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	21-17 / in Starts: 17-14
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 120 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	97 (52-28-17) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 120 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	79 (39-25-15)

Most Driven In
F O'Rourke	3
P Gharrity	3
H Shanks	2
V Picinich	1
B LaMotte	1

Most Driven In By
C Milan	2
J Judge	2
B Harris	2
H Shanks	1
S Rice	1
F Brower	1

1921 Batting Game Log

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1921 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	678	1	Apr 13	WSH		BOS	L,3-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.05	-0.026	2.56	-0.04%	-0.32	P
2	679	5 (3)	Apr 17	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9						P
3	680	10 (4)	Apr 25	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	2.49	0.205	7.97	0.39%	-0.04	P
4	681	14 (3)	Apr 29	WSH	@	PHA	T,3-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.82	-0.067	2.82	-0.14%	-0.68	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
5	682	20 (5)	May 7	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.188	.250	.438	9	.89	0.036	3.17	0.08%	0.42	P
6	683	23 (2)	May 11	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-14	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.176	.235	.412	9	.17	-0.004	.61	-0.01%	-0.12	P
7	684	27 (3)	May 15	WSH	@	DET	L,10-13	GS-5	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.400	.650	9	.91	0.056	3.00	0.11%	0.56	P
8	685	32 (4)	May 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.292	.417	.708	9	1.42	0.022	4.06	0.04%	0.83	P
9	686	35 (2)	May 23	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-5	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.269	.385	.654	9	.17	-0.013	.38	-0.02%	-0.66	PH P
10	687	39 (3)	May 28	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.276	.379	.655	9	1.58	0.017	3.42	0.02%	0.16	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
11	688	44 (4)	Jun 1	WSH		NYY	W,8-7	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.281	.375	.656	9	.64	-0.021	1.44	-0.03%	-0.19	P
12	689	48 (3)	Jun 5	WSH		CHW	W,9-2	CG	5	5	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.351	.351	.432	.784	9	.49	0.157	1.06	0.21%	2.78	P
13	690	52 (3)	Jun 9	WSH		DET	L,6-10	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.342	.342	.421	.763	9	2.08	-0.064	7.18	-0.13%	-0.82	P
14	691	54 (1)	Jun 11	WSH		CLE	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.410	.744	9	1.82	-0.050	6.39	-0.11%	-0.80	PH
15	692	56 (1)	Jun 13	WSH		CLE	L,6-10	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.410	.744	9						P
16	693	62 (5)	Jun 19	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	GS-10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.325	.357	.400	.757	9	1.08	0.076	3.57	0.15%	0.55	P
17	694	66 (3)	Jun 22	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	9-GF(11)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.364	.405	.768	9	3.48	-0.060	8.86	-0.09%	-0.20	PH P
18	695	69 (2)	Jun 25	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.333	.370	.703	9	.45	-0.055	1.26	-0.09%	-1.43	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
19	696	72 (2)	Jul 1 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.308	.340	.648	9	2.41	-0.271	4.34	-0.29%	-1.14	P
20	697	78 (5)	Jul 5 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-5	7-7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.302	.333	.635	4	2.33	-0.050	3.00	-0.04%	-0.44	PH
21	698	79	Jul 5 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.316	.345	.661	9	1.33	0.028	1.92	0.03%	0.36	P
22	699	94 (14)	Jul 20	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.311	.356	.667	9	1.61	-0.098	.55	-0.02%	-0.45	P
23	700	97 (2)	Jul 24	WSH	@	DET	W,14-6	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.318	.375	.693	9	.41	0.013	.07	0.00%	-0.32	P
24	701	101 (3)	Jul 30	WSH		DET	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.309	.364	.672	9	.42	-0.022	.13	0.00%	-0.23	P
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
25	702	105 (3)	Aug 4 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.292	.343	.635	9	1.05	-0.111	.83	-0.05%	-1.34	P
26	703	110 (4)	Aug 8	WSH		SLB	W,16-5	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.299	.360	.659	9	.33	0.137	.21	0.05%	0.86	P
27	704	113 (2)	Aug 13	WSH		BOS	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.296	.354	.651	9	.16	-0.014	.06	0.00%	-0.24	P
28	705	115 (1)	Aug 17	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-7	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.293	.350	.643	9	.47	-0.013	.10	0.00%	-0.34	PH
29	706	116	Aug 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,13-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.271	.287	.341	.629	9	.20	0.025	.02	0.00%	-0.28	P
30	707	122 (5)	Aug 24	WSH	@	DET	L,1-15	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.284	.337	.621	9	.61	0.024	.13	0.00%	0.28	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
31	708	130 (7)	Sep 1 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.293	.337	.631	9	.84	-0.025	.00	0.00%	0.00	P
32	709	133 (2)	Sep 5 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG(11)	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		0		0	0	.275	.298	.341	.639	9	2.05	-0.113	.00	0.00%	-0.99	P
33	710	137 (3)	Sep 10	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.296	.337	.633	9	.79	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-1.42	P
34	711	140 (2)	Sep 14	WSH		SLB	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.297	.337	.634	9	1.48	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.79	P
35	712	143 (2)	Sep 18	WSH		CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.295	.333	.629	9	1.01	0.056	.00	0.00%	0.73	P
36	713	146 (2)	Sep 21 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.272	.292	.330	.623	9	2.42	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.32	PH
37	714	148 (1)	Sep 24	WSH		DET	W,5-1	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.294	.340	.633	9	.90	0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.21	P
38	715	150 (1)	Sep 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.301	.339	.640	9	1.14	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.36	P
39	716	154 (3)	Oct 2	WSH		PHA	W,11-6	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0	0	.268	.305	.330	.635	9						P
							21-17		120	112	10	30	7	0	0	10	6	0	17	0	2		3		0	0	.268	.305	.330	.635		1.07	-0.338	1.68	0.01%	-5.87

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