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: 11-10 / in Starts: 7-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 3

1920 Pitching Game Log

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1920 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	545	1	Apr 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-2	L(0-1)	99	2.0	4	5	4	3	2	0	1	18.00	6.80	14	29	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.48	-0.53%
2	546	8	Apr 25	WSH		BOS	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-1)	9	9.0	7	0	0	2	5	0	1	3.27	3.44	34	76	1	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.42	0.80%
3	547	10	Apr 29	WSH	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	8	0	0	2.25	2.35	32	81	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	0.83%
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
4	548	13	May 2	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.18	2.51	3		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.29	0.17%
5	549	16	May 5	WSH		NYY	L,1-7	CG	L(2-2)	2	9.0	11	7	4	3	3	0	0	2.73	2.70	41	43	0	0	1	35	2	1	0	0	0	2	1.88	-0.15%
6	550	20	May 9	WSH		NYY	L,3-5	CG	L(2-3)	3	9.0	13	5	3	0	4	0	0	2.79	2.52	40	49	1	0	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	-0.30%
7	551	22	May 14	WSH		DET	W,9-8	6-GF	BW(3-3)	4	3.2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.55	2.49	15		0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.61	-0.09%
8	552	24	May 16	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	L(3-4)	1	9.0	12	4	3	2	5	0	1	2.63	2.53	40	52	3	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.81	-0.18%
9	553	27	May 20	WSH		CHW	L,5-13	11-GF(16)	L(3-5)	3	6.0	9	10	2	3	3	0	0	2.67	2.61	33		1	1	0	30	2	4	0	0	0	2	3.43	-0.40%
10	554	31	May 26	WSH		CLE	W,13-9	6-GF	S(2)	5	4.0	5	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.08	2.85	17		0	0	0	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.15%
11	555	34	May 29(2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-5)	2	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	2	2.69	2.73	33	86	0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.30%
12	556	37	May 31(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-10	4-GF(8)	BL(4-6)	1	4.2	7	5	5	0	1	1	0	3.12	2.88	21		0	0	0	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.86	-0.39%
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
13	557	41	Jun 3	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(5-6)	2	9.0	6	1	0	3	5	0	0	2.79	2.86	35	75	0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.02	0.44%
14	558	43	Jun 8	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	W(6-6)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	6	2	0	2.81	3.07	36	65	1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.03	0.26%
15	559	47	Jun 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	L(6-7)	3	8.2	11	9	8	4	5	1	0	3.28	3.20	39	29	2	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	2	0	2.53	-0.92%
16	560	50	Jun 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-9	GS-5	L(6-8)	5	5.0	8	5	4	0	2	0	0	3.46	3.14	24	35	0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.22%
17	561	54	Jun 23	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	7-GF	S(3)	4	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.36	3.09	10		0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.10%
18	562	57	Jun 27	WSH		PHA	W,7-0	SHO	W(7-8)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.11	3.04	31	83	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.37%
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
19	563	61	Jul 1	WSH	@	BOS	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-8)	3	9.0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	2.89	2.86	28	97	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.51%
20	564	72	Jul 11	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	GS-7	L(8-9)	9	7.0	10	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.01	2.86	34	42	0	0	0	32	0	2	0	0	0	1	.33	-0.02%
21	565	75	Jul 16(1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	CG	L(8-10)	4	9.0	9	4	4	1	5	0	0	3.07	2.81	36	57	0	1	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	.22	0.00%
							11-10		W-L:8-10,Sv:3,BSv:2	3.6	143.2	135	68	49	27	80	5	5	3.07	2.81	596	60	9	6	1	548	18	13	0	3	2	9	2.08	0.73%

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