What years did Connie Johnson play?

Connie Johnson played in Major League Baseball from 1953 to 1958.

Was Connie Johnson a pitcher?

Yes. Connie Johnson pitched in the major leagues, recording 68 wins and 720 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Connie Johnson hit?

Connie Johnson hit 0 career home runs with 59 hits.

Connie Johnson

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1953-1958)

W–L 68–50

ERA 3.68

WHIP 1.35

SO 720

Pitcher PIV 18116.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 200 lb
Born: 12/27/1922 in Stone Mountain, GA, USA
Died: 11/28/2004 in Kansas City, MO, USA
MLB Debut: 1953-04-17
Last Game: 1958-09-14
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Clifford Johnson

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
149.0	132.0	23.0	26.0	3.0	4.0	1.0	9.0	9.0	0	3.0	.197	.248	.303	.551

Pitching

W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
52	27	75	49	35	6	597.1	520	346	86	23	209	318	1.30	1.22

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1949	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500
1950	2.0	2.0	0	1.0	0	1.0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000
Listed seasons · 2	4	4	1	2	1	1	.500	—	—	—

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season	W	L	GS	CG	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1949	2	4	8	3	1	34.2	29	30	7	2	6	4	1.82	1.01
1950	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	3	3.00	1.67
Listed seasons · 2	3	4	8	3	1	37.2	32	31	8	2	8	7	1.91	1.06

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
68	50	183	131	53	9	7	1012.7	959	414	65	412	720	3.68	18116.4

Career ERA 3.68 vs. league average 3.92 across their career seasons — 6.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1940	TIC	NAL	1	2	4	4	2	0	0	26.0	26	18	12	15	6.23	4.21 (-48%)	-413.6
1941	KCM	NAL	5	1	9	3	2	0	1	35.0	37	8	15	35	2.06	3.94 (+48%)	1325.0
1942	KCM	NAL	10	0	12	5	2	0	2	56.7	51	15	32	52	2.38	3.57 (+33%)	1472.5
1946	KCM	NAL	5	4	12	8	6	1	1	67.7	50	27	31	63	3.59	3.59 (avg)	1673.5
1947	KCM	NAL	4	3	13	7	4	0	0	64.3	88	50	46	29	6.99	3.97 (-76%)	-2123.4
1948	KCM	NAL	3	1	10	4	3	0	2	47.0	53	22	19	29	4.21	4.10 (-3%)	795.4
1953	CHA	AL	4	4	14	10	2	1	0	60.7	55	24	38	44	3.56	4.14 (+14%)	248.2
1955	CHA	AL	7	4	17	16	5	2	0	99.0	95	38	52	72	3.45	4.00 (+14%)	2078.9
1956	CHA	AL	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	12.3	11	5	7	6	3.65	3.96 (+8%)	-58.2
1956	BAL	AL	9	10	26	25	9	2	0	183.7	165	70	62	130	3.43	3.96 (+13%)	5406.1
1957	BAL	AL	14	11	35	30	14	3	0	242.0	212	86	66	177	3.20	3.83 (+17%)	6816.9
1958	BAL	AL	6	9	26	17	4	0	1	118.3	116	51	32	68	3.88	3.86 (avg)	895.1
Career · 12 seasons			68	50	183	131	53	9	7	1,012.2	959	414	412	720	3.68	—	18,116

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
197	351	38	59	6	3	0	25	4	15	48	.168	.201	.202	.403	-1,006

Career AVG .168 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 35.4% below league average.

Career OBP .201 vs. league average .331 across their career seasons — 39.3% below league average.

Career SLG .202 vs. league average .381 across their career seasons — 46.9% below league average.

Career OPS .403 vs. league average .712 across their career seasons — 43.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1940	TIC	NAL	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1941	KCM	NAL	9	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
1942	KCM	NAL	13	24	2	6	0	2	1	0	1	0	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1946	KCM	NAL	14	27	4	5	0	1	4	1	1	0	.185	—	—	—	—	0.0
1947	KCM	NAL	18	25	7	4	1	0	2	0	2	0	.160	—	—	—	—	0.0
1948	KCM	NAL	12	18	3	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1953	CHA	AL	15	20	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	7	.050	—	—	—	—	0.0
1955	CHA	AL	19	33	4	5	2	0	5	0	0	7	.152	—	—	—	—	0.0
1956	CHA	AL	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1956	BAL	AL	26	58	5	15	1	0	4	1	6	9	.259	.258 (avg)	.331 (-1%)	.397 (-31%)	.728 (-17%)	0.0
1957	BAL	AL	35	89	6	12	0	0	5	1	0	12	.135	.257 (-48%)	.323 (-58%)	.391 (-66%)	.715 (-62%)	-867.7
1958	BAL	AL	26	34	1	7	1	0	2	0	2	12	.206	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			197	351	38	59	6	3	25	4	15	48	.168	—	—	—	—	-868

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1948	ALC	KCM	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	1	1	0	4.0	3	3	4	4	6.75

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1948	ALC	KCM	0	0	1	1	0	4.0	3	3	4	4	6.75

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	118	162	16	30	0	13	.185
Away	102	166	21	27	0	11	.163

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	111	576.2	517	152	213	428	2.37
Away	98	563.1	527	187	197	306	2.99

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	RBI	SO
1958-09-14	BAL	CLE	L	2	0	0	2
1958-09-05	BAL	BOS	L	1	0	0	0
1958-08-27	BAL	CLE	L	1	0	0	1
1958-08-22	BAL	DET	W	3	1	0	1
1958-08-17	BAL	MIN	W	1	0	1	1
1958-08-11	BAL	NYY	W	4	0	0	0
1958-08-05	BAL	NYY	L	1	0	0	0
1958-07-18	BAL	CLE	L	1	0	0	1
1958-07-10	BAL	KC1	W	0	0	0	0
1958-07-04	BAL	BOS	L	1	0	0	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1958-09-14	BAL	CLE	L	5.0	6	6	3	1	3	2
1958-09-05	BAL	BOS	—	2.1	7	5	4	0	2	0
1958-08-27	BAL	CLE	L	3.2	8	6	6	1	3	0
1958-08-22	BAL	DET	W	7.1	12	1	0	3	1	0
1958-08-17	BAL	MIN	W	9.0	3	1	1	1	5	1
1958-08-11	BAL	NYY	W	9.0	7	3	2	1	5	1
1958-08-05	BAL	NYY	L	2.1	4	3	3	1	3	1
1958-07-18	BAL	CLE	—	4.0	2	1	0	0	6	0
1958-07-10	BAL	KC1	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0
1958-07-04	BAL	BOS	L	5.0	5	4	4	4	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	183	121	35	145	4	5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1940	TIC	P	4	4	2	11	0	2
1941	KCM	P	9	3	0	8	0	0
1942	KCM	P	12	5	2	17	1	0
1946	KCM	P	12	8	3	17	0	0
1947	KCM	P	13	7	2	16	0	3
1948	KCM	P	10	4	0	10	1	0
1953	CHA	P	14	0	1	6	0	0
1955	CHA	P	17	16	3	9	0	0
1956	CHA	P	5	2	1	2	0	0
1956	BAL	P	26	25	8	14	1	0
1957	BAL	P	35	30	10	22	1	0
1958	BAL	P	26	17	3	13	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position	Games
Pitcher	183

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Frequently Asked Questions about Connie Johnson

What years did Connie Johnson play?: Connie Johnson played in Major League Baseball from 1953 to 1958.
Was Connie Johnson a pitcher?: Yes. Connie Johnson pitched in the major leagues, recording 68 wins and 720 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Connie Johnson hit?: Connie Johnson hit 0 career home runs with 59 hits.