Orval Overall vs Walter Johnson

Orval Overall Walter Johnson

Orval Overall and Walter Johnson compared on their MLB careers: Orval Overall played 7 seasons, 1905 to 1913, Walter Johnson 21 seasons, 1907 to 1927. Orval Overall has 108 wins to Walter Johnson's 417. Orval Overall won 2 titles, Walter Johnson won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Orval Overall and Walter Johnson career totals

218	GP	802
108	W	417
71	L	279
2.2	ERA	2.2
1535.1	IP	5914.2
935	K	3,509
551	BB	1,363
1.2	WHIP	1.1
12	SV	34

How do they compare in the postseason?

Orval Overall and Walter Johnson postseason

8	GP	6
0	R	0
37	H	56

Where each stands all time

Orval Overall 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

Orval Overall: 2 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.

Orval Overall and Walter Johnson season by season

1st	1905	18	23	2.86	1907	5	9	1.88
2nd	1906	16	8	2.74	1908	14	14	1.65
3rd	1907	23	7	1.68	1909	13	25	2.22
4th	1908	15	11	1.92	1910	25	17	1.36
5th	1909	20	11	1.42	1911	25	13	1.90
6th	1910	12	6	2.68	1912	33	12	1.39
7th	1913	4	5	3.31	1913	36	7	1.14
8th	—	—	—	—	1914	28	18	1.72
9th	—	—	—	—	1915	27	13	1.55
10th	—	—	—	—	1916	25	20	1.90
11th	—	—	—	—	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