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	13-20 / in Starts: 7-8
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	15 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 70 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	39 (17-16-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 70 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	44 (21-14-8)

Most Driven In
R Shannon	3
V Picinich	2
B Harris	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
C Milan	4
Self	1
J Judge	1

1920 Batting Game Log

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1920 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	645	1	Apr 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	1.10	0.085	2.76	0.13%	0.91	P
2	646	8 (6)	Apr 25	WSH		BOS	W,2-0	CG	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.667	.750	1.000	1.750	9	.62	0.045	1.42	0.06%	0.36	P
3	647	10 (1)	Apr 29	WSH	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.500	.857	1.357	9	.63	0.059	1.25	0.07%	0.21	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
4	648	13 (2)	May 2	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.500	.857	1.357	9						P
5	649	16 (2)	May 5	WSH		NYY	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.364	.600	.964	9	2.73	-0.208	5.40	-0.25%	-1.19	P
6	650	20 (3)	May 9	WSH		NYY	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.538	.896	9	.96	-0.036	2.21	-0.05%	-0.26	P
7	651	22 (1)	May 14	WSH		DET	W,9-8	6-GF	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.438	.600	1.038	9	3.96	0.349	6.89	0.36%	1.66	P
8	652	24 (1)	May 16	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.350	.474	.824	9	1.15	-0.122	2.37	-0.15%	-1.02	P
9	653	27 (2)	May 20	WSH		CHW	L,5-13	11-16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.318	.429	.747	9	1.65	-0.085	3.22	-0.10%	-0.35	P
10	654	28	May 21	WSH		CHW	L,9-11	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.304	.409	.713	9	1.74	-0.045	2.93	-0.05%	-0.24	PH
11	655	29	May 22	WSH		CHW	L,6-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.292	.391	.683	9	.11	-0.003	.14	0.00%	-0.49	PH
12	656	31 (1)	May 26	WSH		CLE	W,13-9	6-GF	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.308	.480	.788	9	1.01	0.058	1.41	0.05%	1.05	P
13	657	34 (2)	May 29 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.267	.414	.680	9	.20	-0.020	.32	-0.02%	-0.64	P
14	658	37 (2)	May 31 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-10	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.250	.387	.637	9	1.51	-0.095	3.27	-0.12%	-0.84	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	659	41 (3)	Jun 3	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.229	.353	.582	9	2.07	-0.167	3.14	-0.15%	-1.06	P
16	660	42	Jun 6	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.222	.343	.565	9	1.05	-0.027	1.88	-0.03%	-0.24	PH
17	661	43	Jun 8	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.225	.410	.635	9	1.29	0.079	2.29	0.08%	-0.09	P
18	662	45 (1)	Jun 10	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-15	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.220	.400	.620	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
19	663	47 (1)	Jun 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.261	.409	.670	9	1.21	0.174	1.67	0.14%	0.76	P
20	664	49 (1)	Jun 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.255	.400	.655	9	.43	-0.012	.54	-0.01%	-0.31	PH
21	665	50	Jun 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-9	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.265	.404	.670	9	1.00	0.076	1.17	0.05%	0.66	P
22	666	54 (3)	Jun 23	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.280	.417	.697	9	.13	0.005	.14	0.00%	0.39	P
23	667	57 (2)	Jun 27	WSH		PHA	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.283	.412	.695	9	.69	0.014	.96	0.01%	-0.49	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
24	668	61 (3)	Jul 1	WSH	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.286	.396	.682	9	1.22	-0.047	1.28	-0.03%	-0.34	P
25	669	72 (10)	Jul 11	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.288	.393	.681	9	.96	-0.018	.38	0.00%	-0.34	P
26	670	75 (2)	Jul 16 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	CG	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.259	.295	.431	.726	9	1.37	0.074	.21	0.01%	0.55	P
27	671	80 (4)	Jul 20 (1)	WSH		DET	L,6-7	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.306	.441	.747	9	.62	0.029	.02	0.00%	0.39	PH
28	672	81	Jul 20 (2)	WSH		DET	L,1-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.302	.433	.735	9	2.49	-0.064	.05	0.00%	-0.24	PH
29	673	85 (3)	Jul 25	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	8-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.313	.443	.755	9	1.18	0.054	.03	0.00%	0.27	PH
30	674	86	Jul 27 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	9-9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.323	.443	.766	8	.82	0.040	.02	0.00%	0.40	PH
31	675	88 (1)	Jul 28	WSH	@	DET	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.318	.435	.754	9	2.12	-0.051	.04	0.00%	-0.30	PH
32	676	90 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-13	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.313	.429	.742	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
33	677	92 (1)	Jul 31	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.309	.422	.731	9	1.43	-0.037	.01	0.00%	-0.11	PH
							13-20		70	64	6	17	1	3	1	7	4	0	10	0	1		0		0	0	.266	.309	.422	.731		1.19	0.104	1.71	0.02%	-1.46

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