Walter Johnson

Full Name: Walter Perry Johnson Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 1"/200 First Game: August 2, 1907 Birthdate: November 6, 1887 Final Game: September 30, 1927 Birthplace: Humboldt, Kansas MLB Experience: 21 years Died: December 10, 1946 Deathplace: Washington, D.C. Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936

Biography

Born on November 6, 1887 in Humboldt, Kansas, Walter Johnson (Walter Perry Johnson) played for the Washington Senators for his entire 21 year career. Johnson broke into the bigs on August 2, 1907 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 1.88 ERA in 110.1 innings pitched in 1907, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Walter Johnson's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1913, when he posted a 1.14 ERA, won 36 games and struck out 243 batters. However, others believe that it was 1912, when he posted a 1.39 ERA, won 33 games and struck out 303 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1907	WAS	A	14	12	5	9	1.88	71	35	23	11	2	0	110.1	100	1	20	0	4	2
1908	WAS	A	36	30	14	14	1.65	160	75	47	23	6	1	256.1	194	0	53	0	13	11
1909	WAS	A	40	36	13	25	2.22	164	112	73	27	4	1	296.1	247	1	84	0	12	15
1910	WAS	A	45	42	25	17	1.36	313	92	56	38	8	1	370	262	1	76	0	21	13
1911	WAS	A	40	37	25	13	1.90	207	119	68	36	6	1	322.1	292	8	70	0	17	8
1912	WAS	A	50	37	33	12	1.39	303	89	57	34	7	2	369	259	2	76	0	11	16
1913	WAS	A	48	36	36	7	1.14	243	56	44	29	11	2	346	232	9	38	0	3	9
1914	WAS	A	51	40	28	18	1.72	225	88	71	33	9	1	371.2	287	3	74	0	14	11
1915	WAS	A	47	39	27	13	1.55	203	83	58	35	7	4	336.2	258	1	56	0	7	19
1916	WAS	A	48	38	25	20	1.90	228	105	78	36	3	1	369.2	290	0	82	0	9	9
1917	WAS	A	47	34	23	16	2.21	188	105	80	30	8	3	326	248	3	68	0	7	12
1918	WAS	A	39	29	23	13	1.27	162	71	46	29	8	3	326	241	2	70	0	8	8
1919	WAS	A	39	29	20	14	1.49	147	73	48	27	7	2	290.1	235	0	51	0	4	7
1920	WAS	A	21	15	8	10	3.13	78	68	50	12	4	3	143.2	135	5	27	0	5	5
1921	WAS	A	35	32	17	14	3.51	143	122	103	25	1	1	264	265	7	92	0	7	2
1922	WAS	A	41	31	15	16	2.99	105	115	93	23	4	4	280	283	8	99	0	3	7
1923	WAS	A	42	34	17	12	3.48	130	112	101	18	3	4	261.1	263	9	73	0	2	20
1924	WAS	A	38	38	23	7	2.72	158	97	84	20	6	0	277.2	233	10	77	0	4	10
1925	WAS	A	30	29	20	7	3.07	108	95	78	16	3	0	229	217	7	78	0	1	7
1926	WAS	A	33	33	15	16	3.63	125	120	105	22	2	0	260.2	259	13	73	0	2	5
1927	WAS	A	18	15	5	6	5.10	48	70	61	7	1	0	107.2	113	7	26	0	1	7
Total			802	666	417	279	2.17	3509	1902	1424	531	110	34	5914.2	4913	97	1363	0	155	203

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1907	WAS	A	P	14	0	0	5	20	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.893
1908	WAS	A	P	36	0	0	4	56	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1909	WAS	A	P	40	0	0	15	73	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.926
1910	WAS	A	P	45	0	0	23	90	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1911	WAS	A	P	40	0	0	14	95	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1912	WAS	A	P	50	0	0	15	93	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1913	WAS	A	OF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1913	WAS	A	P	48	0	0	21	82	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1914	WAS	A	P	51	0	0	30	102	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1914	WAS	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1915	WAS	A	P	47	0	0	22	95	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1915	WAS	A	OF	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1916	WAS	A	P	48	0	0	17	72	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.937
1917	WAS	A	P	47	0	0	16	82	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1918	WAS	A	P	39	0	0	15	70	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1918	WAS	A	OF	4	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1919	WAS	A	P	39	0	0	16	69	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1919	WAS	A	OF	3	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1920	WAS	A	OF	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1920	WAS	A	P	21	0	0	5	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1921	WAS	A	P	35	0	0	4	51	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1922	WAS	A	P	41	0	0	11	69	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1923	WAS	A	P	42	0	0	13	51	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1924	WAS	A	P	38	0	0	9	53	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1925	WAS	A	P	30	0	0	5	37	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1926	WAS	A	P	33	0	0	11	38	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1927	WAS	A	P	18	0	0	5	25	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	802	0	0	276	1351	52	72	0	0	0	0	0	.969
Total			OF	15	0	0	18	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.864

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1907	WAS	A	14	36	3	4	0	1	.111	.135	.167	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1908	WAS	A	36	79	7	13	0	5	.165	.250	.253	3	2	6	0	3	5	0	0	0
1909	WAS	A	40	101	6	13	1	6	.129	.137	.188	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0
1910	WAS	A	45	137	14	24	2	12	.175	.199	.277	6	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0
1911	WAS	A	42	128	18	30	1	15	.234	.234	.344	5	3	0	0	0	6	1	0	0
1912	WAS	A	55	144	16	38	2	20	.264	.298	.403	6	4	7	0	0	6	2	0	0
1913	WAS	A	54	134	12	35	2	14	.261	.293	.433	5	6	5	14	1	1	2	0	0
1914	WAS	A	55	136	23	30	3	16	.221	.274	.331	4	1	10	27	0	5	2	0	0
1915	WAS	A	64	147	14	34	2	17	.231	.276	.374	7	4	8	34	1	5	0	0	0
1916	WAS	A	58	142	13	32	1	7	.225	.286	.317	2	4	11	28	1	4	0	0	0
1917	WAS	A	57	130	15	33	0	15	.254	.312	.362	12	1	9	30	2	2	1	0	0
1918	WAS	A	65	150	10	40	1	18	.267	.321	.367	4	4	9	18	3	4	2	0	0
1919	WAS	A	56	125	13	24	1	8	.192	.263	.272	1	3	12	17	0	4	1	0	0
1920	WAS	A	33	64	6	17	1	7	.266	.299	.422	1	3	3	10	0	2	0	0	0
1921	WAS	A	38	111	10	30	0	10	.270	.308	.333	7	0	6	14	0	2	0	0	0
1922	WAS	A	43	108	8	22	1	15	.204	.218	.259	3	0	2	12	0	2	0	0	0
1923	WAS	A	42	93	11	18	0	13	.194	.227	.290	3	3	4	15	0	6	0	0	0
1924	WAS	A	39	113	18	32	1	14	.283	.308	.389	9	0	3	11	1	2	0	0	0
1925	WAS	A	36	97	12	42	2	20	.433	.455	.577	6	1	3	6	1	6	0	0	0
1926	WAS	A	35	103	6	20	1	12	.194	.217	.272	5	0	3	11	0	3	0	0	0
1927	WAS	A	26	46	6	16	2	10	.348	.388	.522	2	0	3	4	0	1	0	0	0
Total			933	2324	241	547	24	255	.235	.274	.342	94	41	110	251	13	70	13	0	0

Transactions

• Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Washington Senators (July, 1907).