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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-22 / in Starts: 24-15
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 151 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	27 (14-9-4) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 151 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	92 (42-31-17)

Most Driven In
R Morgan	1
W Smith	1
Self	1
G McBride	0
E Ainsmith	0
A Williams	0

Most Driven In By
E Foster	2
C Milan	1
Self	1
M Acosta	1
D Moeller	0

1914 Batting Game Log

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1914 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	289	1	Apr 14	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.40	0.016	1.00	0.02%	-0.05	P
2	290	4 (2)	Apr 18	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.286	.286	.286	.571	9	.26	0.001	.73	0.00%	0.19	P
3	291	7 (2)	Apr 23	WSH		BOS	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.300	.300	.300	.600	9						P
4	292	10 (2)	Apr 28	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.250	.308	.250	.558	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	293	12 (1)	May 1	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.250	.308	.250	.558	9						P
6	294	15 (2)	May 5	WSH		NYY	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2		0		.188	.235	.188	.423	9	.66	0.090	1.61	0.13%	1.05	P
7	295	18 (2)	May 8	WSH		PHA	T,9-9	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.167	.211	.167	.377	9						P
8	296	20 (1)	May 11	WSH		PHA	L,4-8	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.158	.200	.158	.358	9						PH
9	297	21	May 12	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.136	.174	.136	.310	9	.62	-0.046	1.23	-0.06%	-0.26	P
10	298	25 (3)	May 16	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.120	.154	.120	.274	9	.42	-0.030	.85	-0.04%	-0.43	P
11	299	28 (2)	May 20	WSH		CLE	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.107	.138	.107	.245	9	.43	-0.033	1.13	-0.05%	-0.80	P
12	300	32 (3)	May 25	WSH		DET	W,10-1	GS-0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.133	.161	.133	.295	9						P
13	301	36 (3)	May 29 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1		0		.121	.147	.121	.268	9	1.40	-0.024	5.43	-0.06%	-0.26	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	302	40 (3)	Jun 1	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.139	.162	.139	.301	9						P
15	303	44 (3)	Jun 6	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.220	.275	.495	9						P
16	304	47 (2)	Jun 9	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.195	.214	.268	.483	7						PH
17	305	48	Jun 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.182	.200	.250	.450	9	1.28	-0.084	5.02	-0.20%	-0.49	P
18	306	51 (2)	Jun 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.170	.188	.234	.422	9						P
19	307	55 (3)	Jun 18	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.157	.173	.216	.389	9						P
20	308	58 (2)	Jun 21	WSH	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	4	1		1	0	0				0		.167	.196	.278	.474	9						P
21	309	61 (2)	Jun 24 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.158	.186	.263	.450	9						P
22	310	64 (2)	Jun 27	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.206	.267	.473	9	.76	0.026	2.84	0.06%	-0.10	P
23	311	66 (1)	Jun 30	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.164	.203	.262	.465	9	1.26	-0.031	3.29	-0.05%	-0.09	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	312	69 (2)	Jul 3 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,12-0	GS-0	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.188	.224	.297	.521	9						P
25	313	73 (3)	Jul 6	WSH		BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.179	.214	.284	.498	9						P
26	314	77 (3)	Jul 10	WSH		SLB	W,8-4	GS-0	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.233	.300	.533	9						P
27	315	79 (1)	Jul 13	WSH		DET	W,3-0	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.208	.250	.306	.556	9						P
28	316	83 (3)	Jul 17	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.200	.250	.293	.543	9						P
29	317	85 (1)	Jul 20	WSH		CLE	L,1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.197	.247	.289	.536	9						PH
30	318	86	Jul 21	WSH		CHW	W,4-0	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.190	.238	.278	.517	9	.97	-0.073	2.14	-0.10%	-0.65	P
31	319	90 (3)	Jul 26 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.185	.233	.272	.504	9						P
32	320	91	Jul 27	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-6	0-0	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.202	.247	.286	.533	9						P
33	321	93 (1)	Jul 29	WSH	@	DET	W,9-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.244	.282	.527	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	322	96 (2)	Aug 1	WSH	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.195	.239	.276	.515	9						P
35	323	100 (3)	Aug 5	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.187	.229	.264	.493	9						P
36	324	104 (3)	Aug 9	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				1		.200	.240	.274	.514	9						P
37	325	106 (1)	Aug 14	WSH	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.206	.252	.309	.562	9	.56	0.135	.25	0.04%	0.98	P
38	326	109 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.202	.255	.303	.558	9	.85	0.008	.26	0.00%	-0.11	P
39	327	112 (2)	Aug 20	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.202	.255	.303	.558	9						P
40	328	113	Aug 22	WSH		DET	W,8-7	0-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.198	.250	.297	.547	9						P
41	329	116 (2)	Aug 25	WSH		DET	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.192	.243	.288	.532	9						P
42	330	118 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	WSH		CLE	T,3-3	0-GF(14)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.190	.241	.286	.527	9						P
43	331	119	Aug 29	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.194	.243	.287	.531	9	1.60	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
44	332	120	Aug 31	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.202	.250	.294	.544	9	4.47	0.254	.00	0.00%	0.65	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
45	333	122 (1)	Sep 2	WSH		CHW	T,4-4	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.212	.258	.301	.559	9	1.22	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.23	P
46	334	125 (2)	Sep 5	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG(13)	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		1		.222	.266	.308	.574	9	2.47	-0.056	.00	0.00%	0.19	P
47	335	129 (3)	Sep 8 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,4-9	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.220	.264	.305	.569	9						P
48	336	133 (3)	Sep 14 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,8-1	GS-0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.215	.258	.298	.555	9						P
49	337	137 (3)	Sep 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.220	.267	.301	.568	9						P
50	338	140 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-1	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.220	.267	.301	.568	9						P
51	339	142 (1)	Sep 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG(13)	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.213	.265	.291	.556	9	1.78	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
52	340	150 (7)	Sep 27	WSH	@	DET	W,6-2	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.214	.264	.298	.562	9						P
53	341	152 (1)	Sep 30	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.214	.264	.298	.562	9						P
54	342	156 (3)	Oct 5	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	1		1		1	0	0				0		.224	.278	.336	.614	6						P
55	343	157	Oct 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-8	0-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.221	.274	.331	.605	9						LF
							30-22		151	136	22	30	4	1	3	11	10	0	27	0	5		4		2		.221	.274	.331	.605		1.16	0.015	1.34	-0.29%	-0.45

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