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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: 12-21 / in Starts: 12-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 2

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 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	68	5	Apr 14	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	6	3	2	1	5	0	0	2.57	1.62	27	14	4	1	0	3	59			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.012	2.60	0.02%	0.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
2	69	9	Apr 21	HOU		PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-2)	6	7.0	6	3	3	0	6	0	2	3.21	1.69	29	7	8	0	1	6	59			1	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.044	2.03	-0.06%	0.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
3	70	13	Apr 26	HOU		STL	L,2-3	GS-8	L(0-3)	4	8.0	7	3	2	1	8	1	1	2.86	2.16	34	13	4	1	0	7	65			1	0	1	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.029	2.59	-0.04%	0.73	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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	71	18	May 2	HOU	@	STL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(0-4)	5	7.0	9	4	2	3	10	1	0	2.79	2.34	34	8	4	0	0	9	54			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.90	-0.130	1.34	-0.12%	-0.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
5	72	21	May 5	HOU	@	MLN	L,5-6	8-9	BS(1)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.67	2.29	5	3	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	-0.085	3.24	-0.06%	-0.08	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b 3 out tie
6	73	25	May 8	HOU		LAD	L,6-9	GS-3		2	2.2	6	4	4	1	4	0	1	3.55	2.25	16	3	7	4	0	0	33			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.43	-0.260	1.84	-0.20%	-2.82	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d4
7	74	30	May 13	HOU		SFG	L,2-7	GS-6	L(0-5)	4	6.0	7	5	5	2	6	1	0	4.15	2.49	26	4	7	0	0	7	42			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.171	.97	-0.09%	-2.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
8	75	34	May 18	HOU	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(1-5)	4	10.0	4	2	2	5	8	1	0	3.67	2.76	38	11	10	0	0	4	79			1	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.376	.63	0.09%	2.97	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
9	76	40	May 23	HOU		CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-5)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.10	2.63	36	16	7	0	1	5	81			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	2	1.19	0.631	.55	0.18%	4.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	77	44	May 27	HOU		PIT	L,2-7	GS-6	L(2-6)	3	6.0	7	7	2	0	5	0	0	3.09	2.48	26	7	9	0	6	5	45			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.465	.34	-0.09%	-4.20	1t start tie	6t 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
11	78	51	Jun 3(2)	HOU	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	W(3-6)	6	9.0	7	3	3	0	5	1	0	3.08	2.53	36	11	13	0	2	7	66			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	1	3	.29	0.073	.04	0.01%	1.57	1b start a 7	9b 3 out a7
12	79	55	Jun 8	HOU		LAD	L,3-4	GS-9		4	9.0	8	3	2	0	4	1	0	2.96	2.60	33	9	20	5	0	0	65			0	1	1	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.116	.22	0.01%	1.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
13	80	60	Jun 12	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	CG	W(4-6)	3	9.0	5	2	1	1	9	0	0	2.77	2.44	33	8	11	1	2	4	79			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.00	0.111	.05	0.00%	2.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
14	81	64	Jun 17	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-6	GS-6	L(4-7)	4	5.0	6	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.00	2.59	23	9	8	1	0	1	40			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	-0.318	.28	-0.03%	-1.64	1b start tie	6b --- 0 out d2
15	82	69	Jun 23	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-13	GS-3	L(4-8)	5	2.1	6	7	7	2	0	1	0	3.57	2.78	14	5	2	0	0	5	15			0	0	0	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.390	.18	-0.05%	-5.43	1b start a 1	3b --3 1 out d5
16	83	73	Jun 29	HOU		CIN	L,0-4	GS-6	L(4-9)	5	6.0	8	4	4	1	6	0	1	3.71	2.71	26	7	3	1	0	8	45			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	2	0	0	.96	-0.126	.03	0.00%	-1.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
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
17	84	77	Jul 3	HOU		PIT	L,2-5	GS-8	L(4-10)	3	7.1	11	5	5	2	6	0	0	3.87	2.65	33	10	4	0	1	11	40			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.43	-0.259	.01	0.00%	-2.18	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out d3
18	85	81	Jul 7	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-10	GS-2	L(4-11)	3	1.1	3	4	3	2	2	1	0	4.06	2.79	10	2	1	0	0	3	34			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.170	.00	0.00%	-1.89	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out d2
19	86	89	Jul 15(2)	HOU		CHC	L,1-4	GS-3	L(4-12)	7	2.0	5	3	2	0	2	0	0	4.15	2.75	11	3	1	1	0	5	38			1	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.262	.00	0.00%	-2.44	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out d2
20	87	96	Jul 21(2)	HOU		STL	W,7-3	GS-6	W(5-12)	5	5.2	5	3	3	3	6	1	0	4.18	2.82	25	6	5	1	0	5	50			0	0	1	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.42	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a1
21	88	100	Jul 25	HOU		SFG	L,2-3	3-7		3	4.2	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	4.09	2.75	18	2	9	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	.79	0.107	.00	0.00%	1.52	3t -2- 1 out d1	7t 3 out d2
22	89	103	Jul 29(2)	HOU	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS-6		3	6.0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.91	2.70	22	6	6	0	2	7	61			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.25	0.393	.00	0.00%	3.13	1b start tie	6b 3 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
23	90	106	Aug 3	HOU	@	STL	W,8-3	GS-7	W(6-12)	4	6.1	9	3	3	1	8	2	0	3.92	2.79	29	9	2	0	0	9	50			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.33	1b start a 3	7b 1-- 1 out a2
24	91	111	Aug 7	HOU		CIN	L,0-3	GS-5	L(6-13)	3	5.0	5	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.91	2.87	22	7	2	0	0	5	51			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	-0.021	.00	0.00%	0.33	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
25	92	117	Aug 14	HOU		STL	W,4-3	GS-8		6	8.0	7	3	3	3	12	1	0	3.88	2.84	32	7	3	2	0	7	65			2	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.065	.00	0.00%	0.73	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
26	93	122	Aug 18(2)	HOU		CHC	L,5-6	GS-6		3	5.1	5	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.92	2.87	22	7	8	3	0	1	50			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.73	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a3
27	94	128	Aug 23	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-4	GS-7	L(6-14)	4	7.0	5	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.92	2.91	25	11	4	0	2	5	58			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	-0.076	.00	0.00%	0.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
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
28	95	136	Sep 2	HOU	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS-6		9	6.0	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	3.78	2.86	25	11	8	3	1	0	64			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.01	0.184	.00	0.00%	2.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
29	96	141	Sep 6	HOU		PIT	W,4-3	GS-8		3	8.0	9	3	3	2	9	1	1	3.76	2.87	34	6	7	2	1	9	59			0	3	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	.86	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.73	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
30	97	146	Sep 12	HOU		LAD	L,0-1	GS-7	L(6-15)	5	7.0	3	1	1	0	9	1	0	3.67	2.83	24	7	8	1	0	0	76			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.213	.00	0.00%	2.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
31	98	150	Sep 18(1)	HOU	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	W(7-15)	5	9.0	6	2	2	2	9	0	1	3.59	2.78	34	8	9	0	3	5	74			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.142	.00	0.00%	2.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
32	99	155	Sep 22	HOU		SFG	W,6-5	GS-3		3	2.2	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.73	2.79	15	0	5	1	0	6	30			0	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.33	-0.316	.00	0.00%	-3.02	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d3
33	100	160	Sep 29(1)	HOU	@	SFG	L,5-11	GS-1	L(7-16)	6	1.0	3	5	3	2	1	0	0	3.84	2.81	9	1	2	0	0	3	30			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.69	-0.436	.00	0.00%	-4.50	1b start a 2	1b 3 out d3
							12-21		W-L:7-16,BSv:1	4.3	196.2	195	100	84	46	178	18	7	3.84	2.81	826	1.18		6%	5%	156	53	3	33%	8	8	3	760	25	11	1	13	7	16	1.07	-1.296	.50	-0.43%	-5.02

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