Ken Johnson
1947–1952 · bats L / throws L · Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
111G
.213AVG
.231OBP
.247SLG
More career statistics
19H
0HR
8RBI
1SB
12–14W–L
269.1IP
147K
4.58ERA
34GS
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,217 | 1,225 |
| Pitching · p er | 137 | 136 |
| Pitching · p gs | 34 | 35 |
| Pitching · p h | 251 | 250 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 808 | 804 |
| Pitching · p k | 147 | 148 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | 92 | 89 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .213 | .231 | .247 | .478 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 269.3 | 74 | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 251 | 157 | 137 | 14 | 195 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 4.58 | 1.656 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1948-08-16 to 1948-08-28
3longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1951-05-18 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | .500 | 10 | 8 |
| 1948 | St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | 20 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .300 | 44 | 21 |
| 1949 | St. Louis Cardinals | 21 | 8 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .250 | 33 | 18 |
| 1950 | Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals | 23 | 19 | 3 | – | – | – | .158 | 62 | 33 |
| 1951 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 36 | 35 | 5 | – | 3 | 1 | .143 | 106 | 58 |
| 1952 |  Detroit Tigers | 9 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .333 | 11 | 10 |