Bio
- Debut
- 1950
Bio
- Debut
- 1950
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 711
- W
- 101
- L
- 118
- ERA
- 4.24
- IP
- 1967.2
- K
- 1,158
- BB
- 978
- WHIP
- 1.47
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | CHC | 33 | 2 | 9 | 5.25 | 104.2 | 51 | 64 | 1.68 |
| 1951 | CHC | 35 | 6 | 6 | 4.29 | 123.2 | 56 | 53 | 1.44 |
| 1952 | CHC | 41 | 9 | 14 | 4.44 | 202.2 | 110 | 89 | 1.47 |
| 1953 | CHC | 48 | 10 | 11 | 4.83 | 167.2 | 113 | 107 | 1.65 |
| 1954 | CHC | 36 | 4 | 11 | 5.29 | 148.0 | 69 | 96 | 1.70 |
| 1955 | CIN | 39 | 9 | 10 | 3.39 | 138.0 | 68 | 60 | 1.30 |
| 1956 | CIN | 37 | 12 | 11 | 4.09 | 211.0 | 86 | 82 | 1.43 |
| 1957 | CIN | 46 | 8 | 11 | 5.05 | 146.0 | 99 | 68 | 1.47 |
| 1958 |  CIN/LAD | 57 | 6 | 7 | 4.10 | 123.0 | 95 | 58 | 1.43 |
| 1959 | LAD | 28 | 4 | 0 | 5.91 | 45.2 | 30 | 33 | 1.77 |
| 1960 | CLE | 49 | 5 | 5 | 2.91 | 74.1 | 46 | 35 | 1.18 |
| 1961 | TEX | 42 | 2 | 2 | 6.78 | 71.2 | 41 | 43 | 1.76 |
| 1962 | CIN | 40 | 7 | 6 | 4.47 | 108.2 | 67 | 64 | 1.63 |
| 1963 | PHI | 49 | 5 | 6 | 1.93 | 112.0 | 86 | 46 | 1.13 |
| 1964 |  PHI/MIN | 44 | 2 | 5 | 2.65 | 68.0 | 52 | 28 | 1.38 |
| 1965 | MIN | 56 | 9 | 3 | 2.24 | 76.1 | 59 | 31 | 1.18 |
| 1966 | MIN | 26 | 1 | 1 | 3.40 | 39.2 | 26 | 20 | 1.39 |
| 1967 | DET | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 6.2 | 4 | 1 | 1.05 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 0.00
- IP
- 4.0
- K
- 5
- BB
- 2
- WHIP
- 1.25
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 37
- SHO
- 6
- K/9
- 5.3
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | CHC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | CHC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | CHC | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | CHC | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | CHC | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | CIN | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | CIN | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | CIN | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | CIN/LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | PHI/MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Johnny Klippstein's career stats?
Johnny Klippstein played 18 seasons for the Cubs, the Reds, the Dodgers, the Guardians, the Rangers, the Phillies, the Twins and the Tigers. He had 101 wins and 1,158 strikeouts with a 4.24 ERA over 1,967.2 innings. His best season was 1956: 12 wins, a 4.09 ERA and 86 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
18 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1950 to 1967
Championships
- 1959 World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers
All-time career rank
- 277th in saves (66)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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