Bio
- Debut
- 1958
Bio
- Debut
- 1958
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 334
- W
- 91
- L
- 106
- ERA
- 3.46
- IP
- 1737.1
- K
- 1,042
- BB
- 413
- WHIP
- 1.20
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | ATH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2.1 | 1 | 3 | 3.86 |
| 1959 | ATH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.09 | 11.0 | 8 | 5 | 1.45 |
| 1960 | ATH | 42 | 5 | 10 | 4.26 | 120.1 | 83 | 45 | 1.37 |
| 1961 |  ATH/CIN | 21 | 6 | 6 | 4.00 | 92.1 | 46 | 29 | 1.20 |
| 1962 | HOU | 33 | 7 | 16 | 3.84 | 197.0 | 178 | 46 | 1.22 |
| 1963 | HOU | 37 | 11 | 17 | 2.65 | 224.0 | 148 | 50 | 1.13 |
| 1964 | HOU | 35 | 11 | 16 | 3.63 | 218.0 | 117 | 44 | 1.16 |
| 1965 |  HOU/ATL | 37 | 16 | 10 | 3.42 | 231.1 | 151 | 48 | 1.15 |
| 1966 | ATL | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3.30 | 215.2 | 105 | 46 | 1.20 |
| 1967 | ATL | 29 | 13 | 9 | 2.74 | 210.1 | 85 | 38 | 1.09 |
| 1968 | ATL | 31 | 5 | 8 | 3.47 | 135.0 | 57 | 25 | 1.26 |
| 1969 |  ATL/NYY/CHC | 30 | 2 | 5 | 3.89 | 74.0 | 59 | 33 | 1.36 |
| 1970 | WSH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1.67 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- IP
- 0.0
- K
- 0
- BB
- 0
- WHIP
- 0.00
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 50
- SHO
- 7
- K/9
- 5.4
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | ATH | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | ATH/CIN | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | HOU | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | HOU | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | HOU | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | HOU/ATL | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | ATL | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | ATL | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | ATL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | ATL/NYY/CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Ken Johnson's career stats?
Ken Johnson played 13 seasons for the Athletics, the Astros, the Braves and the Nationals. He had 91 wins and 1,042 strikeouts with a 3.46 ERA over 1,737.1 innings. His best season was 1965: 16 wins, a 3.42 ERA and 151 strikeouts.
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