLB	p		35	33	4	11	3	0	1	3	0		0	5	0		0		2	.333	*.338	.515	*853	--
1951	Chi Cubs	NL	23	Chc	MLB	p		35	37	1	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	12	0		0		2	.108	*.118	.189	*307	--
1952	Chi Cubs	NL	24	Chc	MLB	p		41	63	3	11	1	1	1	9	0	0	1	24	1		7		0	.175	*.195	.270	*465	--
1953	Chi Cubs	NL	25	Chc	MLB	p		48	58	5	9	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	20	0		3		0	.155	*.178	.241	*419	--
1954	Chi Cubs	NL	26	Chc	MLB	p		36	45	2	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	0		2	1	0	.133	.130	.156	286	--
1955	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	p		39	31	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	15	1	0	4	0	1	.065	.171	.097	268	--
1956	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	p		37	71	4	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	19	0	0	8	0	1	.099	.135	.099	234	--
1957	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	p	9	46	41	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	0	0	2	0	1	.073	.095	.073	168	59%
1958	LA Dodgers	NL	30	La	MLB	p	9	45	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	.050	.050	.050	100	50%
	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	p	9	12	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	.125	.125	.125	250	67%
1959	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	p	9	28	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	50%
1960	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	p	9	49	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	0	0	.143	.200	.143	343	60%
1961	Washington	AL	33	Wa2	MLB	p	9	42	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	75%
1962	Cincinnati	NL	34	Cin	MLB	p	9	40	24	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	14	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.192	.250	442	54%
1963	Philadelph	NL	35	Phi	MLB	p	9	49	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	2	0	0	.038	.038	.038	076	87%
1964	Minnesota	AL	36	Min	MLB	p	9	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333	50%
	Philadelph	NL	36	Phi	MLB	p	9	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
1965	Minnesota	AL	37	Min	MLB	p	9	56	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	.000	.111	.000	111	40%
1966	Minnesota	AL	38	Min	MLB	p	9	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1967	Detroit	AL	39	Det	MLB	p	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 18 Season(s)								713	502	28	63	8	1	5	29	0		14	190	2		35		9	.125		.175	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1959	LA Dodgers	NL	31		Ws	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	2.0	1		0		0	2			4.50	---	0.00	9.00	0.50	--
1965	Minnesota	AL	37		Ws	0	0	0.00	2		0			0	2.2	2		0		2	3			6.77	---	6.77	10.15	1.50	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						0	0	0.00	3		0			0	4.2	3		0		2	5			5.79	---	3.86	9.64	1.07	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1959	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	Ws	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1965	Minnesota	AL	37	Min	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1950	Chi Cubs	NL	22	Chc	MLB	P	33		104.2	7	15	3	25	3	-	-	-	.880	1.89

1951	Chi Cubs	NL	23	Chc	MLB	P	35		123.2	4	23	0	27	3	-	-	-	1.000	1.96

1952	Chi Cubs	NL	24	Chc	MLB	P	41		202.2	6	43	0	49	4	-	-	-	1.000	2.18

1953	Chi Cubs	NL	25	Chc	MLB	P	48		167.2	5	21	2	28	1	-	-	-	.929	1.40

1954	Chi Cubs	NL	26	Chc	MLB	P	36		148	15	27	0	42	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.55

1955	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	P	39		138	9	23	3	35	0	-	-	-	.914	2.09

1956	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	P	37		211	10	42	1	53	3	-	-	-	.981	2.22

1957	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	P	46		146	10	17	0	27	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.66

1958	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	P	12		33	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	.82
1958	LA Dodgers	NL	30	La	MLB	P	45		90	7	9	0	16	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.60

1959	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	P	28		45.2	2	7	2	11	0	-	-	-	.818	1.77

1960	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	P	49		74.1	13	9	1	23	0	-	-	-	.957	2.66

1961	Washington	AL	33	Wa2	MLB	P	42		71.2	3	14	0	17	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.13

1962	Cincinnati	NL	34	Cin	MLB	P	40		108.2	3	22	0	25	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.07

1963	Philadelph	NL	35	Phi	MLB	P	49		112	5	15	0	20	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.61

1964	Minnesota	AL	36	Min	MLB	P	33		45.2	1	12	0	13	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.56
1964	Philadelph	NL	36	Phi	MLB	P	11		22.1	1	7	1	9	0	-	-	-	.889	3.22

1965	Minnesota	AL	37	Min	MLB	P	56		76.1	0	11	2	13	0	-	-	-	.846	1.30

1966	Minnesota	AL	38	Min	MLB	P	26		39.2	4	4	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.82

1967	Detroit	AL	39	Det	MLB	P	5		6.2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.35

Awards

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Member of the World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers in 1959.

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