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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Team Record in Appearances: 39-8 / in Starts: 29-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 1

1913 Pitching Game Log

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1913 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	226	1	Apr 10	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	1	1	1	3	0	1	1.00	2.56	36	67	1	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	0.73%
2	227	4	Apr 19	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-0)	8	9.0	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	0.50	1.67	31	83	0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.09	0.78%
3	228	7	Apr 23	WSH		BOS	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-0)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	7	0	0	0.33	1.67	31	88				29	0	1
4	229	9	Apr 25	WSH		BOS	W,5-4		S(1)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.32	1.63	5					5
5	230	11	Apr 30	WSH	@	PHA	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	10	0	0	0.24	1.39	32	88	3	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	4.16	1.25%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
6	231	14	May 3	WSH	@	BOS	W,2-1		W(5-0)	2	2.2	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.23	1.35	12					11
7	232	15	May 5	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-3		W(6-0)	1	5.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.20	1.35	16					16
8	233	19	May 10	WSH	@	CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-0)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.17	1.46	30	86	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.53	1.62%
9	234	23	May 14	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-5	GS-	W(8-0)	3	6.0	3	1	1	0	7	0	0	0.30	1.33	21	69				21
10	235	26	May 18	WSH	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	W(9-0)	3	9.0	5	1	0	3	1	0	1	0.26	1.64	35	73				31	2	0
11	236	29	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3		W(10-0)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.26	1.63	4					4
12	237	30	May 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	L(10-1)	0	8.0	13	5	5	0	6	0	1	0.81	1.61	36	42				34	2	1
13	238	33	May 26(2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-2	GS-	W(11-1)	3	7.0	2	1	0	1	5	0	1	0.74	1.64	25	75				23
14	239	38	May 30(2)	WSH		BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(11-2)	3	9.0	8	1	1	0	9	1	1	0.77	1.71	31	76				30	2	1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
15	240	41	Jun 2(2)	WSH		PHA	L,3-4	CG	L(11-3)	2	9.0	9	4	4	1	5	1	0	1.05	1.84	36	57				35	1	2
16	241	45	Jun 6	WSH		SLB	W,1-0	SHO	W(12-3)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	0.96	1.78	32	84				30	0	0
17	242	48	Jun 10	WSH		DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(13-3)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	0.89	1.75	27	89	0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.20%
18	243	52	Jun 14	WSH		CHW	W,8-3	CG	W(14-3)	3	9.0	9	3	3	0	7	2	0	1.04	1.90	35	64	0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	1	0	.66	0.09%
19	244	56	Jun 18	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	CG	L(14-4)	3	9.0	9	4	4	2	1	1	0	1.23	2.06	37	52				33	0	0
20	245	61	Jun 21(2)	WSH		NYY	W,6-0	SHO	W(15-4)	2	9.0	2	0	0	4	7	0	0	1.16	2.08	33	86				29	1	0
21	246	63	Jun 25	WSH		PHA	L,2-14	GS-	L(15-5)	3	3.0	5	4	4	1	1	1	0	1.37	2.18	15	33				14
22	247	66	Jun 27(1)	WSH		PHA	W,2-0	SHO	W(16-5)	1	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.29	2.14	30	86				29	1	0
23	248	69	Jun 30	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-1		W(17-5)	2	4.0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	1.26	2.14	14					11
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
24	249	72	Jul 3	WSH	@	BOS	W,1-0	SHO	W(18-5)	2	15.0	15	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.16	2.15	57	90				55	5	0
25	250	78	Jul 9(2)	WSH	@	DET	W,9-0	GS-6	W(19-5)	5	6.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.12	2.17	19	68	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.26	0.05%
26	251	82	Jul 13	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	W(20-5)	3	9.0	10	4	3	0	6	1	0	1.21	2.19	35	59				35	0	0
27	252	84	Jul 16	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2		W(21-5)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	2.19	4					4
28	253	86	Jul 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-1		W(22-5)	1	4.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.18	2.17	12					12
29	254	89	Jul 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(23-5)	2	9.0	4	1	1	2	5	1	0	1.17	2.23	33	78	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.27%
30	255	92	Jul 25	WSH		SLB	T,8-8			3	11.1	7	2	1	2	15	0	0	1.15	2.14	42					40
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
31	256	99	Aug 2	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(24-5)	7	9.0	9	2	1	1	4	0	0	1.14	2.13	39	66	0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	1	2	.69	0.12%
32	257	102	Aug 6	WSH		CHW	W,11-2	GS-4	W(25-5)	3	4.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.12	2.11	12	63	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.02%
33	258	104	Aug 8	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(26-5)	1	9.0	8	3	2	3	6	0	0	1.16	2.12	38	64				33	1	0
34	259	109	Aug 15	WSH	@	DET	W,9-7	GS-7	W(27-5)	6	7.0	6	2	2	1	1	1	0	1.20	2.19	28	57	0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	.07	0.01%
35	260	113	Aug 19	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(28-5)	3	10.0	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	1.15	2.17	38	80				36	1	1
36	261	117	Aug 24	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(29-5)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	6	0	0	1.14	2.14	34	77	0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	.48	0.13%
37	262	120	Aug 28	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(29-6)	3	10.2	3	1	0	0	10	0	0	1.10	2.09	35	96				35	0	0
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
38	263	124	Sep 1(2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG(10)	L(29-7)	3	9.2	10	6	6	0	7	0	1	1.25	2.06	39	52	1	0	0	37	4	0	0	0	0	1	.21	-0.09%
39	264	126	Sep 3	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.25	2.05	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.00%
40	265	128	Sep 5(1)	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	2.05	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.01%
41	266	129	Sep 5(2)	WSH		NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(30-7)	-1	9.0	3	0	0	1	8	0	0	1.21	2.02	29	88				28	0	0
42	267	133	Sep 9(2)	WSH		CLE	W,8-2	GS-	W(31-7)	3	8.0	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	1.17	2.00	29	75				29
43	268	136	Sep 12	WSH		CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(32-7)	2	9.0	5	1	0	1	7	0	0	1.14	1.98	33	81				32	0	1
44	269	139	Sep 16	WSH		CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(33-7)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	11	0	0	1.14	1.93	33	82	2	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.01%
45	270	144	Sep 20	WSH		SLB	W,6-3		W(34-7)	3	3.2	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.12	1.93	13					12
46	271	147	Sep 25	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(35-7)	4	9.0	4	2	1	2	7	0	0	1.12	1.93	32	78	0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
47	272	150	Sep 29	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(36-7)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	1	1.09	1.91	34	87				32	0	1
48	273	155	Oct 4	WSH		BOS	W,10-9			4	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.14	1.91	2					2
							39-8		W-L:36-7,Sv:2	2.8	346.1	232	56	44	40	243	9	8	1.14	1.91	1279	73	7	4	1	1214	29	9	0	4	2	6	1.44	5.19%

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