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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	5 (3)	Apr 22	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	30	7.1	0	3	0	3	0
3	10 (4)	Apr 27	WSH		PHA	T,10-10	GS	22	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	14 (3)	May 2	WSH		NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	18 (3)	May 6	WSH		BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	2
6	22 (3)	May 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	24 (1)	May 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
8	26 (1)	May 19	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS	37	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
9	27	May 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,8-9	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
10	31 (3)	May 25	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	32	7.1	0	3	0	3	0
11	35 (3)	May 30 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,4-6	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	40 (4)	Jun 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	44 (3)	Jun 6	WSH		DET	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	46 (1)	Jun 8	WSH		DET	W,7-4	GF	10	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
15	49 (2)	Jun 12	WSH		SLB	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
16	51 (1)	Jun 15	WSH		CHW	W,8-6	GF	11	2.2	1	1	0	2	0
17	54 (2)	Jun 18	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	1	5	0	6	0
18	58 (3)	Jun 22	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	62 (3)	Jun 26	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-16	GS	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	65 (2)	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	GS	19	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	70 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-12	GS	12	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
22	73 (2)	Jul 8	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	79 (5)	Jul 14	WSH	@	DET	L,8-9	GS	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	83 (3)	Jul 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	87 (3)	Jul 22	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	89 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	90	Jul 26 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,15-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	93 (2)	Jul 30	WSH		DET	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	98 (4)	Aug 5	WSH		CLE	W,6-5	GS	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	101 (2)	Aug 9	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	104 (2)	Aug 12	WSH		CHW	W,9-6	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	106 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	110 (3)	Aug 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	1
34	117 (6)	Aug 25	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	126 (8)	Sep 3 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	133 (6)	Sep 13	WSH		DET	W,7-3	GS	37	7.0	0	1	0	1	1
37	137 (3)	Sep 17 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	1
38	138	Sep 17 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,12-2	CG	29	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
39	143 (4)	Sep 23 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,0-6	GS	26	5.0	0	1	0	1	1
40	146 (2)	Sep 26	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
41	149 (2)	Oct 1	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	48	10.2	0	0	0	0	0
42	153 (3)	Oct 5 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
							42gm		261.0	13	51	2	66	7