Walter Johnson
[edit] 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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 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
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 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
|
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- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Washington Senators (July, 1907).
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