Walter Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: November 6, 1887 in Humboldt, KS us

Died: December 10, 1946 in Washington, DC

Buried: Rockville Cemetery, Rockville, MD

High School: Fullerton Union HS (Fullerton, CA)

Debut: August 2, 1907 (Age 19-269d, 2,949th in major league history)
vs. DET 8.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, L

Last Game: September 30, 1927 (Age 39-328d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1936. (Voted by BBWAA on 189/226 ballots)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1939.
View Walter Johnson's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1907 season

Full Name: Walter Perry Johnson

Nicknames: Barney or The Big Train

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

166.9

417

279

ERA

2.17

802

666

5914.1

3509

WHIP

1.061

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-29 / in Starts: 19-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	53 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 145 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	93 (44-36-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 145 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	87 (42-29-16)

Most Driven In
E Ainsmith	5
R Morgan	2
E Foster	2
M Menosky	2
P Gharrity	1
H Shanks	1
J Leonard	0

Most Driven In By
H Shanks	4
J Judge	2
S Rice	2
C Milan	2
H Milan	1
E Foster	0

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	467	1	Apr 11	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.56	-0.057	1.44	-0.09%	-0.94	P
2	468	4 (2)	Apr 17	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.25	-0.093	3.43	-0.15%	-0.65	P
3	469	6 (1)	Apr 19	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	470	8 (1)	Apr 21	WSH		PHA	W,11-6	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.100	.100	.300	.400	9	.15	0.027	.30	0.03%	2.28	P
5	471	12 (3)	Apr 28	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.083	.154	.250	.404	9	1.01	-0.037	2.11	-0.05%	-0.07	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	472	15 (2)	May 2	WSH		NYY	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1		.071	.188	.214	.402	9	1.65	-0.047	2.95	-0.05%	-0.24	P
7	473	17 (1)	May 7	WSH		BOS	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.059	.158	.176	.334	9	2.08	-0.144	3.87	-0.16%	-0.71	P
8	474	20 (2)	May 10	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.111	.200	.222	.422	7	1.93	0.075	2.69	0.06%	0.37	PH
9	475	21	May 11	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.136	.208	.273	.481	9	1.37	-0.090	1.66	-0.07%	0.05	P
10	476	23 (1)	May 13	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.130	.200	.261	.461	9	2.75	-0.067	3.16	-0.05%	-0.40	PH
11	477	25 (1)	May 15	WSH	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.154	.241	.269	.511	9	.80	0.103	.69	0.05%	0.85	P
12	478	29 (3)	May 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-6	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.172	.250	.276	.526	9	1.44	-0.035	1.93	-0.03%	-0.14	P
13	479	35 (5)	May 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.219	.286	.344	.629	9	1.30	0.217	1.16	0.12%	1.08	P
14	480	39 (3)	May 30 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.212	.278	.333	.611	9	2.39	-0.057	.93	-0.01%	-0.19	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	481	40	Jun 1	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.194	.256	.306	.562	9	.35	-0.025	.06	0.00%	-0.51	P
16	482	43 (2)	Jun 5	WSH		SLB	L,2-6	4-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.194	.275	.306	.581	9	1.30	0.060	.30	0.01%	0.36	P
17	483	45 (1)	Jun 7	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.184	.262	.289	.551	9	1.94	-0.125	.50	-0.02%	-0.78	P
18	484	47 (1)	Jun 9	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.179	.256	.282	.538	8	7.05	-0.302	1.95	-0.05%	-0.80	PH
19	485	48	Jun 12	WSH		CLE	T,2-2	11-GF(16)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.171	.261	.268	.529	9	2.21	-0.098	.28	-0.01%	-0.41	P
20	486	51 (2)	Jun 15	WSH		DET	L,3-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.163	.265	.256	.521	9	1.95	-0.156	.41	-0.02%	-0.94	P
21	487	54 (2)	Jun 19	WSH		DET	W,3-0	CG	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.182	.308	.273	.580	9	.62	0.065	.05	0.00%	0.83	P
22	488	59 (4)	Jun 23 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.170	.304	.255	.559	8	.54	-0.050	.06	0.00%	-0.30	P
23	489	61 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.298	.250	.548	9	1.25	-0.030	.08	0.00%	-0.08	PH
24	490	62	Jun 26	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.184	.310	.265	.576	9	.81	0.008	.05	0.00%	0.15	P
25	491	64 (1)	Jun 28	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.170	.290	.245	.536	9	1.73	-0.212	.16	-0.01%	-1.38	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	492	69 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-4	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.182	.297	.255	.551	9	.95	0.196	.05	0.01%	1.68	P
27	493	72 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	11-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.179	.292	.250	.542	9	1.17	-0.028	.09	0.00%	-0.08	PH P
28	494	73	Jul 8	WSH	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0		0		0		.200	.314	.267	.581	9	.47	0.154	.03	0.01%	1.66	P
29	495	78 (4)	Jul 12	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-7	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.197	.319	.262	.582	9	2.01	-0.128	.11	0.00%	-1.12	P
30	496	81 (2)	Jul 15	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.194	.315	.258	.573	9	2.77	-0.058	.13	0.00%	-0.33	PH P
31	497	83 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.197	.312	.258	.569	9	1.51	-0.055	.06	0.00%	-0.09	P
32	498	85 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.194	.308	.254	.561	9	3.23	-0.079	.07	0.00%	-0.71	PH
33	499	86	Jul 19	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.197	.305	.268	.572	9	.67	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.84	P
34	500	91 (4)	Jul 24	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.189	.294	.257	.551	9	.70	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
35	501	97 (5)	Jul 29	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	5	5	2	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.215	.311	.316	.628	9	.55	-0.014	.00	0.00%	0.28	P
36	502	98	Jul 30	WSH		DET	L,4-16	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.213	.308	.313	.620	9	2.06	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.55	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	503	100 (1)	Aug 1	WSH		DET	W,5-4	12-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.213	.308	.313	.620	9						P
38	504	101	Aug 2	WSH		DET	W,4-2	5-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.220	.312	.317	.629	9	2.15	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.38	P
39	505	102	Aug 3	WSH		SLB	L,4-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.217	.309	.313	.622	6	3.30	-0.073	.01	0.00%	-0.25	PH
40	506	104 (1)	Aug 6	WSH		SLB	W,1-0	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.207	.296	.299	.595	9	1.79	-0.160	.00	0.00%	-0.90	P
41	507	108 (3)	Aug 10	WSH		CHW	W,4-0	CG	3	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.233	.317	.344	.661	9	.77	0.155	.00	0.00%	2.17	P
42	508	112 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.223	.305	.330	.635	9	.12	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-1.06	P
43	509	114 (1)	Aug 18	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.245	.321	.357	.678	9	.49	0.096	.00	0.00%	0.65	P
44	510	115	Aug 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-4	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.245	.327	.357	.684	9	2.10	0.092	.01	0.00%	0.36	PH
45	511	116	Aug 22 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-1	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.240	.321	.350	.671	9	.60	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
46	512	119 (2)	Aug 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.233	.313	.340	.653	9	.66	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
47	513	121 (1)	Aug 27	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-9	5-GF	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.226	.305	.330	.635	9	1.06	0.143	.00	0.00%	0.58	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	514	125 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-9	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.234	.311	.336	.647	9	.44	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.11	P
49	515	128 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.243	.317	.342	.659	9	.65	0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.17	P
50	516	134 (5)	Sep 11	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.261	.331	.374	.705	9	1.52	0.310	.00	0.00%	2.22	P
51	517	139 (4)	Sep 15 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,4-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.256	.326	.368	.693	9	.53	0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.04	P
52	518	141 (1)	Sep 19	WSH		SLB	W,6-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.258	.326	.367	.692	9	.35	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
53	519	142	Sep 20	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.256	.323	.364	.687	9	1.54	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
54	520	144 (1)	Sep 22	WSH		DET	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.250	.316	.355	.671	9	.62	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.15	P
55	521	147 (2)	Sep 25	WSH		CHW	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.248	.314	.352	.666	1	3.24	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.32	PH
56	522	148	Sep 26	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	6-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.252	.317	.354	.671	9	1.14	0.072	.00	0.00%	0.37	P
57	523	156 (7)	Oct 3	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.252	.315	.359	.673	9	.59	0.002	.00	0.00%	2.02	P
							27-29		145	131	14	33	12	1	0	13	10	0	31	2	1		4		1		.252	.315	.359	.673		1.15	-0.628	.55	-0.49%	3.10

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