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	16-19 / in Starts: 16-17
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 109 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	86 (44-29-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 109 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	72 (36-22-13)

Most Driven In
O Bluege	5
M Ruel	2
R Peckinpaugh	1
J Judge	1
B Myer	1
J Harris	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
Self	1
J Judge	1
E McNeely	1
G Goslin	1
B Myer	1

1926 Batting Game Log

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1926 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	877	1	Apr 13	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG(15)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.02	-0.307	5.09	-0.47%	-1.45	P
2	878	7 (5)	Apr 20	WSH		NYY	L,5-18	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.17	-0.032	6.13	-0.05%	-0.32	P
3	879	10 (2)	Apr 23	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	9	.49	0.056	1.20	0.08%	1.12	P
4	880	14 (3)	Apr 27	WSH		BOS	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.267	.467	9	.29	-0.027	.72	-0.04%	-0.53	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
5	881	19 (4)	May 2	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.222	.235	.458	9	.83	0.030	1.63	0.04%	0.17	P
6	882	24 (4)	May 7	WSH		CHW	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.227	.238	.465	9	.48	-0.046	1.77	-0.10%	-0.40	P
7	883	29 (4)	May 12	WSH		SLB	W,7-4	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.217	.250	.261	.511	9	.72	-0.014	2.23	-0.03%	-0.38	P
8	884	34 (4)	May 18	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.250	.296	.546	9	1.09	0.047	4.00	0.10%	0.98	P
9	885	35	May 19	WSH		DET	L,0-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.241	.286	.527	9	.50	-0.012	1.62	-0.02%	-0.37	PH
10	886	39 (3)	May 23	WSH		PHA	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.250	.290	.540	9	1.38	-0.018	3.46	-0.03%	-0.45	P
11	887	43 (3)	May 27	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.257	.294	.551	9	.94	0.069	1.51	0.07%	0.47	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
12	888	47 (3)	Jun 2 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.270	.306	.576	9	.74	-0.020	1.76	-0.03%	-0.12	P
13	889	49 (1)	Jun 7	WSH	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.275	.333	.608	9	1.16	0.048	2.02	0.05%	0.01	P
14	890	53 (3)	Jun 12	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.268	.325	.593	9	.68	-0.017	.68	-0.01%	-0.17	P
15	891	56 (2)	Jun 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.227	.244	.295	.540	9	1.59	-0.125	1.47	-0.07%	-0.84	P
16	892	60 (3)	Jun 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.224	.271	.495	9	1.27	-0.186	.61	-0.05%	-2.08	P
17	893	65 (4)	Jun 26	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.216	.260	.476	9	1.17	-0.067	.69	-0.02%	-0.86	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	894	70 (4)	Jul 1 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.236	.264	.501	9	1.54	0.116	1.45	0.07%	0.91	P
19	895	75 (4)	Jul 5 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,7-4	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.241	.268	.509	9	1.02	0.094	.36	0.02%	0.40	P
20	896	79 (3)	Jul 11	WSH		SLB	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.217	.242	.283	.525	9	1.31	0.161	.89	0.07%	1.29	P
21	897	83 (3)	Jul 16	WSH		CLE	L,0-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.238	.279	.517	9	.52	-0.013	.68	-0.01%	-0.17	P
22	898	89 (5)	Jul 21 (2)	WSH		DET	W,10-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.200	.224	.262	.485	9						P
23	899	91 (1)	Jul 23	WSH		DET	L,6-9	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.197	.221	.258	.478	9						PH
24	900	94 (2)	Jul 27	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.208	.243	.451	9	1.71	-0.190	.47	-0.03%	-2.04	P
25	901	98 (3)	Jul 31	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.211	.243	.454	9	.22	0.005	.02	0.00%	-0.03	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	902	104 (5)	Aug 5	WSH	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.228	.289	.517	9	.92	0.211	.04	0.01%	2.08	P
27	903	109 (4)	Aug 9	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.241	.300	.541	9	1.21	0.052	.05	0.00%	0.71	P
28	904	114 (4)	Aug 13	WSH		NYY	L,5-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.247	.305	.552	9	1.54	0.027	.18	0.00%	0.39	P
29	905	122 (7)	Aug 26 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,9-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.224	.250	.306	.556	9	.66	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.02	P
30	906	127 (4)	Aug 30	WSH	@	NYY	W,12-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.237	.289	.525	9	.20	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-1.71	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
31	907	132 (4)	Sep 4	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.227	.277	.503	9	.48	-0.065	.01	0.00%	-1.37	P
32	908	135 (2)	Sep 11 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.224	.274	.498	9	2.95	-0.077	.03	0.00%	-0.80	P
33	909	139 (3)	Sep 15 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.218	.265	.483	9	1.38	-0.218	.00	0.00%	-1.84	P
34	910	145 (5)	Sep 19	WSH	@	DET	L,7-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.214	.260	.474	9	1.35	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.70	P
35	911	150 (4)	Sep 25 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.217	.272	.489	9	1.01	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.06	P
							16-19		109	103	6	20	5	0	1	12	3	0	12	0	2		2		0	0	.194	.217	.272	.489		1.04	-0.584	1.26	-0.47%	-8.12

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