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Connie Johnson Stats

Connie Johnson was born on Wednesday, December 27, 1922, in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Johnson was 30 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 17, 1953, with the Chicago White Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Connie Johnson baseball stats page.

"Connie (Johnson) was a good pitcher in the major leagues. He was a great pitcher in the Negro Leagues. No comparison. He threw hard for the Monarchs. Hard. He had good control. Could have won twenty games in the big leagues. Oh yeah. Could have won twenty games every year. That's Connie Johnson." - Former Major Leaguer Buck O'Neil in the Lexington Herald-Leader (Joe Posnanski, 12/01/2004)

Connie Johnson

Connie Johnson Autograph on a 1958 Topps (#266)

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Birth Name:	Clifford Johnson, Jr.
Nickname:	Connie
Born On:	12-27-1922
Born In:	Stone Mountain, Georgia
Zodiac:	Capricorn
Died On:	11-28-2004
Died In:	Kansas City, Missouri
Cemetery:	Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-04
Weight:	200
First Game:	04-17-1953 (Age 30)
Last Game:	09-14-1958
Draft:	Not Applicable

Connie Johnson Connie Johnson Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1953	White Sox	14	10	3	4	4	.500	3.56	2	1	0	60.2	272	55	24	27	4	38	-	44	4	2	0	-
1955	White Sox	17	16	0	7	4	.636	3.45	5	2	0	99.0	436	95	38	40	5	52	0	72	0	1	0	-
1956	White Sox	5	2	2	0	1	.000	3.65	0	0	0	12.1	56	11	5	5	1	7	0	6	1	0	0	-
1956	Orioles	26	25	0	9	10	.474	3.43	9	2	0	183.2	766	165	70	79	12	62	3	130	3	1	1	-
1957	Orioles	35	30	4	14	11	.560	3.20	14	3	0	242.0	987	212	86	93	17	66	1	177	6	3	0	-
1958	Orioles	26	17	2	6	9	.400	3.88	4	0	1	118.1	487	116	51	58	13	32	3	68	2	0	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
5 Years		123	100	11	40	39	.506	3.44	34	8	1	716.0	3,004	654	274	302	52	257	7	497	16	7	1	-

Connie Johnson Connie Johnson Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1953	White Sox	15	20	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	-	7	1	-	0	1	.050	.136	.050
1955	White Sox	19	33	4	5	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	7	2	1	0	2	.152	.147	.212
1956	White Sox	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1956	Orioles	26	58	5	15	1	0	0	0	4	6	0	9	6	0	0	1	.259	.328	.276
1957	Orioles	35	89	6	12	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	12	6	0	0	3	.135	.135	.135
1958	Orioles	26	34	1	7	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	12	1	1	0	0	.206	.243	.235
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
5 Years		126	237	20	40	4	0	0	0	17	10	0	48	16	2	0	7	.169	.201	.186

Connie Johnson Connie Johnson Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1953 White Sox	P	14	10	182	7	0.5	7	1	6	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.04	-
1955 White Sox	P	17	16	297	12	0.7	12	3	9	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.09	-
1956 White Sox	P	5	2	37	3	0.6	3	1	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.19	-
1956 Orioles	P	26	25	551	23	0.9	22	8	14	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.957	1.08	-
1957 Orioles	P	35	30	726	33	0.9	32	10	22	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	1.19	-
1958 Orioles	P	26	17	355	16	0.6	16	3	13	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.22	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		123	100	2,148	94	0.8	92	26	66	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	1.16	--
5 Years		123	100	2,148	94	0.8	92	26	66	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	1.16	--

Connie Johnson Connie Johnson Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1953 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.9	20.0	1.16	6.53	5.64
1955 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.7	6.6	1.38	6.55	4.73
1956 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.86	4.38	5.11
1956 Orioles	1	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	6.4	14.5	2.10	6.37	3.04
1957 Orioles	1	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	7.4	17.8	2.68	6.58	2.45
1958 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.8	17.0	2.13	5.17	2.43
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
5 Years	2	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.9	13.9	1.93	6.25	3.23

Connie Johnson Connie Johnson Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1953 Chicago White Sox	24, 45	Undetermined	-	-
1955 Chicago White Sox	44	Undetermined	-	-
1956 Chicago White Sox	44	Undetermined	-	-
1956 Baltimore Orioles	36	Undetermined	-	-
1957 Baltimore Orioles	36	Undetermined	-	-
1958 Baltimore Orioles	36	Undetermined	-	-
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