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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-34 / in Starts: 20-11
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	51 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 167 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	37 (15-15-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 167 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	103 (49-34-19)

Most Driven In
D Lavan	2
R Morgan	2
H Shanks	2
C Milan	1
E Ainsmith	1
F Schulte	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
J Judge	2
H Shanks	1
Self	1
B Shotton	0
E Foster	0

1918 Batting Game Log

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1918 Batting Game Log
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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	524	1	Apr 15	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0		.000	.500	.000	.500	9	2.27	-0.020	7.05	-0.04%	-0.12	P
2	525	3 (1)	Apr 17	WSH		NYY	L,7-8	0-GF(12)	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.667	.750	.667	1.417	9						P
3	526	5 (1)	Apr 22	WSH		PHA	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.333	.429	.333	.762	9						P
4	527	7 (1)	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.375	.286	.661	9	2.86	-0.062	6.18	-0.08%	-0.55	PH
5	528	9 (1)	Apr 26	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.182	.250	.182	.432	9	.07	-0.007	.16	-0.01%	-0.61	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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	529	12 (2)	May 1	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.250	.333	.583	9						P
7	530	13	May 2	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-8	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.188	.235	.313	.548	9						PH
8	531	14	May 3	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.235	.278	.412	.690	5	1.15	0.075	2.33	0.09%	1.11	PH
9	532	15	May 4	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-1	6-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.211	.250	.368	.618	9	1.44	-0.067	2.57	-0.07%	-0.25	P
10	533	17 (1)	May 7	WSH		BOS	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	1		0	0	0				0		.318	.375	.455	.830	9						P
11	534	19 (1)	May 9	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	0-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.318	.375	.455	.830	9						PH P
12	535	21 (1)	May 11	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.360	.407	.560	.967	9						P
13	536	22	May 14	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.346	.393	.538	.931	9						PH
14	537	23	May 15	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG(18)	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.303	.343	.455	.797	9						P
15	538	33 (9)	May 25	WSH		DET	L,0-1	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.294	.333	.441	.775	9						PH
16	539	34	May 26	WSH		DET	W,4-0	CG	3	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.333	.385	.528	.912	9						P
17	540	36 (1)	May 28	WSH		DET	L,2-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.324	.375	.514	.889	9						PH
18	541	38 (1)	May 29 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.300	.349	.475	.824	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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	542	42 (3)	Jun 2	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.295	.340	.455	.795	9	1.74	-0.151	1.64	-0.09%	-0.60	P
20	543	43	Jun 3	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.289	.333	.444	.778	9	.56	-0.015	.49	-0.01%	-0.21	P
21	544	45 (1)	Jun 5	WSH	@	DET	W,5-4	0-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.277	.320	.426	.746	9						P
22	545	49 (3)	Jun 9	WSH	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.265	.321	.408	.729	9						P
23	546	52 (2)	Jun 12	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-4	0-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.280	.333	.440	.773	8						PH P
24	547	53	Jun 13	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.283	.345	.453	.798	7						P
25	548	54	Jun 14	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.296	.356	.463	.819	9	.62	0.033	1.15	0.04%	0.36	PH
26	549	56 (1)	Jun 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.291	.350	.455	.805	9						PH
27	550	57	Jun 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.271	.328	.424	.752	9	.73	-0.051	1.14	-0.05%	-0.48	P
28	551	59 (1)	Jun 19	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.267	.323	.417	.740	9	.02	0.000	.05	0.00%	-0.81	PH
29	552	61 (1)	Jun 21	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG(13)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.246	.300	.385	.685	9						P
30	553	65 (3)	Jun 26	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.258	.310	.394	.704	8	5.45	0.386	13.14	0.56%	1.29	PH
31	554	66	Jun 27 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,8-0	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0		0		2		.265	.333	.397	.730	9	.33	0.004	.85	0.01%	2.00	P
32	555	69 (2)	Jun 29	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.261	.329	.391	.720	9						PH
33	556	70	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.247	.313	.370	.682	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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	557	74 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.313	.368	.682	9						P
35	558	77 (2)	Jul 7	WSH		SLB	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.253	.314	.367	.681	9						P
36	559	78	Jul 9	WSH		SLB	L,6-7	0-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.253	.322	.367	.689	9						PH
37	560	79	Jul 11	WSH		DET	L,6-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.265	.330	.373	.703	8						P
38	561	80	Jul 12	WSH		DET	W,5-4	0-GF	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.282	.344	.412	.756	9						PH CF
39	562	81	Jul 13	WSH		DET	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.281	.340	.404	.745	6						CF
40	563	82	Jul 14	WSH		DET	L,0-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.272	.337	.391	.728	6						CF
41	564	83	Jul 16	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.274	.343	.389	.732	9	1.64	0.021	2.52	0.02%	0.34	P
42	565	84	Jul 17	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.271	.340	.385	.725	9	2.27	-0.060	3.98	-0.06%	-0.28	PH
43	566	85	Jul 18	WSH		CLE	L,1-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.268	.336	.381	.718	9	.52	-0.012	.84	-0.01%	-0.08	PH
44	567	86	Jul 19	WSH		CHW	W,6-5	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.276	.343	.388	.730	9	.95	0.050	1.18	0.04%	0.36	PH
45	568	87	Jul 20	WSH		CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.265	.330	.373	.703	9	.43	-0.040	.58	-0.03%	-0.88	P
46	569	90 (2)	Jul 25	WSH	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG(15)	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.269	.331	.370	.701	9						P
47	570	93 (2)	Jul 28	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.266	.328	.367	.695	9						PH
48	571	94	Jul 29	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	12-GF(13)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.266	.328	.367	.695	9	3.50	-0.018	9.82	-0.03%	-0.16	PH P
49	572	96 (1)	Jul 31	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.277	.341	.384	.725	9	.91	0.088	1.69	0.10%	0.50	P
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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	573	97	Aug 1	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.283	.347	.389	.736	9	2.11	0.091	3.82	0.10%	0.36	PH
51	574	101 (3)	Aug 4 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	CG(18)	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.273	.333	.372	.705	9						P
52	575	103 (1)	Aug 7	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.273	.333	.372	.705	9						P
53	576	104	Aug 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-8	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.270	.331	.369	.700	9	1.14	-0.028	3.26	-0.05%	-0.40	PH
54	577	105	Aug 10 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.264	.324	.360	.684	9	.88	-0.066	.94	-0.04%	-0.60	P
55	578	108 (2)	Aug 12	WSH	@	PHA	T,1-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.262	.321	.357	.678	9						PH
56	579	109	Aug 13 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.277	.333	.392	.726	9	.77	0.218	2.73	0.46%	2.36	P
57	580	113 (3)	Aug 16	WSH		DET	L,7-8	0-GF(16)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.271	.326	.383	.710	9						P
58	581	115 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,1-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.269	.324	.381	.705	9						PH
59	582	117 (1)	Aug 19	WSH		SLB	W,3-2	CG(14)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.266	.320	.374	.694	9						P
60	583	118	Aug 21	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.264	.318	.371	.689	9	1.95	-0.043	2.64	-0.04%	-0.25	PH
61	584	120 (1)	Aug 23	WSH		CLE	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.262	.316	.369	.685	9	.04	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.08	PH
62	585	123 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.264	.316	.368	.684	9						P
63	586	126 (2)	Aug 30	WSH		NYY	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.270	.321	.372	.692	9	.11	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.29	P
Sept		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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
64	587	129 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.270	.325	.372	.697	9	.83	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.32	PH
65	588	130	Sep 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,8-3	0-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				1		.265	.319	.364	.683	4						P CF
							30-34		167	151	10	40	4	4	1	19	9	0	18	3	3		1		3		.265	.319	.364	.683		1.06	0.364	2.06	0.80%	2.93

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