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: 0-9 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 2, Entered with runners on base: 2

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	66	36	May 29	DET		CLE	L,4-11	8-GF		99	1.2	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	5.40	10.79	8	2	1	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.036	.04	-0.01%	-2.01	8t 123 1 out d3	9t end d 7
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
2	67	41	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.75	8.77	6	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.011	.06	0.00%	-0.55	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
3	68	48	Jun 8(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.91	7.03	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.02	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
4	69	57	Jun 18	DET		NYY	L,6-10	8-8		9	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	6.64	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.10	8t --- 2 out d5	8t 3 out d5
5	70	58	Jun 19	DET		NYY	L,0-8			0	3.0	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	2.57	4.82	12												10			0		0
6	71	61	Jun 22(2)	DET		PHA	L,0-10	7-7		2	0.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.45	5.53	4	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.69	7t -2- 2 out d7	7t 3 out d8
7	72	62	Jun 23	DET		BOS	L,6-12	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.16	4.91	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
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
8	73	72	Jul 4(1)	DET		CLE	L,0-11	9-GF		10	1.0	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	3.86	4.21	6	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-2.54	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d11
9	74	83	Jul 15(2)	DET	@	WSH	L,8-9	GS-3		10	2.0	2	5	4	5	3	0	0	6.35	4.69	13	1	2	0	1	2	32			0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.324	.00	0.00%	-3.44	1b start a 4	3b 1-3 0 out a3
							0-9		W-L:0-0	3.2	11.1	12	11	8	11	10	1	0	6.35	4.69	56	3.25		6%	6%	11	32	4	100%	0	0	0	45	1	2	0	1	0	1	.43	-0.367	.02	-0.01%	-8.17

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