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.

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-17	GS	0	2.0	1	1	1	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	11 (2)	May 3	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-7	GS	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	15 (3)	May 7	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
4	17 (1)	May 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	10.2	0	1	0	1	0
5	19 (1)	May 12	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-2	GF	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
6	20	May 13	WSH	@	CHW	T,1-1	GS	0	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
7	23 (2)	May 16	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	26 (2)	May 20	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
9	28 (1)	May 22	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS	0	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	34 (5)	May 29	WSH		NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	39 (4)	Jun 5	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	CG	0	11.0	0	4	1	5	0
12	41 (1)	Jun 11	WSH		DET	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
13	44 (2)	Jun 15	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	48 (3)	Jun 19 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	50 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-4	GF	0	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	55 (4)	Jun 25 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	58 (2)	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	59	Jun 29 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	63 (3)	Jul 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	67 (3)	Jul 5 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	70 (2)	Jul 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	0	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
22	73 (2)	Jul 12	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	75 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,5-9	GS	0	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	79 (3)	Jul 18	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
25	82 (2)	Jul 21	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
26	86 (3)	Jul 25	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	91 (4)	Jul 29 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	95 (3)	Jul 31 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	99 (3)	Aug 4 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	103 (3)	Aug 6	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	105 (1)	Aug 9	WSH		SLB	L,7-8		0	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	108 (2)	Aug 12	WSH		DET	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	111 (2)	Aug 16	WSH		PHA	L,1-6	GS	0	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	112	Aug 17	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	12.0	0	3	1	4	0
35	116 (3)	Aug 22	WSH	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
36	119 (2)	Aug 25	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	0	0	1	1	0
37	123 (3)	Aug 29	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS	0	5.0	0	4	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	145 (21)	Sep 21 (2)	WSH		DET	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
39	149 (3)	Sep 25 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
40	155 (5)	Oct 2 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
							40gm		297.0	15	73	7	95	2