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.

1922 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1922 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 18	WSH		PHA	L,2-17	GS	28	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	16 (9)	Apr 29	WSH	@	PHA	L,8-9		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	21 (4)	May 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	23 (1)	May 8	WSH		SLB	L,5-6	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	25 (1)	May 10	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
6	30 (4)	May 15	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	33 (2)	May 20	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
8	37 (3)	May 24	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
9	41 (3)	May 28	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
10	44 (2)	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-4	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
11	46 (1)	May 31 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	48 (1)	Jun 4	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	50 (1)	Jun 7	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-8	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	52 (1)	Jun 10	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	28	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	56 (3)	Jun 14	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS	27	5.2	1	1	0	2	0
16	60 (3)	Jun 18	WSH	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	64 (3)	Jun 23	WSH		PHA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	67 (2)	Jun 28	WSH		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	70 (2)	Jul 2	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	73 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	WSH		DET	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
21	77 (3)	Jul 9	WSH		DET	W,13-7	GF	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	83 (5)	Jul 16	WSH		SLB	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	86 (2)	Jul 21	WSH		CLE	L,0-1	GS	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	90 (3)	Jul 25	WSH	@	DET	L,5-8	GS	37	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	94 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,18-6	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	99 (4)	Aug 2	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	103 (3)	Aug 6	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-8	GS	21	2.2	0	2	0	2	0
28	106 (2)	Aug 9	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	GF	25	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
29	107	Aug 11	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	112 (4)	Aug 16 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	116 (3)	Aug 20	WSH		CLE	L,0-2	CG	47	12.0	3	1	0	4	0
32	120 (3)	Aug 24	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	124 (3)	Aug 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	128 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	130 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,4-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	132 (1)	Sep 8	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-8	GS	32	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	135 (2)	Sep 11	WSH		BOS	W,12-3	GF	15	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	136	Sep 13	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
39	138 (1)	Sep 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
40	142 (3)	Sep 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	146 (3)	Sep 23	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
							41gm		280.0	11	69	0	80	2