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

164.9

417

279

ERA

2.17

802

666

5914.1

3509

WHIP

1.061

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-12 / in Starts: 27-11
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 119 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	75 (41-21-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 119 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	79 (39-25-14)

Most Driven In
D Prothro	4
R Peckinpaugh	4
O Bluege	3
M Shirley	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
S Rice	4
B Harris	4
G Goslin	2
W Matthews	2
Self	1
J Judge	1
N Leibold	1
E McNeely	1

1924 Batting Game Log

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1924 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	802	1	Apr 15	WSH		PHA	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.45	-0.035	1.13	-0.05%	-0.11	P
2	803	5 (3)	Apr 20	WSH		NYY	W,12-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	9	.58	-0.063	1.36	-0.09%	0.32	P
3	804	10 (4)	Apr 25	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.364	.455	.818	9	.89	0.071	2.05	0.10%	0.70	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
4	805	15 (4)	May 1	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.385	.742	9	.52	-0.021	.99	-0.02%	-0.16	P
5	806	18 (2)	May 4	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	GS-8	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.389	.471	.859	9	.62	0.004	1.24	0.01%	0.21	P
6	807	22 (3)	May 8	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.333	.400	.733	9	1.13	-0.059	2.30	-0.07%	-0.50	P
7	808	25 (2)	May 14	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	GS-5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.391	.455	.846	9	.86	0.054	1.81	0.07%	0.49	P
8	809	30 (4)	May 23	WSH		CHW	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.346	.400	.746	9	.36	-0.030	.47	-0.02%	-0.72	P
9	810	33 (2)	May 28 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,4-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.346	.400	.746	9						P
10	811	36 (2)	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-5	GS-0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.321	.345	.429	.773	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
11	812	38 (1)	Jun 2	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.353	.424	.777	9	.84	0.082	1.28	0.07%	1.79	P
12	813	42 (3)	Jun 6	WSH	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.343	.378	.429	.807	9						P
13	814	48 (5)	Jun 13	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-4	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.351	.385	.432	.817	9	.93	0.051	1.80	0.06%	0.40	P
14	815	51 (2)	Jun 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.366	.410	.776	9	.77	-0.040	1.72	-0.05%	-0.43	P
15	816	55 (3)	Jun 21	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0	0	.333	.364	.405	.768	9						P
16	817	61 (5)	Jun 26 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.340	.378	.718	9	.53	-0.043	2.51	-0.12%	-0.61	P
17	818	66 (4)	Jun 30 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.353	.408	.761	9	1.31	0.055	7.90	0.20%	0.48	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
18	819	73 (6)	Jul 5 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.327	.352	.404	.756	9	1.54	0.104	11.64	0.47%	0.47	P
19	820	78 (4)	Jul 10 (1)	WSH		DET	L,10-12	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.315	.339	.389	.728	9						P
20	821	80 (1)	Jul 11	WSH		DET	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.339	.386	.725	9	1.36	-0.070	8.20	-0.26%	-0.28	P
21	822	85 (4)	Jul 15	WSH		CLE	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.317	.361	.678	9	.74	-0.065	3.62	-0.19%	-0.98	P
22	823	89 (3)	Jul 19	WSH		SLB	L,9-10	16-GF(16)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.313	.355	.667	2	6.05	-0.171	29.47	-0.50%	-0.39	PH
23	824	90	Jul 20	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.281	.313	.344	.657	9	1.25	0.041	4.89	0.10%	0.36	P
24	825	95 (4)	Jul 24	WSH		CHW	W,7-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.304	.333	.638	9	1.36	-0.070	6.49	-0.20%	-0.63	P
25	826	100 (4)	Jul 30	WSH	@	DET	W,7-4	GS-3	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.314	.388	.702	9	.84	0.187	4.39	0.59%	1.87	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
26	827	102 (1)	Aug 1	WSH	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.311	.394	.705	9	.53	-0.038	3.85	-0.17%	-0.60	P
27	828	109 (6)	Aug 7	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.308	.400	.708	9	1.60	-0.156	5.43	-0.32%	-1.11	P
28	829	113 (3)	Aug 12	WSH		CLE	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.305	.392	.697	9	.63	-0.003	2.69	-0.01%	-0.53	P
29	830	117 (3)	Aug 17	WSH		DET	W,8-1	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.314	.410	.724	9	.39	0.067	1.74	0.18%	1.70	P
30	831	121 (3)	Aug 21	WSH		CHW	W,2-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.303	.395	.699	9	.76	-0.059	4.18	-0.20%	-0.93	P
31	832	124 (2)	Aug 25	WSH		SLB	W,2-0	CG(7)	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.284	.308	.398	.705	9	1.08	0.042	8.61	0.20%	0.33	P
32	833	129 (4)	Aug 29	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.298	.385	.682	9	.50	-0.039	7.65	-0.36%	-0.56	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
33	834	134 (4)	Sep 4	WSH		BOS	W,12-5	GS-8	4	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.316	.411	.727	9	.39	0.046	4.05	0.29%	0.63	P
34	835	137 (2)	Sep 8	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.324	.414	.738	9	.41	0.054	4.58	0.36%	0.43	P
35	836	141 (3)	Sep 13	WSH	@	DET	W,6-4	GS-8	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.321	.417	.738	9	1.19	0.065	16.40	0.54%	0.33	P
36	837	145 (3)	Sep 17	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.318	.411	.729	9	1.07	-0.039	15.18	-0.33%	-0.23	P
37	838	148 (2)	Sep 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,14-15	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.318	.411	.729	9						P
38	839	150 (1)	Sep 22	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.304	.393	.697	9	1.26	-0.158	16.94	-1.27%	-2.23	P
39	840	153 (2)	Sep 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.283	.308	.389	.697	9	.99	-0.001	13.53	0.00%	-0.04	P
							27-12		119	113	18	32	9	0	1	14	3	0	12	1	2		3		0	0	.283	.308	.389	.697		.91	-0.237	5.84	-1.01%	-0.53

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