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

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Team Record in Appearances: 30-18 / in Starts: 24-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 1

1914 Pitching Game Log

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1914 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	274	1	Apr 14	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	0.00	0.66	32	85	0	2	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	2.14	0.57%
2	275	4	Apr 18	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	4	1	0	5	4	0	0	0.00	1.94	34	76	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	3.07	0.50%
3	276	7	Apr 23	WSH		BOS	L,0-5	CG	L(2-1)	4	9.0	9	5	5	1	7	0	0	1.67	1.70	37	55				35	1	0			0
4	277	10	Apr 28	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	L(2-2)	4	8.0	4	2	0	1	4	0	0	1.29	1.72	28	73				26	1	0			0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	278	12	May 1	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	8-GF	BL(2-3)	2	1.2	5	3	3	0	2	0	0	1.96	1.65	10		1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	8.99	-1.45%
6	279	15	May 5	WSH		NYY	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.58	1.58	33	84	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.41%
7	280	18	May 8	WSH		PHA	T,9-9			2	3.0	7	6	6	3	1	0	0	2.59	1.78	18					15					0
8	281	21	May 12	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	7	2	1	0	6	0	0	2.34	1.67	31	73	1	2	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	0.25%
9	282	25	May 16	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.16	1.69	33	72	0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	0.67%
10	283	28	May 20	WSH		CLE	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-3)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.90	1.76	32	78	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.21	0.38%
11	284	32	May 25	WSH		DET	W,10-1	GS-	W(7-3)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.85	1.81	25	62				24					0
12	285	36	May 29(1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-3)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.67	1.87	32	84	2	1	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	2	7.40	1.67%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
13	286	40	Jun 1	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(8-4)	2	8.0	5	1	0	2	8	0	0	1.54	1.81	32	76				29	2	0			0
14	287	44	Jun 6	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	W(9-4)	4	9.0	9	3	2	1	6	0	1	1.57	1.81	38	64				36	0	1			0
15	288	48	Jun 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(9-5)	3	8.0	9	2	2	2	4	0	0	1.62	1.84	33	58	1	1	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.34	0.11%
16	289	51	Jun 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	L(9-6)	3	8.0	6	4	2	2	5	0	0	1.66	1.84	33	61				29	0	0			0
17	290	55	Jun 18	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	L(9-7)	3	8.0	6	4	3	4	3	1	0	1.76	2.02	31	55				23	1	1			0
18	291	58	Jun 21	WSH	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	W(10-7)	2	9.0	7	3	2	1	3	0	1	1.78	2.05	37	65				34	0	1			0
19	292	61	Jun 24(2)	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	W(11-7)	2	9.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	0	1.73	2.01	32	81				30	1	0			0
20	293	64	Jun 27	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(11-8)	2	8.0	7	4	4	2	5	0	1	1.87	2.02	34	55	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	-0.67%
21	294	66	Jun 30	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	9-GF(11)	W(12-8)	2	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.84	2.00	9		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.86	0.71%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
22	295	69	Jul 3(1)	WSH		BOS	W,12-0	GS-	W(13-8)	2	7.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	1.76	2.00	27	68				25					0
23	296	73	Jul 6	WSH		BOS	W,1-0	SHO	W(14-8)	2	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	1	1.67	1.99	32	82				30	1	0			0
24	297	77	Jul 10	WSH		SLB	W,8-4	GS-	W(15-8)	3	5.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.68	1.97	22	52				22					0
25	298	79	Jul 13	WSH		DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(16-8)	2	9.0	3	0	0	2	10	0	0	1.60	1.92	30	89				28	0	0			0
26	299	83	Jul 17	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	CG	L(16-9)	3	9.0	10	3	1	0	9	0	0	1.57	1.85	36	68				36	2	1			0
27	300	86	Jul 21	WSH		CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(17-9)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.50	1.84	32	79	0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	2.04	0.52%
28	301	90	Jul 26(2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-4	GS-	L(17-10)	4	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	0	0	1.63	1.83	26	45				23					0
29	302	91	Jul 27	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-6			0	5.2	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	1.67	1.83	23					22					0
30	303	93	Jul 29	WSH	@	DET	W,9-7		W(18-10)	1	2.1	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1.65	1.87	12					7					0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
31	304	96	Aug 1	WSH	@	DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(19-10)	2	9.0	7	0	0	6	5	0	0	1.59	1.93	38	72				29	0	0			0
32	305	100	Aug 5	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	L(19-11)	3	8.2	9	3	3	1	1	0	1	1.64	1.96	34	54				31	2	1			0
33	306	104	Aug 9	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(19-12)	3	10.2	6	2	2	3	5	0	0	1.64	1.98	41	76				35	0	0			0
34	307	106	Aug 14	WSH	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	W(20-12)	4	9.0	11	1	1	2	6	0	0	1.62	1.97	37	65	1	1	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.16%
35	308	109	Aug 17(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	L(20-13)	2	8.1	9	4	3	5	5	0	0	1.67	2.01	38	51	1	2	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	2	.62	-0.10%
36	309	112	Aug 20	WSH		SLB	W,5-4		W(21-13)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.66	1.99	3					3					0
37	310	113	Aug 22	WSH		DET	W,8-7		W(22-13)	1	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	1.99	14					14					0
38	311	116	Aug 25	WSH		DET	L,1-2	CG	L(22-14)	2	9.0	8	2	0	0	3	0	1	1.59	2.00	35	70				33	1	0			0
39	312	118	Aug 27(2)	WSH		CLE	T,3-3			1	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	2.00	5					5					0
40	313	119	Aug 29	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(22-15)	1	9.0	7	2	2	0	5	0	1	1.59	1.99	32	70	0	1	0	30	0	2	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
41	314	120	Aug 31	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	8-GF(10)	L(22-16)	1	3.0	3	2	2	0	1	2	0	1.64	2.07	11		0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
42	315	122	Sep 2	WSH		CHW	T,4-4	GS-9		1	9.0	5	4	3	3	7	0	0	1.68	2.07	36	67	2	1	0	32	2	0	1	0	1	2	.00	0.00%
43	316	125	Sep 5	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG(13)	W(23-16)	2	13.0	4	1	1	3	9	0	0	1.64	2.05	47	101	2	1	0	44	2	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
44	317	129	Sep 8(2)	WSH		PHA	L,4-9	GS-	L(23-17)	2	3.1	13	7	7	0	2	0	0	1.82	2.05	22	8				22					0
45	318	133	Sep 14(1)	WSH		BOS	W,8-1	GS-	W(24-17)	5	6.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	1	1.78	2.06	24	68				21					0
46	319	137	Sep 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,1-0	SHO	W(25-17)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	1	1.74	2.05	34	82				31	0	0			0
47	320	140	Sep 20(1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-1		S(1)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.73	2.04	4					4					0
48	321	142	Sep 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG(13)	W(26-17)	0	13.0	6	1	1	3	12	0	1	1.69	2.02	46	100	1	1	0	42	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
49	322	150	Sep 27	WSH	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	W(27-17)	5	10.0	6	2	1	2	7	0	0	1.67	2.01	37	79				34	0	0			0
50	323	152	Sep 30	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	L(27-18)	2	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.69	2.02	4		1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
51	324	156	Oct 5	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	W(28-18)	4	9.0	10	3	2	1	4	0	0	1.70	2.01	37	60				36	2	1			0
							30-18		W-L:28-18,Sv:1,BSv:1	2.5	371.2	287	88	70	74	226	3	11	1.70	2.01	1443	69	13	15	0	1326	25	9	2	10	2	13	1.81	3.71%

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