John Calvin Klippstein (October 17, 1927 – October 10, 2003) was an American professional baseball pitcher (mostly a reliever), who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for a number of teams, over an 18-season career. The most prominent portion of his early career was spent with the Chicago Cubs (1950–1954). Klippstein’s career stat line included a 101–118 record, with a 4.24 earned run average (ERA), in 711 games (161 of them as a starter). He had 1,158 strikeouts in 1,967+2⁄3 innings pitched. Klippstein was often known for his control problems. More about Johnny Klippstein
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Klippstein became a world champion with the Los Angeles Dodgers, in the 1959 World Series, but played a much more significant role in the Minnesota Twins’ pennant run in 1965. He was the son-in-law of (the late) MLB pitcher Dutch Leonard. Klippstein was tied (with Mike Fornieles) for the league lead in saves in 1960, with 14.In total, we tracked 420 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Johnny Klippstein (John Johnny Klippstein d.02 LA Dodgers 1958-59 PSA/DNA AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALL) was sold in February 2015 for $129.99 while the cheapest item (1979 Diamond Greats #120 Johnny Klippstein Signed CHI Cubs AUTO (d.2003) RARE) found a new owner for $0.99 in August 2022. The month with the most items sold (9) was February 2011 with an average selling price of $7.50 for an autographed item of Johnny Klippstein. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2019 with $99.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was July 2014. In average, an autographed item from Johnny Klippstein is worth $7.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Johnny Klippstein were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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1952 Topps #148 Johnny Klippstein PSA DNA Autographed Signed Card | $70.00 | ||
1953 Topps #46 Johnny Klippstein Signed Archives Card (Cubs) (Flat Rate Ship) | $6.75 | ||
1958 Topps Johnny Klippstein #242 - Reds - Signed Autograph Auto (d. 2003) | $5.50 | ||
1960 Topps Johnny Klippstein Autograph Baseball Card | $4.00 | ||
1960 TOPPS JOHNNY KLIPPSTEIN AUTOGRAPHED VINTAGE DODGERS CARD d.2003 | $3.99 | ||
1964 Topps Johnny Klippstein #533 - RARE Hi # - Phillies - Signed Auto (d. 2003) | $9.50 | ||
1991 Topps Archives (1953) -#46 JOHNNY KLIPPSTEIN (Cubs) *AUTOGRAPHED* d.2003 | $7.99 | ||
1994 Topps Archives 1954 Topps Johnny Klippstein # 31 Auto Autographed Signed | $6.00 | ||
Johnny Klippstein #152 1959 Topps Hand Signed Autographed Baseball Card Auto | $9.99 | ||
Johnny Klippstein Signed Autographed Index Card - Inscribed Best Wishes | $8.95 |