MLB / Players

Walter Johnson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 200 lb

BornNovember 6, 1887 · Humboldt, KS, USA

MLB debutAugust 2, 1907

Final gameSeptember 30, 1927

Seasons21 (1907–1927)

Washington Senators 1907–1927

Percentile snapshot

1926 season — qualified pitchers

56.6

92.2

82.9

3.1

96.9

SHO

71.3

259

8.5

105

6.2

26.4

125

95.3

5.4

260.7

93.8

ERA

3.63

61.2

WHIP

1.274

73.6

K/9

4.32

77.5

FIP

3.51

FIP-

89.9

73.6

ERA+

107.6

48.1

sWAR

3.4

72.9

of 130 qualified 1926 pitchers (min 152 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

145.8

99.2

sWAR

139.8

100

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1907	14	37	36	3	4	0	1	0	1	1	10	0	0	.111	.135	.167	.302	-6.0	-1.6	.148	1.6
1908	36	93	79	7	13	3	2	0	5	6	23	0	0	.165	.250	.253	.503	70.6	67.6	.255	5.0
1909	40	105	101	6	13	3	0	1	6	1	21	0	0	.129	.137	.188	.325	-7.8	4.1	.156	3.3
1910	45	142	137	14	24	6	1	2	12	4	34	2	0	.175	.199	.277	.476	42.1	50.6	.228	8.9
1911	42	134	128	18	30	5	3	1	15	0	39	1	0	.234	.234	.344	.578	53.6	61.6	.268	8.5
1912	55	157	144	16	38	6	4	2	20	7	41	2	0	.264	.298	.403	.701	94.4	100.4	.331	12.6
1913	54	141	134	12	35	5	6	2	14	5	14	2	0	.261	.293	.433	.726	103.7	111.8	.342	12.4
1914	55	151	136	23	30	4	1	3	16	10	27	2	1	.221	.274	.331	.605	74.2	80.5	.295	9.6
1915	64	161	147	14	34	7	4	2	17	8	34	0	2	.231	.276	.374	.650	86.8	94.5	.313	9.9
1916	58	158	142	13	32	2	4	1	7	11	28	0	0	.225	.286	.317	.603	78.7	83.1	.297	8.6
1917	57	143	130	15	33	12	1	0	15	9	30	1	0	.254	.312	.362	.674	104.0	107.2	.329	6.0
1918	65	166	150	10	40	4	4	1	18	9	18	2	0	.267	.321	.367	.688	106.7	110.1	.337	10.6
1919	56	141	125	13	24	1	3	1	8	12	17	1	0	.192	.263	.272	.535	48.6	51.6	.262	9.0
1920	33	69	64	6	17	1	3	1	7	3	10	0	0	.266	.299	.422	.720	86.0	91.5	.330	2.7
1921	38	119	111	10	30	7	0	0	10	6	14	0	0	.270	.308	.333	.641	64.7	66.8	.300	4.6
1922	43	112	108	8	22	3	0	1	15	2	12	0	0	.204	.218	.259	.477	18.7	26.9	.221	5.3
1923	42	103	93	11	18	3	3	0	13	4	15	0	0	.194	.227	.290	.517	32.2	39.1	.242	3.4
1924	39	119	113	18	32	9	0	1	14	3	11	0	0	.283	.308	.389	.697	76.7	82.1	.323	7.3
1925	36	107	97	12	42	6	1	2	20	3	6	0	1	.433	.455	.577	1.033	163.2	164.8	.472	6.5
1926	35	109	103	6	20	5	0	1	12	3	11	0	0	.194	.217	.272	.489	19.2	28.8	.227	3.4
1927	26	50	46	6	16	2	0	2	10	3	4	0	0	.348	.388	.522	.909	133.0	135.9	.413	0.5

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1907	14	12	5	9	0	11	2	100	23	20	71	1	110.3	1.88	1.088	5.79	1.77	73.0	129.3	1.6
1908	36	30	14	14	1	23	6	194	47	53	160	0	256.3	1.65	.964	5.62	1.75	77.1	137.7	5.0
1909	40	36	13	25	1	27	4	247	73	84	164	1	296.3	2.22	1.117	4.98	2.23	92.9	108.1	3.3
1910	45	42	25	17	1	38	8	262	56	76	313	1	370.0	1.36	.914	7.61	1.31	53.4	180.4	8.9
1911	40	37	25	13	1	36	6	292	68	70	207	8	322.3	1.90	1.123	5.78	2.68	81.4	173.3	8.5
1912	50	37	33	12	2	34	7	259	57	76	303	2	369.0	1.39	.908	7.39	2.13	64.2	238.4	12.6
1913	48	36	36	7	2	29	11	232	44	38	243	9	346.0	1.14	.780	6.32	1.83	62.4	256.0	12.4
1914	51	40	28	18	1	33	9	287	71	74	225	3	371.7	1.72	.971	5.45	1.92	69.3	161.2	9.6
1915	47	39	27	13	4	35	7	258	58	56	203	1	336.7	1.55	.933	5.43	1.88	64.2	188.7	9.9
1916	48	38	25	20	1	36	3	290	78	82	228	0	369.7	1.90	1.006	5.55	1.83	66.2	145.5	8.6
1917	47	34	23	16	3	30	8	248	80	68	188	3	326.0	2.21	.969	5.19	1.84	70.5	118.4	6.0
1918	39	29	23	13	3	29	8	241	46	70	162	2	326.0	1.27	.954	4.47	1.96	72.9	212.0	10.6
1919	39	29	20	14	2	27	7	235	48	51	147	0	290.3	1.49	.985	4.56	2.12	67.2	211.9	9.0
1920	21	15	8	10	3	12	4	135	50	27	78	5	143.7	3.13	1.128	4.89	2.93	79.2	118.2	2.7
1921	35	32	17	14	1	25	1	265	103	92	143	7	264.0	3.51	1.352	4.88	3.54	86.2	117.1	4.6
1922	41	31	15	16	4	23	4	283	93	99	105	8	280.0	2.99	1.364	3.38	3.70	96.3	128.7	5.3
1923	42	34	17	12	4	18	3	263	101	73	130	9	261.3	3.48	1.286	4.48	3.43	90.8	108.4	3.4
1924	38	38	23	7	0	20	6	233	84	77	158	10	277.7	2.72	1.116	5.12	3.40	83.1	150.0	7.3
1925	30	29	20	7	0	16	3	217	78	78	108	7	229.0	3.07	1.288	4.24	3.67	86.5	138.5	6.5
1926	33	33	15	16	0	22	2	259	105	73	125	13	260.7	3.63	1.274	4.32	3.51	89.9	107.6	3.4
1927	18	15	5	6	0	7	1	113	61	26	48	7	107.7	5.10	1.291	4.01	3.93	96.5	79.9	0.5

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

933

2,517

2,324

241

547

RBI

255

110

419

.2354

OBP

.2738

SLG

.3421

OPS

.6159

Pitching

G (P)

802

56th-most career G (P)

666

13th-most career GS

417

2nd-most career W

279

4th-most career L

493rd-most career SV

531

5th-most career CG

SHO

110

Most career SHO of all time

5,915

3rd-most career IP

SO (P)

3,509

10th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,363

24th-most career BB allowed

ERA

2.167

12th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.0611

11th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

5.34

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1915-05-23	MIN @ CLE Gameday	4	1	2	0	1	1	1	7
1918-08-13	MIN @ ATH Gameday	4	1	3	0	0	1	4	6
1913-05-26	MIN @ ATH Gameday	4	1	3	0	0	1	3	6
1913-09-01	MIN @ ATH Gameday	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	6
1913-08-19	MIN @ CLE Gameday	4	0	3	1	1	0	1	6

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1908-07-28	MIN @ BAL Gameday	16.0	9	1	0	2	15
1913-07-25	BAL @ MIN Gameday	11.1	7	2	1	2	15
1910-08-31	BAL @ MIN Gameday	9.0	5	0	0	4	14
1924-05-23	CWS @ MIN Gameday	9.0	1	0	0	1	14
1912-05-30	MIN @ BOS Gameday	9.0	5	0	0	4	13

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1936 (BBWAA)

3× Pitching Triple Crown2× Most Valuable Player

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.