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, 2,940th in MLB history)

Last Game: September 30, 1927 (Age 39-328d)

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

165.6

W

417

L

279

ERA

2.17

G

802

GS

666

SV

IP

5914.1

SO

3509

WHIP

1.061

Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-29 / in Starts: 19-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	52 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games

RBI Opportunities

1917 Batting Gamelog

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1917 Batting Gamelog
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	Pos
1	466	1	Apr 11	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	P
2	467	4 (2)	Apr 17	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	P
3	468	6 (1)	Apr 19	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	0-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	P
4	469	8 (1)	Apr 21	WSH		PHA	W,11-6	GS-0	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.100	.100	.300	.400	9	P
5	470	12 (3)	Apr 28	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.083	.154	.250	.404	9	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	Pos
6	471	15 (2)	May 2	WSH		NYY	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.071	.188	.214	.402	9	P
7	472	17 (1)	May 7	WSH		BOS	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.059	.158	.176	.334	9	P
8	473	20 (2)	May 10	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.111	.200	.222	.422	7	PH
9	474	21	May 11	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.136	.208	.273	.481	9	P
10	475	23 (1)	May 13	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.130	.200	.261	.461	9	PH
11	476	25 (1)	May 15	WSH	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.154	.241	.269	.511	9	P
12	477	29 (3)	May 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-6	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.172	.250	.276	.526	9	P
13	478	35 (5)	May 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.219	.286	.344	.629	9	P
14	479	39 (3)	May 30 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.219	.286	.344	.629	9	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	Pos
15	480	40	Jun 1	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.263	.314	.577	9	P
16	481	43 (2)	Jun 5	WSH		SLB	L,2-6	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.200	.282	.314	.596	9	P
17	482	45 (1)	Jun 7	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.189	.268	.297	.566	9	P
18	483	47 (1)	Jun 9	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.184	.262	.289	.551	8	PH
19	484	48	Jun 12	WSH		CLE	T,2-2	0-GF(16)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.175	.267	.275	.542	9	P
20	485	51 (2)	Jun 15	WSH		DET	L,3-4	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.167	.271	.262	.533	9	P
21	486	54 (2)	Jun 19	WSH		DET	W,3-0	CG	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				0		.186	.314	.279	.593	9	P
22	487	59 (4)	Jun 23 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.174	.309	.261	.570	8	P
23	488	61 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.170	.304	.255	.559	9	PH
24	489	62	Jun 26	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.188	.316	.271	.587	9	P
25	490	64 (1)	Jun 28	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.173	.295	.250	.545	9	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	Pos
26	491	69 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-4	0-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.185	.302	.259	.561	9	P
27	492	72 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	0-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.182	.297	.255	.551	9	P
28	493	73	Jul 8	WSH	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	1	0				0		.203	.319	.271	.590	9	P
29	494	78 (4)	Jul 12	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-7	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.200	.324	.267	.591	9	P
30	495	81 (2)	Jul 15	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.197	.319	.262	.582	9	P
31	496	83 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.316	.262	.577	9	P
32	497	85 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.197	.312	.258	.569	9	PH
33	498	86	Jul 19	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.309	.271	.580	9	P
34	499	91 (4)	Jul 24	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.192	.298	.260	.558	9	P
35	500	97 (5)	Jul 29	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	5	5	2	3	3	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.218	.315	.321	.635	9	P
36	501	98	Jul 30	WSH		DET	L,4-16	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.215	.311	.316	.628	9	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	Pos
37	502	100 (1)	Aug 1	WSH		DET	W,5-4	0-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.215	.311	.316	.628	9	P
38	503	101	Aug 2	WSH		DET	W,4-2	0-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.222	.315	.321	.636	9	P
39	504	102	Aug 3	WSH		SLB	L,4-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.220	.312	.317	.629	6	PH
40	505	104 (1)	Aug 6	WSH		SLB	W,1-0	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.209	.299	.302	.601	9	P
41	506	108 (3)	Aug 10	WSH		CHW	W,4-0	CG	3	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.236	.320	.348	.668	9	P
42	507	112 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.226	.308	.333	.641	9	P
43	508	114 (1)	Aug 18	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.247	.324	.361	.685	9	P
44	509	115	Aug 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.247	.330	.361	.691	9	PH
45	510	116	Aug 22 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-1	0-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.242	.324	.354	.678	9	P
46	511	119 (2)	Aug 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.235	.316	.343	.659	9	P
47	512	121 (1)	Aug 27	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-9	0-GF	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.229	.308	.333	.641	9	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	Pos
48	513	125 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-9	GS-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.236	.314	.340	.653	9	P
49	514	128 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.245	.320	.345	.665	9	P
50	515	134 (5)	Sep 11	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				0		.263	.333	.377	.711	9	P
51	516	139 (4)	Sep 15 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,4-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.259	.328	.371	.699	9	P
52	517	141 (1)	Sep 19	WSH		SLB	W,6-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.261	.328	.370	.698	9	P
53	518	142	Sep 20	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.258	.326	.367	.692	9	PH
54	519	144 (1)	Sep 22	WSH		DET	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.252	.319	.358	.676	9	P
55	520	147 (2)	Sep 25	WSH		CHW	L,5-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.250	.316	.355	.671	1	PH
56	521	148	Sep 26	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	0-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.254	.319	.357	.676	9	P
57	522	156 (7)	Oct 3	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	0		0	0	0				0		.254	.317	.362	.678	9	P
							27-29		144	130	14	33	12	1	0	13	10		30	2	2		0		1		.254	.317	.362	.678

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