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Johnny
Klippstein		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 17, 1927 in Usa, DC, WASHINGTON
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 22 CIN NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1951 23 CIN NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 4 5 4 7 8 8
1952 24 CIN NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 7
1953 25 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 4 5 4 6 7 7
1954 26 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 4 5 4 6 6 6
1955 27 SEM AL   5 5 6 5 4 5 4 5 6 6
1956 28 SEM AL   5 5 6 5 4 5 4 6 6 6
1958 30 MIN AL $ 300,000 5 5 6 5 3 4 3 5 6 6
1959 31 MIN AL $ 350,000 5 5 6 5 3 4 3 5 5 5
1960 32 MIN AL $ 350,000 5 5 6 5 3 4 3 5 6 6
1961 33 MIN AL $ 350,000 5 5 6 5 3 4 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 5 6 5 3 4 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1951 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1952 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1953 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1954 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 27 SEM AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 28 SEM AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 30 MIN AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 31 MIN AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 32 MIN AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 33 MIN AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1950 22 CIN NL 1 2 .333 7 7 0 0 0 42.7 39 18 2 36 20 3.80 .247 .383 .335 .718 3.4
    AAA   6 3 .667 11 11 1 1 0 63.7 62 21 3 32 38 2.97 .259 .347 .372 .719  
1951 23 CIN NL 1 4 .200 6 6 0 0 0 29.3 38 25 4 21 14 7.67 .319 .423 .462 .885 0.0
    AAA   6 6 .500 18 18 1 1 0 114.3 107 52 13 67 86 4.09 .247 .348 .381 .729  
1952 24 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 15 2 0 0 1 29.3 27 12 3 18 22 3.68 .239 .344 .381 .724 2.2
    AAA   3 6 .333 12 12 0 0 0 70.0 67 36 6 43 49 4.63 .249 .353 .379 .732  
1953 25 CIN NL 2 4 .333 20 1 0 0 2 26.3 24 20 4 20 17 6.83 .242 .372 .444 .816 0.0
  SEM AL 3 4 .429 36 1 0 0 4 45.0 52 28 9 22 28 5.60 .286 .362 .516 .879 0.5
  TOT   5 8 .385 56 2 0 0 6 71.3 76 48 13 42 45 6.06 .270 .366 .491 .857 0.5
1954 26 SEM AL 1 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 2 16.3 10 5 0 11 5 2.76 .192 .333 .250 .583 2.4
    AAA   6 5 .545 13 13 1 0 0 85.0 76 37 15 43 69 3.92 .241 .331 .421 .752  
1955 27 AAA   6 10 .375 24 20 1 1 0 141.3 128 63 13 66 125 4.01 .245 .330 .354 .684  
1956 28 AAA   6 4 .600 14 14 0 0 0 95.0 81 29 7 47 79 2.75 .234 .326 .335 .661  
1957 29 AAA   5 1 .833 49 0 0 0 8 76.3 77 30 8 42 60 3.54 .266 .358 .379 .738  
1958 30 MIN AL 6 10 .375 66 0 0 0 2 80.0 82 50 15 40 44 5.63 .264 .351 .457 .808 1.9
    AA   0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 2 7.3 9 4 1 7 7 4.91 .300 .432 .467 .899  
1959 31 MIN AL 2 1 .667 50 0 0 0 1 69.7 64 32 6 38 53 4.13 .245 .344 .375 .720 4.2
1960 32 MIN AL 0 2 .000 16 0 0 0 1 27.3 23 15 3 14 21 4.94 .228 .322 .347 .668 0.4
1961 33 AAA   2 3 .400 35 0 0 0 4 55.7 51 25 11 26 57 4.04 .249 .333 .424 .758  
8 Years Sim 17 27 .386 227 17 0 0 13 366.0 359 205 46 220 224 5.04 .257 .360 .413 .773 15.0
8 Years AAA 40 38 .513 176 88 4 3 12 701.3 649 293 76 366 563 3.76 .248 .340 .377 .717  
1 Years AA 0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 2 7.3 9 4 1 7 7 4.91 .300 .432 .467 .899  
9 Years Minors 40 38 .513 190 88 4 3 14 708.6 658 297 77 373 570 3.77 .248 .341 .378 .719  
Season Average 2 3 .400 28 2 0 0 1 45.7 44 25 5 27 28 5.04 .257 .360 .413 .773  
Career Highs 6 10 1.000 66 7 0 0 6 80.0 82 50 15 42 53 7.67 .319 .423 .491 .885  
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   203 112 25 103 148   .244 .327 .388 .715
vs LH   156 93 21 117 76   .277 .401 .451 .853
Home 9 12 .429 118 6 0 0 5 180.3 180 106 26 105 96 5.29 .259 .356 .422 .778
Away 8 15 .348 109 11 0 0 8 185.7 179 99 20 115 128 4.80 .255 .360 .405 .765
Mar/Apr 2 5 .286 31 6 0 0 1 67.3 64 35 3 47 43 4.68 .255 .372 .351 .723
May 7 4 .636 37 3 0 0 3 62.3 56 35 8 41 29 5.06 .245 .359 .415 .774
June 0 3 .000 19 0 0 0 0 25.0 26 13 3 13 17 4.68 .283 .371 .413 .784
July 1 3 .250 28 0 0 0 4 33.7 40 26 10 30 20 6.95 .294 .422 .588 1.010
August 3 4 .429 52 0 0 0 1 71.0 67 37 9 30 51 4.69 .243 .317 .420 .737
Sep/Oct 4 8 .333 60 8 0 0 4 106.7 106 59 13 59 64 4.98 .257 .350 .388 .739
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
1950 22 CIN NL 7 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .071 .133 .071 .205 -0.3 0.0
1951 23 CIN NL 6 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.1 0.0
1952 24 CIN NL 15 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
1953 25 CIN NL 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  SEM AL 36 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.7 0.2
  TOT   56 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.6 0.2
1954 26 SEM AL 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1958 30 MIN AL 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1959 31 MIN AL 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1960 32 MIN AL 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
8 Years Sim 227 48 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 15 .104 .140 .104 .244 -0.5 0.2
162 Game Average 34 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .104 .140 .104 .244 -0.4  
Career Highs 66 14 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.6  
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   29 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .103 .133 .103 .237 -0.7
vs LH   19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .105 .150 .105 .255 -0.3
Home 118 20 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .150 .190 .150 .340 0.2
Away 83 28 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .071 .103 .071 .175 -1.2
RISP   11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .000 .083 .000 .083 -0.7
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 6 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .091 .167 .091 .258 -0.1
May 37 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
June 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 18 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
Sep/Oct 36 21 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .143 .182 .143 .325 0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1950 22 CIN NL P 7 7 42.7 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.74    
1951 23 CIN NL P 6 6 29.3 0 9 1 2 .900 2.76    
1952 24 CIN NL P 15 2 29.3 2 10 0 0 1.000 3.68    
1953 25 CIN NL P 20 1 26.3 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.39    
  SEM AL P 36 1 45.0 4 8 0 0 1.000 2.40    
  TOT   P 56 2 71.3 6 13 0 0 1.000 2.40    
1954 26 SEM AL P 11 0 16.3 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.31    
1958 30 MIN AL P 66 0 80.0 3 16 0 1 1.000 2.14    
1959 31 MIN AL P 50 0 69.7 3 15 0 1 1.000 2.33    
1960 32 MIN AL P 16 0 27.3 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.65    
Career Totals   227 17 366.0 19 82 1 5 .990 2.48    
Career Highs   66 7 80.0 6 16 1 2 1.000 3.68    
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
1953 25 SEM AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1958-8-66
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1950
Had first career hit on 4/19/1950, off Preacher Roe (BSN)
Earned first career win on 4/23/1950
Injured on 6/26/1950 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/24/1953 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Traded from Cincinnati to Seattle on 6/1/1953 (Going to CIN: LF Eddie Lukon. Going to SEM: RF Cal Abrams, P Johnny Klippstein)
Injured on 4/2/1957 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Released by Seattle on 10/16/1957
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 4/2/1958 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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