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Walter Johnson played 21 major-league seasons (1907-1927) as a P (802), OF (13). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 21 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 20 | WS1 | 14 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .111 | .302 | -1 |
| 1908 | 21 | WS1 | 36 | 79 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .165 | .503 | 68 |
| 1909 | 22 | WS1 | 40 | 101 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .129 | .325 | 6 |
| 1910 | 23 | WS1 | 45 | 137 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 34 | .175 | .476 | 53 |
| 1911 | 24 | WS1 | 42 | 128 | 18 | 30 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 39 | .234 | .578 | 65 |
| 1912 | 25 | WS1 | 55 | 144 | 16 | 38 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 41 | .264 | .701 | 105 |
| 1913 | 26 | WS1 | 54 | 134 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 14 | .261 | .726 | 119 |
| 1914 | 27 | WS1 | 55 | 136 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 27 | .221 | .605 | 88 |
| 1915 | 28 | WS1 | 64 | 147 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 34 | .231 | .650 | 100 |
| 1916 | 29 | WS1 | 58 | 142 | 13 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 28 | .225 | .603 | 87 |
| 1917 | 30 | WS1 | 57 | 130 | 15 | 33 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 30 | .254 | .674 | 111 |
| 1918 | 31 | WS1 | 65 | 150 | 10 | 40 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 18 | .267 | .688 | 113 |
| 1919 | 32 | WS1 | 56 | 125 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 17 | .192 | .535 | 55 |
| 1920 | 33 | WS1 | 33 | 64 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .266 | .720 | 95 |
| 1921 | 34 | WS1 | 38 | 111 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .270 | .641 | 68 |
| 1922 | 35 | WS1 | 43 | 108 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .204 | .477 | 28 |
| 1923 | 36 | WS1 | 42 | 93 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .194 | .517 | 40 |
| 1924 | 37 | WS1 | 39 | 113 | 18 | 32 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .283 | .697 | 84 |
| 1925 | 38 | WS1 | 36 | 97 | 12 | 42 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .433 | 1.033 | 168 |
| 1926 | 39 | WS1 | 35 | 103 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .194 | .489 | 31 |
| 1927 | 40 | WS1 | 26 | 46 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .348 | .909 | 141 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 20 | WS1 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 110.1 | 71 | 20 | 1.88 | 135 |
| 1908 | 21 | WS1 | 36 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 256.1 | 160 | 53 | 1.65 | 145 |
| 1909 | 22 | WS1 | 40 | 36 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 296.1 | 164 | 84 | 2.22 | 111 |
| 1910 | 23 | WS1 | 45 | 42 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 370 | 313 | 76 | 1.36 | 185 |
| 1911 | 24 | WS1 | 40 | 37 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 322.1 | 207 | 70 | 1.90 | 176 |
| 1912 | 25 | WS1 | 50 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 369 | 303 | 76 | 1.39 | 240 |
| 1913 | 26 | WS1 | 48 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 346 | 243 | 38 | 1.14 | 256 |
| 1914 | 27 | WS1 | 51 | 40 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 371.2 | 225 | 74 | 1.72 | 159 |
| 1915 | 28 | WS1 | 47 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 336.2 | 203 | 56 | 1.55 | 189 |
| 1916 | 29 | WS1 | 48 | 38 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 369.2 | 228 | 82 | 1.90 | 149 |
| 1917 | 30 | WS1 | 47 | 34 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 326 | 188 | 68 | 2.21 | 120 |
| 1918 | 31 | WS1 | 39 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 326 | 162 | 70 | 1.27 | 218 |
| 1919 | 32 | WS1 | 39 | 29 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 290.1 | 147 | 51 | 1.49 | 217 |
| 1920 | 33 | WS1 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 143.2 | 78 | 27 | 3.13 | 121 |
| 1921 | 34 | WS1 | 35 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 264 | 143 | 92 | 3.51 | 122 |
| 1922 | 35 | WS1 | 41 | 31 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 280 | 105 | 99 | 2.99 | 135 |
| 1923 | 36 | WS1 | 42 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 261.1 | 130 | 73 | 3.48 | 115 |
| 1924 | 37 | WS1 | 38 | 38 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 277.2 | 158 | 77 | 2.72 | 155 |
| 1925 | 38 | WS1 | 30 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 229 | 108 | 78 | 3.07 | 143 |
| 1926 | 39 | WS1 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 260.2 | 125 | 73 | 3.63 | 111 |
| 1927 | 40 | WS1 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 107.2 | 48 | 26 | 5.10 | 81 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | P | 14 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 1908 | P | 36 | 30 | 4 | 56 | 4 | 3 |
| 1909 | P | 40 | 36 | 15 | 73 | 7 | 2 |
| 1910 | P | 45 | 42 | 23 | 90 | 6 | 3 |
| 1911 | P | 40 | 0 | 14 | 95 | 4 | 8 |
| 1912 | P | 50 | 0 | 15 | 93 | 4 | 4 |
| 1913 | P | 48 | 0 | 21 | 82 | 0 | 7 |
| 1913 | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | P | 51 | 0 | 30 | 102 | 5 | 6 |
| 1914 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | P | 47 | 0 | 22 | 95 | 6 | 7 |
| 1915 | OF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | P | 48 | 0 | 17 | 72 | 6 | 2 |
| 1917 | P | 47 | 0 | 16 | 82 | 0 | 2 |
| 1918 | P | 39 | 0 | 15 | 70 | 1 | 4 |
| 1918 | OF | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1919 | P | 39 | 0 | 16 | 69 | 1 | 5 |
| 1919 | OF | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | P | 21 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| 1921 | P | 35 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 1 |
| 1922 | P | 41 | 0 | 11 | 69 | 0 | 2 |
| 1923 | P | 42 | 0 | 13 | 51 | 2 | 7 |
| 1924 | P | 38 | 0 | 9 | 53 | 0 | 2 |
| 1925 | P | 30 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 2 |
| 1926 | P | 33 | 0 | 11 | 38 | 1 | 1 |
| 1927 | P | 18 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 3 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Walter Johnson won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1909 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1909 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1910 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1911 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1911 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1912 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1912 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1913 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1913 (ML), MVP 1913 (AL), Pitching Triple Crown 1913 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1914 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1914 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1915 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1915 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1916 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1916 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1917 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1917 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1918 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1918 (ML), Pitching Triple Crown 1918 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1919 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1919 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1923 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1923 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1924 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1924 (ML), MVP 1924 (AL), Pitching Triple Crown 1924 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1925 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1925 (ML), TSN All-Star 1925 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1924, 1923, 1922, 1913, 1912, 1911.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 19 / 64 | 0 |
| 1912 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 28 / 64 | 0 |
| 1913 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 54 / 64 | 0 |
| 1922 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 17 | 5 / 64 | 0 |
| 1923 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 21 | 1 / 64 | 0 |
| 1924 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 55 / 64 | 0 |
Walter Johnson ranks on 5 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #8 | starting pitchers | 1913 | 256 ERA+ |
| #11 | starting pitchers | 1912 | 240 ERA+ |
| #31 | starting pitchers | 1918 | 218 ERA+ |
| #32 | starting pitchers | 1919 | 217 ERA+ |
| #85 | starting pitchers | 1915 | 189 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.