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	33-30 / in Starts: 25-14
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	46 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 160 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	39 (19-14-6) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 160 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	96 (45-33-18)

Most Driven In
C Gandil	2
M Acosta	2
G McBride	1
A Williams	1
R Morgan	1
H Shanks	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
E Foster	2
Self	1
A Williams	1
J Judge	1

1915 Batting Game Log

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1915 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	344	1	Apr 14	WSH		NYY	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.31	-0.013	.84	-0.02%	0.03	P
2	345	4 (2)	Apr 17	WSH		BOS	L,5-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.200	.200	.200	.400	9						P
3	346	5	Apr 19	WSH		BOS	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
4	347	9 (3)	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.182	.182	.182	.364	9	.91	-0.071	2.88	-0.13%	-0.64	P
5	348	12 (2)	Apr 28	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.143	.143	.143	.286	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
6	349	15 (2)	May 4	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.125	.125	.125	.250	9						P
7	350	20 (4)	May 9	WSH	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.105	.105	.105	.211	9						P
8	351	23 (2)	May 13	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.83	-0.060	1.69	-0.07%	-0.58	P
9	352	26 (2)	May 17	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.077	.077	.077	.154	9						P
10	353	28 (1)	May 23	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.133	.133	.300	.433	9	.57	0.084	.96	0.09%	0.31	P
11	354	30 (1)	May 25	WSH	@	DET	W,8-4	0-0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.188	.212	.344	.556	3						LF
12	355	31	May 26	WSH	@	DET	L,5-10	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.188	.235	.344	.579	9						PH
13	356	32	May 27	WSH	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	1		0	0	0				0		.200	.263	.429	.692	9						P
14	357	33	May 31 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,4-11	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.194	.256	.417	.673	9	.10	-0.003	.19	0.00%	-0.22	PH
15	358	34	May 31 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.189	.250	.405	.655	9	.44	-0.011	.77	-0.01%	-0.15	PH
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
16	359	35	Jun 1	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		0		0		.175	.250	.375	.625	9	.66	-0.022	.89	-0.02%	-0.49	P
17	360	37 (1)	Jun 5	WSH		CLE	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.255	.357	.612	9	1.05	-0.012	1.71	-0.01%	-0.22	P
18	361	41 (3)	Jun 10	WSH		SLB	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.152	.235	.326	.561	9						P
19	362	45 (3)	Jun 16	WSH		CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.143	.222	.306	.528	9	.63	-0.042	1.34	-0.05%	-0.81	P
20	363	47 (1)	Jun 18	WSH		DET	L,3-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.140	.218	.300	.518	9						PH
21	364	48	Jun 19	WSH		DET	W,7-0	GS-0	3	3	2	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.189	.259	.396	.655	9						P
22	365	49	Jun 21 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,3-8	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.185	.254	.389	.643	9						PH
23	366	52 (2)	Jun 23	WSH		BOS	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.193	.258	.404	.662	9						P
24	367	53	Jun 24	WSH		BOS	L,4-12	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0		.193	.270	.404	.673	9						PH
25	368	56 (2)	Jun 28	WSH		PHA	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.183	.258	.383	.641	9	.48	-0.037	.40	-0.02%	-0.64	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
26	369	61 (4)	Jul 3 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,8-7	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.197	.269	.393	.662	9						P
27	370	62	Jul 3 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.188	.257	.375	.632	9	.88	-0.106	.83	-0.06%	-1.07	P
28	371	66 (3)	Jul 6 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.194	.260	.403	.663	9						P
29	372	67	Jul 7 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-9	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.191	.257	.397	.654	9						PH
30	373	68	Jul 7 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.203	.267	.420	.687	9						PH
31	374	70 (1)	Jul 10	WSH	@	CHW	T,1-1	CG(5)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.211	.273	.423	.695	9	1.19	0.121	.22	0.01%	0.76	P
32	375	73 (2)	Jul 12	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.211	.273	.423	.695	9						P
33	376	75 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.216	.275	.419	.694	6						P
34	377	79 (3)	Jul 16	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.218	.274	.423	.697	9						P
35	378	82 (2)	Jul 18 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-2	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.228	.282	.430	.713	6						PH
36	379	83	Jul 18 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.225	.279	.425	.704	6						PH P
37	380	84	Jul 19	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-4	GS-0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.229	.281	.422	.703	9						P
38	381	86 (1)	Jul 23	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.226	.278	.417	.694	9						PH
39	382	87	Jul 24 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.218	.269	.402	.671	9						P
40	383	89 (1)	Jul 25	WSH	@	DET	W,3-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.218	.269	.402	.671	9						P
41	384	92 (2)	Jul 29	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		3	0	0				0		.220	.268	.407	.675	9						P
42	385	94 (1)	Jul 31	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	0-GF	3	2	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0		.215	.270	.398	.668	6						RF
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
43	386	95	Aug 2	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0		.208	.262	.385	.648	6						P
44	387	99 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,8-6	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.222	.280	.404	.684	9	2.11	0.681	1.11	0.22%	2.83	P
45	388	101 (1)	Aug 7	WSH		CHW	L,2-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.225	.288	.402	.690	6	.44	-0.025	.33	-0.01%	0.14	RF
46	389	102	Aug 9	WSH		DET	L,3-5	13-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.223	.286	.398	.684	9	4.71	-0.135	1.78	-0.03%	-0.57	PH
47	390	103	Aug 10	WSH		DET	L,2-8	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.229	.289	.400	.689	9						P
48	391	105 (1)	Aug 13	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.229	.289	.400	.689	9						P
49	392	106	Aug 14	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.282	.389	.671	9	.97	-0.071	.07	0.00%	-0.73	P
50	393	108 (1)	Aug 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.216	.275	.378	.653	9						P
51	394	111 (2)	Aug 22 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.226	.282	.383	.665	9						P
52	395	112	Aug 22 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.224	.280	.379	.659	9						PH
53	396	114 (1)	Aug 25	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-4	0-GF(14)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.231	.286	.385	.670	9						P
54	397	115	Aug 26	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	12-GF(13)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.286	.385	.670	9	5.38	0.141	.00	0.00%	0.07	P
55	398	118 (2)	Aug 29	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.233	.287	.383	.670	6						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
56	399	123 (4)	Sep 3	WSH		NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.236	.288	.382	.670	9	1.20	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.18	P
57	400	129 (5)	Sep 8	WSH	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.230	.281	.373	.654	9	1.05	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.81	P
58	401	136 (6)	Sep 16	WSH		SLB	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.223	.273	.362	.635	9						P
59	402	140 (3)	Sep 21	WSH		CHW	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.239	.287	.388	.675	9	.50	0.056	.00	0.00%	2.02	P
60	403	143 (2)	Sep 24	WSH		DET	W,11-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		2	0	0				0		.232	.279	.377	.656	9						P
61	404	145 (1)	Sep 25 (2)	WSH		DET	L,3-9	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.230	.277	.374	.651	9	.23	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.41	PH
62	405	146	Sep 27	WSH		DET	L,5-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.229	.275	.371	.647	5						RF
63	406	147	Sep 28	WSH		DET	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.231	.276	.378	.654	9						P
64	407	151 (3)	Oct 2 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.233	.277	.377	.654	9	.65	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.66	P
							33-30		160	146	14	34	7	4	2	16	8	0	34	1	4		1		0		.233	.277	.377	.654		.93	0.337	.76	-0.14%	-2.00

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