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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Team Record in Appearances: 26-20 / in Starts: 21-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 2

1916 Pitching Game Log

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1916 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	372	1	Apr 12	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(1-0)	99	11.0	5	2	2	0	10	0	0	1.64	0.50	37	89	1	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.67	0.82%
2	373	3	Apr 17	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	11	5	5	0	1	0	0	3.71	1.02	28	31	1	0	0	26	4	0	0	1	0	0	2.18	-0.21%
3	374	7	Apr 20	WSH		NYY	W,12-4	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	10	4	4	4	5	0	0	3.81	1.55	41	52	0	0	0	37	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.13%
4	375	10	Apr 24	WSH		NYY	W,8-2	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	5	2	2	0	7	0	0	3.34	1.34	33	76	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.32%
5	376	14	Apr 29	WSH		BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.66	1.27	29	85				29	0	0			0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
6	377	17	May 4	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	7	0	0	2.38	1.18	32	78	1	2	1	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.12	0.89%
7	378	19	May 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-4	GS-8	L(5-2)	3	7.0	13	4	4	0	2	0	0	2.70	1.25	33	37	1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	3.85	-0.51%
8	379	24	May 13	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	5	2	2	6	6	0	2	2.61	1.56	39	69				29	0	0			0
9	380	25	May 15	WSH		DET	W,6-5		W(7-2)	1	4.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.47	1.47	15					15					0
10	381	28	May 18	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	L(7-3)	2	9.0	7	4	4	2	9	0	1	2.63	1.45	38	64				34	2	3			0
11	382	31	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(8-3)	2	9.0	6	3	1	0	5	0	1	2.47	1.46	33	72				32	3	0			0
12	383	34	May 25	WSH		CHW	T,3-3	10-GF(14)		3	4.2	1	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.35	1.41	15		0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.94	1.60%
13	384	37	May 27(2)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(9-3)	1	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.24	1.45	34	74				32	1	0			0
14	385	38	May 29	WSH		PHA	T,5-5			1	2.0	3	2	0	0	4	0	1	2.19	1.42	8					7					0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
15	386	42	Jun 1	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(9-4)	2	8.0	4	1	0	2	6	0	0	2.04	1.43	32	76	1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	3	5.89	0.36%
16	387	45	Jun 5	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	L(9-5)	3	8.0	10	3	2	0	2	0	0	2.05	1.45	33	54				33	2	0			0
17	388	47	Jun 9	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	8	4	3	2	4	0	0	2.12	1.50	36	59				34	2	0			0
18	389	52	Jun 14	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(10-6)	4	8.0	8	4	4	4	3	0	0	2.26	1.59	35	49	2	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	1	2.44	-0.23%
19	390	55	Jun 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	W(11-6)	3	9.0	5	1	1	7	6	0	1	2.18	1.71	39	72				31	0	0			0
20	391	59	Jun 23(1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG(8)	L(11-7)	4	8.0	11	6	4	2	4	0	0	2.30	1.73	37	42	1	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	2	0	6.15	-1.03%
21	392	63	Jun 26	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-8		W(12-7)	2	4.0	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	2.24	1.70	16					15					0
22	393	65	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(13-7)	1	9.0	8	2	2	3	6	0	0	2.23	1.71	36	66				33	0	0			0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
23	394	68	Jul 1	WSH		BOS	W,4-2		S(1)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	1.72	7					7					0
24	395	69	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	L,0-1	CG(11)	L(13-8)	1	11.0	5	1	0	3	4	0	0	2.07	1.76	40	86	0	2	0	35	1	0	0	0	1	1	6.71	0.84%
25	396	74	Jul 7	WSH		SLB	L,0-5	CG	L(13-9)	3	9.0	8	5	2	1	3	0	0	2.07	1.77	35	59				33	0	0			0
26	397	77	Jul 11(2)	WSH		DET	W,3-1	CG	W(14-9)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	10	0	0	2.02	1.73	30	85				28	2	0			0
27	398	81	Jul 15	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(15-9)	3	9.0	5	2	0	3	7	0	0	1.93	1.73	36	77				31	0	0			0
28	399	85	Jul 19(1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-6	9-GF	L(15-10)	3	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	0	1	2.05	1.74	7		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.80	-0.70%
29	400	86	Jul 19(2)	WSH		CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(16-10)	-1	9.0	6	2	1	4	6	0	1	2.01	1.77	38	71	0	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.19	0.23%
30	401	90	Jul 22	WSH		CHW	W,2-1	7-GF(12)	W(17-10)	2	6.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.95	1.76	18		0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	0.63%
31	402	92	Jul 26	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	L(17-11)	3	9.2	10	6	2	4	3	0	0	1.95	1.81	43	52				37	0	1			0
32	403	96	Jul 30	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(18-11)	3	10.0	8	1	1	3	8	0	0	1.91	1.80	39	77				35	0	1			0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
33	404	100	Aug 4(1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(18-12)	4	8.0	7	3	2	3	4	0	0	1.92	1.82	31	59	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.05%
34	405	103	Aug 6	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1		W(19-12)	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.90	1.81	9					9					0
35	406	104	Aug 7	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3		L(19-13)	0	1.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.92	1.80	4					4					0
36	407	107	Aug 9	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	L(19-14)	1	8.0	7	4	3	2	3	0	0	1.96	1.82	32	55				29	4	0			0
37	408	109	Aug 12	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	8-GF	BL(19-15)	2	1.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.02	1.82	7		0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	.76	-0.08%
38	409	111	Aug 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(19-16)	2	12.2	7	1	1	5	5	0	0	1.96	1.86	51	86				42	1	1			0
39	410	115	Aug 19	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	W(20-16)	3	9.0	9	3	3	3	5	0	0	2.00	1.87	39	59				36	0	1			0
40	411	119	Aug 23(2)	WSH		SLB	W,4-2	CG	W(21-16)	3	7.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.01	1.87	30	54				28	1	0			0
41	412	123	Aug 28	WSH		CLE	W,2-0	SHO	W(22-16)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.95	1.88	31	82				29	2	0			0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
42	413	127	Sep 1(1)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(23-16)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	0	1.92	1.86	32	79				28	0	0			0
43	414	132	Sep 5	WSH		NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(24-16)	3	9.0	1	0	0	1	8	0	0	1.87	1.83	29	92	0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	2	.06	0.02%
44	415	136	Sep 9(1)	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG	L(24-17)	3	9.0	8	2	2	0	6	0	0	1.87	1.81	32	69				32	3	0			0
45	416	139	Sep 12	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	W(25-17)	2	10.0	7	3	1	0	5	0	0	1.84	1.80	37	75				36	0	0			0
46	417	143	Sep 17	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	L(25-18)	4	8.0	4	1	0	2	8	0	1	1.80	1.79	30	78				26	0	0			0
47	418	147	Sep 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	L(25-19)	3	12.0	15	3	3	2	4	0	0	1.82	1.80	52	62				50	1	2			0
48	419	150	Sep 24	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	L(25-20)	2	8.0	12	6	5	2	2	0	0	1.90	1.82	36	36				33	3	1			0
							26-20		W-L:25-20,Sv:1,BSv:1	2.5	369.2	290	105	78	82	229	0	9	1.90	1.82	1454	67	8	6	1	1324	42	14	1	2	7	9	3.21	3.05%

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