Friday, August 07, 2020

1907: Walter Johnson won the first of 417 wins!

On this day in 1914, Walter Johnson won the first of his 417 wins.    
Check out these awesome statistics: 417 wins, 2.17 career ER, 3509 Ks, 531 complete games and 110 shutoutsHe also lost 279 games or a .599 winning pct.   In other words, he lost 40% of his games.  How do you lose 40% of your games with a 2.17 career ERA? He must have had a lot of 1-0 or 2-1 complete game losses.      
In 1936, Johnson was part of the first class inducted to The Hall of Fame.
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