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Walter Johnson

Walter Perry Johnson (Barney or The Big Train)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 6, 1887 in Humboldt, KS
High School: Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators in 1907. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1907
Team: Senators 1907-1927

Final Game: September 30, 1927
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1936 (189/226 ballots).
   View Walter Johnson Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: December 10, 1946 in Washington, DC
Buried: Union Cemetery, Rockville, MD
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 12:09AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. WALTER JOHNSON… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… 

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1907 19 WSH AL 5 9 .357 1.88 14 12 2 11 2 0 110.1 100 35 23 1 20 71 2 0 4 432 129 1.088 8.2 0.1 1.6 5.8 3.55
1908 20 WSH AL 14 14 .500 1.65 36 30 6 23 6 1 256.1 194 75 47 0 53 160 11 1 13 985 139 0.964 6.8 0.0 1.9 5.6 3.02
1909 21 WSH AL 13 25 .342 2.22 40 36 3 27 4 1 296.1 247 112 73 1 84 164 15 0 12 1219 109 1.117 7.5 0.0 2.6 5.0 1.95
1910 22 WSH AL 25 17 .595 1.36 45 42 3 38 8 1 370.0 262 92 56 1 76 313 13 0 21 1367 183 0.914 6.4 0.0 1.8 7.6 4.12
1911 23 WSH AL 25 13 .658 1.90 40 37 3 36 6 1 322.1 292 119 68 8 70 207 8 0 17 1306 173 1.123 8.2 0.2 2.0 5.8 2.96 MVP-5
1912 24 WSH AL 33 12 .733 1.39 50 37 13 34 7 2 369.0 259 89 57 2 76 303 16 0 11 1413 243 0.908 6.3 0.0 1.9 7.4 3.99 MVP-3
1913 25 WSH AL 36 7 .837 1.14 48 36 10 29 11 2 346.0 232 56 44 9 38 243 9 0 2 1271 259 0.780 6.0 0.2 1.0 6.3 6.39 MVP-1
1914 26 WSH AL 28 18 .609 1.72 51 40 9 33 9 1 371.2 287 88 71 3 74 225 11 1 14 1406 164 0.971 6.9 0.1 1.8 5.4 3.04
1915 27 WSH AL 27 13 .675 1.55 47 39 8 35 7 4 336.2 258 83 58 1 56 203 19 0 7 1280 191 0.933 6.9 0.0 1.5 5.4 3.63
1916 28 WSH AL 25 20 .556 1.90 48 38 10 36 3 1 369.2 290 105 78 0 82 228 9 0 9 1410 147 1.006 7.1 0.0 2.0 5.6 2.78
1917 29 WSH AL 23 16 .590 2.21 47 34 12 30 8 3 326.0 248 105 80 3 68 188 14 0 7 1255 120 0.969 6.8 0.1 1.9 5.2 2.76
1918 30 WSH AL 23 13 .639 1.27 39 29 10 29 8 3 326.0 241 71 46 2 70 162 8 0 8 1261 216 0.954 6.7 0.1 1.9 4.5 2.31
1919 31 WSH AL 20 14 .588 1.49 39 29 10 27 7 2 290.1 235 73 48 0 51 147 7 1 4 1131 217 0.985 7.3 0.0 1.6 4.6 2.88
1920 32 WSH AL 8 10 .444 3.13 21 15 6 12 4 3 143.2 135 68 50 5 27 78 5 1 5 583 119 1.128 8.5 0.3 1.7 4.9 2.89
1921 33 WSH AL 17 14 .548 3.51 35 32 2 25 1 1 264.0 265 122 103 7 92 143 2 0 7 1119 117 1.352 9.0 0.2 3.1 4.9 1.55
1922 34 WSH AL 15 16 .484 2.99 41 31 9 23 4 4 280.0 283 115 93 8 99 105 7 0 3 1195 130 1.364 9.1 0.3 3.2 3.4 1.06 MVP-17
1923 35 WSH AL 17 12 .586 3.48 42 34 8 18 3 4 261.0 263 112 101 9 73 130 20 0 2 1096 109 1.287 9.1 0.3 2.5 4.5 1.78 MVP-20
1924 36 WSH AL 23 7 .767 2.72 38 38 0 20 6 0 277.2 233 97 84 10 77 158 10 0 4 1148 149 1.116 7.6 0.3 2.5 5.1 2.05 MVP-1
1925 37 WSH AL 20 7 .741 3.07 30 29 1 16 3 0 229.0 217 95 78 7 78 108 7 0 1 967 139 1.288 8.5 0.3 3.1 4.2 1.38
1926 38 WSH AL 15 16 .484 3.63 33 33 0 22 2 0 260.2 259 120 105 13 73 125 5 0 2 1101 107 1.274 8.9 0.4 2.5 4.3 1.71
1927 39 WSH AL 5 6 .455 5.10 18 15 2 7 1 0 107.2 113 70 61 7 26 48 7 0 1 460 80 1.291 9.4 0.6 2.2 4.0 1.85
21 Seasons 417 279 .599 2.17 802 666 127 531 *110* 34 5914.1 4913 1902 1424 97 1363 3509 205 4 154 23405 147 1.061 7.5 0.1 2.1 5.3 2.57
162 Game Avg. 19 13 .599 2.17 37 31 6 25 5 2 274 228 88 66 4 63 163 9 0 7 1084 147 1.061 7.5 0.1 2.1 5.3 2.57
Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1907 19 WSH AL 110.1 12 35 51 -4 1.0 16 2.2 $
1908 20 WSH AL 256.1 30 75 112 -1 1.0 37 4.4 $
1909 21 WSH AL 296.1 36 112 130 -2 1.0 18 2.2 $
1910 22 WSH AL 370.0 42 92 171 3 1.0 79 9.1 $
1911 23 WSH AL 322.1 37 119 189 -4 1.0 70 7.2 $ MVP-5
1912 24 WSH AL 369.0 37 89 210 7 1.0 121 11.8 $ MVP-3
1913 25 WSH AL 346.0 36 56 174 9 1.0 118 12.4 $ MVP-1
1914 26 WSH AL 371.2 40 88 174 6 1.0 86 9.9 $
1915 27 WSH AL 336.2 39 83 170 4 1.0 87 9.5 $
1916 28 WSH AL 369.2 38 105 171 0 1.0 66 7.8 $
1917 29 WSH AL 326.0 34 105 148 -1 1.0 43 5.2 $
1918 30 WSH AL 326.0 29 71 147 3 1.0 76 8.7 $
1919 31 WSH AL 290.1 29 73 150 -6 1.0 77 9.2 $
1920 32 WSH AL 143.2 15 68 86 -3 1.0 18 2.0 $
1921 33 WSH AL 264.0 32 122 170 0 1.0 48 4.1 $
1922 34 WSH AL 280.0 31 115 168 2 1.0 53 4.6 $ MVP-17
1923 35 WSH AL 261.0 34 112 158 2 1.0 46 3.8 $ MVP-20
1924 36 WSH AL 277.2 38 97 174 8 1.0 77 6.2 $ MVP-1
1925 37 WSH AL 229.0 29 95 151 4 1.0 56 4.4 $
1926 38 WSH AL 260.2 33 120 157 -3 1.0 37 3.5 $
1927 39 WSH AL 107.2 15 70 67 1 1.0 -3 -0.5 $
21 Seasons 5914.1 666 1902 3128 25 1.0 1226 127.7 $
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1924 36 WSH AL WS W NYG 1 2 .333 3.00 3 2 1 2 0 0 24.0 30 10 8 3 11 3 20 1 0 1 106 1.708 11.3 1.1 4.1 7.5 1.82
1925 37 WSH AL WS L PIT 2 1 .667 2.08 3 3 0 3 1 0 26.0 26 10 6 1 4 0 15 2 0 0 106 1.154 9.0 0.3 1.4 5.2 3.75
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 3 .500 2.52 6 5 1 5 1 0 50.0 56 20 14 4 15 3 35 3 0 1 212 1.420 10.1 0.7 2.7 6.3 2.33
2 WS 3 3 .500 2.52 6 5 1 5 1 0 50.0 56 20 14 4 15 3 35 3 0 1 212 1.420 10.1 0.7 2.7 6.3 2.33

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1907 19 WSH AL 14 37 36 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 10 .111 .135 .167 .302 -0 6 0 0 1
1908 20 WSH AL 36 93 79 7 13 3 2 0 5 0 6 23 .165 .250 .253 .503 69 20 3 5 1
1909 21 WSH AL 40 105 101 6 13 3 0 1 6 0 1 21 .129 .137 .188 .325 5 19 0 3 1
1910 22 WSH AL 45 142 137 14 24 6 1 2 12 2 4 35 .175 .199 .277 .476 52 38 0 1 1
1911 23 WSH AL 42 134 128 18 30 5 3 1 15 1 0 39 .234 .234 .344 .578 62 44 0 6 1 MVP-5
1912 24 WSH AL 55 157 144 16 38 6 4 2 20 2 0 7 42 .264 .298 .403 .701 99 58 0 6 1 MVP-3
1913 25 WSH AL 55 141 134 12 35 5 6 2 14 2 5 14 .261 .293 .433 .726 110 58 1 1 1/O MVP-1
1914 26 WSH AL 55 151 136 23 30 4 1 3 16 2 1 10 27 .221 .274 .331 .605 79 45 0 5 1/O
1915 27 WSH AL 64 161 147 14 34 7 4 2 17 0 2 8 34 .231 .276 .374 .650 93 55 1 5 1/O
1916 28 WSH AL 58 158 142 13 32 2 4 1 7 0 0 11 28 .225 .286 .317 .603 82 45 1 4 1
1917 29 WSH AL 57 143 130 15 33 12 1 0 15 1 9 30 .254 .312 .362 .674 106 47 2 2 1
1918 30 WSH AL 65 166 150 10 40 4 4 1 18 2 9 18 .267 .321 .367 .688 108 55 3 4 1/O
1919 31 WSH AL 56 141 125 13 24 1 3 1 8 1 12 17 .192 .263 .272 .535 51 34 0 4 1/O
1920 32 WSH AL 33 69 64 6 17 1 3 1 7 0 0 3 10 .266 .299 .422 .720 92 27 0 2 1
1921 33 WSH AL 38 119 111 10 30 7 0 0 10 0 0 6 14 .270 .308 .333 .641 67 37 0 2 1
1922 34 WSH AL 43 112 108 8 22 3 0 1 15 0 0 2 12 .204 .218 .259 .477 27 28 0 2 1 MVP-17
1923 35 WSH AL 42 103 93 11 18 3 3 0 13 0 0 4 15 .194 .227 .290 .517 38 27 0 6 1 MVP-20
1924 36 WSH AL 39 119 113 18 32 9 0 1 14 0 0 3 11 .283 .308 .389 .697 80 44 1 2 1 MVP-1
1925 37 WSH AL 36 107 97 12 42 6 1 2 20 0 1 3 6 .433 .455 .577 1.033 162 56 1 6 1
1926 38 WSH AL 35 109 103 6 20 5 0 1 12 0 0 3 11 .194 .217 .272 .489 28 28 0 3 1
1927 39 WSH AL 26 50 46 6 16 2 0 2 10 0 0 3 4 .348 .388 .522 .909 135 24 0 1 1
21 Seasons 934 2517 2324 241 547 94 41 24 255 13 4 110 421 .235 .274 .342 .616 76 795 13 70
162 Game Avg. 162 437 403 42 95 16 7 4 44 2 19 73 .235 .274 .342 .616 76 138 2 12
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1907 19 WSH AL 37 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $1,050 1
1908 20 WSH AL 93 -3 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $2,700 1
1909 21 WSH AL 105 -10 0 0 0 0 4 3 -3 -0.5 -3 -0.4 -0.1 $3,500 1
1910 22 WSH AL 142 -8 0 0 0 0 6 5 3 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $4,500 1
1911 23 WSH AL 134 -7 1 0 0 0 8 5 7 0.6 7 0.7 -0.1 $7,000 1 MVP-5
1912 24 WSH AL 157 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 13 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $7,000 1 MVP-3
1913 25 WSH AL 141 1 0 0 0 0 8 5 14 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $7,000 1/O MVP-1
1914 26 WSH AL 151 -4 2 0 0 0 8 5 11 1.1 11 1.1 0.0 $10,000 1/O
1915 27 WSH AL 161 -3 -1 0 0 0 7 5 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $12,500 1/O
1916 28 WSH AL 158 -4 0 0 0 0 8 5 9 0.9 9 0.9 0.0 $16,000 1
1917 29 WSH AL 143 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 11 1.1 11 1.2 -0.1 $16,000 1
1918 30 WSH AL 166 1 -1 0 0 0 4 6 10 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $16,000 1/O
1919 31 WSH AL 141 -8 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $16,000 1/O
1920 32 WSH AL 69 -1 0 0 0 0 3 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $16,000 1
1921 33 WSH AL 119 -6 0 0 0 0 7 4 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1
1922 34 WSH AL 112 -12 0 0 0 0 9 4 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1 MVP-17
1923 35 WSH AL 103 -9 1 0 0 0 7 3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1 MVP-20
1924 36 WSH AL 119 -4 0 0 0 0 7 4 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ 1 MVP-1
1925 37 WSH AL 107 10 -1 0 0 0 7 3 19 1.9 19 1.9 0.0 $20,000 1
1926 38 WSH AL 109 -12 0 0 0 0 7 4 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $20,000 1
1927 39 WSH AL 50 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $20,000 1
21 Seasons 2517 -81 1 0 0 0 126 84 130 12.1 130 13.0 -0.9 $195,250
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1924 36 WSH AL WS NYG W 3 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222 1 1 0 0 0 0
1925 37 WSH AL WS PIT L 3 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 20 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 2 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 6 20 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 2 1 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1907 WSH AL 19 P 14 110.1 28 5 20 3 1 .893 2.04 1.79 .946 3.28 3.25
1908 WSH AL 20 P 36 256.1 64 4 56 4 3 .938 2.11 1.67 .946 3.20 3.19
1909 WSH AL 21 P 40 296.1 95 15 73 7 2 .926 2.67 2.20 .942 3.19 3.15
1910 WSH AL 22 P 45 370.0 119 23 90 6 3 .950 2.75 2.51 .942 3.29 3.28
1911 WSH AL 23 P 40 322.1 113 14 95 4 8 .965 3.04 2.73 .938 2.88 2.85 MVP-5
1912 WSH AL 24 P 50 369.0 112 15 93 4 4 .964 2.63 2.16 .940 2.96 2.90 MVP-3
1913 WSH AL 25 P 48 346.0 103 21 82 0 7 1.000 2.68 2.15 .938 3.01 2.98 MVP-1
1913 WSH AL 25 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 2.00 0-1-0 MVP-1
1914 WSH AL 26 P 51 371.2 137 30 102 5 6 .964 3.20 2.59 .936 2.96 2.93
1914 WSH AL 26 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1-0-0
1915 WSH AL 27 P 47 336.2 123 22 95 6 7 .951 3.13 2.49 .937 3.01 3.00
1915 WSH AL 27 OF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 .960 2.05 1-0-3
1916 WSH AL 28 P 48 369.2 95 17 72 6 2 .937 2.17 1.85 .945 2.95 2.96
1917 WSH AL 29 P 47 326.0 98 16 82 0 2 1.000 2.71 2.09 .947 3.04 3.05
1918 WSH AL 30 P 39 326.0 86 15 70 1 5 .988 2.35 2.18 .952 2.82 2.84
1918 WSH AL 30 OF 4 9 7 1 1 0 .889 2.00 .962 2.25 0-4-0
1919 WSH AL 31 P 39 290.1 86 16 69 1 6 .988 2.63 2.18 .948 2.83 2.83
1919 WSH AL 31 OF 3 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 .959 2.27
1919 WSH AL 31 CF 2 2 1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 .961 2.65
1919 WSH AL 31 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
1920 WSH AL 32 P 21 143.2 34 5 28 1 0 .971 2.07 1.57 .949 2.70 2.68
1921 WSH AL 33 P 35 264.0 56 4 51 1 2 .982 1.88 1.57 .956 2.70 2.68
1922 WSH AL 34 P 41 280.0 80 11 69 0 2 1.000 2.57 1.95 .963 2.60 2.59 MVP-17
1923 WSH AL 35 P 42 261.0 66 13 51 2 7 .970 2.21 1.52 .959 2.72 2.70 MVP-20
1924 WSH AL 36 P 38 277.2 62 9 53 0 2 1.000 2.01 1.63 .959 2.53 2.49 MVP-1
1925 WSH AL 37 P 30 229.0 42 5 37 0 2 1.000 1.65 1.40 .960 2.66 2.64
1926 WSH AL 38 P 33 260.2 50 11 38 1 1 .980 1.69 1.48 .957 2.66 2.63
1927 WSH AL 39 P 18 107.2 30 5 25 0 3 1.000 2.51 1.67 .959 2.62 2.59
21 Seasons P 802 5914.1 1679 276 1351 52 75 .969 2.48 2.03 .946 2.90 2.88
5 Seasons OF 13 18 16 1 1 0 .944 1.31 .960 2.15 2-7-4
1 Season (incomplete) CF 2 2 1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 .961 2.65
1 Season (incomplete) RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
21 Seasons TOT 815 5914.1 1697 292 1352 53 75 .969 2.48 2.02 .946 2.90 2.87 2-7-4
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA (83.6%)
Selected to HOF in 1936 by BBWAA

Awards (yr lg award)
1913 AL MVP
1913 AL Triple Crown
1918 AL Triple Crown
1924 AL MVP
1924 AL Triple Crown

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 AL (5, 30%)
1912 AL (3, 44%)
1913 AL (1, 84%)
1922 AL (17, 8%)
1923 AL (20, 2%)
1924 AL (1, 86%)
2 MVPs
2.54 Career Shares (50th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1910 AL  9.2 (7th)
1911 AL  7.8 (4th)
1912 AL  13.1 (1st)
1913 AL  13.8 (1st)
1914 AL  11.0 (2nd)
1915 AL  10.3 (2nd)
1916 AL  8.7 (2nd)
1917 AL  6.3 (9th)
1918 AL  9.7 (1st)
1919 AL  9.3 (2nd)
1924 AL  6.9 (2nd)
1925 AL  6.3 (3rd)
Career  139.8 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1908 AL  4.4 (6th)
1910 AL  9.1 (2nd)
1911 AL  7.2 (3rd)
1912 AL  11.8 (1st)
1913 AL  12.4 (1st)
1914 AL  9.9 (1st)
1915 AL  9.5 (1st)
1916 AL  7.8 (1st)
1917 AL  5.2 (5th)
1918 AL  8.7 (1st)
1919 AL  9.2 (1st)
1921 AL  4.1 (9th)
1922 AL  4.6 (7th)
1924 AL  6.2 (3rd)
1925 AL  4.4 (9th)
1926 AL  3.5 (6th)
Career  127.7 (3rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1908 AL  1.65 (5th)
1910 AL  1.36 (3rd)
1911 AL  1.90 (2nd)
1912 AL  1.39 (1st)
1913 AL  1.14 (1st)
1914 AL  1.72 (3rd)
1915 AL  1.55 (2nd)
1916 AL  1.90 (3rd)
1918 AL  1.27 (1st)
1919 AL  1.49 (1st)
1921 AL  3.51 (8th)
1922 AL  2.99 (6th)
1924 AL  2.72 (1st)
1925 AL  3.07 (4th)
Career  2.17 (12th)

Wins s c a p y
1910 AL  25 (3rd)
1911 AL  25 (3rd)
1912 AL  33 (2nd)
1913 AL  36 (1st)
1914 AL  28 (1st)
1915 AL  27 (1st)
1916 AL  25 (1st)
1917 AL  23 (3rd)
1918 AL  23 (1st)
1919 AL  20 (5th)
1923 AL  17 (9th)
1924 AL  23 (1st)
1925 AL  20 (3rd)
1926 AL  15 (8th)
Career  417 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1911 AL  .658 (8th)
1912 AL  .733 (3rd)
1913 AL  .837 (1st)
1915 AL  .675 (7th)
1918 AL  .639 (4th)
1924 AL  .767 (1st)
1925 AL  .741 (3rd)
Career  .599 (121st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1908 AL  0.964 (6th)
1910 AL  0.914 (3rd)
1911 AL  1.123 (4th)
1912 AL  0.908 (1st)
1913 AL  0.780 (1st)
1914 AL  0.971 (3rd)
1915 AL  0.933 (1st)
1916 AL  1.006 (2nd)
1917 AL  0.969 (2nd)
1918 AL  0.954 (1st)
1919 AL  0.985 (1st)
1921 AL  1.352 (9th)
1923 AL  1.287 (7th)
1924 AL  1.116 (1st)
1925 AL  1.288 (5th)
1926 AL  1.274 (3rd)
Career  1.061 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1908 AL  6.811 (4th)
1910 AL  6.373 (4th)
1911 AL  8.153 (8th)
1912 AL  6.317 (1st)
1913 AL  6.035 (1st)
1914 AL  6.950 (4th)
1915 AL  6.897 (4th)
1916 AL  7.060 (6th)
1917 AL  6.847 (4th)
1918 AL  6.653 (2nd)
1919 AL  7.285 (1st)
1921 AL  9.034 (5th)
1922 AL  9.096 (9th)
1924 AL  7.552 (1st)
1925 AL  8.528 (2nd)
1926 AL  8.943 (8th)
Career  7.476 (34th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1908 AL  1.861 (10th)
1910 AL  1.849 (5th)
1911 AL  1.955 (6th)
1912 AL  1.854 (2nd)
1913 AL  0.988 (1st)
1914 AL  1.792 (3rd)
1915 AL  1.497 (1st)
1916 AL  1.996 (5th)
1917 AL  1.877 (4th)
1918 AL  1.933 (5th)
1919 AL  1.581 (2nd)
1923 AL  2.517 (10th)
1924 AL  2.496 (8th)
1926 AL  2.521 (7th)
Career  2.074 (113th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1908 AL  5.618 (3rd)
1909 AL  4.981 (6th)
1910 AL  7.614 (1st)
1911 AL  5.780 (4th)
1912 AL  7.390 (1st)
1913 AL  6.321 (1st)
1914 AL  5.448 (4th)
1915 AL  5.427 (4th)
1916 AL  5.551 (1st)
1917 AL  5.190 (1st)
1918 AL  4.472 (3rd)
1919 AL  4.557 (3rd)
1921 AL  4.875 (1st)
1922 AL  3.375 (7th)
1923 AL  4.483 (2nd)
1924 AL  5.121 (1st)
1925 AL  4.245 (2nd)
1926 AL  4.316 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1909 AL  40 (5th)
1910 AL  45 (1st)
1911 AL  40 (5th)
1912 AL  50 (2nd)
1913 AL  48 (2nd)
1914 AL  51 (1st)
1915 AL  47 (5th)
1916 AL  48 (5th)
1917 AL  47 (5th)
1918 AL  39 (6th)
1919 AL  39 (9th)
1922 AL  41 (10th)
Career  802 (44th)

Saves s c a p y
1908 AL  1 (10th)
1909 AL  1 (9th)
1910 AL  1 (9th)
1912 AL  2 (6th)
1915 AL  4 (2nd)
1917 AL  3 (9th)
1918 AL  3 (5th)
1919 AL  2 (7th)
1920 AL  3 (4th)
1922 AL  4 (4th)
1923 AL  4 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1909 AL  296.3 (3rd)
1910 AL  370.0 (1st)
1911 AL  322.3 (3rd)
1912 AL  369.0 (2nd)
1913 AL  346.0 (1st)
1914 AL  371.7 (1st)
1915 AL  336.7 (1st)
1916 AL  369.7 (1st)
1917 AL  326.0 (3rd)
1918 AL  326.0 (2nd)
1919 AL  290.3 (4th)
1922 AL  280.0 (6th)
1923 AL  261.0 (8th)
1924 AL  277.7 (6th)
1926 AL  260.7 (4th)
Career  5,914.3 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1908 AL  160 (5th)
1909 AL  164 (2nd)
1910 AL  313 (1st)
1911 AL  207 (3rd)
1912 AL  303 (1st)
1913 AL  243 (1st)
1914 AL  225 (1st)
1915 AL  203 (1st)
1916 AL  228 (1st)
1917 AL  188 (1st)
1918 AL  162 (1st)
1919 AL  147 (1st)
1921 AL  143 (1st)
1922 AL  105 (5th)
1923 AL  130 (1st)
1924 AL  158 (1st)
1925 AL  108 (2nd)
1926 AL  125 (4th)
Career  3,509 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1909 AL  36 (2nd)
1910 AL  42 (1st)
1911 AL  37 (2nd)
1912 AL  37 (4th)
1913 AL  36 (2nd)
1914 AL  40 (1st)
1915 AL  39 (1st)
1916 AL  38 (3rd)
1917 AL  34 (7th)
1918 AL  29 (9th)
1921 AL  32 (9th)
1923 AL  34 (8th)
1924 AL  38 (1st)
1926 AL  33 (4th)
Career  666 (13th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1909 AL  27 (4th)
1910 AL  38 (1st)
1911 AL  36 (1st)
1912 AL  34 (2nd)
1913 AL  29 (1st)
1914 AL  33 (1st)
1915 AL  35 (1st)
1916 AL  36 (1st)
1917 AL  30 (2nd)
1918 AL  29 (3rd)
1919 AL  27 (2nd)
1921 AL  25 (5th)
1922 AL  23 (3rd)
1923 AL  18 (10th)
1924 AL  20 (6th)
1925 AL  16 (8th)
1926 AL  22 (3rd)
Career  531 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1908 AL  6 (3rd)
1909 AL  4 (9th)
1910 AL  8 (2nd)
1911 AL  6 (1st)
1912 AL  7 (2nd)
1913 AL  11 (1st)
1914 AL  9 (1st)
1915 AL  7 (1st)
1916 AL  3 (7th)
1917 AL  8 (2nd)
1918 AL  8 (1st)
1919 AL  7 (1st)
1920 AL  4 (4th)
1922 AL  4 (2nd)
1923 AL  3 (4th)
1924 AL  6 (1st)
1925 AL  3 (4th)
Career  110 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1911 AL  8 (2nd)
1913 AL  9 (1st)
1917 AL  3 (9th)
1924 AL  10 (7th)
1926 AL  13 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1909 AL  84 (4th)
1910 AL  76 (10th)
1921 AL  92 (5th)
1922 AL  99 (3rd)
1924 AL  77 (10th)
Career  1,363 (24th)

Hits s c a p y
1909 AL  247 (4th)
1910 AL  262 (1st)
1911 AL  292 (3rd)
1912 AL  259 (8th)
1914 AL  287 (1st)
1915 AL  258 (5th)
1916 AL  290 (1st)
1917 AL  248 (5th)
1918 AL  241 (6th)
1922 AL  283 (10th)
1926 AL  259 (8th)
Career  4,913 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1908 AL  3.019 (5th)
1910 AL  4.118 (2nd)
1911 AL  2.957 (3rd)
1912 AL  3.987 (1st)
1913 AL  6.395 (1st)
1914 AL  3.041 (1st)
1915 AL  3.625 (1st)
1916 AL  2.781 (1st)
1917 AL  2.765 (1st)
1918 AL  2.314 (2nd)
1919 AL  2.882 (1st)
1921 AL  1.554 (2nd)
1923 AL  1.781 (3rd)
1924 AL  2.052 (1st)
1925 AL  1.385 (1st)
1926 AL  1.712 (3rd)
Career  2.575 (78th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1908 AL  0.000 (1st)
1909 AL  0.030 (7th)
1910 AL  0.024 (4th)
1912 AL  0.049 (5th)
1914 AL  0.073 (6th)
1915 AL  0.027 (2nd)
1916 AL  0.000 (1st)
1919 AL  0.000 (1st)
1921 AL  0.239 (8th)
1922 AL  0.257 (6th)
1925 AL  0.275 (7th)
Career  0.148 (94th)

Losses s c a p y
1909 AL  25 (2nd)
1910 AL  17 (5th)
1914 AL  18 (2nd)
1916 AL  20 (3rd)
1917 AL  16 (6th)
1918 AL  13 (8th)
1919 AL  14 (9th)
1922 AL  16 (7th)
1926 AL  16 (3rd)
Career  279 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1909 AL  73 (7th)
1916 AL  78 (9th)
1917 AL  80 (5th)
1926 AL  105 (3rd)
Career  1,424 (55th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1908 AL  13 (2nd)
1909 AL  12 (2nd)
1910 AL  21 (1st)
1911 AL  17 (1st)
1912 AL  11 (2nd)
1914 AL  14 (1st)
1915 AL  7 (7th)
1916 AL  9 (3rd)
1917 AL  7 (5th)
1918 AL  8 (3rd)
1921 AL  7 (2nd)
1924 AL  4 (9th)
Career  154 (32nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1908 AL  11 (7th)
1909 AL  15 (4th)
1910 AL  13 (6th)
1912 AL  16 (2nd)
1913 AL  9 (10th)
1914 AL  11 (4th)
1915 AL  19 (2nd)
1916 AL  9 (5th)
1917 AL  14 (1st)
1918 AL  8 (5th)
1923 AL  20 (1st)
1924 AL  10 (5th)
1925 AL  7 (8th)
1927 AL  7 (10th)
Career  205 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1909 AL  1,219 (2nd)
1910 AL  1,367 (1st)
1911 AL  1,306 (3rd)
1912 AL  1,413 (2nd)
1913 AL  1,271 (1st)
1914 AL  1,406 (1st)
1915 AL  1,280 (1st)
1916 AL  1,410 (1st)
1917 AL  1,255 (4th)
1918 AL  1,261 (2nd)
1919 AL  1,131 (6th)
1922 AL  1,195 (7th)
1923 AL  1,096 (9th)
1924 AL  1,148 (6th)
1926 AL  1,101 (5th)
Career  23,405 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1912 AL  13 (4th)
1918 AL  10 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1908 AL  139 (5th)
1910 AL  183 (2nd)
1911 AL  173 (2nd)
1912 AL  243 (1st)
1913 AL  259 (1st)
1914 AL  164 (2nd)
1915 AL  191 (1st)
1916 AL  147 (3rd)
1918 AL  214 (1st)
1919 AL  215 (1st)
1921 AL  117 (9th)
1922 AL  130 (6th)
1924 AL  149 (1st)
1925 AL  139 (4th)
Career  147 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1908 AL  17 (5th)
1910 AL  43 (3rd)
1911 AL  41 (3rd)
1912 AL  76 (1st)
1913 AL  71 (1st)
1914 AL  47 (1st)
1915 AL  51 (1st)
1916 AL  36 (2nd)
1917 AL  17 (7th)
1918 AL  49 (1st)
1919 AL  51 (1st)
1921 AL  19 (9th)
1922 AL  26 (6th)
1924 AL  44 (2nd)
1925 AL  31 (4th)
Career  651 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1908 AL  2.0 (5th)
1910 AL  5.2 (3rd)
1911 AL  4.3 (3rd)
1912 AL  8.4 (1st)
1913 AL  8.3 (1st)
1914 AL  5.5 (1st)
1915 AL  5.8 (1st)
1916 AL  4.2 (2nd)
1917 AL  2.0 (7th)
1918 AL  6.1 (1st)
1919 AL  5.8 (1st)
1921 AL  1.8 (9th)
1922 AL  2.7 (6th)
1924 AL  4.5 (2nd)
1925 AL  3.0 (4th)
Career  72.8 (3rd)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1909 AL  40 (5th)
1910 AL  45 (1st)
1911 AL  40 (5th)
1912 AL  50 (2nd)
1913 AL  48 (2nd)
1914 AL  51 (1st)
1915 AL  47 (5th)
1916 AL  48 (5th)
1917 AL  47 (5th)
Career  802 (44th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1909 AL  15 (4th)
1910 AL  23 (2nd)
1912 AL  15 (4th)
1913 AL  21 (1st)
1914 AL  30 (1st)
1915 AL  22 (1st)
1918 AL  15 (5th)
1919 AL  16 (5th)
Career  276 (25th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1911 AL  95 (2nd)
1912 AL  93 (4th)
1914 AL  102 (5th)
1915 AL  95 (4th)
Career  1,351 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1916 AL  6 (3rd)
Career  52 (98th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1911 AL  2.73 (4th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1913 AL  1.000 (1st)
1917 AL  1.000 (1st)
1918 AL  .988 (3rd)
1919 AL  .988 (2nd)
1922 AL  1.000 (1st)
1924 AL  1.000 (1st)
1925 AL  1.000 (1st)
Career  .969 (87th)

Oldest s c a p y
1924 AL  born 1887-11-06 (8th)
1925 AL  born 1887-11-06 (10th)
1926 AL  born 1887-11-06 (6th)
1927 AL  born 1887-11-06 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1907 AL  born 1887-11-06 (4th)
1908 AL  born 1887-11-06 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 150 (1), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 420 (2), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 364 (1), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2891), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 82 (2), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Christy Mathewson (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  8. Christy Mathewson (912) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Christy Mathewson (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Christy Mathewson (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Christy Mathewson (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  15. Tim Keefe (867) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Tim Keefe (856) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Tim Keefe (863) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Tim Keefe (846) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Cy Young (787) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Cy Young (793) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Cy Young (797) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  8. John Clarkson (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
190719Washington Senators$1,050Celler Committee transcript 1393$450/month; joined club in July
190820Washington Senators$2,700Celler Committee transcript 1393
190921Washington Senators$3,500Celler Committee transcript 1393
191022Washington Senators$4,500Celler Committee transcript 1393
191123Washington Senators$7,000Celler Committee transcript 1393L. Lowenfish, The Imperfect Diamond, says $6,500
191224Washington Senators$7,000Celler Committee transcript 1393
191325Washington Senators$7,000Celler Committee transcript 1393
191426Washington Senators$10,000Celler Committee transcript 1393
191527Washington Senators$12,500Celler Committee transcript 1393
191628Washington Senators$16,000H. Thomas, Walter Johnson, p. 136
191729Washington Senators$16,000H. Thomas, Walter Johnson, p. 136
191830Washington Senators$16,000H. Thomas, Walter Johnson, p. 136
191931Washington Senators$16,000H. Thomas, Walter Johnson, p. 136
192032Washington Senators$16,000H. Thomas, Walter Johnson, p. 136
192537Washington Senators$20,000Contract at HOF
192638Washington Senators$20,000Contract at HOF
192739Washington Senators$20,000H. Thomas, Walter Johnson, p. 291
Career to date (may be incomplete)$195,250
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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