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Ken Johnson

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Runner

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: January 14, 1923 in Topeka, KS us

Died: April 6, 2004 in Wichita, KS

Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, KS

Debut: September 18, 1947 (Age 24-247d, 10,366th in major league history)
vs. BSN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 15, 1952 (Age 29-183d)
vs. WSH 2.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 5 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Kenneth Wandersee Johnson

Nicknames: Hook

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

ERA

4.58

269.1

147

WHIP

1.656

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-14 / in Starts: 6-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 1

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	46	18	May 5	PHI		STL	L,3-4	GS-1		99	0.1	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	54.00	29.48	5	1	0	0	0	1	38			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	-0.187	4.51	-0.30%	-2.07	1t start tie	1t 123 1 out d1
2	47	30	May 18	PHI	@	CHC	L,9-18	4-GF(8)		12	5.0	4	5	5	7	4	1	0	11.81	9.04	24	6	3	0	2	4		2	2	1	1	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	.04	-0.042	.08	-0.05%	-2.97	4b -23 0 out d4	8b end d 9
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	48	67	Jun 30	PHI	@	BRO	L,8-14	6-GF(8)		42	3.0	2	1	0	4	1	0	0	7.56	7.88	15	5	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	.02	-0.001	.05	0.00%	0.52	6b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	49	70	Jul 3	PHI	@	NYG	L,8-9	GS-6		2	5.0	5	3	3	5	2	0	0	6.75	6.68	24	8	4	1	0	5	42			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.037	.91	-0.02%	0.02	1b start tie	6b -23 0 out a2
5	50	80	Jul 15(1)	PHI		STL	L,4-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	11	6.2	9	5	5	0	0	3	0	6.75	7.23	27	13	7	0	2	7	36			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	.72	-0.303	.32	-0.08%	-1.81	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d2
6	51	86	Jul 18(2)	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-1)	2	9.0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.66	5.79	34	14	13	1	0	5	77			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.43	0.735	.63	0.19%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
7	52	90	Jul 22 susp	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	GS-7		3	7.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	0	4.00	5.06	27	5	9	2	0	4	66			0	2	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.40	0.207	.68	0.06%	2.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
8	53	93	Jul 26	PHI	@	STL	W,7-0	SHO	W(2-1)	3	9.0	7	0	0	5	3	0	0	3.20	4.75	36	8	13	0	6	7	71			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	4	0	1	.72	0.284	.25	0.06%	4.48	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
9	54	98	Jul 30	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-7		3	6.1	7	5	5	3	1	1	0	3.68	4.86	28	7	10	1	1	7	37			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.179	.16	-0.02%	-1.43	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	55	103	Aug 4	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS-	L(2-2)	4	6.0	7	5	5	3	5	1	0	4.08	4.82	28						40						23			0		0
11	56	108	Aug 8	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	GS-8	W(3-2)	3	8.0	5	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.86	4.77	30	13	6	0	0	5	64			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	0.059	.31	0.01%	1.90	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
12	57	112	Aug 12(2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-2	GS-6	L(3-3)	3	5.2	2	2	2	6	3	0	0	3.80	4.76	24	6	7	1	0	2	54			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.50	-0.040	.24	0.00%	0.58	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d1
13	58	115	Aug 15	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-9	GS-2	L(3-4)	2	1.2	5	3	3	4	1	0	0	4.09	4.85	12	1	1	0	0	5	30			0	1	0	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	-0.247	.05	-0.01%	-2.82	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d3
14	59	119	Aug 21	PHI		CHC	W,4-1	GS-	W(4-4)	5	7.1	4	1	1	6	5	0	1	3.83	4.77	31						65						24			0		0
15	60	126	Aug 27(2)	PHI		CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-4)	5	9.0	7	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.44	4.42	35	8	12	3	0	5	79			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.489	.00	0.00%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	61	130	Sep 1	PHI		BSN	L,4-9	GS-1		4	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.61	4.39	6	1	1	1	0	3	39			1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	.81	-0.187	.00	0.00%	-1.94	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d2
17	62	134	Sep 5	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-5	GS-7	L(5-5)	3	7.0	7	5	5	6	6	1	0	3.82	4.44	33	6	10	2	0	5	43			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.235	.00	0.00%	-1.45	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d4
18	63	137	Sep 9(1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(5-6)	3	8.0	10	5	4	4	7	0	0	3.87	4.28	38	8	9	0	0	10	47			2	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.445	.00	0.00%	-1.30	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
19	64	143	Sep 16	PHI	@	STL	L,2-9	GS-	L(5-7)	6	1.1	7	6	6	1	1	0	0	4.33	4.26	12						16						11			0		0
20	65	151	Sep 26	PHI		NYG	L,1-10	GS-1	L(5-8)	9	0.0	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.58	4.32	3	0	0	0	0	1	34			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.180	.00	0.00%	-1.99	1t start tie	1t 12- 0 out d1
							6-14		W-L:5-8	3.8	106.0	103	56	54	68	58	8	1	4.58	4.32	472	1.00		6%	5%	76	49	2	100%	4	4	1	398	20	3	1	12	0	5	1.04	-0.309	.31	-0.16%	0.93

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