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: 22-16 / in Starts: 18-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 4

1919 Pitching Game Log

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1919 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	506	1	Apr 23	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	SHO(13)	W(1-0)	99	13.0	10	0	0	3	6	0	0	0.00	2.26	48	90	1	1	0	45	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.97	1.77%
2	507	4	Apr 28	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	CG	L(1-1)	4	9.0	10	6	6	4	3	0	0	2.45	2.62	40	42	1	0	0	35	2	2	1	1	0	1	2.66	-0.59%
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
3	508	7	May 2	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-2	6-GF	S(1)	3	3.1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.13	2.21	11		0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.20%
4	509	9	May 4	WSH		PHA	W,12-6	GS-7	W(2-1)	1	7.0	10	3	2	2	4	0	0	2.23	2.21	35	49	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.29	0.08%
5	510	12	May 8	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS-6	L(2-2)	3	6.0	5	3	2	2	2	0	0	2.35	2.31	23	52	0	1	0	18	2	0	0	0	1	1	2.66	-0.15%
6	511	13	May 11	WSH	@	NYY	T,0-0	SHO(12)		2	12.0	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	1.79	2.05	37	106	1	2	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.22	1.55%
7	512	18	May 18	WSH	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	W(3-2)	6	9.0	8	2	1	0	3	0	0	1.67	2.02	36	68	0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	2	2.42	0.42%
8	513	21	May 22	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(3-3)	3	8.0	8	5	2	2	5	0	0	1.74	2.01	34	55	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	2	3.60	-0.53%
9	514	23	May 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	8-GF(8)	BL(3-4)	2	1.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.11	2.06	7		0	0	0	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.46	-0.76%
10	515	25	May 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	6-GF(8)	L(3-5)	1	3.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.14	2.17	13		0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.05%
11	516	27	May 30(1)	WSH		NYY	L,2-4	9-GF(10)	L(3-6)	2	2.0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	2.21	2.19	9		0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.13%
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
12	517	30	Jun 1	WSH		NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(4-6)	1	9.0	7	2	1	0	8	0	1	2.08	2.06	34	75	0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.36	0.06%
13	518	34	Jun 5	WSH		SLB	W,6-1	CG	W(5-6)	3	9.0	4	1	0	2	7	0	0	1.87	2.02	34	82	2	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.16	0.05%
14	519	37	Jun 8	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	CG	L(5-7)	2	9.0	6	2	1	1	6	0	0	1.79	1.97	32	74	1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.01%
15	520	41	Jun 13	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-7)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	1	1.65	2.09	33	78	2	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.08%
16	521	45	Jun 17	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(7-7)	3	9.0	4	1	0	1	9	0	0	1.52	1.99	32	85	0	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	.17	0.05%
17	522	49	Jun 21	WSH		CHW	W,6-3	CG	W(8-7)	3	9.0	10	3	2	2	3	0	0	1.55	2.02	38	58	0	2	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	3	.11	0.00%
18	523	54	Jun 25(2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(8-8)	3	8.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.53	2.07	28	68	0	2	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.01%
19	524	58	Jun 29	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-8)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.43	2.06	33	78	1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.07%
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
20	525	62	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-8)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.35	2.05	33	76	0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.07%
21	526	67	Jul 6	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(11-8)	2	9.0	10	1	1	0	4	0	0	1.33	2.03	36	67	0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.03%
22	527	71	Jul 10(2)	WSH	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	W(12-8)	3	9.0	9	5	2	1	4	0	0	1.37	2.02	38	58	0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	.04	0.00%
23	528	77	Jul 15	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(13-8)	4	9.0	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.30	2.02	35	74	0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.02	0.01%
24	529	81	Jul 19	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG(11)	L(13-9)	3	10.2	13	6	5	5	6	0	0	1.46	2.06	47	47	2	1	0	40	0	0	0	2	1	0	.12	-0.01%
25	530	86	Jul 24	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(14-9)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	1.40	2.01	34	82	0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	.01	0.00%
26	531	90	Jul 27	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	6-GF	L(14-10)	2	4.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.41	1.99	16		1	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	.01	0.00%
27	532	93	Jul 31	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	CG	L(14-11)	3	9.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	1	1.48	2.02	33	62	1	1	1	29	1	1	0	0	1	1	.00	0.00%
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
28	533	96	Aug 3	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	2.03	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
29	534	97	Aug 5	WSH		DET	L,1-2	CG	L(14-12)	1	9.0	8	2	1	2	6	0	0	1.45	2.02	36	69	0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
30	535	100	Aug 9	WSH		CHW	W,11-6	CG	W(15-12)	3	9.0	11	6	5	0	6	0	0	1.59	1.98	42	49	1	0	0	42	3	0	0	0	0	4	.00	0.00%
31	536	104	Aug 15	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	7-GF	W(16-12)	5	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.57	1.99	10		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	537	105	Aug 17	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG(11)	W(17-12)	1	11.0	7	2	1	0	4	0	0	1.54	1.98	41	81	1	0	0	41	4	0	0	1	0	2	.00	0.00%
33	538	112	Aug 24	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-0	7-GF	S(2)	6	2.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.52	1.96	9		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
34	539	113	Aug 25	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	9-GF	BS(2)	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.52	1.98	2		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
35	540	114	Aug 28(1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG(14)	L(17-13)	2	13.2	19	5	3	2	5	0	2	1.55	2.01	60	58	2	1	0	54	5	1	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
36	541	118	Aug 31	WSH		BOS	W,6-2	8-GF	W(18-13)	2	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.54	2.03	8		0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
Sept				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
37	542	123	Sep 4(1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	W(19-13)	3	9.0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.49	2.05	33	76	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	2	.00	0.00%
38	543	127	Sep 9	WSH		CHW	L,0-2	CG	L(19-14)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	0	1.50	2.07	33	68	2	2	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
39	544	133	Sep 16	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	W(20-14)	6	9.0	6	3	1	2	4	0	0	1.49	2.08	37	69	0	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	3	.00	0.00%
							22-16		W-L:20-14,Sv:2,BSv:2	2.8	290.2	236	73	48	51	147	0	7	1.49	2.08	1144	69	19	16	1	1066	46	6	2	13	3	31	.81	2.25%

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