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, 2,942nd in MLB history)

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

165.2

W

417

L

279

ERA

2.17

G

802

GS

666

SV

IP

5914.1

SO

3509

WHIP

1.061

Team Record in Appearances: 26-13 / in Starts: 20-9

Days of Rest

1918 Pitching Game Log

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1918 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE
1	467	1	Apr 15	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	11	6	4	5	2	0	0	4.00	42	42				34	1	0			0
2	468	3	Apr 17	WSH		NYY	L,7-8		L(0-2)	1	4.0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.77	16					15					0
3	469	5	Apr 22	WSH		PHA	L,1-5	CG	L(0-3)	4	9.0	11	5	0	2	7	0	0	1.64	37	60				34	1	0			0
4	470	9	Apr 26	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	W(1-3)	3	9.0	7	4	2	3	2	0	0	1.74	38	60				34	0	2			0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE
5	471	12	May 1	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	3	0	1	1.35	39	79				34	1	0			0
6	472	15	May 4	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-1		L(2-4)	2	5.2	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.38	21					20					0
7	473	17	May 7	WSH		BOS	W,7-2	CG	W(3-4)	2	9.0	4	2	2	6	3	1	0	1.48	37	68				29	0	0			0
8	474	19	May 9	WSH		BOS	W,4-3		W(4-4)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	3					3					0
9	475	21	May 11	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-4)	1	9.0	5	0	0	4	5	0	0	1.25	34	78				30	1	0			0
10	476	23	May 15	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-4)	3	18.0	10	0	0	1	9	0	0	0.98	62	120				59	2	0			0
11	477	34	May 26	WSH		DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-4)	10	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.88	31	80				27	0	1			0
12	478	38	May 29(2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	L(7-5)	2	8.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	1	1.08	32	57				29	0	1			0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE
13	479	42	Jun 2	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	L(7-6)	3	10.2	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.06	38	74				34	3	0			0
14	480	43	Jun 3	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2		W(8-6)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	6					6					0
15	481	45	Jun 5	WSH	@	DET	W,5-4		W(9-6)	1	5.0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.00	16					16					0
16	482	49	Jun 9	WSH	@	DET	W,2-0	SHO	W(10-6)	3	9.0	1	0	0	3	7	0	0	0.93	30	89				27	0	0			0
17	483	52	Jun 12	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-4		S(1)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.92	5					4					0
18	484	53	Jun 13	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	L(10-7)	0	8.0	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.86	31	65				31	1	0			0
19	485	57	Jun 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(11-7)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	1	0.87	37	74				35	0	1			0
20	486	61	Jun 21	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(12-7)	3	13.0	5	2	0	2	8	0	0	0.80	46	99				43	0	0			0
21	487	66	Jun 27(1)	WSH		PHA	W,8-0	SHO	W(13-7)	5	9.0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	0.76	32	80				32	0	0			0
22	488	70	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	CG	L(13-8)	2	10.0	11	3	3	1	3	1	0	0.87	41	60				39	2	0			0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE
23	489	74	Jul 4(2)	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	W(14-8)	3	9.0	9	3	2	1	4	0	0	0.92	37	62				36	1	0			0
24	490	77	Jul 7	WSH		SLB	L,0-3	CG	L(14-9)	2	9.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	1.02	35	61				32	0	1			0
25	491	79	Jul 11	WSH		DET	L,6-8	CG	L(14-10)	3	9.0	12	8	7	5	6	0	1	1.28	44	34				37	1	0			0
26	492	83	Jul 16	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(15-10)	4	11.0	13	3	3	2	7	0	2	1.34	48	64				41	1	1			0
27	493	87	Jul 20	WSH		CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(16-10)	3	9.0	8	1	1	0	5	0	1	1.33	35	72				33	1	0			0
28	494	90	Jul 25	WSH	@	SLB	W,1-0	SHO	W(17-10)	4	15.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.25	47	110				43	1	1			0
29	495	94	Jul 29	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1		L(17-11)	3	1.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.27	9					9					0
30	496	96	Jul 31	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(18-11)	1	10.0	5	2	2	4	11	0	1	1.30	37	81				31	4	0			0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE
31	497	101	Aug 4(2)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	L(18-12)	3	17.1	16	7	6	8	5	0	0	1.41	75	67				64	2	1			0
32	498	103	Aug 7	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-2		S(2)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	2					2					0
33	499	105	Aug 10(1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(19-12)	2	9.0	7	0	0	0	10	0	0	1.36	33	83				32	0	1			0
34	500	109	Aug 13(1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	W(20-12)	2	9.0	8	3	2	0	6	0	0	1.38	35	67				34	1	0			0
35	501	113	Aug 16	WSH		DET	L,7-8		L(20-13)	2	7.0	2	2	0	1	5	0	0	1.35	26					25					0
36	502	117	Aug 19	WSH		SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(21-13)	2	14.0	14	2	1	4	12	0	1	1.32	58	86				51	2	0			0
37	503	123	Aug 25(2)	WSH		CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(22-13)	5	9.0	4	3	1	1	6	0	0	1.31	31	76				29	0	1			0
38	504	126	Aug 30	WSH		NYY	W,6-1	CG	W(23-13)	4	9.0	5	1	0	1	5	0	1	1.27	34	79				32	1	0			0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE
39	505	130	Sep 2(2)	WSH		PHA	W,8-3		S(3)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	3					3					0
							26-13		W-L:23-13,Sv:3	2.5	326.0	240	71	46	69	163	2	10	1.27	1263	73				1149	27	11			0

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