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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 15	WSH		BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
2	7 (3)	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
3	11 (3)	Apr 28	WSH	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	14 (2)	May 2	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	18 (3)	May 6	WSH		PHA	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	19	May 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-9	GS	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
7	32 (12)	May 23	WSH	@	DET	L,8-9	GF	0	0.2	1	0	0	1	0
8	34 (1)	May 25	WSH	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	39 (4)	May 30 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	43 (3)	Jun 3	WSH		DET	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
11	47 (3)	Jun 8	WSH		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	51 (3)	Jun 14	WSH		SLB	W,13-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	54 (2)	Jun 19	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	1
14	58 (3)	Jun 23	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
15	62 (3)	Jun 27 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	68 (5)	Jul 1	WSH		PHA	L,8-13	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	72 (3)	Jul 5	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	75 (2)	Jul 9	WSH	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
19	79 (3)	Jul 13	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	83 (3)	Jul 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
21	88 (4)	Jul 23	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	91 (2)	Jul 27	WSH		DET	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
23	94 (2)	Jul 31	WSH		CLE	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	98 (3)	Aug 4 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	11.0	1	4	0	5	0
25	103 (4)	Aug 8	WSH		SLB	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
26	106 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
27	111 (4)	Aug 17	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
28	113 (1)	Aug 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-7	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
29	115 (1)	Aug 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
30	117 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,16-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
31	121 (3)	Aug 29	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	124 (2)	Sep 2	WSH	@	NYY	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
33	126 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-5	GF	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	129 (2)	Sep 7	WSH		NYY	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
35	132 (2)	Sep 11	WSH		BOS	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
36	137 (4)	Sep 18	WSH		SLB	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
37	142 (4)	Sep 23	WSH		CLE	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
38	146 (3)	Sep 28	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
39	150 (3)	Oct 3 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,2-0	CG	0	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	153 (2)	Oct 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
							40gm		323.0	14	95	4	113	8