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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-17 / in Starts: 19-14
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 103 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	66 (33-23-10) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 103 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	69 (34-21-12)

Most Driven In
R Peckinpaugh	4
M Ruel	2
B Harris	1
J Evans	1
J Judge	1
R Wade	1
O Bluege	1

Most Driven In By
S Rice	3
J Evans	1
J Judge	1
R Peckinpaugh	1
G Goslin	1
N Leibold	1
B Murray	1

1923 Batting Game Log

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1923 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	760	1	Apr 18	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	1.14	-0.067	2.94	-0.10%	-0.50	P
2	761	5 (3)	Apr 22	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-8	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	9	.93	0.032	2.05	0.04%	0.18	P
3	762	10 (4)	Apr 27	WSH		PHA	T,10-10	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	9	1.42	-0.073	3.25	-0.10%	-0.68	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	763	14 (3)	May 2	WSH		NYY	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	1	.111	.333	.111	.444	9	.52	-0.032	.89	-0.03%	-0.38	P
5	764	18 (3)	May 6	WSH		BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.313	.308	.620	9	.65	0.134	1.09	0.14%	0.74	P
6	765	22 (3)	May 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.263	.250	.513	9	.74	-0.061	1.64	-0.08%	-0.94	P
7	766	24 (1)	May 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.263	.250	.513	9						P
8	767	26 (1)	May 19	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.273	.263	.536	9	.96	-0.010	1.35	-0.01%	1.22	P
9	768	27	May 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,8-9	0-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.273	.263	.536	9						P
10	769	31 (3)	May 25	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.240	.227	.467	9	.91	-0.088	1.17	-0.07%	-0.95	P
11	770	35 (3)	May 30 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,4-6	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.269	.261	.530	9	.91	0.039	1.20	0.03%	0.39	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	771	40 (4)	Jun 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.267	.296	.563	9	.60	-0.009	.20	0.00%	-0.50	P
13	772	44 (3)	Jun 6	WSH		DET	W,5-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		0		0	0	.172	.250	.276	.526	9	.90	-0.080	.37	-0.02%	-1.06	P
14	773	46 (1)	Jun 8	WSH		DET	W,7-4	8-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.167	.242	.267	.509	9	.54	0.020	.32	0.01%	0.39	P
15	774	49 (2)	Jun 12	WSH		SLB	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.229	.250	.479	9	1.45	-0.086	1.13	-0.04%	-0.69	P
16	775	51 (1)	Jun 15	WSH		CHW	W,8-6	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.229	.250	.479	9						P
17	776	54 (2)	Jun 18	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG(13)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.162	.225	.243	.468	9	2.11	-0.154	.83	-0.04%	-0.26	P
18	777	58 (3)	Jun 22	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.209	.225	.434	9	.96	-0.080	.59	-0.03%	-0.75	P
19	778	62 (3)	Jun 26	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-16	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.143	.200	.214	.414	9						P
20	779	65 (2)	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.140	.196	.209	.405	9	.49	-0.013	.16	0.00%	-0.11	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	780	70 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-12	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.140	.196	.209	.405	9						P
22	781	73 (2)	Jul 8	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.184	.196	.379	9	.99	-0.082	.10	-0.01%	-0.72	P
23	782	79 (5)	Jul 14	WSH	@	DET	L,8-9	GS-0	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.146	.196	.208	.404	9						P
24	783	83 (3)	Jul 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.137	.185	.196	.381	9	1.24	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-0.87	P
25	784	87 (3)	Jul 22	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.132	.179	.189	.367	9	1.15	-0.092	.01	0.00%	-1.34	P
26	785	89 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.175	.185	.361	9	1.00	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
27	786	90	Jul 26 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,15-3	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.210	.237	.447	9	.11	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.93	P
28	787	93 (2)	Jul 30	WSH		DET	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.200	.226	.426	9	.62	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.18	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	788	98 (4)	Aug 5	WSH		CLE	W,6-5	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.212	.238	.450	9	1.52	0.065	.00	0.00%	0.58	P
30	789	101 (2)	Aug 9	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.217	.242	.460	9	1.01	0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.01	P
31	790	104 (2)	Aug 12	WSH		CHW	W,9-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.179	.214	.239	.453	9						P
32	791	106 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.208	.232	.440	9	1.15	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.40	P
33	792	110 (3)	Aug 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.203	.225	.428	9	.92	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.82	P
34	793	117 (6)	Aug 25	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.162	.195	.216	.411	9						P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	794	126 (8)	Sep 3 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.162	.195	.216	.411	9						P
36	795	133 (6)	Sep 13	WSH		DET	W,7-3	GS-8	4	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.222	.260	.482	9	.37	0.054	.00	0.00%	1.07	P
37	796	137 (3)	Sep 17 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.220	.256	.476	9	4.38	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
38	797	138	Sep 17 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,12-2	CG(7)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.183	.221	.256	.477	9	.21	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.05	P
39	798	143 (4)	Sep 23 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,0-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.181	.218	.253	.471	9	1.27	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
40	799	146 (2)	Sep 26	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.211	.244	.455	9	1.06	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.72	P
41	800	149 (2)	Oct 1	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.178	.213	.244	.457	9	1.03	-0.019	.00	0.00%	0.15	P
42	801	153 (3)	Oct 5 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.227	.290	.517	9	.75	0.127	.00	0.00%	0.93	P
							24-17		103	93	11	18	3	3	0	13	4	0	15	0	3		2		0	1	.194	.227	.290	.517		.93	-0.885	.61	-0.32%	-5.81

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