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: 19-15 / in Starts: 17-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 1

1921 Pitching Game Log

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1921 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	566	1	Apr 13	WSH		BOS	L,3-6	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	9	4	4	0	2	0	0	9.00	2.14	20	30	0	0	0	18	0	2	0	1	1	0	2.94	-0.33%
2	567	5	Apr 17	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	10	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.46	2.14	38	68				37	0	3	0		0
3	568	10	Apr 25	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	W(2-1)	7	9.0	5	3	3	4	7	1	0	3.27	3.05	35	68	1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.37	0.39%
4	569	14	Apr 29	WSH	@	PHA	T,3-3	CG(10)		3	10.0	7	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.09	3.04	41	68	2	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	2	6.99	0.51%
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
5	570	20	May 7	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	CG	L(2-2)	7	9.0	13	6	6	4	4	2	0	3.73	3.79	42	37	0	0	0	38	3	1	1	1	0	0	6.37	-1.30%
6	571	23	May 11	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-14	GS-2	L(2-3)	3	2.0	7	6	2	0	2	0	0	3.98	3.67	15	28	1	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	1	2	2.56	-0.71%
7	572	27	May 15	WSH	@	DET	L,10-13	GS-4		3	4.0	9	8	7	5	2	0	1	4.98	3.92	26	11	0	0	0	19	4	0	0	0	0	1	3.72	-1.06%
8	573	32	May 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(2-4)	4	8.0	8	5	4	2	3	0	0	4.91	3.81	32	49	1	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	2.33	-0.29%
9	574	35	May 23	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-5	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.81	3.76	12		0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.09%
10	575	39	May 28	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	GS-8	L(2-5)	4	8.0	8	4	4	3	6	0	0	4.77	3.64	34	53	0	1	0	30	1	1	2	1	0	1	2.46	0.07%
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
11	576	44	Jun 1	WSH		NYY	W,8-7	CG	W(3-5)	3	9.0	9	7	7	4	6	0	0	5.04	3.58	40	43	0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.59	-0.62%
12	577	48	Jun 5	WSH		CHW	W,9-2	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	5	2	2	1	5	0	0	4.71	3.45	32	73	0	1	0	30	0	1	0	0	1	1	.95	0.15%
13	578	52	Jun 9	WSH		DET	L,6-10	GS-5	L(4-6)	3	4.1	9	8	6	3	1	0	0	5.09	3.51	24	15	0	0	0	21	3	1	0	0	0	1	3.74	-0.70%
14	579	56	Jun 13	WSH		CLE	L,6-10	7-7	BL(4-7)	3	0.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.30	3.54	5		0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.04	-1.19%
15	580	62	Jun 19	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(4-8)	5	10.0	9	2	1	4	0	0	0	4.85	3.62	43	64	0	0	0	39	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.00	0.56%
16	581	66	Jun 22	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	9-GF(11)	W(5-8)	2	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.71	3.60	10		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.46	0.81%
17	582	69	Jun 25	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	W(6-8)	2	9.0	9	4	4	3	3	1	0	4.65	3.71	38	53	0	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.85	0.46%
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
18	583	72	Jul 1(1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-2	CG	L(6-9)	5	9.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	0	4.45	3.57	33	71	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	0.11%
19	584	79	Jul 5(2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(7-9)	3	9.0	6	1	0	5	3	0	1	4.14	3.63	39	71	3	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.88	0.37%
20	585	94	Jul 20	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(7-10)	14	9.2	7	2	2	8	2	0	0	3.98	3.74	40	61	1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.05%
21	586	97	Jul 24	WSH	@	DET	W,14-6	CG	W(8-10)	3	9.0	15	6	5	1	3	0	0	4.04	3.69	40	37	0	0	0	39	7	1	0	1	0	0	.08	0.00%
22	587	101	Jul 30	WSH		DET	W,4-3	GS-8		5	8.0	9	3	3	3	5	0	0	4.01	3.65	30	54	0	1	0	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.01%
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
23	588	105	Aug 4(1)	WSH		CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(9-10)	4	9.0	7	1	1	5	4	0	0	3.84	3.67	36	68	1	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	0.25%
24	589	110	Aug 8	WSH		SLB	W,16-5	CG	W(10-10)	3	9.0	10	5	4	2	3	1	0	3.85	3.71	41	50	1	0	0	38	0	1	0	0	1	2	.34	0.03%
25	590	113	Aug 13	WSH		BOS	W,6-1	CG	W(11-10)	4	9.0	8	1	1	0	8	0	0	3.71	3.60	34	75	0	1	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.06%
26	591	116	Aug 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,13-1	CG	W(12-10)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	4	1	0	3.58	3.60	32	79	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.03	0.01%
27	592	122	Aug 24	WSH	@	DET	L,1-15	GS-3	L(12-11)	5	2.0	5	6	2	4	1	0	0	3.64	3.65	15	27	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	2	.19	-0.04%
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
28	593	130	Sep 1(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG(8)	L(12-12)	7	8.0	15	8	8	2	7	0	0	3.85	3.59	39	25	3	1	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
29	594	133	Sep 5(1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG(11)	L(12-13)	3	10.0	12	4	4	3	7	0	0	3.84	3.54	44	56	1	0	1	41	4	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
30	595	137	Sep 10	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(13-13)	4	9.0	5	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.80	3.51	34	68	3	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
31	596	140	Sep 14	WSH		SLB	W,1-0	SHO	W(14-13)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.66	3.45	27	86	0	1	1	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	597	143	Sep 18	WSH		CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(15-13)	3	9.0	4	1	1	7	7	0	0	3.55	3.47	37	75	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
33	598	148	Sep 24	WSH		DET	W,5-1	CG	W(16-13)	5	9.0	9	1	1	6	5	0	0	3.46	3.49	39	64	0	3	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
34	599	150	Sep 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(16-14)	4	8.0	6	5	4	3	2	0	0	3.49	3.50	34	51	1	0	0	30	3	1	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
35	600	154	Oct 2	WSH		PHA	W,11-6	CG	W(17-14)	2	9.0	9	6	5	2	10	1	0	3.55	3.48	40	55				38	0	2	0		0
							19-15		W-L:17-14,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.8	264.0	264	122	104	95	145	7	2	3.55	3.48	1121	54	19	12	2	1005	47	21	5	11	5	15	1.90	-2.34%

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