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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, 2,950th in major league history)
vs. DET 8.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, 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

164.8

417

279

ERA

2.17

802

666

5914.1

3509

WHIP

1.061

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1972 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1973 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Summary of 97 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 2 walk-off, 5 tying, 19 go ahead, 50 lacking some details

1 Tm
WSH	97

Platoon
vs LHB	64
vs RHB	33

Home/Road
Away	57
Home	40

Outs
Unk	34
0	28
2	20
1	15

7 Opps
NYY	23
PHA	22
CHW	13
SLB	12
DET	11
CLE	10
BOS	6

59 Batters
Babe Ruth	10
Joe Hauser	5
Home Run Baker	5
Al Simmons	4
Lou Gehrig	4
Ken Williams	3
Wally Pipp	2
Bob Meusel	2
Harry Lord	2
Glenn Myatt	2
Jack Tobin	2
Sam Crawford	2
Jack Fournier	2
Jimmy Dykes	2
Tris Speaker	2
George Sisler	2
Harry Hooper	2
Shoeless Joe Jackson	2
Eddie Collins	2
Bing Miller	1
Harry Heilmann	1
Doc Johnston	1
Everett Scott	1
Ed Lafitte	1
Ray Schalk	1
Bill Barrett	1
Heinie Manush	1
Steve O'Neill	1
Luke Stuart	1
Fred Hofmann	1
Herschel Bennett	1
Roy Carlyle	1
Topper Rigney	1
John Knight	1
Buck Weaver	1
Baby Doll Jacobson	1
Ray Demmitt	1
Tony Lazzeri	1
Bibb Falk	1
George Burns	1
Pat Collins	1
Ty Cobb	1
Earl Sheely	1
Joe Lake	1
Slim Harriss	1
Fred Schulte	1
Johnny Mostil	1
Ted Easterly	1
Marty McManus	1
Earle Combs	1
Buddy Myer	1
Happy Felsch	1
Mickey Cochrane	1
Cy Perkins	1
Phil Todt	1
Ping Bodie	1
Bill Lamar	1
Marty Kavanagh	1
Jack Graney	1

11 Parks
GriffithStad	39
Shibe Pk	15
Polo Grounds	8
Sprtsmn3/Busch	8
League Pk II	7
Yankee Stad	6
Comiskey Pk	5
Tiger Stad	5
Bennett Pk	2
AmerLg Pk2	1
Hilltop Pk	1

Where Hit
9	21
7	13
89	3
8	2

21 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	75
2·HR gms	11

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	26
1--	5
-2-	4
--3	3
1-3	2
123	1
12-	1
-23	1

151 Runs
RISP	12
0 on	26
1 on	12
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	17

Inning
1	12
2	7
3	7
4	15
5	10
6	15
7	7
8	15
9	6
Extra	3

1-3	26
4-6	40
7-end	31

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	1
+2	2
+1	3
Tied	14
-1	5
-2	7
-3	2
-4..	10
Unk	50

Ahead	9
Tied	14
Behind	24
Unk	50

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	21
RF	19
CF	16
LF	8
2B	7
C	7
3B	7
SS	6
PH	3
P	3

OrderPos
3rd	21
4th	18
Unk	17
5th	13
8th	6
6th	6
2nd	5
7th	4
1st	4
9th	3

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	17
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1907	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1907-08-02 (1)	Sam Crawford	DET	@	WSH		t 8	2		1	3	8			IPHR
1909	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1909-06-29 (1)	Ray Demmitt	NYY		WSH	behind 0-1	b 7			1	5	9
1910	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1910-07-30	Eddie Collins	PHA		WSH		b 8			3	3	4			IPHR
1911	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1911-04-28	Home Run Baker	PHA		WSH		b 2	0		1	4	5
5	5	2	1	1911-05-06	Eddie Collins	PHA	@	WSH		t 8	0		1	3	4			IPHR
6	6	3	1	1911-07-01	Home Run Baker	PHA	@	WSH		t 6	0		2	4	5			IPHR
7	7	4	1	1911-07-09	Sam Crawford	DET		WSH		b 8	2		2	4	8			IPHR
8	8	5	1	1911-08-25 (1)	Ed Lafitte	DET		WSH		b 6			1	9	1
9	9	6	1	1911-08-29	Ted Easterly	CLE		WSH		b 9			1		PH
10	10	7	1	1911-09-07	John Knight	NYY	@	WSH		t 2			2	7	6
11	11	8	1	1911-09-23	Shoeless Joe Jackson	CLE	@	WSH		t 6	0		2	3	9
1912	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1912-05-08	Harry Lord	CHW	@	WSH		t 1	0		2	2	5
13	13	2	2	1912-05-08	Ping Bodie	CHW	@	WSH		t 5			2	4	8
1913	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1913-05-30 (2)	Harry Hooper	BOS	@	WSH		t 1	0		1	1	9			Lead-Off
15	15	2	1	1913-06-02 (2)	Home Run Baker	PHA	@	WSH		t 4			1	4	5
16	16	3	1	1913-06-14	Ray Schalk	CHW	@	WSH		t 5			1	8	2			IPHR
17	17	4	2	1913-06-14	Buck Weaver	CHW	@	WSH		t 7	1		1	7	6
18	18	5	1	1913-06-18	Doc Johnston	CLE	@	WSH		t 1	0		1	1	3			Lead-Off
19	19	6	1	1913-06-25	Home Run Baker	PHA	@	WSH		t 3	2		3	4	5
20	20	7	1	1913-07-13	Shoeless Joe Jackson	CLE		WSH		b 4			2		9			IPHR
21	21	8	1	1913-07-21	Harry Lord	CHW		WSH		b 4	0		1	3	5			IPHR
22	22	9	1	1913-08-15	Joe Lake	DET		WSH		b 3			1		1
1914	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1914-06-18	Marty Kavanagh	DET		WSH		b 4			1	6	4			IPHR
24	24	2	1	1914-08-31	Jack Fournier	CHW	@	WSH		t 8			1	4	3			IPHR
25	25	3	2	1914-08-31	Jack Fournier	CHW	@	WSH		t 10			1	4	3			IPHR
1915	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1915-08-10	George Burns	DET	@	WSH	ahead 2-0	t 1	2		2	6	3			IPHR
1917	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1917-07-05 (2)	Home Run Baker	NYY		WSH	tied 4-4	b 13	1		1	5	5			Walk-Off,IPHR
28	28	2	1	1917-07-29	Jack Graney	CLE		WSH	behind 0-7	b 5	2	---	1	1	7	1%	2%		Home Run
29	29	3	1	1917-09-22	Ty Cobb	DET	@	WSH		t 3	2		3	3	8			IPHR
1918	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1918-05-07	Babe Ruth	BOS	@	WSH		t 6			2	4	3
31	31	2	1	1918-06-30	Babe Ruth	BOS	@	WSH		t 10	2		2	3	8
1920	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1920-05-26	Steve O'Neill	CLE	@	WSH	behind 5-7	t 6	0	---	1	8	2	12%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
33	33	2	1	1920-05-31 (2)	Babe Ruth	NYY		WSH		b 8			2	4	9
34	34	3	1	1920-06-08	George Sisler	SLB		WSH	behind 1-2	b 6	0	---	1	3	3	17%	58%		Home Run (CF-RF)
35	35	4	2	1920-06-08	Ken Williams	SLB		WSH	behind 2-5	b 9	0	---	1	5	8	5%	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	5	1	1920-06-12	Happy Felsch	CHW		WSH	behind 4-5	b 6	1	1--	2	5	8	31%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); Jackson Scores
1921	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1921-04-25	Babe Ruth	NYY		WSH	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	9%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	2	1	1921-05-07	Bob Meusel	NYY	@	WSH	behind 0-2	t 3	2		2	5	9			Cycle
39	39	3	2	1921-05-07	Babe Ruth	NYY	@	WSH		t 8			1		7
40	40	4	1	1921-06-25	Babe Ruth	NYY		WSH	behind 1-6	b 5	2	-2-	2	3	7	9%	17%		Home Run (Deep RF); Fewster Scores
41	41	5	1	1921-08-08	Luke Stuart	SLB	@	WSH	behind 3-16	t 9	0	1--	2	8	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); Gerber Scores
42	42	6	1	1921-08-18	Baby Doll Jacobson	SLB		WSH	behind 0-6	b 5	0	---	1	5	8	4%	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	7	1	1921-10-02	Jimmy Dykes	PHA	@	WSH		t 6			1		4			IPHR
1922	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1922-05-24	Bob Meusel	NYY		WSH	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	9	10%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	2	1	1922-08-06	Jack Tobin	SLB		WSH		b 3			4	2	9
46	46	3	1	1922-08-29	Wally Pipp	NYY		WSH	tied 1-1	b 3	0	---	1	4	3	11%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	4	2	1922-08-29	Babe Ruth	NYY		WSH	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	---	1	3	9	11%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	5	1	1922-09-08	Wally Pipp	NYY		WSH	ahead 5-1	b 6	2	12-	3	4	3	4%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); Dugan Scores; Ruth Scores
49	49	6	1	1922-09-19	Ken Williams	SLB		WSH	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	3	7	12%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	7	2	1922-09-19	Pat Collins	SLB		WSH	tied 1-1	b 7	2	---	1	7	3	22%	75%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
51	51	8	1	1922-09-23	Johnny Mostil	CHW		WSH	ahead 5-2	b 5	2	-2-	2	5	8	8%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); Sheely Scores/unER; Mostil Scores/unER
1923	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1923-04-18	Jimmy Dykes	PHA		WSH		b 2			2	8	4
53	53	2	1	1923-04-22	Everett Scott	NYY		WSH	behind 1-4	b 8	0	---	1	8	6	8%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
54	54	3	1	1923-05-30 (1)	Babe Ruth	NYY	@	WSH	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
55	55	4	1	1923-06-02 (2)	Joe Hauser	PHA	@	WSH		t 6			1		3
56	56	5	1	1923-06-12	Jack Tobin	SLB	@	WSH	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	9	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
57	57	6	1	1923-06-15	Bibb Falk	CHW	@	WSH	behind 3-7	t 7	1	1-3	3	9	PH	16%	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Kamm Scores; Schalk Scores
58	58	7	1	1923-06-22	Cy Perkins	PHA		WSH		b 6			1		2
59	59	8	1	1923-07-04 (2)	Fred Hofmann	NYY		WSH		b 2			1		2
60	60	9	1	1923-08-13 (2)	Earl Sheely	CHW	@	WSH		t 8			2		3			IPHR
1924	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1924-04-20	Babe Ruth	NYY	@	WSH		t 8			1		9
62	62	2	1	1924-04-25	Al Simmons	PHA		WSH	behind 1-3	b 6	0	1-3	3	5	7	26%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); Strand Scores/unER; Hauser Scores
63	63	3	1	1924-06-02	Joe Hauser	PHA		WSH	behind 2-7	b 8	1	---	1	4	3	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
64	64	4	1	1924-06-16	Harry Hooper	CHW		WSH	behind 1-3	b 7	1	123	4	3	9	46%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Crouse Scores; Thurston Scores; Archdeacon Scores
65	65	5	1	1924-06-21	Joe Hauser	PHA		WSH		b 1			2		3
66	66	6	2	1924-06-21	Al Simmons	PHA		WSH		b 4			1	5	7
67	67	7	1	1924-07-20	George Sisler	SLB	@	WSH		t 1			1		3			IPHR
68	68	8	1	1924-09-08	Joe Hauser	PHA		WSH	behind 2-8	b 6	0	---	1	4	3	3%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
69	69	9	2	1924-09-08	Bing Miller	PHA		WSH	behind 3-8	b 8	1	---	1	3	9	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
70	70	10	1	1924-09-13	Topper Rigney	DET		WSH		b 7			1		6
1925	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1925-04-18	Bill Lamar	PHA		WSH	ahead 1-0	b 8	1	--3	2	3	7	7%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Bishop Scores
72	72	2	1	1925-05-06	Phil Todt	BOS	@	WSH		t 9			2	5	3
73	73	3	1	1925-05-16	Glenn Myatt	CLE		WSH	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	1	5	2	13%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
74	74	4	1	1925-05-27	Mickey Cochrane	PHA		WSH	ahead 3-2	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	10%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
75	75	5	1	1925-05-28 (2)	Slim Harriss	PHA		WSH	behind 0-1	b 2	2	1--	2	9	1	18%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Cochrane Scores
76	76	6	1	1925-06-26	Al Simmons	PHA		WSH	tied 1-1	b 3	2	--3	2	4	8	17%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Dykes Scores
77	77	7	1	1925-09-11	Roy Carlyle	BOS	@	WSH		t 6	1		1	3	9
1926	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
78	78	1	1	1926-04-20	Babe Ruth	NYY	@	WSH	tied 0-0	t 1	2	--3	2	4	9	17%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); Combs Scores
79	79	2	1	1926-04-23	Joe Hauser	PHA		WSH	behind 4-9	b 5	1	---	1	4	3	4%	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
80	80	3	1	1926-05-23	Al Simmons	PHA	@	WSH	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	8	12%	62%		Home Run (Deep CF)
81	81	4	1	1926-06-02 (2)	Earle Combs	NYY		WSH	ahead 4-2	b 5	0	---	1	2	8	7%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
82	82	5	1	1926-06-20	Ken Williams	SLB		WSH		b 7			3		PH
83	83	6	1	1926-07-01 (1)	Lou Gehrig	NYY		WSH	behind 1-2	b 6	1	---	1	3	3	18%	54%		Home Run (CF-RF)
84	84	7	1	1926-07-21 (2)	Heinie Manush	DET	@	WSH		t 4			3	2	8
85	85	8	1	1926-08-09	Tris Speaker	CLE		WSH	behind 0-2	b 4	0	-23	3	3	8	19%	68%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Line Drive); Jamieson Scores; Spurgeon Scores
86	86	9	1	1926-08-13	Lou Gehrig	NYY	@	WSH		t 4	0		1		3			IPHR
87	87	10	2	1926-08-13	Lou Gehrig	NYY	@	WSH		t 5	0		2		3
88	88	11	1	1926-08-30	Tony Lazzeri	NYY		WSH	behind 1-10	b 8	2	-2-	2	6	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); Meusel Scores
89	89	12	1	1926-09-11 (1)	Tris Speaker	CLE		WSH	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	8	15%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); Jamieson Scores
90	90	13	1	1926-09-25 (1)	Bill Barrett	CHW		WSH	tied 1-1	b 9	0	---	1	3	9	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1927	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
91	91	1	1	1927-06-04	Fred Schulte	SLB	@	WSH	ahead 4-0	t 4	0	---	1	6	8	5%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
92	92	2	1	1927-06-26	Buddy Myer	BOS	@	WSH		t 2			1	6	6			IPHR
93	93	3	1	1927-07-04 (1)	Lou Gehrig	NYY		WSH	ahead 10-1	b 8	1	1--	2	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run; Ruth Scores
94	94	4	1	1927-07-09 (2)	Glenn Myatt	CLE		WSH	behind 1-3	b 9	2	---	1	6	2	4%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
95	95	5	1	1927-07-22 (1)	Herschel Bennett	SLB		WSH	behind 0-2	b 1	0	1--	2	2	9	15%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O'Rourke Scores
96	96	6	1	1927-08-22 (2)	Harry Heilmann	DET		WSH		b 4			1		9
97	97	7	2	1927-08-22 (2)	Marty McManus	DET		WSH		b 4			2	7	6

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