Ken Johnson (right-handed pitcher)
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| Born: June 16, 1933 West Palm Beach, Florida |
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| Died: Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Pineville, Louisiana |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 13, 1958, for the Kansas City Athletics | |||
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| April 18, 1970, for the Montreal Expos | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 91–106 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.46 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,042 | ||
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Kenneth Travis Johnson (June 16, 1933 – November 21, 2015) was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who became the first and so far only pitcher to lose a complete game nine-inning no-hitter.
No-hit game
Pitching for the Houston Colt .45s on April 23, 1964 at Colt Stadium, Johnson gave up no hits in a 1–0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. The game's only run was scored in the top of the ninth after Pete Rose reached second base on an error (by Johnson himself), went to third on a ground-out, and scored on a second error, this one by second baseman Nellie Fox on Vada Pinson's ground ball.[1] Opposing pitcher Joe Nuxhall retired the side in the bottom half to make Johnson a no-hit loser. Johnson still is the only player to ever lose an official no-hitter by himself.[2]
Baseball career
He pitched for the Kansas City Athletics (1958–61), Cincinnati Reds (1961), Houston Colt .45/Astros (1962–65), Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves (1965–69), New York Yankees (1969), Chicago Cubs (1969), and Montreal Expos (1970).
See also
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
| Preceded by | No-hitter pitcher April 23, 1964 |
Succeeded by Sandy Koufax |
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