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Ken Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 210lb (193cm, 95kg)

Born: June 16, 1933 in West Palm Beach, FL us

Died: November 21, 2015 in Pineville, LA

Debut: September 13, 1958 (Age 25-089d, 11,589th in major league history)
vs. WSH 2.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: April 18, 1970 (Age 36-306d)
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: Kenneth Travis Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.9

106

ERA

3.46

334

231

1737.1

1042

WHIP

1.199

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-23 / in Starts: 1-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 9

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 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	302	7	Apr 13(2)	ATL		CIN	W,5-4	GS-6		99	5.0	6	4	4	3	6	1	0	7.20	4.51	22	5	2	1	0	6	42			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.454	1.80	-0.53%	-3.18	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out d1
2	303	12	Apr 20	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-7	GS-6	L(0-1)	6	5.1	8	6	5	3	3	2	0	7.84	6.28	27	6	7	3	2	8	30			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	.45	-0.294	1.04	-0.41%	-4.03	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d6
3	304	19	Apr 28	ATL		HOU	W,12-1	8-GF	S(1)	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.57	5.51	6	3	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.92	8t --- 0 out a8	9t end a11
May				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	305	33	May 16	ATL	@	MON	W,7-5	6-10	BS(1)	17	5.0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	5.71	4.76	19	2	11	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.70	0.046	3.79	0.06%	0.27	6b --- 0 out a2	10b 3 out tie
5	306	35	May 21	ATL		NYM	L,0-5	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	4.53	3	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
6	307	38	May 24	ATL		PHI	L,3-8	5-7		2	2.2	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.57	4.32	12	3	4	0	1	3		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	2	0	.56	0.000	1.28	0.00%	-0.22	5t 12- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d5
7	308	42	May 28	ATL		STL	L,2-6	5-7		3	2.2	6	2	2	0	3	0	0	5.70	3.86	14	2	4	1	1	5		2	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.093	1.27	-0.13%	-1.22	5t 12- 1 out d2	7t 3 out d5
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
8	309	45	Jun 1	ATL	@	CHC	L,4-13	3-5		3	1.1	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.76	4.31	8	2	4	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.037	.42	-0.05%	-0.77	3b --- 2 out d6	5b 1-- 0 out d3
9	310	50	Jun 7	ATL		PIT	L,2-10	4-7		5	4.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.97	3.85	15	4	5	0	1	3		0	0	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	.37	0.071	.84	0.10%	1.83	4t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d3
				Player went from Atlanta Braves to New York Yankees
10	311	62	Jun 14	NYY		SEP	L,4-5	6-9	H(1)	6	3.1	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	5.01	3.68	14	4	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.67	0.118	.35	0.02%	0.90	6t --- 0 out a1	9t 12- 1 out a2
				Player went from New York Yankees to Chicago Cubs
11	312	61	Jun 15 susp	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-4	8-GF	S(2)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.72	3.44	6	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.329	3.93	0.35%	0.95	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to New York Yankees
12	313	66	Jun 17(2)	NYY		DET	L,3-6	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.46	3.28	6	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.007	.01	0.00%	0.87	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 3
13	314	69	Jun 21(1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	10-GF(11)	L(0-2)	3	1.1	4	4	4	3	1	0	0	5.26	3.44	11	2	5	4	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.96	-0.828	.30	-0.05%	-3.93	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
14	315	73	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4.99	3.62	10	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.02	0.070	.06	0.00%	0.95	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
15	316	77	Jun 28	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-7	1-4		3	3.1	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	5.23	3.53	17	5	3	0	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.079	.01	0.00%	-0.85	1b 123 2 out d3	4b 3 out d5
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
16	317	86	Jul 8(1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-10	7-GF(8)		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.00	3.40	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.92	7b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 7
17	318	88	Jul 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	10-GF(10)	L(0-3)	0	0.1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.96	3.35	3	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	-0.371	.03	0.00%	-1.19	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
18	319	92	Jul 13(2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-10	4-4		3	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.05	3.61	4	2	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.035	.01	0.00%	-1.61	4b 12- 0 out d4	4b 3 out d7
19	320	93	Jul 15(1)	NYY		BOS	L,6-7	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.94	3.54	4	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
20	321	103	Jul 27	NYY	@	CAL	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		11	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.74	3.46	7	1	4	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.029	.00	0.00%	0.85	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
21	322	104	Jul 29	NYY	@	OAK	L,5-6	7-7		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.65	3.36	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.43	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
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
22	323	107	Aug 1	NYY	@	SEP	W,4-2	3-GF	W(1-3)	2	6.2	1	0	0	2	6	0	0	4.11	3.16	22	7	6	0	0	1		2	2	1	0	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.361	.00	0.00%	1.98	3b -23 1 out a3	9b end a 2
				Player went from New York Yankees to Chicago Cubs
23	324	129	Aug 24(2)	CHC		HOU	L,2-3	GS-6	L(1-4)	22	5.1	6	3	3	4	7	1	0	4.19	3.28	25	4	5	1	1	5	47			1	0	0	21	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.35	-0.225	2.35	-0.24%	-1.51	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d1
24	325	131	Aug 26	CHC		CIN	L,7-8	6-6		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.12	3.20	5	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.025	1.75	0.04%	0.51	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d3
25	326	132	Aug 27	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.99	3.15	6	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.22	0.024	.67	0.05%	1.03	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
26	327	135	Aug 30	CHC	@	ATL	W,5-4	1-7	W(2-4)	2	5.1	5	1	1	2	3	1	0	3.82	3.29	24	4	10	0	5	5		2	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	0.252	3.19	0.41%	1.70	1b 12- 2 out a1	7b --- 0 out a2
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
27	328	141	Sep 7	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	10-GF(11)	L(2-5)	7	2.0	3	2	0	2	2	0	0	3.72	3.29	12	4	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.81	-0.267	9.50	-0.54%	-0.98	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 2
28	329	144	Sep 10	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-6	8-8		2	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.68	3.37	4	1	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.001	.93	0.00%	0.05	8b 1-3 0 out d3	8b 123 2 out d4
29	330	147	Sep 13	CHC	@	STL	L,4-7	8-8	BS(2)	2	0.1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.91	3.45	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.41	-0.094	26.18	-0.23%	-0.39	8b -23 1 out a1	8b 123 2 out tie
30	331	151	Sep 17	CHC		PHI	W,9-7	8-8	H(2)	3	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.89	3.48	2	0	1	0	1	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.000	2.85	0.00%	-0.19	8t 123 1 out a5	8t 123 2 out a4
							7-23		W-L:2-5,Sv:2,BSv:2,Hld:2	3.0	74.0	68	36	32	33	59	7	0	3.89	3.48	321	0.81		8%	11%	57	40	20	40%	4	1	1	281	8	1	6	5	3	5	1.05	-1.401	1.75	-1.16%	-5.02

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