Walter Johnson stats

Last played for the Minnesota Twins, 1927

Pitcher

Age 139

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Walter Johnson played 21 MLB seasons, 1907 to 1927.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
802
W
417
L
279
ERA
2.17
IP
5,914.2
K
3,509
BB
1,363
WHIP
1.06
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1907MIN14591.88110.171201.09
1908MIN3614141.65256.1160530.96
1909MIN4013252.22296.1164841.12
1910MIN4525171.36370.0313760.91
1911MIN4025131.90322.1207701.12
1912MIN5033121.39369.0303760.91
1913MIN483671.14346.0243380.78
1914MIN5128181.72371.2225740.97
1915MIN4727131.55336.2203560.93
1916MIN4825201.90369.2228821.01
1917MIN4723162.21326.0188680.97
1918MIN3923131.27326.0162700.95
1919MIN3920141.49290.1147510.99
1920MIN218103.13143.278271.13
1921MIN3517143.51264.0143921.35
1922MIN4115162.99280.0105991.36
1923MIN4217123.48261.1130731.29
1924MIN382372.72277.2158771.12
1925MIN302073.07229.0108781.29
1926MIN3315163.63260.2125731.27
1927MIN18565.10107.248261.29

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
6
W
3
L
3
ERA
2.16
IP
50.0
K
35
BB
15
WHIP
1.42

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
531
SHO
110
K/9
5.3
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1907MIN01125.80000
1908MIN02365.60000
1909MIN02745.00000
1910MIN03887.60000
1911MIN03665.80000
1912MIN03477.40000
1913MIN029116.30000
1914MIN03395.40000
1915MIN03575.40000
1916MIN03635.60000
1917MIN03085.20000
1918MIN02984.50000
1919MIN02774.60000
1920MIN01244.90000
1921MIN02514.90000
1922MIN02343.40000
1923MIN01834.50000
1924MIN02065.10000
1925MIN01634.20000
1926MIN02224.30000
1927MIN0714.00000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
139 yearsNov 6, 1887
Debut
1907

What were Walter Johnson's career stats?

Walter Johnson played 21 seasons for the Twins. He had 417 wins and 3,509 strikeouts with a 2.17 ERA over 5,914.2 innings. His best season was 1913: 36 wins, a 1.14 ERA and 243 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

21 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1907 to 1927

Walter Johnson sits top 10 all time in wins (pitching).

Championships

All-time career rank

  • 11th in strikeouts (pitching) (3,509)
  • 2nd in wins (pitching) (417)

Among the 9,243 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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