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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	35-19 / in Starts: 27-10
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 158 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	89 (37-25-27)
Avg. MLBer w/ 158 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	102 (46-35-20)

Most Driven In
G McBride	8
E Ainsmith	6
A Williams	2
Self	2
J Knight	1
D Kenworthy	1
H Shanks	1
J Flynn	0

Most Driven In By
E Foster	7
Self	2
C Milan	2
D Moeller	2
H Shanks	1

1912 Batting Game Log

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1912 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	178	1	Apr 11	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.89	-0.066	2.35	-0.11%	-0.67	P
2	179	3 (1)	Apr 15	WSH	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.10	-0.079	2.31	-0.10%	-0.48	P
3	180	5 (1)	Apr 19	WSH		PHA	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.182	.182	.182	.364	9	.50	0.111	1.41	0.19%	0.55	P
4	181	8 (2)	Apr 24	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.200	.200	.333	.533	9	.41	-0.027	1.21	-0.05%	-0.82	P
5	182	12 (3)	Apr 29	WSH		NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.167	.167	.278	.444	9	.54	-0.026	1.40	-0.04%	-0.09	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
6	183	15 (2)	May 3	WSH		BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.227	.227	.364	.591	9	.18	-0.005	.57	-0.01%	-0.06	P
7	184	18 (2)	May 8	WSH		CHW	L,6-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.217	.217	.348	.565	9	1.59	-0.037	5.49	-0.08%	-0.36	P
8	185	21 (2)	May 11	WSH		CLE	W,8-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.231	.346	.577	9	.67	0.031	1.37	0.04%	-0.24	P
9	186	25 (3)	May 17	WSH		SLB	W,6-2	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.241	.241	.379	.621	9	.61	0.049	.98	0.05%	0.71	P
10	187	28 (2)	May 21	WSH		DET	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.406	.656	9	1.18	0.057	2.13	0.06%	0.36	P
11	188	32 (3)	May 25 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.229	.229	.371	.600	9	1.53	-0.186	2.41	-0.18%	-1.93	P
12	189	35 (2)	May 28	WSH	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.231	.231	.410	.641	9	.40	0.075	.47	0.05%	0.10	P
13	190	39 (3)	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		1		.238	.256	.405	.661	9	.61	0.115	.60	0.07%	0.42	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
14	191	43 (3)	Jun 4	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.267	.283	.422	.705	9	.93	0.093	1.36	0.08%	1.09	P
15	192	45 (1)	Jun 6	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-1	6-GF	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.298	.313	.511	.823	9	.43	0.105	1.18	0.17%	2.31	P
16	193	47 (1)	Jun 8	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.314	.327	.510	.837	9	.68	-0.061	2.33	-0.13%	-0.09	P
17	194	50 (2)	Jun 11	WSH	@	DET	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.314	.327	.510	.837	9						P
18	195	51	Jun 12	WSH	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.296	.321	.481	.803	9	.55	-0.029	2.11	-0.07%	-0.49	P
19	196	64 (12)	Jun 26 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.298	.322	.491	.813	9	.62	-0.011	3.24	-0.03%	-0.13	P
20	197	67 (2)	Jun 28 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.293	.317	.483	.799	9	2.93	-0.071	10.30	-0.15%	-0.30	P
21	198	68	Jun 29	WSH		PHA	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.279	.302	.459	.761	9	1.12	-0.086	3.09	-0.14%	-0.59	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
22	199	72 (3)	Jul 3 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,10-2	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.281	.303	.484	.787	9	.19	0.016	.37	0.02%	0.60	P
23	200	75 (2)	Jul 5	WSH		NYY	W,6-5	4-GF(16)	6	5	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.290	.310	.507	.817	9	1.78	0.182	4.37	0.27%	1.03	P
24	201	78 (2)	Jul 9 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.292	.311	.500	.811	9	1.32	-0.028	3.76	-0.05%	-0.25	P
25	202	82 (3)	Jul 13	WSH		CHW	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.293	.312	.493	.805	9	.86	0.098	2.63	0.18%	1.08	P
26	203	83	Jul 15	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.289	.308	.487	.795	9	1.88	-0.038	5.86	-0.07%	-0.21	PH
27	204	84	Jul 16	WSH		CHW	W,7-2	CG(8)	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.291	.317	.519	.836	9	.35	0.049	1.10	0.09%	0.66	P
28	205	86 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,6-7	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.288	.313	.513	.826	7	3.52	-0.099	11.41	-0.19%	-0.23	PH
29	206	89 (2)	Jul 20	WSH		SLB	T,3-3	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.284	.310	.506	.816	9	1.81	-0.045	5.32	-0.08%	-0.16	P
30	207	90	Jul 22	WSH		DET	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.298	.330	.512	.841	9	.63	0.170	1.67	0.27%	2.39	P
31	208	93 (2)	Jul 25 (2)	WSH		DET	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.295	.326	.500	.826	9	.71	0.037	1.45	0.05%	0.70	P
32	209	96 (2)	Jul 28 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		1		0		.286	.316	.484	.799	9	.61	0.030	2.00	0.06%	0.65	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
33	210	100 (3)	Aug 2	WSH	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.287	.316	.479	.795	9	.39	-0.004	1.27	-0.01%	-0.13	P
34	211	101	Aug 3	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.284	.313	.474	.787	7	1.39	-0.036	4.64	-0.07%	-0.10	PH
35	212	102	Aug 4	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.284	.313	.474	.787	9						P
36	213	103	Aug 5	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-7	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.292	.320	.479	.799	9	4.39	0.337	14.44	0.67%	0.87	P
37	214	104	Aug 6	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.289	.317	.474	.791	9	.95	-0.023	3.75	-0.06%	-0.16	PH
38	215	105	Aug 7	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-1	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.290	.317	.470	.787	9	.47	-0.008	1.53	-0.02%	-0.04	P
39	216	108 (2)	Aug 10 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.290	.317	.470	.787	9						P
40	217	109	Aug 11	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1		0		.282	.315	.456	.771	9	.93	-0.014	1.52	-0.01%	-0.08	P
41	218	110	Aug 13	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.279	.312	.452	.764	9	3.02	-0.084	6.41	-0.11%	-0.51	PH
42	219	112 (1)	Aug 15	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.276	.309	.448	.757	9	1.40	-0.036	1.39	-0.02%	-0.11	P
43	220	113	Aug 16	WSH		CHW	W,4-0	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.287	.319	.454	.772	9	.54	0.012	.48	0.01%	-0.12	P
44	221	115 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,4-2	1-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.288	.319	.450	.769	9	1.16	-0.008	1.32	-0.01%	-0.02	P
45	222	119 (3)	Aug 23 (1)	WSH		DET	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.278	.308	.435	.743	9	.40	-0.043	.49	-0.03%	-1.50	P
46	223	122 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,3-4	7-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.276	.311	.431	.743	9	1.96	0.021	2.82	0.02%	0.28	P
47	224	124 (1)	Aug 28	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.269	.304	.420	.724	9	1.41	-0.008	1.50	-0.01%	-0.22	P
Sep/Oct		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
48	225	129 (4)	Sep 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,7-9	GS-10	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		1		.270	.305	.418	.723	9	2.20	0.287	.24	0.02%	1.08	P
49	226	133 (3)	Sep 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.272	.305	.416	.721	9	1.30	-0.044	.01	0.00%	-0.35	P
50	227	136 (2)	Sep 11	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.271	.304	.411	.715	9	.78	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.72	P
51	228	140 (3)	Sep 15	WSH	@	DET	W,6-3	CG(8)	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.273	.304	.417	.721	9	.84	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.57	P
52	229	144 (3)	Sep 20	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.271	.302	.414	.716	9	1.18	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.76	PH
53	230	145	Sep 22 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.272	.303	.412	.715	9	.84	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
54	231	147 (1)	Sep 26	WSH	@	PHA	T,3-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.270	.301	.409	.709	9	1.77	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.16	P
55	232	148	Sep 27	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	10-GF(19)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.270	.299	.404	.704	9	2.78	-0.043	.00	0.00%	0.09	P
56	233	152 (3)	Oct 3	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2		0		.262	.291	.393	.684	9	1.38	0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.16	P
							35-19		158	145	16	38	5	4	2	21	6	0	40	0	4		11		2		.262	.291	.393	.684		1.01	0.635	1.73	0.56%	4.67

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