Walter Johnson Stats & Facts
Walter Johnson Stats & Facts Walter Johnson Position: PitcherBats: Right...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Dec 29, 2018 | Hall of Fame, Player | 0 |
Walter Johnson Stats & Facts Walter Johnson Position: PitcherBats: Right...
Read MoreMajor League Baseball Season Recap 1924 World Series – Washington Senators AL over New York Giants NL 4 games to 3 World Series MVP – Babe Ruth Award – Awards – </strong? Major League Cy Young Award Cy...
Read MoreMajor League Baseball Season Recap 1913 World Series – Philadelphia A’s AL over New York Giants NL 4 games to 1 World Series MVP – Babe Ruth Award – Awards – </strong? Major League Cy Young Award...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 28, 2018 | Biographies, Hall Of Fame Inductions, Negro Leagues | 0 |
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Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | May 20, 1983 | Milestones, strikeouts | 0 |
On May 20, 1983, Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Steve Carlton passes Walter Johnson to move...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Feb 25, 1951 | Death, Negro Leagues | 0 |
1951 – Smokey Joe Williams dies in New York City at age 62. Williams has been considered by many historians to be one of the game’s greatest pitchers, even though he never played a game in the major leagues. He spent his entire 27-year career (1905-1932) pitching in the Negro Leagues, Mexico and the Caribbean, but his path to the majors was barred by the color line. During his stellar career, he defeated five Hall of Fame pitchers in exhibition competition: Grover Alexander, Chief Bender, Waite Hoyt, Walter Johnson and Rube Marquard. In 1999, after extensive research on the early years of black baseball reveal his outstanding numbers, Williams will gain Hall of Fame honors himself.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Dec 10, 1946 | Death | 0 |
On December 10, 1946, Walter Johnson, one of the first five players elected to the Hall of Fame,...
Read MorePosted by Tom | Aug 6, 1944 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
AUGUST 6, 1944. At an Old Timers Game in Shibe Park, Philadelphia, the following stars (L-R) of...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 26, 1943 | Exhibition | 0 |
War Bond Game, August 26, 1943, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson, Tris Speaker, Lefty...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 23, 1942 | Exhibition | 0 |
Walter Johnson pitching to Babe Ruth is the pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for the New York-Washington game at Yankee Stadium that provides $80,000 for Army-Navy relief. Ruth hits the fifth pitch into the right-field stands, and then adds one more shot before circling the bases. Sixteen relief games contribute $523,000 during the season. In the doubleheader between the Senators and the Yankees, the Senators win the opener, 7 – 6 and New York cops the nitecap, 3 – 0, in 5 1/2 innings.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 23, 1942 | Exhibition | 0 |
Walter Johnson pitching to Babe Ruth is the pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for the New York-Washington game at Yankee Stadium that provides $80,000 for Army-Navy relief. Ruth hits the fifth pitch into the right-field stands, and then adds one more shot before circling the bases. Sixteen relief games contribute $523,000 during the season. In the doubleheader between the Senators and the Yankees, the Senators win the opener, 7 – 6 and New York cops the nitecap, 3 – 0, in 5 1/2 innings.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Nov 5, 1940 | Off The Field | 0 |
On November 5, 1940, In his bid to represent Maryland’s sixth congressional district in the...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Sep 21, 1939 | Classic Broadcast | 0 |
Cleveland Indians 6, Washington Senators 3 Game Played on Thursday, September 21, 1939 (D) at...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jun 12, 1939 | Hall Of Fame Inductions | 0 |
On June 12, 1939, an awe-inspiring collection of baseball’s greatest stars and legendary figures...
Read MoreLefty Grove and Walter Johnson at Fenway Park, circa 1939.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Feb 22, 1936 | Podcast, Special Days | 0 |
As thousands cheer on both sides of the river, 48 year-old Senator legend Walter Johnson throws a silver dollar to the far side of the Rappahannock, believed to be a 386-foot toss. The Washington, D.C. Sesquicentennial celebration, which includes commemorating the 204th anniversary of George Washington’s birth, stages the event to duplicate the alleged feat that the young Virginian accomplished when he threw a silver dollar across the Potomac River.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Feb 2, 1936 | Hall of Fame | 0 |
Baseball Writers’ Association announces the results of the first Hall of Fame vote
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jun 9, 1933 | Manager | 0 |
On June 9, 1933, future Hall of Famer Walter Johnson assumes the managerial reins of the Cleveland...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 4, 1932 | Manager | 0 |
After his skipper compiles a 350-264 (.570) record in four seasons at the helm, Senators owner Clark Griffith, hinting that he may name himself as the next skipper of the club, announces Walter Johnson will not be returning to manage the team next season. The Washington legend will be replaced by Joe Cronin, who will lead the club to an American League pennant next year.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 23, 1931 | Player Streaks | 0 |
In his attempt to break Walter Johnson’s consecutive game winning streak of 17 games, Lefty Grove loses when Browns’ hurler Dick Coffman throws a three-hit shutout, his only whitewash this season, against the A’s. Reserve outfielder Jimmy Moore, playing in place of the absent Al Simmons, misjudges a fly ball, which leads to the decisive run and subsequently to Lefty’s meltdown in the locker room.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 13, 1926 | Batting Feat, Homerun History | 0 |
Lou Gehrig hits two home runs off Walter Johnson in the Yankees’ 7-5 victory over the Senators at Griffith Stadium. The Iron Horse’s accomplishment marks only the second time in the Big Train’s 20-year career that the right-hander has allowed two homers in the same game to the same player.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | May 12, 1926 | strikeouts | 0 |
Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators records his 400th career win when he defeats the St. Louis Browns, 7 – 4, to reach the rarely-achieved milestone.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | May 12, 1926 | Milestones, Pitching Feats | 0 |
On May 12, 1926, Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators wins his 400th career game. The “Big...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 13, 1926 | 100 Game Series, Opening Day, Pitching Feats | 0 |
April 13, 1926, one of the greatest Opening Day pitchers’ duels ever occurs, 25,000 fans...
Read MorePosted by Tom | Apr 13, 1926 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
On Opening Day, 38 year-old Senators’ hurler Walter Johnson strikes out a dozen A’s batter when he outduels Eddie Rommel for 15 innings, beating Philadelphia at Washington’s Griffith Stadium, 1-0. The ‘Big Train’, in his next-to-last season, will finish the campaign with a 15-16 record (.484) along with an ERA of 3.63 for the fourth-place club.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 15, 1925 | World Series, World Series Clinchers | 0 |
1925 – Capping a comeback from a 3 – 1 deficit, Kiki Cuyler hits a bases-loaded double in the 8th inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 9 – 7 victory over Walter Johnson and the Washington Senators in Game 7 of the World Series.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jun 1, 1925 | Firsts, Player Streaks | 0 |
On June 1, 1925, In the 8th inning Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees begins his historic...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 10, 1924 | 100 Game Series, World Series, World Series Clinchers | 0 |
On October 10, 1924, the Washington Senators win the only championship in franchise history. The...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 4, 1924 | World Series | 0 |
1924 – New York Giants third baseman Freddie Lindstrom, at 18 years, 10 months, is the youngest ever to play in a World Series. President Calvin Coolidge is among 35,760 who jam the stands for Game 1 in Washington, DC Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators loses his World Series debut, 4 – 3, in 12 innings.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 25, 1924 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
1924 – Walter Johnson hurls a seven-inning rain-shortened no-hitter against the Browns, winning by a score of 2 – 0.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jul 22, 1923 | Milestones | 0 |
On July 22, 1923, At Cleveland’s Dunn Field, Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | May 2, 1923 | Pitching Feats | 0 |
On May 2, 1923, at Griffith Stadium, in front of 10,000 fans, Walter Johnson of the Washington...
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Sep 8, 1922 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
The Yankees go back on top, this time to stay, beating the Senators, 8 – 1, behind Carl Mays. New York’s win is triggered by Wally Pipp’s 6th inning 3-run homer off Walter Johnson, the second homer Wally has dinged off the Senators’ ace in nine days.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 16, 1922 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
The Browns beat Walter Johnson and the Senators again, 11 – 2. Brownie star George Sisler is 1 for 5 with a run scored.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Sep 5, 1921 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
Walter Johnson, in an 11-inning complete-game losing effort against Philadelphia, fans seven A’s batters to surpass Cy Young’s major league mark of 2,803 career strikeouts. In 1927, the ‘Big Train’ will finish his 21-year tenure with the Senators with 3,509 punch outs, a record which will last for 62 seasons when it is broken by Nolan Ryan in 1983.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 13, 1921 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
With new U.S. President Warren G. Harding, former president Woodrow Wilson, and VP Calvin Coolidge watching, the Washington Senators lose their home opener, 6 – 3, to the Boston Red Sox. Senators pitcher Walter Johnson leaves after four innings, the first time he has failed to finish an Opening Game.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jul 1, 1920 | No Hitters | 0 |
On July 1, 1920, future Hall of Famer Walter Johnson no-hits the Boston Red Sox, 1-0. The...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | May 14, 1920 | 300th Victory, Milestones | 0 |
On May 14, 1920, future Hall of Famer Walter Johnson wins his 300th career game – albeit in...
Read MorePosted by Tom | Mar 26, 1920 | Spring training | 0 |
1920 – At spring training, Washington Senators pitcher Walter Johnson is out of control in his first intersquad game, hitting three batters and walking two. One of the batters he hits is Bucky Harris, who takes a pitch that glances off the side of his head. Johnson gives up seven runs in three innings.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | May 11, 1919 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators pitches 12 scoreless innings in a duel with Jack Quinn of the New York Yankees at the Polo Grounds. Johnson allows only two hits and retires 28 batters in a row. Future football star George Halas, batting leadoff for the Yankees, goes 0 for 5, striking out twice.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | May 15, 1918 | Pitching Feats | 0 |
On May 15, 1918, Walter Johnson pitches an 18-inning shutout against the Chicago White Sox....
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Sep 27, 1917 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
1917 – The Red Sox play a benefit game against an American League all-star team and Babe Ruth and Rube Foster combine for a 2 – 0 shutout. The AL squad features Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, and Joe Jackson in the outfield. More than $14,000 is raised for the family of sports writer Tim Murnane, who died February 13th. Murnane had played and managed in Boston in the 19th century. Actress Fanny Brice helps sell programs and former heavyweight champ John L. Sullivan coaches 3B for the Sox. Ruth wins the fungo hitting contest with a drive of 402 feet, while Joe Jackson has the longest throw at an impressive 396 feet.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 6, 1917 | Lasts | 0 |
Walter Johnson out-dueled Eddie Plank, 1-0 in an 11-inning game
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | May 7, 1917 | Pitching Feats | 0 |
On May 7, 1917, Boston Red Sox lefthander Babe Ruth outduels Washington Senators star Walter...
Read MorePosted by Tom | Nov 29, 1916 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
1916 – In Kansas City, MO, Walter Johnson and Grover Cleveland Alexander face each other for the first time. The exhibition game between the two stars features Zach Wheat, Casey Stengel, Max Carey, Hal Chase and others. The “Johnsons” prevail over the “Alexanders”, 3 – 2.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 15, 1916 | Pitching Feats | 0 |
Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox and Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators engage in a memorable pitching duel
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Dec 19, 1914 | Contract | 0 |
1914 – Washington manager Clark Griffith meets with Walter Johnson in Kansas City and convinces the star to re-sign for $12,500, considerably less than his recent contract with the Chifeds, with the assurance that Griffith would convince the Washington management to spring for a bigger contract later. Washington will later sign Johnson to $16,000 a year for five years. Griffith gets $6,000 from Charles Comiskey to allow Johnson to repay his Chifed signing bonus.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Dec 4, 1914 | Transactions | 0 |
Chicago Whales of the Federal League sign Walter Johnson to a three-year contract
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 24, 1913 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
1913 – In Chicago, Walter Johnson wins his 14th straight, a 2 – 1 decision over the White Sox. Johnson fans the side in the 8th inning, then with two on and two out in the 9th, strikes out Eddie Collins.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Apr 13, 1913 | Opening Day, Pitching Feats, Presidents | 0 |
In a game which features President Woodrow Wilson throwing out the first pitch, Washington’s Walter Johnson gives up an unearned run in the first inning of the home opener, but the ‘Big Train’ will not yield another tally for 56 innings. The Senators beat the team now known as the Yankees, 2-1, switching from the Highlanders, the nickname the team had used since the franchise moved from Baltimore to New York for the 1903 season.
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