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, 2,949th in major league history)
vs. DET 8.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 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

166.9

417

279

ERA

2.17

802

666

5914.1

3509

WHIP

1.061

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 15	WSH	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	5 (1)	Apr 19	WSH		PHA	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	8 (2)	Apr 24	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
5	12 (3)	Apr 29	WSH		NYY	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	15 (2)	May 3	WSH		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	18 (2)	May 8	WSH		CHW	L,6-7	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	21 (2)	May 11	WSH		CLE	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	25 (3)	May 17	WSH		SLB	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	28 (2)	May 21	WSH		DET	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
11	32 (3)	May 25 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	35 (2)	May 28	WSH	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	39 (3)	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	43 (3)	Jun 4	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	45 (1)	Jun 6	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-1	GF	14	4.0	0	4	0	4	0
16	47 (1)	Jun 8	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
17	50 (2)	Jun 11	WSH	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	51	Jun 12	WSH	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	64 (12)	Jun 26 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	67 (2)	Jun 28 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,4-5	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
21	68	Jun 29	WSH		PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	72 (3)	Jul 3 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,10-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	75 (2)	Jul 5	WSH		NYY	W,6-5	GF	46	12.2	1	1	0	2	0
24	78 (2)	Jul 9 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	82 (3)	Jul 13	WSH		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
26	84 (1)	Jul 16	WSH		CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	89 (4)	Jul 20	WSH		SLB	T,3-3	GF	7	2.1	0	2	0	2	0
28	90	Jul 22	WSH		DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	93 (2)	Jul 25 (2)	WSH		DET	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	96 (2)	Jul 28 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	100 (3)	Aug 2	WSH	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	102 (1)	Aug 4	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	103	Aug 5	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-7	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	105 (1)	Aug 7	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-1	GS	19	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	108 (2)	Aug 10 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	109	Aug 11	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
37	112 (2)	Aug 15	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
38	113	Aug 16	WSH		CHW	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	115 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,4-2	GF	33	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
40	119 (3)	Aug 23 (1)	WSH		DET	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	122 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,3-4	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
42	124 (1)	Aug 28	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	129 (4)	Sep 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,7-9	CG	50	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
44	133 (3)	Sep 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	136 (2)	Sep 11	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	140 (3)	Sep 15	WSH	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	145 (4)	Sep 22 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	147 (1)	Sep 26	WSH	@	PHA	T,3-3	GF	12	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
49	148	Sep 27	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	GF	37	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
50	152 (3)	Oct 3	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	8	1	9	0
							50gm		368.0	15	93	4	112	4