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: 16-17 / in Starts: 16-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1926 Pitching Game Log

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1926 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	752	1	Apr 13	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	SHO(15)	W(1-0)	99	15.0	6	0	0	3	9	0	0	0.00	2.43	54	111	0	0	0	47	1	0	0	1	2	1	5.00	2.35%
2	753	7	Apr 20	WSH		NYY	L,5-18	GS-3	L(1-1)	6	3.0	8	7	5	2	3	1	0	2.50	3.25	19	20	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.57	-0.83%
3	754	10	Apr 23	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	11	5	5	3	3	1	0	3.33	3.77	41	45	1	0	0	38	2	3	0	1	0	1	2.04	0.03%
4	755	14	Apr 27	WSH		BOS	W,9-1	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	4	1	1	4	3	0	0	2.75	3.75	34	74	0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.22%
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	756	19	May 2	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	GS-8	W(4-1)	4	7.2	7	3	3	4	3	0	0	2.89	3.76	32	52	0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	0.25%
6	757	24	May 7	WSH		CHW	W,8-2	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	10	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.73	3.66	37	59	0	0	0	36	3	1	0	1	0	0	2.05	0.14%
7	758	29	May 12	WSH		SLB	W,7-4	CG	W(6-1)	4	9.0	9	4	4	2	4	0	0	2.92	3.53	38	55	0	0	0	35	2	1	0	0	0	1	4.03	0.10%
8	759	34	May 18	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	L(6-2)	5	9.0	8	4	2	0	1	0	0	2.80	3.44	34	60	0	1	1	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.58	-0.21%
9	760	39	May 23	WSH		PHA	L,3-5	GS-8	L(6-3)	4	7.2	10	5	5	2	1	1	1	3.10	3.65	37	38	0	0	0	30	4	0	0	0	2	0	3.38	-0.67%
10	761	43	May 27	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	CG	L(6-4)	3	9.0	8	3	2	2	4	0	0	2.99	3.57	37	63	0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	1	0	2.35	-0.08%
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	762	47	Jun 2(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-5	L(6-5)	5	5.0	7	5	5	4	6	1	0	3.31	3.68	25	35	0	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	-0.46%
12	763	49	Jun 7	WSH	@	DET	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(6-6)	4	8.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.14	3.64	32	71	0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	3	1	1.62	0.28%
13	764	53	Jun 12	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS-5		4	5.0	4	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.25	3.59	19	49	1	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.07%
14	765	56	Jun 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(6-7)	3	8.0	9	3	3	0	3	0	1	3.26	3.52	33	55	0	0	0	28	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.04	0.01%
15	766	60	Jun 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS-9	L(6-8)	3	8.0	8	5	5	2	2	1	0	3.41	3.61	34	46	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.61	-0.08%
16	767	65	Jun 26	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	GS-7	W(7-8)	5	6.2	5	1	1	2	3	0	2	3.30	3.63	28	61	0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.08%
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
17	768	70	Jul 1(1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(7-9)	4	8.2	7	3	1	4	7	1	0	3.16	3.67	38	65	0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.50	-0.07%
18	769	75	Jul 5(1)	WSH		BOS	W,7-4	CG	W(8-9)	3	9.0	8	4	2	3	5	0	0	3.09	3.63	39	61	0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	1	2	.36	0.03%
19	770	79	Jul 11	WSH		SLB	W,8-3	CG	W(9-9)	5	9.0	11	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.08	3.58	41	55	4	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.06%
20	771	83	Jul 16	WSH		CLE	L,0-8	GS-5	L(9-10)	4	5.0	10	5	4	0	2	0	0	3.21	3.54	25	31	2	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.04	-0.19%
21	772	89	Jul 21(2)	WSH		DET	W,10-7	CG	W(10-10)	4	9.0	10	7	6	2	1	1	0	3.36	3.61	39	40				36	3	0			0
22	773	94	Jul 27	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	W(11-10)	5	9.0	9	2	2	5	3	0	0	3.29	3.63	38	59	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.27	0.05%
23	774	98	Jul 31	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-0	SHO	W(12-10)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.13	3.58	33	78	0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	1	.04	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
24	775	104	Aug 5	WSH	@	DET	L,4-6	CG(8)	L(12-11)	4	8.0	13	6	5	1	3	0	0	3.24	3.54	35	36	1	1	0	34	3	1	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.01%
25	776	109	Aug 9	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG(8)	L(12-12)	3	8.0	9	7	7	1	5	1	1	3.42	3.56	35	40	0	0	0	30	3	0	1	0	1	0	.03	-0.01%
26	777	114	Aug 13	WSH		NYY	L,5-7	GS-5	L(12-13)	3	5.0	7	6	6	1	4	2	0	3.60	3.65	23	32	0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.03%
27	778	122	Aug 26(1)	WSH		CHW	W,9-3	CG	W(13-13)	12	9.0	4	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.57	3.61	33	70	0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
28	779	127	Aug 30	WSH	@	NYY	W,12-6	CG	W(14-13)	3	9.0	11	6	5	4	8	1	0	3.63	3.62	43	47	1	0	0	38	2	1	0	1	1	2	.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
29	780	132	Sep 4	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	W(15-13)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.53	3.58	35	75	1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.00%
30	781	135	Sep 11(1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-4	L(15-14)	6	4.0	9	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.66	3.62	21	25	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
31	782	139	Sep 15(1)	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(15-15)	3	8.0	8	2	0	3	4	0	0	3.54	3.60	33	63	0	1	0	30	2	0	1	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
32	783	145	Sep 19	WSH	@	DET	L,7-8	GS-6		3	6.0	6	6	6	4	4	0	0	3.67	3.61	27	36	0	0	0	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
33	784	150	Sep 25(1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(15-16)	5	8.0	7	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.63	3.62	30	63	0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							16-17		W-L:15-16	3.9	260.2	259	120	105	73	125	13	5	3.63	3.62	1102	54	11	9	1	987	59	12	2	10	14	15	1.34	0.93%

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