Joe Wood vs Walter Johnson

Joe Wood Walter Johnson

Joe Wood and Walter Johnson compared on their MLB careers: Joe Wood played 11 seasons, 1908 to 1920, Walter Johnson 21 seasons, 1907 to 1927. Joe Wood has 116 wins to Walter Johnson's 417. Joe Wood won 3 titles, Walter Johnson won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Joe Wood and Walter Johnson career totals

225	GP	802
116	W	417
57	L	279
2.0	ERA	2.2
1436.1	IP	5914.2
989	K	3,509
421	BB	1,363
1.1	WHIP	1.1
11	SV	34

How do they compare in the postseason?

Joe Wood and Walter Johnson postseason

4	GP	6
0	R	0
27	H	56

Where each stands all time

Joe Wood and Walter Johnson all-time places

—	Strikeouts (pitching)	11th (3,509)
—	Wins (pitching)	2nd (417)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Joe Wood: 3 championships; none on file
Walter Johnson: 1 championship; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Joe Wood and Walter Johnson season by season

1st	1908	1	1	2.38	1907	5	9	1.88
2nd	1909	11	7	2.18	1908	14	14	1.65
3rd	1910	12	13	1.68	1909	13	25	2.22
4th	1911	23	17	2.02	1910	25	17	1.36
5th	1912	34	5	1.91	1911	25	13	1.90
6th	1913	11	5	2.29	1912	33	12	1.39
7th	1914	9	3	2.62	1913	36	7	1.14
8th	1915	15	5	1.49	1914	28	18	1.72
9th	1917	0	1	3.45	1915	27	13	1.55
10th	1919	0	0	0.00	1916	25	20	1.90
11th	1920	0	0	22.50	1917	23	16	2.21
12th	—	—	—	—	1918	23	13	1.27
13th	—	—	—	—	1919	20	14	1.49
14th	—	—	—	—	1920	8	10	3.13
15th	—	—	—	—	1921	17	14	3.51
16th	—	—	—	—	1922	15	16	2.99
17th	—	—	—	—	1923	17	12	3.48
18th	—	—	—	—	1924	23	7	2.72
19th	—	—	—	—	1925	20	7	3.07
20th	—	—	—	—	1926	15	16	3.63
21st	—	—	—	—	1927	5	6	5.10

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA