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: 27-19 / in Starts: 19-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 45, Entered with runners on base: 8

1917 Pitching Game Log

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1917 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	420	1	Apr 11	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	0	0	3	11	0	0	0.00	0.82	34	89	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.87	0.68%
2	421	4	Apr 17	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(1-1)	5	8.0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0.53	1.56	27	72	1	1	0	25	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.87	0.08%
3	422	6	Apr 19	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	BS(1)	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.52	1.63	4		0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	14.18	-0.73%
4	423	8	Apr 21	WSH		PHA	W,11-6	GS-6	W(2-1)	1	6.0	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.16	1.92	23	51	0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.04%
5	424	12	Apr 28	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG(8)	L(2-2)	6	8.0	10	7	6	1	3	0	0	2.59	1.91	37	38	1	1	0	32	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.41	-0.11%
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	425	15	May 2	WSH		NYY	L,0-2	CG	L(2-3)	3	9.0	9	2	2	4	5	0	0	2.45	2.04	36	62	0	3	0	32	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.66	0.07%
7	426	17	May 7	WSH		BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(2-4)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.19	1.86	32	81	0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.41	0.21%
8	427	21	May 11	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(2-5)	3	8.0	6	4	3	1	3	0	0	2.35	1.86	30	58	1	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.09%
9	428	25	May 15	WSH	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	W(3-5)	3	9.0	12	5	5	3	0	0	1	2.71	2.10	42	40	0	0	0	37	2	1	0	1	1	1	.26	-0.02%
10	429	29	May 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-6	GS-5		3	5.0	10	5	3	0	3	0	0	2.90	2.02	25	34	0	1	0	25	2	1	0	1	0	2	1.16	-0.32%
11	430	35	May 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(3-6)	7	8.0	6	4	1	0	4	0	0	2.72	1.95	32	64	2	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	2	.64	-0.04%
12	431	39	May 30(2)	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	7-GF		2	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.62	1.95	11		0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.02%
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
13	432	40	Jun 1	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG(10)	L(3-7)	1	10.0	6	4	1	2	3	0	1	2.44	2.01	37	71	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.21	-0.04%
14	433	43	Jun 5	WSH		SLB	L,2-6	4-6		3	2.2	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	2.46	2.00	11		0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.02%
15	434	45	Jun 7	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-7)	1	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.25	1.94	33	86	1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.35	0.10%
16	435	48	Jun 12	WSH		CLE	T,2-2	11-GF(16)		4	6.0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	2.13	1.81	19		0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.07%
17	436	51	Jun 15	WSH		DET	L,3-4	CG	L(4-8)	2	9.0	7	4	4	8	10	0	2	2.27	1.93	42	59	2	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	2	0	.29	-0.03%
18	437	54	Jun 19	WSH		DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-8)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.11	1.90	32	81	0	0	0	29	1	1	2	0	0	0	.08	0.02%
19	438	59	Jun 23(2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(5-9)	3	8.0	9	5	4	2	5	0	2	2.25	1.94	36	49	0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.07	-0.01%
20	439	62	Jun 26	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.29	1.93	7		0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.01%
21	440	64	Jun 28	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	W(6-9)	1	9.0	9	3	3	4	9	0	0	2.33	1.91	39	62	3	2	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	.17	0.00%
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
22	441	69	Jul 4(1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-4	5-GF		5	4.2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.32	1.92	17		0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	1	0	.07	0.01%
23	442	72	Jul 5(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	11-GF(13)	L(6-10)	0	2.1	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	2.34	1.96	9		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.01%
24	443	73	Jul 8	WSH	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	W(7-10)	2	9.0	9	5	4	3	3	0	0	2.43	1.99	37	51	2	1	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.04	0.00%
25	444	78	Jul 12	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-7	GS-5	L(7-11)	3	5.0	9	4	4	1	4	0	1	2.58	1.99	21	36	0	2	0	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.01%
26	445	81	Jul 15	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.56	2.00	7		1	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	1	.24	0.00%
27	446	83	Jul 17(2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(7-12)	1	10.1	7	3	3	1	6	0	1	2.56	1.98	39	72	1	0	0	36	1	2	0	0	0	0	.04	0.00%
28	447	86	Jul 19	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(7-13)	1	8.0	8	4	4	2	2	0	0	2.65	2.00	33	50	0	1	0	29	0	1	0	0	1	1	.00	0.00%
29	448	91	Jul 24	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(8-13)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.57	1.97	32	82	2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
30	449	97	Jul 29	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	W(9-13)	4	9.0	10	5	5	3	2	1	1	2.68	2.08	40	46	4	0	0	36	3	2	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
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
31	450	100	Aug 1	WSH		DET	W,5-4	12-GF(13)	W(10-13)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.65	2.06	7		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	451	101	Aug 2	WSH		DET	W,4-2	5-GF	W(11-13)	0	5.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.63	2.07	19		1	1	1	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
33	452	104	Aug 6	WSH		SLB	W,1-0	SHO(11)	W(12-13)	3	11.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.50	2.06	39	89	0	1	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	2	.00	0.00%
34	453	108	Aug 10	WSH		CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(13-13)	3	9.0	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	2.41	2.12	32	83	1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
35	454	112	Aug 14(2)	WSH		NYY	W,10-1	CG	W(14-13)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.35	2.09	34	75	1	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
36	455	114	Aug 18	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	W(15-13)	3	9.0	4	2	1	2	6	0	0	2.30	2.07	33	77	0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
37	456	116	Aug 22(1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-1	6-GF	W(16-13)	3	4.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	2.27	2.05	14		0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
38	457	119	Aug 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(16-14)	2	8.0	5	4	0	3	5	0	0	2.20	2.05	34	66	5	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	3	.00	0.00%
39	458	121	Aug 27	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-9	5-GF	BW(17-14)	1	5.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	1	2.19	2.04	20		2	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
Sep/Oct				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
40	459	125	Sep 3(2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-9	GS-3	L(17-15)	6	3.0	9	7	7	3	0	0	0	2.40	2.07	20	10	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
41	460	128	Sep 7(1)	WSH		NYY	W,6-0	SHO	W(18-15)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.32	2.06	30	84	1	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
42	461	134	Sep 11	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	W(19-15)	3	9.0	2	3	0	2	3	0	0	2.25	2.07	34	78	1	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	3	.00	0.00%
43	462	139	Sep 15(2)	WSH		PHA	W,4-0	SHO	W(20-15)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.18	2.04	34	81	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
44	463	141	Sep 19	WSH		SLB	W,6-4	CG	W(21-15)	3	9.0	8	4	4	0	5	0	0	2.24	2.01	35	60	0	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	2	.00	0.00%
45	464	144	Sep 22	WSH		DET	L,0-4	CG	L(21-16)	2	9.0	9	4	4	1	5	1	1	2.29	2.05	38	57	2	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
46	465	148	Sep 26	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	6-GF	W(22-16)	3	3.2	2	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.32	2.03	14		1	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
47	466	156	Oct 3	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-0	SHO	W(23-16)	6	9.0	7	0	0	2	7	0	1	2.25	2.02	34	78	0	2	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							27-19		W-L:23-16,Sv:2,BSv:2	2.8	327.2	250	105	82	71	187	3	14	2.25	2.02	1295	64	36	20	1	1175	41	16	5	14	7	30	.43	-0.20%

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