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.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 17	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	6 (1)	Apr 19	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
4	8 (1)	Apr 21	WSH		PHA	W,11-6	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	12 (3)	Apr 28	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	15 (2)	May 2	WSH		NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	17 (1)	May 7	WSH		BOS	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	21 (3)	May 11	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
9	25 (3)	May 15	WSH	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
10	29 (3)	May 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-6	GS	25	5.0	0	1	0	1	1
11	35 (5)	May 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	39 (3)	May 30 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	40	Jun 1	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	37	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	43 (2)	Jun 5	WSH		SLB	L,2-6		11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
15	45 (1)	Jun 7	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	48 (2)	Jun 12	WSH		CLE	T,2-2	GF	19	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	51 (2)	Jun 15	WSH		DET	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	54 (2)	Jun 19	WSH		DET	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	59 (4)	Jun 23 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	62 (2)	Jun 26	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	7	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
21	64 (1)	Jun 28	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	69 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-4	GF	17	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
23	72 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	9	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
24	73	Jul 8	WSH	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	78 (4)	Jul 12	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-7	GS	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	81 (2)	Jul 15	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-5	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	83 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	10.1	0	2	0	2	0
28	86 (2)	Jul 19	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	91 (4)	Jul 24	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	97 (5)	Jul 29	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	100 (2)	Aug 1	WSH		DET	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	101	Aug 2	WSH		DET	W,4-2	GF	19	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	104 (2)	Aug 6	WSH		SLB	W,1-0	CG	39	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	108 (3)	Aug 10	WSH		CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	112 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	114 (1)	Aug 18	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
37	116 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-1	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	119 (2)	Aug 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	121 (1)	Aug 27	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-9	GF	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	125 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-9	GS	20	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	128 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	134 (5)	Sep 11	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	139 (4)	Sep 15 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
44	141 (1)	Sep 19	WSH		SLB	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	144 (2)	Sep 22	WSH		DET	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	148 (3)	Sep 26	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	GF	14	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
47	156 (7)	Oct 3	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
							47gm		328.0	16	82	0	98	2