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: 19-22 / in Starts: 14-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 8

1922 Pitching Game Log

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1922 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	601	6	Apr 18	WSH		PHA	L,2-17	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	7	6	6	4	3	0	1	10.80	4.95	28	28	2	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.94	-0.49%
2	602	16	Apr 29	WSH	@	PHA	L,8-9	6-6		10	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10.13	4.46	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.02%
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
3	603	21	May 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.53	3.94	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.03%
4	604	23	May 8	WSH		SLB	L,5-6	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.36	3.83	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.07%
5	605	25	May 10	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	1	9.0	9	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.86	3.52	36	66	0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.33%
6	606	30	May 15	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	11	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.20	3.70	38	55	0	0	0	34	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.51	0.26%
7	607	33	May 20	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	10	3	3	8	2	0	0	3.15	4.14	41	49	2	1	0	31	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.60	0.22%
8	608	37	May 24	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	11	3	3	4	5	1	0	3.12	4.28	39	54	1	2	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	3.11	0.20%
9	609	41	May 28	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(5-1)	3	10.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.04	4.07	39	67	0	0	0	36	2	1	1	0	0	1	1.85	0.27%
10	610	44	May 30(1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	4.06	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.67	0.08%
11	611	46	May 31(1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG(8)	L(5-2)	0	8.0	6	6	2	6	1	0	0	2.90	4.20	37	49	0	2	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	4	1.14	-0.24%
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
12	612	48	Jun 4	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG	L(5-3)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.79	3.91	37	67	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.01	0.24%
13	613	50	Jun 7	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-8	9-GF(11)	BW(6-3)	2	3.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.80	3.87	15		0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	7.08	0.07%
14	614	52	Jun 10	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-6		2	5.1	4	2	2	9	2	0	0	2.84	4.11	28	45	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	0.18%
15	615	56	Jun 14	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS-6		3	5.2	5	4	4	7	3	0	0	3.07	4.22	27	39	0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.84	0.13%
16	616	60	Jun 18	WSH	@	CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	0	0	2.78	4.23	34	76	1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.00	0.71%
17	617	64	Jun 23	WSH		PHA	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-3)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.53	4.06	32	81	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	0.50%
18	618	67	Jun 28	WSH		NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-3)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.33	3.83	33	82	0	1	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.90	0.86%
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
19	619	70	Jul 2	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	GS-8	L(9-4)	3	8.0	8	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.33	3.75	33	61	2	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.10%
20	620	73	Jul 7(1)	WSH		DET	L,6-7	CG	L(9-5)	4	9.0	13	7	5	3	3	0	0	2.51	3.73	44	37	0	0	0	38	3	1	0	1	1	2	1.21	-0.34%
21	621	77	Jul 9	WSH		DET	W,13-7	4-GF		1	6.0	9	5	4	1	4	0	1	2.67	3.69	27		0	0	0	25	3	0	0	2	0	1	.42	0.02%
22	622	83	Jul 16	WSH		SLB	L,0-2	CG	L(9-6)	6	9.0	9	2	2	3	0	0	0	2.63	3.72	38	58	2	0	0	34	2	0	2	0	1	0	.86	0.09%
23	623	86	Jul 21	WSH		CLE	L,0-1	GS-8	L(9-7)	4	8.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.55	3.70	29	68	0	1	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	1	.45	0.07%
24	624	90	Jul 25	WSH	@	DET	L,5-8	GS-7	L(9-8)	3	7.0	14	8	8	2	3	0	1	2.89	3.70	37	18	1	0	0	33	6	0	0	1	0	0	.26	-0.07%
25	625	94	Jul 29(1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,18-6	CG	W(10-8)	3	9.0	14	6	6	3	2	0	1	3.05	3.72	45	34	0	0	0	40	3	0	0	0	0	1	.16	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
26	626	99	Aug 2	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	W(11-8)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.95	3.66	32	78	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.02%
27	627	103	Aug 6	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-8	GS-3	L(11-9)	3	2.2	10	7	7	4	0	1	0	3.26	3.79	21	6	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.06%
28	628	106	Aug 9	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	3-GF(8)	L(11-10)	2	5.1	4	3	2	3	3	0	0	3.26	3.79	25		0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.13	-0.01%
29	629	107	Aug 11	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	W(12-10)	1	9.0	8	4	4	5	3	0	0	3.29	3.81	37	53	1	1	0	31	2	1	0	1	0	0	.04	0.01%
30	630	112	Aug 16(2)	WSH		SLB	W,11-3	CG	W(13-10)	4	9.0	10	3	2	2	2	0	0	3.24	3.79	39	57	0	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	1	.01	0.00%
31	631	116	Aug 20	WSH		CLE	L,0-2	CG(12)	L(13-11)	3	12.0	8	2	1	4	2	0	1	3.10	3.80	47	78	0	0	0	40	1	0	1	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	632	120	Aug 24	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(14-11)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.97	3.73	33	82	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	2	.00	0.00%
33	633	124	Aug 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(14-12)	4	8.0	11	3	3	2	5	2	1	2.99	3.82	36	51	0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
Sept				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
34	634	128	Sep 2(2)	WSH		BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(14-13)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.91	3.79	33	74	1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
35	635	130	Sep 4(1)	WSH		PHA	L,4-5	8-GF		1	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.93	3.79	7		0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
36	636	132	Sep 8	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-8	GS-6	L(14-14)	3	6.0	12	8	5	3	1	1	0	3.04	3.85	32	20	1	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
37	637	135	Sep 11	WSH		BOS	W,12-3	5-GF		2	5.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.01	3.82	15		0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
38	638	136	Sep 13	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-1	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.82	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
39	639	138	Sep 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	L(14-15)	1	8.1	10	6	5	2	2	0	0	3.08	3.81	37	41	1	0	0	34	3	1	0	1	1	1	.00	0.00%
40	640	142	Sep 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	W(15-15)	3	9.0	8	3	3	0	3	2	1	3.08	3.87	35	62	0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
41	641	146	Sep 23	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG(8)	L(15-16)	3	8.0	15	8	4	1	0	1	0	3.12	3.91	38	27	0	0	0	35	6	0	0	2	0	1	.00	0.00%
							19-22		W-L:15-16,Sv:2,BSv:1	2.8	280.0	284	115	97	99	105	8	7	3.12	3.91	1193	54	15	9	0	1058	55	8	4	25	6	17	1.01	3.27%

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