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	25-11 / in Starts: 21-8
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 107 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	78 (38-25-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 107 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	72 (36-22-13)

Most Driven In
R Peckinpaugh	7
O Bluege	4
M Ruel	2
J Judge	2
Self	2
S Adams	1
E Scott	1

Most Driven In By
S Rice	6
Self	2
E McNeely	1
B Harris	1

1925 Batting Game Log

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1925 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	841	5 (4)	Apr 18	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.73	-0.026	2.39	-0.05%	-0.19	P
2	842	7 (1)	Apr 22	WSH		NYY	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	.44	0.029	1.39	0.06%	-0.12	P
3	843	8	Apr 23	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	9	8.55	0.448	28.76	0.91%	1.83	PH
4	844	12 (3)	Apr 28	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.364	.364	.636	1.000	9	.14	-0.015	.51	-0.03%	-0.58	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
5	845	17 (4)	May 6	WSH		BOS	W,10-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.357	.357	.571	.929	9	.33	-0.040	1.20	-0.09%	-0.92	P
6	846	21 (3)	May 11	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-0	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.412	.444	.588	1.033	9	.60	0.113	2.39	0.27%	1.71	P
7	847	26 (4)	May 16	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-2	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.455	.571	1.026	9	1.28	-0.071	5.34	-0.18%	-0.47	P
8	848	29 (2)	May 19	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.455	.478	.727	1.206	9	3.97	0.663	18.29	1.83%	1.77	PH
9	849	31 (1)	May 21	WSH	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.500	.519	.731	1.249	9	.61	0.090	2.32	0.20%	1.02	P
10	850	32	May 23	WSH	@	DET	L,2-15	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.481	.500	.704	1.204	9	.04	-0.001	.16	0.00%	-0.59	PH
11	851	35 (2)	May 27	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-9	GS-5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.467	.484	.667	1.151	9	.75	-0.023	4.65	-0.09%	-0.16	P
12	852	36	May 28 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-11	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.452	.469	.645	1.114	9	1.89	-0.110	12.24	-0.43%	-1.24	PH
13	853	37	May 28 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-9	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.455	.471	.636	1.107	9	.86	-0.001	5.48	0.00%	0.00	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
14	854	42 (4)	Jun 1	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.472	.486	.639	1.125	9	.94	0.030	3.92	0.08%	0.37	P
15	855	47 (4)	Jun 6	WSH		CHW	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.436	.450	.590	1.040	9	1.37	0.013	6.19	0.04%	0.23	P
16	856	50 (2)	Jun 11	WSH		DET	L,4-7	GS-0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.415	.442	.561	1.003	9						P
17	857	54 (3)	Jun 16	WSH		SLB	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.422	.447	.578	1.025	9	1.40	0.054	7.03	0.16%	0.42	P
18	858	59 (4)	Jun 21	WSH		CLE	L,5-7	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.417	.440	.563	1.003	9	1.70	0.073	7.89	0.20%	0.13	P
19	859	64 (4)	Jun 26	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.407	.519	.927	9	1.39	-0.169	11.91	-0.87%	-1.82	P
20	860	68 (3)	Jun 30	WSH		PHA	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.393	.414	.536	.950	9	.52	0.066	4.89	0.37%	1.21	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	861	92 (23)	Jul 28 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,5-10	GS-6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.404	.424	.544	.968	9	2.03	0.029	12.01	0.10%	0.29	P
22	862	94 (1)	Jul 29	WSH		CHW	W,8-6	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.414	.433	.552	.985	9	4.13	0.384	23.08	1.29%	1.75	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
23	863	97 (2)	Aug 2	WSH		DET	W,5-1	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.426	.444	.557	1.002	9	.37	0.027	2.20	0.10%	0.56	P
24	864	101 (3)	Aug 6 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,10-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.415	.433	.538	.971	9	.83	-0.014	4.70	-0.05%	-0.52	P
25	865	104 (2)	Aug 9	WSH		CLE	L,6-7	GS-10	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.426	.443	.544	.987	9	1.65	0.029	9.89	0.11%	0.46	P
26	866	108 (3)	Aug 13 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	GS-5	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.443	.458	.557	1.015	9	.83	0.035	4.58	0.12%	0.47	P
27	867	112 (3)	Aug 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.432	.447	.541	.988	9	.97	-0.018	5.91	-0.07%	-0.02	P
28	868	114 (1)	Aug 20	WSH	@	CLE	W,1-0	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.427	.442	.533	.975	9	3.84	-0.219	26.38	-0.90%	-0.95	PH
29	869	116 (1)	Aug 22	WSH	@	DET	W,20-5	GS-6	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.436	.450	.577	1.027	9	.99	0.315	6.92	1.32%	4.77	P
30	870	118 (1)	Aug 24	WSH	@	DET	L,4-13	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.430	.444	.570	1.014	9	.02	-0.001	.14	0.00%	-0.26	PH
31	871	121 (2)	Aug 27	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.427	.440	.573	1.014	9	.98	0.023	7.31	0.10%	-0.26	P
Sept		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
32	872	125 (3)	Sep 1	WSH		PHA	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.442	.455	.605	1.059	9	.75	0.005	8.80	0.04%	0.97	P
33	873	130 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.456	.467	.611	1.079	9	.98	0.049	3.72	0.11%	0.70	P
34	874	134 (3)	Sep 11	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.441	.458	.591	1.050	9	.76	-0.079	.88	-0.06%	-0.64	P
35	875	138 (3)	Sep 17 (1)	WSH		DET	L,9-12	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0	0	.432	.449	.579	1.028	9						P
36	876	143 (4)	Sep 20	WSH		CHW	W,6-5	GS-0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0	0	.433	.455	.577	1.033	9						P
							25-11		107	97	12	42	6	1	2	21	3	0	6	1	4		1		0	1	.433	.455	.577	1.033		1.06	1.688	5.70	4.58%	9.94

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