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![Walter Johnson](wjohns.gif)
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Name: Walter Perry Johnson
Nickname: The Big Train
Born: November 6, 1887 Humboldt,Ks.
Died: December 10, 1946 Washington,D.C.
Walter Johnson Facts:
- Height: 6'1" Weight: 200
- Threw: Right
- Position: Pitcher
- Pitched 21 years for the Washington Senators
- 416 wins (second all time) and 279 losses
- Career ERA of 2.17
- Fifth all time in complete games (531), third all time in innings
pitched (5923.2) and first all time in shutouts (110)
- In 1913, pitched 56 consecutive scoreless innings
- Led American League in ERA five times, strikeouts twelve times,
shutouts seven times and wins six times
- Lifetime winning percentage is .599
- He was one of the first five players selected to the Hall of Fame in 1936
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