Bio
- Debut
- 1947
Bio
- Debut
- 1947
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 74
- W
- 12
- L
- 14
- ERA
- 4.58
- IP
- 269.1
- K
- 147
- BB
- 195
- WHIP
- 1.66
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | STL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 10.0 | 8 | 5 | 0.70 |
| 1948 | STL | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4.76 | 45.1 | 20 | 30 | 1.61 |
| 1949 | STL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6.42 | 33.2 | 18 | 35 | 1.90 |
| 1950 |  STL/PHI | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3.88 | 62.2 | 33 | 46 | 1.72 |
| 1951 | PHI | 20 | 5 | 8 | 4.57 | 106.1 | 58 | 68 | 1.61 |
| 1952 | DET | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 11.1 | 10 | 11 | 2.03 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 8
- SHO
- 4
- K/9
- 4.9
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | STL/PHI | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | PHI | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Ken Johnson's career stats?
Ken Johnson played 6 seasons for the Cardinals, the Phillies and the Tigers. He had 12 wins and 147 strikeouts with a 4.58 ERA over 269.1 innings. His best season was 1951: 5 wins, a 4.57 ERA and 58 strikeouts.
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