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| Walter
Johnson - #4 (1907-1927) |
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The Big Train is coming, coming round the bend, and everyone knew when
and how. Walter Johnson ranks as the 4th best pitcher in baseball
history and gets a whole lot of kudos from baseball historians as
deserving of a spot several notches higher. And we can understand the
sentiment. Johnson was really the first pitcher in history to dominate
the game with the strikeout. He was the pitching version of Babe Ruth.
Dominant on the mound in every way, particularly through the age of 32.
But Johnson waned near the end of his career, with only three above
10.000 PEVA seasons after that age. But up until that time, there was
no doubt to his achievements and dominance. Ranking #2 in All-Time
Wins, #3 in Innings Pitched, and #5 in ERA plus adjusted show what many
people knew each time they watched him start a game. The Big Train was
coming, coming fast, and going to give his team a great chance to win.
Johnson pitched for the old Washington Senators,
today's Minnesota
Twins, and didn't have the benefit of pitching for a club that
won
with the tradition of the Yankees or some other teams at the
time,
so his 0.599 winning percentage is the 2nd lowest of the Top
Ten
on this list. Washington only had 7 winning seasons in the 21
years he pitched for the Senators, winning the pennant in 1924
and
1925 when Johnson was 37 and 38 years old. It's likely that if
he'd been on some better teams, his win total would be even higher. But
it was certainly high enough to place Johnson in the Top Ten,
particularly when combined with those eleven seasons of an ERA under
2.00. Oh, my.
Walter Johnson Career Stats |
| Year |
Team |
Lg |
W |
SV |
IP |
ERA
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Age
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PEVA-P |
| 1907
|
WS1
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AL
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5 |
0 |
110.3 |
1.88 |
20 |
2.169 |
| 1908
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WS1
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AL
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14 |
1 |
256.3 |
1.65 |
21 |
9.455 |
| 1909
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WS1
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AL
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13 |
1 |
296.3 |
2.22 |
22 |
9.771 |
| 1910
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WS1
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AL
|
25 |
1 |
370.0 |
1.36 |
23 |
45.752 |
| 1911
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WS1
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AL
|
25 |
1 |
322.3 |
1.90 |
24 |
27.861 |
| 1912
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WS1
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AL
|
33 |
2 |
369.0 |
1.39 |
25 |
52.347 |
| 1913
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WS1
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AL
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36 |
2 |
346.0 |
1.14 |
26 |
43.737 |
| 1914
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WS1
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AL
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28 |
1 |
371.7 |
1.72 |
27 |
36.936 |
| 1915
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WS1
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AL
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27 |
4 |
336.7 |
1.55 |
28 |
36.871 |
| 1916
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WS1
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AL
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25 |
1 |
369.7 |
1.90 |
29 |
31.062 |
| 1917
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WS1
|
AL
|
23 |
3 |
326.0 |
2.21 |
30 |
18.739 |
| 1918
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WS1
|
AL
|
23 |
3 |
326.0 |
1.27 |
31 |
43.252 |
| 1919
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WS1
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AL
|
20 |
2 |
290.3 |
1.49 |
32 |
32.304 |
| 1920
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WS1
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AL
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8 |
3 |
143.7 |
3.13 |
33 |
3.207 |
| 1921
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WS1
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AL
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17 |
1 |
264.0 |
3.51 |
34 |
9.385 |
| 1922
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WS1
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AL
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15 |
4 |
280.0 |
2.99 |
35 |
12.127 |
| 1923
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WS1
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AL
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17 |
4 |
261.3 |
3.48 |
36 |
9.689 |
| 1924
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WS1
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AL
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23 |
0 |
277.7 |
2.72 |
37 |
25.968 |
| 1925
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WS1
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AL
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20 |
0 |
229.0 |
3.07 |
38 |
18.743 |
| 1926
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WS1
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AL
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15 |
0 |
260.7 |
3.63 |
39 |
9.206 |
| 1927
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WS1
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AL
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5 |
0 |
107.7 |
5.10 |
40 |
1.299 |
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Total |
417
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34 |
5914.7
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2.17 |
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479.881 |
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What is PEVA?
PEVA is the acronym for Stat Geek Baseball's New Player Rating value.
This grade is given to each player and pitcher each season,
rating
their performance on a peer to peer review. Six components
for
pitchers and batters are melded together into the PEVA Rating, which
ranges each year from 0.200 to 64.000. For more information on PEVA and
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PEVA Scale
64.000 - Maximum
32.000 - Cy Young/MVP Candidate
20.000 - All League
15.000 - All-Star Level
10.000 - Very Good
3.500 - Average
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