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.

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	WSH		NYY	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 17	WSH		BOS	L,5-7	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
3	5	Apr 19	WSH		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
4	9 (3)	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
5	12 (2)	Apr 28	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	15 (2)	May 4	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	20 (4)	May 9	WSH	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
8	23 (2)	May 13	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
9	26 (2)	May 17	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
10	28 (1)	May 23	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	30 (1)	May 25	WSH	@	DET	W,8-4		0		0	0	0	0	0
12	32 (1)	May 27	WSH	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	35 (2)	Jun 1	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
14	37 (1)	Jun 5	WSH		CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
15	41 (3)	Jun 10	WSH		SLB	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
16	45 (3)	Jun 16	WSH		CHW	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	48 (2)	Jun 19	WSH		DET	W,7-0	GS	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	52 (3)	Jun 23	WSH		BOS	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	56 (3)	Jun 28	WSH		PHA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	61 (4)	Jul 3 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,8-7	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	62	Jul 3 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS	32	7.0	1	1	1	3	0
22	66 (3)	Jul 6 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	70 (3)	Jul 10	WSH	@	CHW	T,1-1	CG	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	73 (2)	Jul 12	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-3	GF	0	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
25	75 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	79 (3)	Jul 16	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
27	83 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	84	Jul 19	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-4	GS	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	87 (2)	Jul 24 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
30	89 (1)	Jul 25	WSH	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	92 (2)	Jul 29	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	1	5	1	7	0
32	94 (1)	Jul 31	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	95	Aug 2	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
34	99 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
35	101 (1)	Aug 7	WSH		CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	103 (1)	Aug 10	WSH		DET	L,2-8	GS	0	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
37	105 (1)	Aug 13	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	GF	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	106	Aug 14	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
39	108 (1)	Aug 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
40	111 (2)	Aug 22 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	114 (2)	Aug 25	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-4	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	115	Aug 26	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	118 (2)	Aug 29	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	123 (4)	Sep 3	WSH		NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
45	129 (5)	Sep 8	WSH	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	136 (6)	Sep 16	WSH		SLB	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
47	140 (3)	Sep 21	WSH		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
48	143 (2)	Sep 24	WSH		DET	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
49	146 (2)	Sep 27	WSH		DET	L,5-7	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
50	147	Sep 28	WSH		DET	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	151 (3)	Oct 2 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
							51gm		337.0	23	95	6	124	7