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Ken
Johnson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 14, 1923 in Usa, KS, TOPEKA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 24 MON NL   8 7 6 6 2 1 1 10 9 9
1948 25 MON NL $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 2 1 1 10 9 9
1949 26 MON NL $ 300,000 7 7 6 7 3 1 2 10 10 10
1950 27 MON NL $ 300,000 7 7 6 6 3 2 2 10 10 10
1951 28 MON NL $ 300,000 7 7 6 6 2 1 2 10 9 10
1952 29 MON NL $ 1,662,857 7 7 6 6 2 1 2 10 9 9
1953 30 MON NL $ 460,000 7 7 6 6 3 1 2 9 8 8
1954 31 DET AL $ 460,000 7 7 6 6 2 1 2 8 8 8
1955 32 DET AL $ 460,000 7 7 6 6 2 1 2 8 8 8
1956 33 MIN AL $ 460,000 7 6 5 5 2 1 2 8 7 7
1957 34 MON NL $ 304,000 6 5 5 5 2 1 2 8 7 7
1958 35 MON NL $ 304,000 6 5 4 4 2 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 5 4 4 2 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,662,857 8 7 7 7 3 2 2 10 10 10
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 24 MON NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1948 25 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1949 26 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1950 27 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1951 28 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1952 29 MON NL $ 1,662,857   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1953 30 MON NL $ 460,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1954 31 DET AL $ 460,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1955 32 DET AL $ 460,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1956 33 MIN AL $ 460,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1957 34 MON NL $ 304,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1958 35 MON NL $ 304,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,662,857   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1947 24 AAA   8 5 .615 34 20 0 0 0 150.7 143 65 3 101 116 3.88 .254 .367 .329 .696  
1948 25 MON NL 3 6 .333 50 7 1 0 5 90.3 83 52 5 75 59 5.18 .246 .379 .376 .755 3.3
    AAA   3 2 .600 6 6 1 0 0 40.3 39 14 0 22 29 3.12 .253 .347 .377 .723  
1949 26 MON NL 7 8 .467 47 1 0 0 4 65.7 69 54 6 74 45 7.40 .276 .437 .412 .849 0.0
1950 27 MON NL 8 6 .571 94 0 0 0 11 108.3 96 54 5 79 57 4.49 .239 .363 .321 .684 9.8
1951 28 MON NL 14 7 .667 84 2 0 0 11 92.0 68 45 1 72 56 4.40 .203 .344 .239 .583 11.1
1952 29 MON NL 5 6 .455 59 0 0 0 4 71.0 68 47 8 48 35 5.96 .249 .362 .381 .743 1.9
1953 30 MON NL 7 7 .500 74 0 0 0 8 79.7 75 34 1 50 52 3.84 .249 .355 .309 .664 7.4
1954 31 DET AL 2 3 .400 42 0 0 0 4 28.3 41 20 2 28 11 6.35 .328 .451 .400 .851 0.0
1955 32 DET AL 4 3 .571 56 0 0 0 3 43.7 39 18 5 27 27 3.71 .242 .351 .404 .755 4.4
1956 33 MIN AL 4 4 .500 36 1 0 0 3 52.7 57 31 6 54 32 5.30 .289 .446 .416 .862 0.3
1957 34 MON NL 1 0 1.000 22 0 0 0 0 27.0 25 17 1 27 10 5.67 .238 .396 .333 .729 0.1
1958 35 AAA   3 3 .500 73 0 0 0 8 60.3 51 19 5 29 54 2.83 .234 .324 .335 .659  
10 Years Sim 55 50 .524 564 11 1 0 53 658.6 621 372 40 534 384 5.08 .250 .382 .349 .731 38.4
3 Years AAA 14 10 .583 113 26 1 0 8 251.3 233 98 8 152 199 3.51 .249 .354 .338 .692  
Season Average 5 5 .500 56 1 0 0 5 65.9 62 37 4 53 38 5.08 .250 .382 .349 .731  
Career Highs 14 8 1.000 94 7 1 0 11 108.3 96 54 8 79 59 7.40 .328 .451 .416 .862  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   421 238 30 376 243   .255 .394 .362 .756
vs LH   200 134 10 158 141   .238 .359 .323 .682
Home 40 22 .645 299 4 0 0 23 339.0 323 195 18 281 181 5.18 .251 .385 .344 .728
Away 15 28 .349 265 7 1 0 30 319.6 298 177 22 253 203 4.98 .249 .380 .355 .734
Mar/Apr 8 5 .615 85 1 0 0 14 97.0 81 38 1 81 54 3.53 .228 .372 .285 .656
May 9 7 .563 108 0 0 0 11 118.0 119 54 5 68 64 4.12 .259 .354 .337 .691
June 11 8 .579 101 1 0 0 7 116.3 93 63 8 107 59 4.88 .219 .377 .311 .688
July 8 6 .571 93 0 0 0 7 109.6 104 71 10 91 70 5.83 .252 .387 .385 .772
August 10 11 .476 87 0 0 0 8 86.0 95 60 12 76 60 6.28 .283 .415 .443 .859
Sep/Oct 9 13 .409 90 9 1 0 6 131.7 129 86 4 111 77 5.88 .259 .393 .345 .738
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1948 25 MON NL 50 21 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .190 .190 .238 .429 0.3 0.0
1949 26 MON NL 47 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.2
1950 27 MON NL 94 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
1951 28 MON NL 84 7 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.1
1952 29 MON NL 59 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1954 31 DET AL 42 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
1956 33 MIN AL 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1957 34 MON NL 22 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2
8 Years Sim 434 50 2 12 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 12 .240 .240 .260 .500 2.4 0.6
162 Game Average 18 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .240 .240 .260 .500 0.9  
Career Highs 94 21 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   30 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1
vs LH   20 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .350 .350 .400 .750 2.5
Home 183 16 2 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 .438 .438 .438 .875 2.6
Away 202 34 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .147 .147 .176 .324 -0.1
RISP   10 0 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600 0.8
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 18 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500 1.4
May 62 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
June 54 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
July 36 6 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.2
August 23 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8
Sep/Oct 43 22 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .182 .182 .227 .409 0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1948 25 MON NL P 50 7 90.3 5 17 2 1 .917 2.19    
1949 26 MON NL P 47 1 65.7 3 18 0 2 1.000 2.88    
1950 27 MON NL P 94 0 108.3 11 23 0 0 1.000 2.82    
1951 28 MON NL P 84 2 92.0 6 16 0 1 1.000 2.15    
1952 29 MON NL P 59 0 71.0 3 17 0 0 1.000 2.54    
1953 30 MON NL P 74 0 79.7 6 16 0 0 1.000 2.49    
1954 31 DET AL P 42 0 28.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.32    
1955 32 DET AL P 56 0 43.7 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.44    
1956 33 MIN AL P 36 1 52.7 5 9 0 2 1.000 2.39    
1957 34 MON NL P 22 0 27.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.00    
Career Totals   564 11 658.6 42 127 2 7 .988 2.31    
Career Highs   94 7 108.3 11 23 2 2 1.000 2.88    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1950 27 MON NL 1 1 .500 4 0 0 0 0 2.3 3 1 0 4 2 3.86 .300 .500 .600 1.100
1951 28 MON NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 4 0 3 0 27.07 .400 .625 .600 1.225
1952 29 MON NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 1 0 0 3 0 0.00 .143 .400 .143 .543
1953 30 MON NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 4 3.00 .250 .250 .500 .750
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 11 0 0 0 0 9.0 9 6 1 10 6 6.01 .265 .432 .471 .902
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Winning Pct
1951-8-.667
 Saves
1950-4-11
1951-4-11
1953-9-8
 Games Pitched
1950-2-94
1951-1-84
1953-6-74
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 28th overall pick, by Montreal in 1947
Earned first career win on 5/4/1948
Had first career hit on 7/5/1948, off Chuck Stobbs (SDP)
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,662,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/23/1952 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
9/1/1952: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $460,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Montreal in 1953
Traded from Montreal to Detroit on 3/3/1954 (Going to MON: P Bobby Shantz. Going to DET: 1B Ferris Fain, P Bob Kuzava, P Ken Johnson, LF Jim Greengrass, 2B Gene Mauch)
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 3/3/1956 (Going to MIN: P Luis Arroyo, SS Gene Mauch, P Bob Porterfield, P Ken Johnson. Going to DET: 2B Alvin Dark, P Ken Holcombe)
Injured on 3/27/1956 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/4/1957 to a 2-year deal worth $304,000 per year
 
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