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.

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 17	WSH		NYY	L,7-8	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	5 (1)	Apr 22	WSH		PHA	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	9 (3)	Apr 26	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	12 (2)	May 1	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	15 (2)	May 4	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-1	GF	21	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
7	17 (1)	May 7	WSH		BOS	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	19 (1)	May 9	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	21 (1)	May 11	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
10	23 (1)	May 15	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	62	18.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	34 (10)	May 26	WSH		DET	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	38 (3)	May 29 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	42 (3)	Jun 2	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	38	10.2	0	2	0	2	0
14	43	Jun 3	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	45 (1)	Jun 5	WSH	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	49 (3)	Jun 9	WSH	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	52 (2)	Jun 12	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	53	Jun 13	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	57 (3)	Jun 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	61 (3)	Jun 21	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	46	13.0	0	2	0	2	1
21	66 (4)	Jun 27 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
22	70 (3)	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	CG	41	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	74 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	77 (2)	Jul 7	WSH		SLB	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	79 (1)	Jul 11	WSH		DET	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
26	80	Jul 12	WSH		DET	W,5-4	GF	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	81	Jul 13	WSH		DET	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	82	Jul 14	WSH		DET	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	83	Jul 16	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	48	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	87 (3)	Jul 20	WSH		CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
31	90 (2)	Jul 25	WSH	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	47	15.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	94 (3)	Jul 29	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
33	96 (1)	Jul 31	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	101 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	75	17.1	1	1	0	2	1
35	103 (1)	Aug 7	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-2	GF	2	0.2	1	0	0	1	0
36	105 (1)	Aug 10 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
37	109 (3)	Aug 13 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	113 (3)	Aug 16	WSH		DET	L,7-8	GF	0	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	117 (3)	Aug 19	WSH		SLB	W,3-2	CG	57	14.0	0	3	0	3	2
40	123 (5)	Aug 25 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	126 (2)	Aug 30	WSH		NYY	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	130 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,8-3	GF	22	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
							43gm		325.0	22	71	2	95	5