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	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

RBI Opportunities

1918 Batting Gamelog

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1918 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	523	1	Apr 15	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	GS-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1				0		.000	.500	.000	.500	9	P
2	524	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	525	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	526	7 (1)	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.286	.375	.286	.661	9	PH
5	527	9 (1)	Apr 26	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.182	.250	.182	.432	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	528	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	529	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	530	14	May 3	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-8	0-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.235	.278	.412	.690	5	PH
9	531	15	May 4	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-1	0-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.211	.250	.368	.618	9	P
10	532	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	533	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	534	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	535	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	536	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	537	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	538	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	539	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	540	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	Pos
19	541	42 (3)	Jun 2	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.295	.340	.455	.795	9	P
20	542	43	Jun 3	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.289	.333	.444	.778	9	P
21	543	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	544	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	545	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	546	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	547	54	Jun 14	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-7	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.296	.356	.463	.819	9	PH
26	548	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	549	57	Jun 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.271	.328	.424	.752	9	P
28	550	59 (1)	Jun 19	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-9	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.267	.323	.417	.740	9	PH
29	551	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	552	65 (3)	Jun 26	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.258	.310	.394	.704	8	PH
31	553	66	Jun 27 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,8-0	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2		1	0	0				1		.265	.333	.397	.730	9	P
32	554	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	555	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	Pos
34	556	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	557	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	558	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	559	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	560	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	561	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	562	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	563	83	Jul 16	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	1				0		.274	.343	.389	.732	9	P
42	564	84	Jul 17	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.271	.340	.385	.725	9	PH
43	565	85	Jul 18	WSH		CLE	L,1-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.268	.336	.381	.718	9	PH
44	566	86	Jul 19	WSH		CHW	W,6-5	0-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.276	.343	.388	.730	9	PH
45	567	87	Jul 20	WSH		CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.265	.330	.373	.703	9	P
46	568	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	569	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	570	94	Jul 29	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	0-GF(13)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.266	.328	.367	.695	9	P
49	571	96 (1)	Jul 31	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	1	0				0		.277	.341	.384	.725	9	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	Pos
50	572	97	Aug 1	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.283	.347	.389	.736	9	PH
51	573	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	574	103 (1)	Aug 7	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.273	.333	.372	.705	9	P
53	575	104	Aug 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-8	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.270	.331	.369	.700	9	PH
54	576	105	Aug 10 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.264	.324	.360	.684	9	P
55	577	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	578	109	Aug 13 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	4	0		1	0	0				0		.277	.333	.392	.726	9	P
57	579	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	580	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	581	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	582	118	Aug 21	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.264	.318	.371	.689	9	PH
61	583	120 (1)	Aug 23	WSH		CLE	L,2-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.262	.316	.369	.685	9	PH
62	584	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	585	126 (2)	Aug 30	WSH		NYY	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.270	.321	.372	.692	9	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	Pos
64	586	129 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.270	.325	.372	.697	9	PH
65	587	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		18	3	4		0		2		.265	.319	.364	.683

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