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: 24-17 / in Starts: 19-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 4

1923 Pitching Game Log

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1923 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	642	1	Apr 18	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	6	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.38	4.91	33	58	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	1	2	2.02	-0.02%
2	643	5	Apr 22	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-8	W(1-1)	3	7.1	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.52	5.06	30	54	0	0	0	26	0	1	0	1	1	0	2.72	0.04%
3	644	10	Apr 27	WSH		PHA	T,10-10	GS-5		4	4.1	10	7	7	0	2	0	0	5.95	4.41	22	17	0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.60	-0.54%
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
4	645	14	May 2	WSH		NYY	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	3	0	0	4	4	0	0	4.08	4.12	32	81	0	1	0	28	0	1	0	2	0	1	2.06	0.51%
5	646	18	May 6	WSH		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	9	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.35	3.81	36	67	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.87	0.33%
6	647	22	May 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(3-2)	7	8.0	10	6	6	2	3	0	1	3.94	3.74	34	39	0	0	0	29	0	3	0	1	1	1	1.24	-0.37%
7	648	24	May 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	3.73	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.37	0.16%
8	649	26	May 19	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-9	W(4-2)	1	8.1	8	4	3	2	6	0	1	3.81	3.57	37	57	1	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.41	0.21%
9	650	27	May 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,8-9		L(4-3)	0	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	3.95	3.73	5					1	1	0	0		1
10	651	31	May 25	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-8	L(4-4)	4	7.1	10	6	5	2	4	0	0	4.21	3.62	32	38	0	1	0	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.79	-0.36%
11	652	35	May 30(1)	WSH		NYY	L,4-6	GS-3		4	3.0	3	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.43	3.85	13	40	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.13%
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	653	40	Jun 2(2)	WSH		PHA	W,5-3	CG	W(5-4)	2	9.0	8	3	3	3	4	1	0	4.26	3.94	37	60	0	0	0	33	0	3	0	1	0	0	.39	0.05%
13	654	44	Jun 6	WSH		DET	W,5-1	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.90	3.76	31	77	0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.10%
14	655	46	Jun 8	WSH		DET	W,7-4	8-GF	S(2)	1	1.1	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	3.84	3.76	10		1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	0.00%
15	656	49	Jun 12	WSH		SLB	L,1-3	GS-7	L(6-5)	3	7.0	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	3.84	3.96	27	57	0	1	0	21	1	1	1	0	1	0	.64	-0.01%
16	657	51	Jun 15	WSH		CHW	W,8-6	7-GF	S(3)	2	2.2	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.83	4.05	11		0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.03%
17	658	54	Jun 18	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG(13)	W(7-5)	2	13.0	8	3	3	4	9	0	0	3.62	3.87	49	84	0	1	0	45	1	1	2	1	0	0	.68	0.17%
18	659	58	Jun 22	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	W(8-5)	3	9.0	6	2	1	1	4	1	1	3.41	3.90	36	72	0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.21%
19	660	62	Jun 26	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-16	GS-		3	4.0	10	7	6	2	1	0	1	3.75	3.93	25	15				22	1	1	0		0
20	661	65	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	GS-5		3	4.2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.68	3.90	19	50	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.03%
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
21	662	70	Jul 4(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-12	GS-2	L(8-6)	3	1.1	8	6	6	0	1	1	0	4.07	3.97	12	15	0	0	0	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.05%
22	663	73	Jul 8	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(8-7)	3	8.0	5	4	4	1	4	0	3	4.10	3.95	29	59	1	2	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	1	.11	-0.01%
23	664	79	Jul 14	WSH	@	DET	L,8-9	GS-		5	7.0	9	5	5	4	5	0	2	4.21	3.96	36	40				29	3	0	1		0
24	665	83	Jul 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(8-8)	3	8.0	11	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.23	3.92	32	44	0	1	0	30	2	2	0	2	0	0	.00	0.00%
25	666	87	Jul 22	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(9-8)	3	9.0	8	1	1	4	5	0	0	4.04	3.89	39	68	0	0	0	34	4	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
26	667	89	Jul 26(1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	7-GF(8)	BL(9-9)	3	2.0	2	2	2	3	1	0	1	4.11	3.94	12		0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
27	668	90	Jul 26(2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,15-3	CG	W(10-9)	-1	9.0	10	3	3	0	5	0	0	4.05	3.83	37	60	0	0	0	37	4	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
28	669	93	Jul 30	WSH		DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(11-9)	3	9.0	7	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.84	3.78	35	75	1	2	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
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
29	670	98	Aug 5	WSH		CLE	W,6-5	GS-4		5	4.0	8	5	5	2	4	0	0	4.01	3.76	22	28	1	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
30	671	101	Aug 9	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(12-9)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.86	3.72	32	68	0	1	1	30	0	1	0	2	0	0	.00	0.00%
31	672	104	Aug 12	WSH		CHW	W,9-6		S(4)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.82	3.68	7					7	0	0	0		0
32	673	106	Aug 13(2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	GS-8	L(12-10)	0	8.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	1	3.81	3.74	32	56	0	2	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
33	674	110	Aug 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-3		3	3.0	4	3	3	5	1	0	0	3.88	3.80	16	35	2	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
34	675	117	Aug 25	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-		7	6.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	1	3.81	3.81	24	57				19	0	1	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
35	676	126	Sep 3(1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	BS(2)	8	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.81	3.81	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
36	677	133	Sep 13	WSH		DET	W,7-3	GS-7	W(13-10)	9	7.0	12	3	2	2	4	0	1	3.77	3.79	37	45	0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	2	.00	0.00%
37	678	137	Sep 17(1)	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	8-GF(10)	W(14-10)	3	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.72	3.79	10		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
38	679	138	Sep 17(2)	WSH		SLB	W,12-2	CG(7)	W(15-10)	-1	7.0	6	2	1	1	4	0	0	3.65	3.74	29	62	0	0	0	28	1	2	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
39	680	143	Sep 23(2)	WSH		CLE	L,0-6	GS-5	L(15-11)	5	5.0	8	6	4	1	2	0	2	3.72	3.75	26	32	1	0	0	21	1	1	0	1	2	1	.00	0.00%
40	681	146	Sep 26	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(16-11)	2	9.0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.59	3.68	32	80	0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
41	682	149	Oct 1	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG(11)	L(16-12)	4	10.2	10	4	4	5	8	0	1	3.58	3.66	48	61	1	0	0	40	2	0	1	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
42	683	153	Oct 5(1)	WSH		BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(17-12)	3	9.0	8	2	1	0	12	0	1	3.49	3.56	35	77	1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							24-17		W-L:17-12,Sv:4,BSv:2	3.1	260.2	263	112	101	76	133	9	19	3.49	3.56	1103	54	10	14	1	981	44	27	5	20	8	13	.65	0.36%

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