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: 27-11 / in Starts: 27-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1924 Pitching Game Log

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1924 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	684	1	Apr 15	WSH		PHA	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	0	0.00	1.63	32	85	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.56%
2	685	5	Apr 20	WSH		NYY	W,12-3	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	10	3	3	1	6	1	1	1.50	2.57	39	60	0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.06	0.35%
3	686	10	Apr 25	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	6.0	7	6	3	0	4	1	0	2.25	2.82	28	44	0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	4	2.71	-0.42%
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	687	15	May 1	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS-7	W(3-1)	5	6.0	4	2	2	3	5	0	0	2.40	2.77	25	58	0	0	0	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.25	0.14%
5	688	18	May 4	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	GS-8	W(4-1)	2	7.2	5	2	0	3	5	0	1	1.91	2.82	32	67	0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	1	2.68	0.36%
6	689	22	May 8	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(4-2)	3	8.0	6	4	4	3	8	0	2	2.36	2.78	35	59	0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.79	-0.12%
7	690	25	May 14	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	GS-4	L(4-3)	5	4.0	8	4	4	2	3	0	1	2.90	2.84	22	31	1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	-0.28%
8	691	30	May 23	WSH		CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-3)	8	9.0	1	0	0	1	14	0	0	2.45	2.40	28	98	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.29%
9	692	33	May 28(1)	WSH		NYY	L,4-7	GS-2		4	2.0	5	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.82	2.48	13	33	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	-0.21%
10	693	36	May 30(2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-5	GS-		1	5.1	7	5	5	3	1	0	0	3.27	2.60	26	32				21	3	0	0		1
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
11	694	38	Jun 2	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	W(6-3)	2	9.0	7	3	3	2	7	1	0	3.24	2.69	36	66	2	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.72	0.25%
12	695	42	Jun 6	WSH	@	DET	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	4	7	0	0	2.89	2.67	34	82				29	1	0	0		0
13	696	48	Jun 13	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-4	GS-5	W(8-3)	6	4.2	4	1	1	3	2	0	1	2.84	2.76	22	51	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.94	0.17%
14	697	51	Jun 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS-7		2	6.1	5	5	4	4	2	1	0	3.03	2.98	30	43	0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	3.37	-0.50%
15	698	55	Jun 21	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	W(9-3)	4	9.0	5	3	3	2	4	2	0	3.03	3.19	33	67				31	0	0	0		0
16	699	61	Jun 26(1)	WSH		PHA	W,5-0	SHO	W(10-3)	4	9.0	8	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.79	3.16	36	72	0	0	0	34	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.93	1.39%
17	700	66	Jun 30(1)	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG(11)	L(10-4)	3	11.0	10	2	2	0	3	0	1	2.69	3.10	45	72	1	1	0	43	3	1	0	0	0	3	10.49	1.65%
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
18	701	73	Jul 5(1)	WSH		NYY	L,0-2	CG	L(10-5)	4	9.0	10	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.64	3.10	38	58	0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	1	0	6.43	0.82%
19	702	78	Jul 10(1)	WSH		DET	L,10-12	GS-		4	4.2	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.75	3.13	23	39				20	1	1	0		0
20	703	80	Jul 11	WSH		DET	L,3-4	CG	L(10-6)	0	9.0	5	4	3	5	4	0	1	2.76	3.17	37	62	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	7.66	-0.61%
21	704	85	Jul 15	WSH		CLE	W,4-2	CG	W(11-6)	3	9.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.72	3.16	36	67	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	1	0	5.15	1.14%
22	705	90	Jul 20	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.1	8	4	3	2	4	1	0	2.76	3.21	29	50	1	1	0	27	1	2	0	1	0	0	4.66	-0.19%
23	706	95	Jul 24	WSH		CHW	W,7-5	GS-5		3	5.0	7	5	5	3	3	0	0	2.95	3.22	24	33	0	1	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.00	-0.83%
24	707	100	Jul 30	WSH	@	DET	W,7-4	GS-2		5	2.0	6	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.12	3.21	12	29	0	1	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.38	-0.95%
Aug				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
25	708	102	Aug 1	WSH	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	W(12-6)	1	9.0	8	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.12	3.22	37	57	0	0	0	35	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.12	0.64%
26	709	109	Aug 7	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG(10)	W(13-6)	5	10.0	9	3	3	4	4	0	0	3.10	3.21	41	62	1	1	0	35	3	1	3	0	0	1	5.09	0.51%
27	710	113	Aug 12	WSH		CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-6)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	8	0	1	2.95	3.12	33	85	1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	4.86	1.59%
28	711	117	Aug 17	WSH		DET	W,8-1	CG	W(15-6)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.87	3.05	30	81	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	0.65%
29	712	121	Aug 21	WSH		CHW	W,2-1	GS-7	W(16-6)	3	7.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.78	3.04	26	69	0	0	0	24	0	1	1	0	0	0	7.48	1.58%
30	713	124	Aug 25	WSH		SLB	W,2-0	SHO(7)	W(17-6)	3	7.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.69	3.04	23	77	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.43	2.29%
31	714	129	Aug 29	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-1	GS-8	W(18-6)	3	7.1	6	1	1	4	7	0	1	2.64	3.04	33	65	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.29	3.90%
Sept				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
32	715	134	Sep 4	WSH		BOS	W,12-5	GS-7	W(19-6)	5	7.0	9	3	3	3	7	0	1	2.68	3.02	34	51	0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	1	8.34	1.12%
33	716	137	Sep 8	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	W(20-6)	3	9.0	9	4	4	0	3	2	0	2.73	3.09	36	56	0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.96	1.11%
34	717	141	Sep 13	WSH	@	DET	W,6-4	GS-8	W(21-6)	4	7.1	6	4	4	2	3	1	0	2.79	3.13	29	51	0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	14.27	0.52%
35	718	145	Sep 17	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(22-6)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.76	3.09	34	70	0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	19.72	5.07%
36	719	148	Sep 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,14-15	GS-1		2	1.0	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	2.85	3.10	8	30	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.27	-2.69%
37	720	150	Sep 22	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	W(23-6)	1	9.0	7	3	1	1	5	0	0	2.79	3.06	35	69	1	1	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.40	0.31%
38	721	153	Sep 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS-7	L(23-7)	3	7.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.79	3.03	29	59	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.93	0.65%
							27-11		W-L:23-7	3.4	277.2	233	97	86	78	159	10	11	2.79	3.03	1143	59	8	8	0	1034	37	17	4	3	5	15	6.35	20.26%

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