Walter Johnson
Walter Perry Johnson
Born: November 6, 1887
Humboldt, KS USA
Deceased: 1946
Washington, DC USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, 2B, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 200
Career: 1907-1927
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.
Minor League Statistics
Walter Johnson compiled a career record of 417 wins and 279 losses in his 937-game career with the Washington Senators. He began playing during the 1907 season and last took the field during the 1927 campaign. Johnson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1907 | AL | Washington Senators | 5 | 9 | .357 | 1.88 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 110.3 | 100 | 35 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 432 |
1908 | AL | Washington Senators | 14 | 14 | .500 | 1.65 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 256.3 | 194 | 75 | 47 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 160 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 985 |
1909 | AL | Washington Senators | 13 | 25 | .342 | 2.22 | 40 | 36 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 296.3 | 247 | 112 | 73 | 1 | 84 | 0 | 164 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 1219 |
1910 | AL | Washington Senators | 25 | 17 | .595 | 1.36 | 45 | 42 | 3 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 370.0 | 262 | 92 | 56 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 313 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 1367 |
1911 | AL | Washington Senators | 25 | 13 | .658 | 1.90 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 322.3 | 292 | 119 | 68 | 8 | 70 | 0 | 207 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 1335 |
1912 | AL | Washington Senators | 33 | 12 | .733 | 1.39 | 50 | 37 | 13 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 369.0 | 259 | 89 | 57 | 2 | 76 | 0 | 303 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 1426 |
1913 | AL | Washington Senators | 36 | 7 | .837 | 1.14 | 48 | 36 | 11 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 346.0 | 232 | 56 | 44 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 243 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1305 |
1914 | AL | Washington Senators | 28 | 18 | .609 | 1.72 | 51 | 40 | 9 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 371.7 | 287 | 88 | 71 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 225 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 1438 |
1915 | AL | Washington Senators | 27 | 13 | .675 | 1.55 | 47 | 39 | 8 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 336.7 | 258 | 83 | 58 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 203 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 1305 |
1916 | AL | Washington Senators | 25 | 20 | .556 | 1.90 | 48 | 38 | 10 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 369.7 | 290 | 105 | 78 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 228 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1449 |
1917 | AL | Washington Senators | 23 | 16 | .590 | 2.21 | 47 | 34 | 13 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 326.0 | 248 | 105 | 80 | 3 | 68 | 0 | 188 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1284 |
1918 | AL | Washington Senators | 23 | 13 | .639 | 1.27 | 39 | 29 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 326.0 | 241 | 71 | 46 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 162 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1261 |
1919 | AL | Washington Senators | 20 | 14 | .588 | 1.49 | 39 | 29 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 290.3 | 235 | 73 | 48 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 147 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1155 |
1920 | AL | Washington Senators | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.13 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 143.7 | 135 | 68 | 50 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 78 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 594 |
1921 | AL | Washington Senators | 17 | 14 | .548 | 3.51 | 35 | 32 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 264.0 | 265 | 122 | 103 | 7 | 92 | 0 | 143 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1119 |
1922 | AL | Washington Senators | 15 | 16 | .484 | 2.99 | 41 | 31 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 280.0 | 283 | 115 | 93 | 8 | 99 | 0 | 105 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1195 |
1923 | AL | Washington Senators | 17 | 12 | .586 | 3.48 | 42 | 34 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 261.3 | 263 | 112 | 101 | 9 | 73 | 0 | 130 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1097 |
1924 | AL | Washington Senators | 23 | 7 | .767 | 2.72 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 277.7 | 233 | 97 | 84 | 10 | 77 | 0 | 158 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1148 |
1925 | AL | Washington Senators | 20 | 7 | .741 | 3.07 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 229.0 | 217 | 95 | 78 | 7 | 78 | 0 | 108 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 967 |
1926 | AL | Washington Senators | 15 | 16 | .484 | 3.63 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 260.7 | 259 | 120 | 105 | 13 | 73 | 0 | 125 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1101 |
1927 | AL | Washington Senators | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.10 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 107.7 | 113 | 70 | 61 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 460 |
Totals | 417 | 279 | .599 | 2.17 | 802 | 666 | 129 | 531 | 110 | 34 | 5914.7 | 4913 | 1902 | 1424 | 97 | 1363 | 0 | 3509 | 203 | 4 | 155 | 23642 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1907 | AL | Washington Senators | 14 | 37 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .111 | .135 | .167 | .302 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1908 | AL | Washington Senators | 36 | 93 | 79 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .165 | .250 | .253 | .503 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1909 | AL | Washington Senators | 40 | 105 | 101 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .129 | .137 | .188 | .325 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1910 | AL | Washington Senators | 45 | 142 | 137 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 34 | .175 | .199 | .277 | .476 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1911 | AL | Washington Senators | 42 | 134 | 128 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .344 | .578 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1912 | AL | Washington Senators | 55 | 157 | 144 | 16 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .264 | .298 | .403 | .701 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1913 | AL | Washington Senators | 54 | 141 | 134 | 12 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .261 | .293 | .433 | .726 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1914 | AL | Washington Senators | 55 | 151 | 136 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 27 | .221 | .274 | .331 | .605 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1915 | AL | Washington Senators | 64 | 161 | 147 | 14 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 34 | .231 | .276 | .374 | .650 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1916 | AL | Washington Senators | 58 | 158 | 142 | 13 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 28 | .225 | .286 | .317 | .603 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1917 | AL | Washington Senators | 57 | 143 | 130 | 15 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 30 | .254 | .312 | .362 | .674 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1918 | AL | Washington Senators | 65 | 166 | 150 | 10 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 18 | .267 | .321 | .367 | .688 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1919 | AL | Washington Senators | 56 | 141 | 125 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 17 | .192 | .263 | .272 | .535 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1920 | AL | Washington Senators | 33 | 69 | 64 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .266 | .299 | .422 | .720 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1921 | AL | Washington Senators | 38 | 119 | 111 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .270 | .308 | .333 | .641 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1922 | AL | Washington Senators | 43 | 112 | 108 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .204 | .218 | .259 | .477 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1923 | AL | Washington Senators | 42 | 103 | 93 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .194 | .227 | .290 | .517 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1924 | AL | Washington Senators | 39 | 119 | 113 | 18 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .283 | .308 | .389 | .697 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1925 | AL | Washington Senators | 36 | 107 | 97 | 12 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .433 | .455 | .577 | 1.033 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1926 | AL | Washington Senators | 35 | 109 | 103 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .194 | .217 | .272 | .489 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1927 | AL | Washington Senators | 26 | 50 | 46 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .348 | .388 | .522 | .909 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 933 | 2517 | 2324 | 241 | 547 | 94 | 41 | 24 | 255 | 13 | 4 | 110 | 339 | .235 | .274 | .342 | .616 | 795 | 0 | 13 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1907 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 14 | 12 | 110.0 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .893 | 2.045 | 1.786 |
1908 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 36 | 30 | 257.0 | 4 | 56 | 4 | 3 | .938 | 2.101 | 1.667 |
1909 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 40 | 36 | 297.0 | 15 | 73 | 7 | 2 | .926 | 2.667 | 2.200 |
1910 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 45 | 42 | 374.0 | 23 | 90 | 6 | 3 | .950 | 2.719 | 2.511 |
1911 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 95 | 4 | 8 | .965 | 2.725 | |
1912 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 93 | 4 | 4 | .964 | 2.160 | |
1913 | AL | Washington Senators | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
1913 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 82 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 2.146 | |
1914 | AL | Washington Senators | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
1914 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 102 | 5 | 6 | .964 | 2.588 | |
1915 | AL | Washington Senators | OF | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | |
1915 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 95 | 6 | 7 | .951 | 2.489 | |
1916 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 72 | 6 | 2 | .937 | 1.854 | |
1917 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.085 | |
1918 | AL | Washington Senators | OF | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.000 | |
1918 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 70 | 1 | 4 | .988 | 2.179 | |
1919 | AL | Washington Senators | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | |
1919 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 69 | 1 | 5 | .988 | 2.179 | |
1920 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.571 | |
1921 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 1.571 | |
1922 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.951 | |
1923 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 51 | 2 | 7 | .970 | 1.524 | |
1924 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.632 | |
1925 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.400 | |
1926 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 38 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 1.485 | |
1927 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.667 | |
Totals | 815 | 120 | 1038.0 | 292 | 1352 | 53 | 72 | .969 | 14.254 | 2.017 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1924 | AL | Washington Senators | WS | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.00 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 106 |
1925 | AL | Washington Senators | WS | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.08 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26.0 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
Totals | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.52 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 56 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 212 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1924 | AL | Washington Senators | WS | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1925 | AL | Washington Senators | WS | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 6 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1924 | AL | Washington Senators | WS | P | 3 | 2 | 24.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .833 | 1.875 | 1.667 |
1925 | AL | Washington Senators | WS | P | 3 | 3 | 26.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.385 | 1.333 |
Totals | 6 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 1.620 | 1.500 |
Awards
1909 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
1911 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1912 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1913 - AL Most Valuable Player
1913 - AL Pitching Triple Crown
1913 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1914 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1915 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1916 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1917 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1918 - AL Pitching Triple Crown
1918 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1919 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1923 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P4
1924 - AL Most Valuable Player
1924 - AL Pitching Triple Crown
1924 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1925 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
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