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.

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 17	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS	28	6.0	1	4	0	5	0
3	7 (3)	Apr 20	WSH		NYY	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	10 (2)	Apr 24	WSH		NYY	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	14 (3)	Apr 29	WSH		BOS	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	17 (2)	May 4	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
7	19 (1)	May 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-4	GS	33	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	24 (4)	May 13	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	25	May 15	WSH		DET	W,6-5	GF	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	28 (2)	May 18	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	31 (2)	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	34 (2)	May 25	WSH		CHW	T,3-3	GF	15	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
13	37 (2)	May 27 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	38	May 29	WSH		PHA	T,5-5	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	42 (3)	Jun 1	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	45 (2)	Jun 5	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
17	47 (1)	Jun 9	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	52 (4)	Jun 14	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
19	55 (2)	Jun 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	59 (3)	Jun 23 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
21	63 (3)	Jun 26	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-8	GF	0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	65 (1)	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	68 (2)	Jul 1	WSH		BOS	W,4-2	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	69	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	L,0-1	CG	40	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	74 (4)	Jul 7	WSH		SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
26	77 (2)	Jul 11 (2)	WSH		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	81 (3)	Jul 15	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
28	85 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	86	Jul 19 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	90 (3)	Jul 22	WSH		CHW	W,2-1	GF	18	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	92 (1)	Jul 26	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	1	2	1	4	0
32	96 (3)	Jul 30	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	100 (3)	Aug 4 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
34	103 (2)	Aug 6	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	104	Aug 7	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	GF	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
36	107 (2)	Aug 9	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	109 (1)	Aug 12	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	GF	7	1.1	0	0	2	2	0
38	111 (1)	Aug 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	12.2	2	6	0	8	0
39	115 (3)	Aug 19	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	119 (3)	Aug 23 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	123 (3)	Aug 28	WSH		CLE	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	127 (3)	Sep 1 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
43	132 (4)	Sep 5	WSH		NYY	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	136 (3)	Sep 9 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	139 (2)	Sep 12	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
46	143 (3)	Sep 17	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
47	147 (3)	Sep 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	12.0	0	5	0	5	1
48	150 (2)	Sep 24	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
							48gm		371.0	17	72	6	95	2