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	26-31 / in Starts: 21-17
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	48 games
Most Games w/o RBI	20 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 159 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	38 (19-14-5) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 159 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	94 (44-31-18)

Most Driven In
R Morgan	1
G McBride	1
Self	1
C Jamieson	0
J Judge	0
C Milan	0

Most Driven In By
E Ainsmith	2
E Foster	1
H Shanks	1
Self	1
D Moeller	0

1916 Batting Game Log

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1916 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	408	1	Apr 12	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		0		0		.000	.500	.000	.500	9	1.96	-0.083	4.81	-0.12%	-0.13	P
2	409	2	Apr 15	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.400	.000	.400	7	.36	-0.009	.96	-0.02%	-0.08	PH
3	410	3	Apr 17	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.200	.429	.200	.629	9	1.45	0.011	3.70	0.02%	0.17	P
4	411	7 (3)	Apr 20	WSH		NYY	W,12-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.222	.364	.444	.808	9	.61	-0.013	1.61	-0.02%	-2.12	P
5	412	10 (2)	Apr 24	WSH		NYY	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.400	.583	.983	9	.55	0.154	1.34	0.23%	2.04	P
6	413	14 (3)	Apr 29	WSH		BOS	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.333	.467	.800	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
7	414	17 (2)	May 4	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.211	.318	.421	.739	9	.96	-0.080	3.08	-0.16%	-0.88	P
8	415	19 (1)	May 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.227	.320	.409	.729	9	.72	-0.013	2.31	-0.03%	-0.04	P
9	416	24 (4)	May 13	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0		.280	.357	.480	.837	9						P
10	417	25	May 15	WSH		DET	W,6-5	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.269	.345	.462	.806	9						P
11	418	28 (2)	May 18	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	GS-0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.276	.344	.448	.792	9						P
12	419	31 (2)	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.313	.389	.500	.889	9						P
13	420	34 (2)	May 25	WSH		CHW	T,3-3	10-GF(14)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.294	.368	.471	.839	9	2.72	-0.125	11.22	-0.31%	-0.52	P
14	421	37 (2)	May 27 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.270	.341	.432	.774	9						P
15	422	38	May 29	WSH		PHA	T,5-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.270	.357	.432	.790	9						P
16	423	39	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.289	.372	.447	.819	7	1.11	0.036	5.47	0.11%	0.19	PH
17	424	40	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.282	.364	.436	.800	9	.32	-0.007	1.53	-0.02%	-0.33	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
18	425	42 (1)	Jun 1	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.256	.333	.395	.729	5	1.41	-0.135	5.99	-0.34%	-0.73	P
19	426	44 (1)	Jun 4	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.256	.333	.395	.729	9						PH
20	427	45	Jun 5	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.267	.353	.400	.753	9						P
21	428	47 (1)	Jun 9	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.245	.327	.367	.695	7						P
22	429	52 (4)	Jun 14	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.245	.322	.358	.681	7	1.11	0.013	3.15	0.02%	-0.02	P
23	430	55 (2)	Jun 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.228	.302	.333	.635	7						P
24	431	59 (3)	Jun 23 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.230	.299	.328	.626	7	1.12	0.057	5.27	0.16%	0.83	P
25	432	60	Jun 23 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.226	.294	.323	.617	9	.40	-0.010	1.62	-0.02%	-0.20	PH
26	433	62 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.222	.290	.317	.607	9	3.74	-0.084	13.27	-0.18%	-0.26	PH
27	434	63	Jun 26	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-8	0-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.215	.282	.308	.589	9						P
28	435	65 (1)	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.206	.280	.294	.574	9						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
29	436	68 (2)	Jul 1	WSH		BOS	W,4-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.206	.280	.294	.574	9						P
30	437	69	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	L,0-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.208	.278	.292	.570	7	1.46	-0.146	5.14	-0.31%	-0.88	P
31	438	74 (4)	Jul 7	WSH		SLB	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.200	.277	.280	.557	6						P
32	439	77 (2)	Jul 11 (2)	WSH		DET	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.195	.279	.273	.552	7						P
33	440	81 (3)	Jul 15	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.210	.289	.284	.573	7						P
34	441	83 (1)	Jul 17	WSH		CLE	L,5-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.207	.286	.280	.566	9						PH
35	442	85 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.205	.283	.277	.560	6	.12	-0.003	.30	-0.01%	-0.08	P
36	443	86	Jul 19 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,6-2	CG	3	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.221	.295	.314	.609	7	.24	0.057	.45	0.06%	1.34	P
37	444	90 (3)	Jul 22	WSH		CHW	W,2-1	7-GF(12)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.227	.299	.318	.617	9	1.77	-0.035	4.03	-0.05%	-0.08	P
38	445	92 (1)	Jul 26	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0		1	0	0				0		.228	.297	.337	.634	9						P
39	446	96 (3)	Jul 30	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.221	.288	.326	.615	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
40	447	100 (3)	Aug 4 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.224	.290	.327	.616	9	.80	0.018	.86	0.01%	0.12	P
41	448	103 (2)	Aug 6	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	0-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.222	.287	.323	.610	9						P
42	449	104	Aug 7	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	0-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.220	.284	.320	.604	9						P
43	450	107 (2)	Aug 9	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.216	.279	.314	.593	9						P
44	451	108	Aug 10	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.214	.277	.311	.587	9						PH
45	452	109	Aug 12	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.212	.274	.308	.582	9	.83	-0.022	.17	0.00%	-0.29	P
46	453	111 (1)	Aug 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG(13)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.204	.271	.296	.567	9						P
47	454	115 (3)	Aug 19	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.209	.281	.300	.581	9						P
48	455	119 (3)	Aug 23 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,4-2	CG(7)	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.221	.290	.310	.600	9						P
49	456	122 (2)	Aug 26	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.228	.296	.316	.612	8	1.34	0.046	.08	0.00%	0.25	PH
50	457	123	Aug 28	WSH		CLE	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.222	.289	.308	.597	9						P
Sept		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
51	458	127 (3)	Sep 1 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.225	.290	.308	.598	9						P
52	459	132 (4)	Sep 5	WSH		NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.228	.291	.333	.624	9	.50	0.045	.03	0.00%	0.72	P
53	460	134 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.226	.289	.331	.620	9	3.14	-0.083	.21	0.00%	-0.19	PH
54	461	136 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.220	.283	.323	.605	9						P
55	462	139 (2)	Sep 12	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.229	.289	.328	.617	9						P
56	463	143 (3)	Sep 17	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.231	.290	.328	.618	9						P
57	464	146 (2)	Sep 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.230	.288	.326	.614	9						PH
58	465	147	Sep 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(13)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.223	.285	.317	.601	9						P
59	466	150 (2)	Sep 24	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.224	.284	.315	.599	9						P
							26-31		159	143	13	32	2	4	1	7	11	0	29	1	4		2		0		.224	.284	.315	.599		1.13	-0.411	3.26	-0.98%	-1.17

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