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	19-24 / in Starts: 14-17
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 112 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	70 (34-26-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 112 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	75 (37-23-14)

Most Driven In
V Picinich	7
H Shanks	3
R Peckinpaugh	3
B LaMotte	2
Self	1
B Harris	0

Most Driven In By
J Judge	3
S Rice	3
B Harris	1
Self	1

1922 Batting Game Log

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1922 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	717	6 (5)	Apr 18	WSH		PHA	L,2-17	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.76	-0.019	1.82	-0.03%	-0.24	P
2	718	16 (9)	Apr 29	WSH	@	PHA	L,8-9	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	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
3	719	21 (4)	May 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	720	23 (1)	May 8	WSH		SLB	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
5	721	24	May 9	WSH		SLB	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.86	-0.048	1.94	-0.03%	-0.24	PH
6	722	25	May 10	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.71	-0.054	.64	-0.03%	-0.64	P
7	723	30 (4)	May 15	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.59	0.059	.54	0.03%	0.50	P
8	724	33 (2)	May 20	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	1.03	-0.008	.95	-0.01%	-0.20	P
9	725	37 (3)	May 24	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.267	.267	.533	9	1.60	-0.001	2.41	0.00%	0.25	P
10	726	41 (3)	May 28	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.316	.316	.632	9	1.47	-0.004	2.17	0.00%	0.31	P
11	727	44 (2)	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.316	.316	.632	9						P
12	728	46 (1)	May 31 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1		0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	9	1.86	-0.043	3.49	-0.05%	0.15	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
13	729	48 (1)	Jun 4	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.240	.240	.480	9	1.33	-0.096	2.40	-0.10%	-0.63	P
14	730	50 (1)	Jun 7	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-8	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.269	.269	.538	9	1.87	0.061	3.11	0.06%	0.27	P
15	731	52 (1)	Jun 10	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.94	-0.051	2.03	-0.07%	-0.57	P
16	732	56 (3)	Jun 14	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.258	.258	.516	9	.53	-0.007	1.11	-0.01%	-0.06	P
17	733	60 (3)	Jun 18	WSH	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.235	.235	.471	9	1.29	-0.084	1.97	-0.08%	-0.57	P
18	734	64 (3)	Jun 23	WSH		PHA	W,3-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.243	.243	.486	9	.93	0.014	1.31	0.01%	0.60	P
19	735	67 (2)	Jun 28	WSH		NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.225	.225	.450	9	1.47	-0.113	3.02	-0.14%	-0.85	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
20	736	70 (2)	Jul 2	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9	.72	-0.037	1.05	-0.03%	-0.27	P
21	737	73 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	WSH		DET	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.196	.196	.196	.391	9	1.95	0.006	1.78	0.00%	-0.10	P
22	738	77 (3)	Jul 9	WSH		DET	W,13-7	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	9	.45	-0.021	.27	-0.01%	-0.59	P
23	739	83 (5)	Jul 16	WSH		SLB	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	9	1.26	0.039	1.46	0.03%	0.27	P
24	740	86 (2)	Jul 21	WSH		CLE	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.170	.170	.170	.340	9	1.62	-0.132	.68	-0.03%	-1.09	P
25	741	90 (3)	Jul 25	WSH	@	DET	L,5-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.161	.161	.321	9	.71	-0.058	.24	-0.01%	-0.60	P
26	742	94 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,18-6	CG	6	6	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.194	.210	.403	9	.32	0.014	.10	0.00%	1.68	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
27	743	99 (4)	Aug 2	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.197	.227	.424	9	.43	-0.028	.03	0.00%	-0.36	P
28	744	103 (3)	Aug 6	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.194	.224	.418	9	1.73	-0.046	.30	-0.01%	-0.47	P
29	745	106 (2)	Aug 9	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	3-GF	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.243	.443	9	1.60	0.068	.17	0.00%	0.44	P
30	746	107	Aug 11	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.216	.257	.473	9	1.17	0.115	.04	0.00%	1.44	P
31	747	112 (4)	Aug 16 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,11-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.231	.308	.538	9	.37	0.125	.01	0.00%	2.06	P
32	748	116 (3)	Aug 20	WSH		CLE	L,0-2	CG(12)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.220	.293	.512	9	1.31	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-0.75	P
33	749	120 (3)	Aug 24	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.212	.282	.494	9	.77	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.77	P
34	750	124 (3)	Aug 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.213	.273	.486	9	1.67	0.046	.00	0.00%	0.06	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
35	751	128 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.207	.264	.470	9	1.27	-0.106	.00	0.00%	-0.72	P
36	752	130 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,4-5	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.215	.264	.479	9	3.69	0.170	.00	0.00%	0.42	P
37	753	132 (1)	Sep 8	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.211	.258	.469	9	1.28	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.71	P
38	754	135 (2)	Sep 11	WSH		BOS	W,12-3	5-GF	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.216	.263	.480	9	.09	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.31	P
39	755	136	Sep 13	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.216	.263	.480	9						P
40	756	138 (1)	Sep 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.228	.273	.500	9	1.04	-0.008	.00	0.00%	0.00	P
41	757	142 (3)	Sep 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.219	.262	.481	9	.81	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.73	P
42	758	144 (1)	Sep 21	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.217	.260	.477	9	2.16	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.38	PH
43	759	146 (1)	Sep 23	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.218	.259	.477	9	.44	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.53	P
							19-24		112	108	8	22	3	0	1	16	2	0	12	0	1		2		0	0	.204	.218	.259	.477		1.10	-0.706	.86	-0.49%	-3.29

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