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Johnny Klippstein
John Calvin Klippstein

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut May 3, 1950
Final Game May 27, 1967
Born October 17, 1927 in Washington, DC
Died October 10, 2003 in Elgin, IL

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1950 22 CHC NL   2   9  33  11   3   0  14  1  104.7  112   69   61   9   64   51   4   6   480       1  5.25  4.18   80 1.682
 1951 23 CHC NL   6   6  35  11   1   1  13  2  123.7  125   71   59  10   53   56   6   2   546       2  4.29  4.08   95 1.439
 1952 24 CHC NL   9  14  41  25   7   2  10  3  202.7  208  110  100  17   89  110   6  12   885       0  4.44  3.84   87 1.465
 1953 25 CHC NL  10  11  48  19   5   0  21  6  167.7  169  115   90  15  107  113   8  10   777       0  4.83  4.45   92 1.646
 1954 26 CHC NL   4  11  36  21   4   0   9  1  148.0  155  104   87  13   96   69   4   5   693       1  5.29  4.19   79 1.696
 1955 27 CIN NL   9  10  39  14   3   2  14  0  138.0  120   66   52  13   60   68   4   6   588   5   0  3.39  4.16  123 1.304
 1956 28 CIN NL  12  11  37  29  11   0   3  1  211.0  219  103   96  26   82   86  10   0   916  13   1  4.09  3.92   96 1.427
 1957 29 CIN NL   8  11  46  18   3   1   9  3  146.0  146   84   82  17   68   99   3   5   643   6   0  5.05  4.07   81 1.466
 1958 30 TOT NL   6   7  57   4   0   0  27 10  123.0  118   60   56  17   58   95   3   9   528   9   0  4.10  4.12  101 1.431
         CIN NL   3   2  12   4   0   0   5  1   33.0   37   20   18   5   14   22   1   4   147   1   0  4.91  4.15   85 1.545
         LAD NL   3   5  45   0   0   0  22  9   90.0   81   40   38  12   44   73   2   5   381   8   0  3.80  4.11  108 1.389
 1959 31 LAD NL   4   0  28   0   0   0  10  2   45.7   48   31   30   8   33   30   2   2   214   5   0  5.91  4.22   71 1.774
 1960 32 CLE AL   5   5  49   0   0   0  30 14   74.3   53   30   24   8   35   46   1   1   303   3   0  2.91  3.76  129 1.184
 1961 33 WSA AL   2   2  42   1   0   0  22  0   71.7   83   59   54  13   43   41   4  10   336   1   0  6.78  3.90   58 1.758
 1962 34 CIN NL   7   6  40   7   0   0  16  4  108.7  113   66   54  13   64   67   4   8   490   5   1  4.47  4.02   90 1.629
 1963 35 PHI NL   5   6  49   1   0   0  23  8  112.0   80   28   24   3   46   86   3   6   450   9   0  1.93  3.26  169 1.125
 1964 36 TOT      2   5  44   0   0   0  14  3   68.0   66   22   20  10   28   52   3   9   295   8   0  2.65  3.55  134 1.382
         PHI NL   2   1  11   0   0   0   5  1   22.3   22   10   10   6    8   13   2   3    98   1   0  4.03  3.46   86 1.343
         MIN AL   0   4  33   0   0   0   9  2   45.7   44   12   10   4   20   39   1   6   197   7   0  1.97  3.59  182 1.401
 1965 37 MIN AL   9   3  56   0   0   0  24  5   76.3   59   22   19   8   31   59   3   4   314   4   0  2.24  3.56  159 1.179
 1966 38 MIN AL   1   1  26   0   0   0  16  3   39.7   35   15   15   2   20   26   2   1   172   2   0  3.40  3.61  106 1.387
 1967 39 DET AL   0   0   5   0   0   0   0  0    6.7    6    4    4   1    1    4   0   1    26   0   0  5.40  3.26   60 1.050
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 18 Yr WL% .461 101 118 711 161  37   6 275 66 1967.7 1915 1059  927 203  978 1158  70  97  8656  70   6  4.24  3.98   94 1.470
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   9  55  12   2   0  21  5  153.3  149   82   72  15   76   90   5   7   675   5   0  4.24  3.98   94 1.470
 Career High     12  14  57  29  11   2  30 14  211.0  219  115  100  26  107  113  10  12   916  13   2  1.93  4.45  169 1.125
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 22 CHC NL  35   33    4   11   3  0   1    3   0      0   5  .333  .333  .515  120   17   0           0   2
 1951 23 CHC NL  35   37    1    4   0  0   1    4   0  0   0  12  .108  .108  .189  -22    7   0           0   2
 1952 24 CHC NL  41   63    3   11   1  1   1    9   0  0   1  24  .175  .200  .270   29   17   7           1   0
 1953 25 CHC NL  48   58    5    9   2  0   1    4   0  0   1  20  .155  .169  .241    5   14   3           0   0
 1954 26 CHC NL  36   45    2    6   1  0   0    3   0  0   0  14  .133  .130  .156  -26    7   2   1       0   0
 1955 27 CIN NL  39   31    3    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   3  15  .065  .171  .097  -27    3   4   0   0   1   1
 1956 28 CIN NL  37   71    4    7   0  0   0    3   0  0   3  19  .099  .135  .099  -37    7   8   0   0   0   1
 1957 29 CIN NL  46   41    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  20  .073  .095  .073  -55    3   2   0   0   0   1
 1958 30 TOT NL  57   28    2    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  12  .071  .071  .071  -63    2   2   0   0   0   1
         CIN NL  12    8    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .125  .125  .125  -35    1   1   0   0   0   1
         LAD NL  45   20    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  10  .050  .050  .050  -74    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1959 31 LAD NL  28    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .143  .143  .143  -25    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1960 32 CLE AL  49   14    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .143  .200  .143   -4    2   2   0   0   0   0
 1961 33 WSA AL  42    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .143  .143  .143  -21    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1962 34 CIN NL  40   24    2    3   0  0   1    1   0  0   2  14  .125  .192  .250   16    6   1   0   0   0   0
 1963 35 PHI NL  49   26    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  14  .038  .038  .038  -78    1   2   0   0   0   0
 1964 36 TOT     44    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .000  .143  .000  -56    0   0   0   0   0   0
         PHI NL  11    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         MIN AL  33    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .333  .000    2    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1965 37 MIN AL  56    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .000  .111  .000  -66    0   2   0   0   0   1
 1966 38 MIN AL  26    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons     713  502   28   63   8  1   5   29   0  0  14 190  .125  .152  .175  -13   88  35   1   0   2   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        114    6   14   2  0   1    7   0  0   3  43  .125  .152  .175  -13   20   8   0   0   0   2
 Career High     57   71    5   11   3  1   1    9   0  0   3  24                          17   8   1   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 22 CHC NL   33   24    6   6.7   107| .333  .268| .333  .345| .515  .416| .848  .761| 120  .653   0.8   0.1     
 1951 23 CHC NL   37   35    1   0.8   105| .108  .270| .108  .344| .189  .409| .297  .753| -22  .038  -6.6  -0.7   0%
 1952 24 CHC NL   72   59    3   1.4    98| .175  .263| .200  .336| .270  .391| .470  .727|  29  .115  -6.5  -0.7   0%
 1953 25 CHC NL   62   52    2   1.0   112| .155  .276| .169  .348| .241  .431| .410  .779|   5  .055  -8.4  -0.8   0%
 1954 26 CHC NL   48   42    1   0.6   110| .133  .275| .130  .347| .156  .426| .286  .772| -26  .024  -8.4  -0.8   0%
 1955 27 CIN NL   39   34    1   0.8   109| .065  .270| .171  .342| .097  .428| .268  .769| -27  .037  -5.9  -0.6   0%
 1956 28 CIN NL   82   73    1   0.4   107| .099  .270| .135  .337| .099  .426| .234  .763| -37  .010 -14.3  -1.5   0%
 1957 29 CIN NL   44   41    0   0.0   108| .073  .275| .095  .340| .073  .426| .168  .766| -55  .000  -9.3  -0.9   0%
 1958 30 TOT NL   30   29    0   0.0   110| .071  .275| .071  .344| .071  .430| .142  .773| -63  .000  -6.8  -0.7   0%
         CIN NL    9    9    0   0.0   111| .125  .277| .125  .346| .125  .432| .250  .778| -35  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
         LAD NL   21   20    0   0.0   109| .050  .274| .050  .343| .050  .428| .100  .771| -74  .000  -5.1  -0.5   0%
 1959 31 LAD NL    7    6    0   0.0   111| .143  .278| .143  .345| .143  .430| .286  .776| -25  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1960 32 CLE AL   17   14    1   1.9    99| .143  .260| .200  .333| .143  .398| .343  .730|  -4  .174  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1961 33 WSA AL    7    6    0   0.0   100| .143  .258| .143  .332| .143  .401| .286  .734| -21  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1962 34 CIN NL   27   22    1   1.2   106| .125  .275| .192  .342| .250  .417| .442  .759|  16  .082  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1963 35 PHI NL   28   27    0   0.0    88| .038  .253| .038  .315| .038  .378| .076  .693| -78  .000  -5.9  -0.6   0%
 1964 36 TOT       7    6    0   0.0    94| .000  .260| .143  .322| .000  .392| .143  .715| -56  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
         PHI NL    4    4    0   0.0    93| .000  .262| .000  .320| .000  .389| .000  .709|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
         MIN AL    3    2    0   0.0    97| .000  .256| .333  .325| .000  .399| .333  .724|   2  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1965 37 MIN AL   11   11    0   0.0    96| .000  .256| .111  .327| .000  .393| .111  .720| -66  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1966 38 MIN AL    3    3    0   0.0    95| .000  .256| .000  .324| .000  .394| .000  .718|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons      554  484   17   0.9   105| .125  .269| .152  .340| .175  .415| .327  .755| -13  .053 -82.9  -8.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1950 22 CHC NL P 33 7 15 3 3 .880 .961 0.67 0.97 1.89 2.12 11 104.7 1951 23 CHC NL P 35 4 23 0 3 1.000 .961 0.77 0.96 1.96 2.14 11 123.7 1952 24 CHC NL P 41 6 43 0 4 1.000 .953 1.20 0.98 2.18 2.18 25 202.7 1953 25 CHC NL P 48 5 21 2 1 .929 .956 0.54 0.87 1.40 2.06 19 167.7 1954 26 CHC NL P 36 15 27 0 3 1.000 .959 1.17 0.87 2.55 2.07 21 148.0 1955 27 CIN NL P 39 9 23 3 0 .914 .950 0.82 0.83 2.09 2.04 14 138.0 1956 28 CIN NL P 37 10 42 1 3 .981 .967 1.41 0.83 2.22 2.05 29 211.0 1957 29 CIN NL P 46 10 17 0 0 1.000 .961 0.59 0.82 1.66 2.06 18 146.0 1958 30 TOT NL P 57 8 11 0 1 1.000 .955 0.33 0.77 1.39 1.97 4 123.0 CIN NL P 12 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.25 0.77 0.82 1.96 4 33.0 LAD NL P 45 7 9 0 1 1.000 .952 0.36 0.77 1.60 1.97 0 90.0 1959 31 LAD NL P 28 2 7 2 0 .818 .957 0.32 0.82 1.77 1.99 0 45.7 1960 32 CLE AL P 49 13 9 1 0 .957 .965 0.45 0.78 2.66 1.96 0 74.3 1961 33 WSA AL P 42 3 14 0 2 1.000 .955 0.40 0.83 2.13 2.05 1 71.7 1962 34 CIN NL P 40 3 22 0 1 1.000 .947 0.62 0.82 2.07 2.07 7 108.7 1963 35 PHI NL P 49 5 15 0 0 1.000 .952 0.41 0.84 1.61 2.06 1 112.0 1964 36 TOT P 44 2 19 1 2 .955 .955 0.48 0.75 2.78 1.99 0 68.0 PHI NL P 11 1 7 1 0 .889 .952 0.73 0.84 3.32 2.16 0 21.7 MIN AL P 33 1 12 0 2 1.000 .956 0.39 0.72 2.53 1.90 0 46.3 1965 37 MIN AL P 56 0 11 2 0 .846 .948 0.20 0.75 1.30 2.04 0 76.3 1966 38 MIN AL P 26 4 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.75 1.80 1.98 0 40.0 1967 39 DET AL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 0.74 1.34 2.01 0 6.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1950 22 CHC NL P 33 7 15 3 3 .880 .961 0.67 0.97 1.89 2.12 11 104.7 1951 23 CHC NL P 35 4 23 0 3 1.000 .961 0.77 0.96 1.96 2.14 11 123.7 1952 24 CHC NL P 41 6 43 0 4 1.000 .953 1.20 0.98 2.18 2.18 25 202.7 1953 25 CHC NL P 48 5 21 2 1 .929 .956 0.54 0.87 1.40 2.06 19 167.7 1954 26 CHC NL P 36 15 27 0 3 1.000 .959 1.17 0.87 2.55 2.07 21 148.0 1955 27 CIN NL P 39 9 23 3 0 .914 .950 0.82 0.83 2.09 2.04 14 138.0 1956 28 CIN NL P 37 10 42 1 3 .981 .967 1.41 0.83 2.22 2.05 29 211.0 1957 29 CIN NL P 46 10 17 0 0 1.000 .961 0.59 0.82 1.66 2.06 18 146.0 1958 30 TOT NL P 57 8 11 0 1 1.000 .955 0.33 0.77 1.39 1.97 4 123.0 CIN NL P 12 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.25 0.77 0.82 1.96 4 33.0 LAD NL P 45 7 9 0 1 1.000 .952 0.36 0.77 1.60 1.97 0 90.0 1959 31 LAD NL P 28 2 7 2 0 .818 .957 0.32 0.82 1.77 1.99 0 45.7 1960 32 CLE AL P 49 13 9 1 0 .957 .965 0.45 0.78 2.66 1.96 0 74.3 1961 33 WSA AL P 42 3 14 0 2 1.000 .955 0.40 0.83 2.13 2.05 1 71.7 1962 34 CIN NL P 40 3 22 0 1 1.000 .947 0.62 0.82 2.07 2.07 7 108.7 1963 35 PHI NL P 49 5 15 0 0 1.000 .952 0.41 0.84 1.61 2.06 1 112.0 1964 36 TOT P 44 2 19 1 2 .955 .955 0.48 0.75 2.78 1.99 0 68.0 PHI NL P 11 1 7 1 0 .889 .952 0.73 0.84 3.32 2.16 0 21.7 MIN AL P 33 1 12 0 2 1.000 .956 0.39 0.72 2.53 1.90 0 46.3 1965 37 MIN AL P 56 0 11 2 0 .846 .948 0.20 0.75 1.30 2.04 0 76.3 1966 38 MIN AL P 26 4 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.75 1.80 1.98 0 40.0 1967 39 DET AL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 0.74 1.34 2.01 0 6.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 711 106 324 15 23 .966 .957 0.60 0.83 1.97 2.06 161 1968.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 711 106 324 15 23 .966 .957 0.60 0.83 1.97 2.06 161 1968
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1959   WS    LAD CHW     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     1   0   0   2 
 1965   WS    MIN LAD     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2.2   2   0   2   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   3   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   4.2   3   0   2   5 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1959   WS    LAD CHW     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1965   WS    MIN LAD     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts/9IP
1952 NL-4.88-10
1953 NL-6.07-4

Games
1953 NL-48-7
1958 NL-57-2
1960 AL-49-6
Car-711-75

Saves
1953 NL-6-8
1958 NL-10-4
1960 AL-14-1

Strikeouts
1953 NL-113-9

Shutouts
1955 NL-2-7

Home Runs Allow.
1956 NL-26-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1952 NL-89-7
1953 NL-107-3
1954 NL-96-4
1956 NL-82-7
1957 NL-68-10

Hits Allowed
1952 NL-208-10
1956 NL-219-8

Losses
1952 NL-14-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1952 NL-100-4
1956 NL-96-6

Wild Pitches
1950 NL-6-5
1952 NL-12-1
1953 NL-10-2
1954 NL-5-7
1955 NL-6-2
1957 NL-5-9
1958 NL-9-2
1961 AL-10-1
Car-97-85

Hit Batsmen
1951 NL-6-6
1952 NL-6-4
1953 NL-8-3
1956 NL-10-1

Games Finished
1953 NL-21-8
1958 NL-27-8
1960 AL-30-3

Oldest Player
1965 AL-37-7
1966 AL-38-4
1967 AL-39-4

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 17 (1143) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 15.0 (727) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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Transactions 

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

November 24, 1948: Drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1948 minor league draft.

November 17, 1949: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1949 rule 5 draft.

October 1, 1954: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jim Willis to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Ted Tappe, Harry Perkowski, and Jim Bolger.

June 15, 1958: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs with players to be named later and Steve Bilko to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Don Newcombe. The Cincinnati Redlegs sent Art Fowler (June 23, 1958) and Charlie Rabe (June 23, 1958) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

April 11, 1960: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Los Angeles Dodgers for $25,000.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the Cleveland Indians in the 1960 expansion draft.

December 15, 1961: Traded by the Washington Senators with Marty Keough to the Cincinnati Reds for Dave Stenhouse and Bob Schmidt.

March 25, 1963: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Cincinnati Reds.

June 29, 1964: Purchased by the Minnesota Twins from the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 18, 1966: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

April 10, 1967: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

June 2, 1967: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


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