Ken Johnson (right-handed pitcher)

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Ken Johnson
Pitcher
Born: June 16, 1933 (1933-06-16) (age 74)
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 13, 1958
for the Kansas City Athletics
Final game
April 18, 1970
for the Montreal Expos
Career statistics
Win-Loss     91-106
Strikeouts     1042
ERA     3.46
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Threw a no hitter on April 23, 1964

Kenneth Travis Johnson (born June 16, 1933 in West Palm Beach, Florida) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Houston Colt .45s who, on April 23, 1964, became the first pitcher to lose a complete game no-hitter in nine innings when he was beaten 1-0 by the Cincinnati Reds 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. The next week he appeared on I've Got a Secret where panelist Henry Morgan described the loss as "the saddest story of the year."

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).

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