Johnny Klippstein
John Calvin Klippstein
Born: October 17, 1927
Washington, DC USA
Deceased: 2003
Elgin, IL USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 173
Career: 1950-1967
Minor League Statistics
Johnny Klippstein compiled a career record of 101 wins and 118 losses in his 713-game career with the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Redlegs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers. He began playing during the 1950 season and last took the field during the 1967 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1950 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 2 | 9 | .182 | 5.25 | 33 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 104.7 | 112 | 69 | 61 | 9 | 64 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 480 |
1951 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.29 | 35 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 123.7 | 125 | 71 | 59 | 10 | 53 | 0 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 546 |
1952 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 9 | 14 | .391 | 4.44 | 41 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 202.7 | 208 | 110 | 100 | 17 | 89 | 0 | 110 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 885 |
1953 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.83 | 48 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 167.7 | 169 | 115 | 90 | 15 | 107 | 0 | 113 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 777 |
1954 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 4 | 11 | .267 | 5.29 | 36 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 148.0 | 155 | 104 | 87 | 13 | 96 | 0 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 693 |
1955 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.39 | 39 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 138.0 | 120 | 66 | 52 | 13 | 60 | 5 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 588 |
1956 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.09 | 37 | 29 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 211.0 | 219 | 103 | 96 | 26 | 82 | 13 | 86 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 916 |
1957 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | 8 | 11 | .421 | 5.05 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 146.0 | 146 | 84 | 82 | 17 | 68 | 6 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 643 |
1958 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.91 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 37 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 147 |
1958 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.80 | 45 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 90.0 | 81 | 40 | 38 | 12 | 44 | 8 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 381 |
1959 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.91 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.7 | 48 | 31 | 30 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 214 |
1960 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.91 | 49 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 74.3 | 53 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 35 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 303 |
1961 | AL | Washington Senators | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.78 | 42 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.7 | 83 | 59 | 54 | 13 | 43 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 336 |
1962 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.47 | 40 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 108.7 | 113 | 66 | 54 | 13 | 64 | 5 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 490 |
1963 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 5 | 6 | .455 | 1.93 | 49 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 112.0 | 80 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 46 | 9 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 450 |
1964 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.03 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.3 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 98 |
1964 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 0 | 4 | .000 | 1.97 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.7 | 44 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 197 |
1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.24 | 56 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 76.3 | 59 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 314 |
1966 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.40 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39.7 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 172 |
1967 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | |
Totals | 101 | 118 | .461 | 4.24 | 711 | 161 | 275 | 37 | 6 | 66 | 1967.7 | 1915 | 1059 | 927 | 203 | 978 | 70 | 1158 | 70 | 6 | 97 | 8656 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1950 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 35 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .333 | .333 | .515 | .848 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 35 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .108 | .108 | .189 | .297 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 41 | 72 | 63 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .175 | .200 | .270 | .470 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 48 | 62 | 58 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .155 | .169 | .241 | .411 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 36 | 48 | 45 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .133 | .130 | .156 | .286 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
1955 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | 39 | 39 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .065 | .171 | .097 | .268 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | 37 | 82 | 71 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .099 | .135 | .099 | .234 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1957 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | 46 | 44 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .073 | .095 | .073 | .168 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1958 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1958 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 45 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1959 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 28 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1960 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 49 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1961 | AL | Washington Senators | 42 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1962 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 40 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .125 | .192 | .250 | .442 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1963 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 49 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .038 | .038 | .038 | .077 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1964 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1964 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 56 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1966 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1967 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 713 | 554 | 502 | 28 | 63 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 190 | .125 | .152 | .175 | .328 | 88 | 9 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1950 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 3 | .880 | .667 | |
1951 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .771 | |
1952 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.195 | |
1953 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .929 | .542 | |
1954 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 36 | 21 | 148.0 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.554 | 1.167 |
1955 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | P | 39 | 14 | 138.0 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 0 | .914 | 2.087 | .821 |
1956 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | P | 37 | 29 | 211.0 | 10 | 42 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 2.218 | 1.405 |
1957 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | P | 46 | 18 | 146.0 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.664 | .587 |
1958 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 45 | 0 | 90.0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.600 | .356 |
1958 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | P | 12 | 4 | 33.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | .250 |
1959 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 28 | 0 | 45.7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.774 | .321 |
1960 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 49 | 0 | 74.3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 2.664 | .449 |
1961 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 42 | 1 | 71.7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.135 | .405 |
1962 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 40 | 7 | 108.7 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.071 | .625 |
1963 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 49 | 1 | 112.0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.607 | .408 |
1964 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 33 | 0 | 46.3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.525 | .394 |
1964 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 11 | 0 | 21.7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 3.323 | .727 |
1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 56 | 0 | 76.3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.297 | .196 |
1966 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 26 | 0 | 40.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .308 |
1967 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 5 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.350 | .200 |
Totals | 711 | 95 | 1369.3 | 106 | 324 | 15 | 23 | .966 | 2.826 | .605 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1959 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | WS | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | WS | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1959 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | WS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | WS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1959 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | WS | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 |
1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | WS | P | 2 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
Totals | 3 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.929 | .333 |
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