Johnny Klippstein

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 173 lb

BornOctober 17, 1927 · Washington, DC, USA

MLB debutMay 3, 1950

Final gameMay 27, 1967

Seasons18 (1950–1967)

Chicago Cubs 1950–1954; Cincinnati Redlegs 1955–1958; Los Angeles Dodgers 1958–1959; Cleveland Indians 1960; Washington Senators 1961; Cincinnati Reds 1962; Philadelphia Phillies 1963; Minnesota Twins 1964; Philadelphia Phillies 1964; Minnesota Twins 1965–1966; Detroit Tigers 1967

Percentile snapshot

1956 season — qualified pitchers

52.8

35.8

30.2

39.6

49.1

47.2

SHO

219

30.2

22.6

39.6

18.9

15.1

211.0

49.1

ERA

4.09

WHIP

1.427

9.4

K/9

3.67

18.9

FIP

4.33

9.4

FIP-

109.2

11.3

ERA+

96.8

24.5

sWAR

1.3

13.2

of 54 qualified 1956 pitchers (min 155 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

93.7

14.6

sWAR

12.3

89.1

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1950	35	33	33	4	11	3	0	1	3	0	5	.333	.333	.515	.848	115.7	119.4	.370	0.2
1951	35	37	37	1	4	0	0	1	4	0	12	.108	.108	.189	.297	-45.8	-22.4	.129	0.7
1952	41	72	63	3	11	1	1	1	9	1	24	.175	.200	.270	.470	14.4	28.0	.214	0.6
1953	48	62	58	5	9	2	0	1	4	1	20	.155	.169	.241	.411	-10.4	4.1	.181	0.8
1954	36	48	45	2	6	1	0	0	3	0	14	.133	.130	.156	.286	-52.2	-26.3	.126	-0.6
1955	39	39	31	3	2	1	0	0	1	3	15	.065	.171	.097	.268	-30.6	-27.6	.147	2.5
1956	37	82	71	4	7	0	0	0	3	3	19	.099	.135	.099	.234	-53.7	-37.1	.116	1.3
1957	46	44	41	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	20	.073	.095	.073	.168	-76.9	-54.9	.082	-0.5
1958	57	30	28	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	12	.071	.071	.071	.143	-92.7	-62.9	.065	1.1
1959	28	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-44.3	-25.3	.130	-0.5
1960	49	17	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	.143	.200	.143	.343	-9.3	-4.1	.172	1.5
1961	42	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-37.5	-22.6	.131	-1.6
1962	40	27	24	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	14	.125	.192	.250	.442	12.4	17.1	.207	0.6
1963	49	28	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	.038	.038	.038	.077	-103.0	-77.5	.035	2.7
1964	44	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	-52.1	-56.0	.105	1.4
1965	56	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	-73.0	-65.8	.082	1.9
1966	26	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-133.0	-100.0	.000	0.4
1967	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1950	33	11	2	9	1	3	0	112	61	64	51	9	104.7	5.25	1.682	4.39	4.55	109.7	79.0	0.2
1951	35	11	6	6	2	1	1	125	59	53	56	10	123.7	4.29	1.439	4.08	3.96	98.0	94.1	0.7
1952	41	25	9	14	3	7	2	208	100	89	110	17	202.7	4.44	1.465	4.88	3.83	100.8	85.5	0.6
1953	48	19	10	11	6	5	0	169	90	107	113	15	167.7	4.83	1.646	6.07	4.49	101.9	91.1	0.8
1954	36	21	4	11	1	4	0	155	87	96	69	13	148.0	5.29	1.696	4.20	4.65	111.9	78.6	-0.6
1955	39	14	9	10	0	3	2	120	52	60	68	13	138.0	3.39	1.304	4.43	3.94	93.4	124.4	2.5
1956	37	29	12	11	1	11	0	219	96	82	86	26	211.0	4.09	1.427	3.67	4.33	109.2	96.8	1.3
1957	46	18	8	11	3	3	1	146	82	68	99	17	146.0	5.05	1.466	6.10	4.13	101.1	80.8	-0.5
1958	57	4	6	7	10	0	0	118	56	58	95	17	123.0	4.10	1.431	6.95	4.25	101.9	101.8	1.1
1959	28	0	4	0	2	0	0	48	30	33	30	8	45.7	5.91	1.774	5.91	5.89	141.5	70.4	-0.5
1960	49	0	5	5	14	0	0	53	24	35	46	8	74.3	2.91	1.184	5.57	4.02	106.2	130.2	1.5
1961	42	1	2	2	0	0	0	83	54	43	41	13	71.7	6.78	1.758	5.15	5.68	143.0	58.6	-1.6
1962	40	7	7	6	4	0	0	113	54	64	67	13	108.7	4.47	1.629	5.55	4.92	122.8	89.6	0.6
1963	49	1	5	6	8	0	0	80	24	46	86	3	112.0	1.93	1.125	6.91	2.62	81.1	167.7	2.7
1964	44	0	2	5	3	0	0	66	20	28	52	10	68.0	2.65	1.382	6.88	4.31	121.1	135.4	1.4
1965	56	0	9	3	5	0	0	59	19	31	59	8	76.3	2.24	1.179	6.96	3.55	99.7	158.9	1.9
1966	26	0	1	1	3	0	0	35	15	20	26	2	39.7	3.40	1.387	5.90	3.44	96.1	105.3	0.4
1967	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	4	1	6.7	5.40	1.050	5.40	3.62	110.0	60.9	-0.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

713

554

502

RBI

190

.1255

OBP

.1522

SLG

.1753

OPS

.3275

Pitching

G (P)

711

109th-most career G (P)

161

101

118

351st-most career L

275th-most career SV

SHO

1,968

467th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,158

427th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

978

124th-most career BB allowed

ERA

4.240

WHIP

1.4703

K/9

5.30

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1952-09-01	CHC @ PIT Gameday	4	2	2	1	1	3	7
1950-07-19	ATL @ CHC Gameday	4	2	2	0	1	1	5
1951-08-19	CHC @ PIT Gameday	3	1	1	0	1	1	4
1953-06-02	CHC @ PIT Gameday	4	1	1	0	1	1	4
1962-08-06	CIN @ HOU Gameday	1	1	1	0	1	1	4

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1957-07-12	CIN @ LAD Gameday	7.1	4	3	3	5	10	0
1953-09-14	LAD @ CHC Gameday	9.0	3	1	1	4	9	1
1953-05-17	PIT @ CHC Gameday	6.2	4	3	3	4	9	2
1952-07-30	CHC @ SF Gameday	9.0	9	2	2	4	8	0
1954-08-21	ATL @ CHC Gameday	9.0	6	2	1	4	8	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.