#23 Johnny Klippstein, Closer, 28 yrs, Boston Red Sox Thursday, 10/5/1956 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Johnny Klippstein
10/17/1927 28 USA,DC,WASHINGTON 6"1 185
Closer R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good Normal Normal 2.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 4,500,000 1960 7 Year(s), 22 Days (1226 total Days) 172 Day(s) 8 Year(s), 22 Days (1398 total Days) 9 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 5 | 4 | 6 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 5 | 4 | 6 | |
Versus RHB | 5 | 4 | 6 | |
Talent | 6 | 5 | 7 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 5 50 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 7 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 21 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5.18 | 24.1 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 22 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5.18 | 25.0 | 32 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 9 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 21 | 13 | 15.9 | 11.1 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | .0 | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 6.78 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 39 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .388 | .410 | .798 |
vs. RHB | 58 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .310 | .369 | .552 | .921 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.40 | 12.2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
Road | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.86 | 11.2 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
May | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2.2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
June | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
July | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
August | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19.29 | 2.1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.40 | 8.1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1950 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.87 | 18.1 | 29 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2.07 | .391 | CHN |
1951 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.80 | 21.1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.27 | .172 | CHN |
1952 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7.25 | 36.0 | 47 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.94 | .309 | CHN |
1953 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.27 | 8.2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.96 | .357 | CHN |
1955 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.02 | 65.0 | 63 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 40 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1.58 | .291 | CHN,NL |
1956 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5.18 | 24.1 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.73 | .301 | BOS |
Total | 133 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5.29 | 173.2 | 197 | 116 | 102 | 27 | 100 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 1.71 | .298 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1954, AAA | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2.95 | 21.1 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.73 | .338 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1950 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | CHN |
1951 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHN |
1952 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | CHN |
1953 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHN |
1955 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | CHN,NL |
1956 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BOS |
Total | 133 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .130 | .261 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 21 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 24.1 | 1.85 | | | | |
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Milestones Had first career hit on 5/31/1950, off Howie Pollet (SLN)... Earned first career win on 8/26/1951... Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game... Signed as a free agent by Boston on 2/4/1956 to a 5-year deal worth $4,500,000 per year...
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