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.

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 23	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	48	13.0	1	4	0	5	1
2	2	Apr 24	WSH		PHA	L,5-6	GF	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 28	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	7 (2)	May 2	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-2	GF	11	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
5	9 (1)	May 4	WSH		PHA	W,12-6	GS	35	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
6	12 (2)	May 8	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS	23	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
7	13	May 11	WSH	@	NYY	T,0-0	CG	37	12.0	2	4	0	6	0
8	18 (4)	May 18	WSH	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	21 (2)	May 22	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
10	22	May 24	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	23	May 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	7	1.0	0	2	0	2	1
12	24	May 26	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	25	May 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	27 (1)	May 30 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	30 (2)	Jun 1	WSH		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
16	34 (3)	Jun 5	WSH		SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	37 (2)	Jun 8	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	41 (3)	Jun 13	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
19	45 (3)	Jun 17	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	49 (3)	Jun 21	WSH		CHW	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	54 (4)	Jun 25 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	58 (3)	Jun 29	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	62 (3)	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	67 (4)	Jul 6	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	71 (3)	Jul 10 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	77 (5)	Jul 15	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
27	81 (3)	Jul 19	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	47	10.2	0	1	0	1	0
28	86 (4)	Jul 24	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	90 (3)	Jul 27	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	GF	16	4.0	0	3	0	3	0
30	93 (2)	Jul 31	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	96 (2)	Aug 3	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	97	Aug 5	WSH		DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	100 (2)	Aug 9	WSH		CHW	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	104 (3)	Aug 15	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	105	Aug 17	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	41	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
36	112 (6)	Aug 24	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-0	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
37	113	Aug 25	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	114	Aug 28 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	60	13.2	1	3	0	4	0
39	118 (3)	Aug 31	WSH		BOS	W,6-2	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	123 (4)	Sep 4 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
41	127 (3)	Sep 9	WSH		CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	133 (5)	Sep 16	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							42gm		290.0	23	69	1	93	6