Kenneth Wandersee Johnson

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Full Name: Kenneth Wandersee Johnson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: September 18, 1947
Birthdate: January 14, 1923	Final Game: July 15, 1952
Birthplace: Topeka, Kansas	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: April 6, 2004
Deathplace: Wichita, Kansas
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on January 14, 1923 in Topeka, Kansas, Ken Johnson (Kenneth Wandersee Johnson) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 6 year career. Johnson broke into the bigs on September 18, 1947 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.88 ERA in 62.2 innings pitched in 1950, his rookie year.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1947	STL	N	2	1	1	0	.00	8	1	0	1	0	0	10	2	0	5	0	0	1
1948	STL	N	13	4	2	4	4.76	20	27	24	0	0	0	45.1	43	1	30	0	2	1
1949	STL	N	14	2	0	1	6.42	18	28	24	0	0	0	33.2	29	1	35	0	3	3
1950	STL	N	2	0	0	0	.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0
1950	PHI	N	14	9	4	1	4.01	32	32	27	3	1	0	60.2	61	3	43	0	5	1
1950	TOT	N	16	9	4	1	3.88	33	33	27	3	1	0	62.2	62	3	46	0	5	1
1951	PHI	N	20	18	5	8	4.57	58	56	54	4	3	0	106.1	103	8	68	0	5	3
1952	DET	A	9	1	0	0	6.35	10	11	8	0	0	0	11.1	12	1	11	0	1	0
Total	NL		65	34	12	14	4.50	137	145	129	8	4	0	258	239	13	184	0	15	9
Total	AL		9	1	0	0	6.35	10	11	8	0	0	0	11.1	12	1	11	0	1	0
Total			74	35	12	14	4.58	147	156	137	8	4	0	269.1	251	14	195	0	16	9

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1947	STL	N	P	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	STL	N	P	13	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1949	STL	N	P	14	0	0	1	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1950	STL	N	P	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	PHI	N	P	14	0	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	TOT	N	P	16	0	0	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	PHI	N	P	20	0	0	4	15	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	DET	A	P	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	74	0	0	7	54	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.953

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1947	STL	N	2	4	1	2	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1948	STL	N	20	20	2	6	0	1	.300	.300	.400	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
1949	STL	N	21	8	3	2	0	2	.250	.250	.375	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1950	STL	N	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	PHI	N	21	19	4	3	0	0	.158	.200	.158	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
1950	TOT	N	23	19	4	3	0	0	.158	.200	.158	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
1951	PHI	N	36	35	7	5	0	3	.143	.167	.143	0	0	1	11	0	1	1	0	0
1952	DET	A	9	3	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		102	86	17	18	0	6	.209	.227	.244	3	0	2	23	0	1	1	0	0
Total	AL		9	3	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			111	89	17	19	0	8	.213	.231	.247	3	0	2	23	0	1	1	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1941).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Johnny Blatnik (April 27, 1950).
Claimed on waivers by Detroit Tigers from Philadelphia Phillies (March 21, 1952).

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