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Walter Johnson

Twins Career team 1907 to 1927
Position P
Born Nov 6, 1887

Key Insights

1927
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Lou Gehrig has hit .476/.500/1.095 against Johnson over 24 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

10 for 21 with 4 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .539 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Johnson has struck Boardwalk Brown out 12 times in 16 plate appearances, 75% of everything between them.

12 strikeouts in 16 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Johnson throws than Ross Youngs: 53.3% of the swings between them come up empty.

12 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 22 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Johnson has faced Ty Cobb more than any other hitter: 318 plate appearances, and Ty Cobb has hit .386/.450/.504 in them.

108 hits, 1 home run and 27 strikeouts across 318 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Bernie Boland is 0 for 12 against Johnson, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

12 career plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Babe Ruth has taken Johnson deep 10 times, once every 16.6 plate appearances between them.

166 career plate appearances against him.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 6, 1887