Walter Johnson's Team 90-73(.556) *-led league %SB-Steal Percentage GIDP-Grounded into Double Play ROE-Reached base on Error POTG-Player of the Game Awards won(split up to 4 ways) (position in parantheses if only played one of those listed under heading ...ex. Earl Averill only played CF though he is listed under outfield) (When a + is listed in parantheses, the player played all positions in the heading as well as the position(s) listed after the +. When there is no room to mention this I listed it after the hitters' stats are done. When a - is listed, the player was used in all positions listed in the heading except that listed after the -) (ex.Chick Hafey played center and left, as he is included under outfield with an exception of right field (-RF)) |AB| R| H |RBI|2B|3B|HR|SB | CS| BB|E|GIDP|SH|SF|HBPROE|GwR|GwRBI|POTG| K |Avg|Slg|OBP|EBA| G Catchers Dickey 357 51 95 53 22 3 21 0 0 24 4 4 0 4 2 4 7 6 4.42 31 266*521 326 551 116 Cochrane 154 16 44 14 8 1 2 0 0 17 2 1 2 0 0 2 3 2 1.33 18 286 390 368 433 66 Wilson 96 7 23 6 5 0 0 0 0 7 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 10 240 292 311 340 42 First Basemen Gehrig 401 45 102 47 21 5 14 0 1 34 12 6 0 3 4 3 4 9 4.25 79 254 436 320 473 114 Mize 208 26 48 25 9 3 7 0 0 13 4 4 1 2 2 2 6 2 0.83 39 231 404 291 439 73 Terry 60 6 10 6 1 0 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0.5 6 167 283 258 348 32 Second Basemen Gehringer 582 55 141 57 18 6 13 0 0 25 5 7 14 6 4 9 7 5 3.92 74 242 361 293 387 149 Gordon 90 9 15 8 3 1 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0.75 13 167 289 240 333 37 Shortstop Boudreau 320 27 68 28 12 1 4 0 0 18 8 5 3 2 1 3 5 1 0.75 28 213 294 265 331 89 Utility Men (Foxx-1B/3B Cronin-1B/SS/3B Vaughan-SS/3B/LF Ott-3B/CF/LF) Foxx 581 73 152 85 26 7 29 0 0 39 16 7 0 7 3 2 9 *15 4.67 84 262 480 315 513 156 Cronin 52 3 8 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 154 250 218 291 23 Vaughan 313 34 76 19 19 5 2 0 0 8 11 7 4 0 1 3 7 3 2.42 32 243 355 273 371 93 Ott 68 6 10 6 1 0 3 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 147 294 216 351 32 Outfield PWaner (-CF)633 76 160 40 32 10 3 0 0 43 2 5 5 2 3 14 10 8 4.17 74 253 349 324 391 155 Averill (CF)573 74 144 84 28 4 19 0 0 36 4 *11 2 *8 3 9 8 9 5.08 49 251 414 314 446 150 Simmons 547 57 149 72 *34 12 21 0 2 25 5 1 0 1 3 7 10 9 6.5 78 272 494 318 512 146 Hafey (-RF) 92 4 11 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 14 120 185 202 235 28 Grnberg(-CF) 45 2 5 4 2 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.5 13 111 222 184 286 16 Pitchers WJohnson 94 7 14 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 14* 18 149 191 194 224 34 EWalsh 71 8 12 5 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 10 10 169 211 250 263 32 Vaughn 66 1 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.5 17 152 152 211 200 32 Alexander 62 6 10 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9.5 10 161 242 177 242 35 Coveleski 53 3 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.5 17 151 226 196 268 31 LGrove 25 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.33 3 120 120 153 154 73 Bender 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 100 100 182 182 42 Faber 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 100 100 182 182 43 Flew into/popped into double plays:Averill 3,Gehringer 3,Gordon 2,Boudreau,Mize Opp. SB% vs.: PB: Dickey 81.2(155-191) 6 Cochrane 83.3(50-60) 3 Wilson 50.0(14-28) 0 Approx Team Totals AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB CS %SB BB E GIDP SH SF HBP ROE GwR GwRBI K Avg Slg OBP EBA 5563 598 1320 577 260 56 145 0 3 00.0 334 123 68 44 39 30 67 86 78 743 237 382 295 417 Avg/Game 34.3 3.7 8.1 3.6 1.6 .35 .9 0 0 2.1 .8 .4 .3 .3 .2 .4 4.6 Players cut from roster before games& number of times: Wilson C 10 Dickey C 3 Cochrane C 2 Terry 1B 18 Mize 1B 7 Gehrig 1B 5 Cronin IF 18 Gordon 2B 13 Gehringer 2B 1 Boudreau SS 4 Vaughan SS/UT 4 Ott 3B/OF 22 Greenberg RF/LF 25* Averill CF 2 Hafey CF/LF 20 Pitchers: GF=Games Finished EBH=Extra Base hits allowed Opponent's hitting stats IP H R ER SO BB GP ERA W-L SV Sho HB BK WP EBH CG St GF Avg Slg OBP EBA Pitchers WJohnsn*275.3 182 72 62 176 68 34 2.03 *21-10 0 *9 3 1 1 65 22 34 22 .185* .298 .251 .367 Vaughn 221 188 76 66 123 42 32 2.69 12-10 0 1 7 1 3 53 12 32 12 .224 .345 .286 .411 EWalsh 214.3 189 89 76 130 54 32 3.19 12-9 0 2 2 2 3 61 11 29 11 .218 .345 .286 .398 Alexandr206 161 64 56 105 36 35 2.45 15-11 1 3 3 0 4 42 11 29 16 .207 .316 .270 .388 LGrove 191.6 120 52 50 102 43 73 2.35 14-7 17 0 4 2 3 48 0 0 46 .177* .297 .234 .355 Covelski174 189 91 82 58 34 31 4.24 9-11 0 1 5 *3 5 61 7 31 7 .277 .456 .331 .528 Bender 98.3 89 38 33 45 23 42 3.02 5-5 3 0 1 0 2 32 0 2 21 .244 .400 .308 .456 Faber 87.6 74 48 40 33 27 43 4.11 2-8 8 0 0 1 4 28 0 5 27 .237 .407 .307 .466 Opp. SB vs. individual pitchers: WJohnson 34-43 79.1% Vaughn 41-52 78.8% EWalsh 25-36 69.4% Alexander 40-46 87.0% LGrove 26-37 70.3% Coveleski*45-57* 78.9% Bender 16-24 66.7% Faber 16-23 69.6% Approx team Totals IP H R ER SO BB RA ERA W-L SV Sho HB BK WP EBH CG Avg Slg OBP EBA 1467.3 1192 530 465 772 327 3.25 2.85 90-71 29 16 25 9 25 380 63 217 344 262 412 Avg/Game 9.1 7.4 4.8 2.0 .2 .1.15 .5.15 2.3 .4 Times started in each spot in lineup 1st-PWaner 138 times,Hafey 8,Gehringer 6,Cronin 2,Terry 2,Boudreau 2,Vaughan 2,Ott 2nd-Gehringer 130,Gordon 14,Hafey 11,PWaner 11 3rd-Averill 143,Simmons 8,Ott 7,Greenberg 3,Mize 4th-Gehrig 62,Foxx 58,Mize 28,Terry 5,Cronin 2,Ott 2,Greenberg,Averill 5th-Foxx 94,Gehrig 32,Mize 19,Cronin 3,Averill 2,Simmons 2,Ott 2,Greenberg,Gehringer 6th-Vaughan 80,Boudreau 71,Gehringer 6,Cronin 3,Mize 2,Terry 2,Gordon 2,Greenberg 7th-Simmons 138,Greenberg 5,Boudreau 4,Ott 3,Gehrig 2,Hafey,PWaner 8th-Dickey 98,Cochrane 38,Wilson 26 Other info: Jimmie Foxx had an amazing first half (.299/.555/.367/.593) but went through a horrible 2nd half mostly, starting 38 for 206 with 18 runs, 20 RBIs, 7 home runs,3 doubles, 2 triples and 6 walks (.184/.320/.212/.347) to drop to (.252/.460/.307/.494) before a strong finish of 24 for 74,5 walks,7 doubles, 5 homers, 12 runs and 18 RBIs. Bill Dickey had a year of peaks and valleys. His streaks went, in order from the start of the season:13-36,2-13,21-65,0-17,9-25,3-21,4-8,5-40,9-24,7-36,13-31,1-10 This was the only season of the first four that Walter Johnson did not lose to Cy Young in the first game of season. Trailing Hank Aaron's team 6-2 into the 9th inning one game, the team scored 5 to take a 7-6 lead. Aaron's team scored in the bottom of the 9th to send it to extra innings,where Johnson's team put ANOTHER 5-run inning together in the 11th for the win. Chick Hafey did not drive in his first run till at-bat #76. He got 1 walk in his 1st 75 plate appearances before drawing 4 in 18. Al Simmons led the league in extra-base hits. Simmons finished the first half 16 for 31 (6 runs,6 rbis, 2 home runs, 3 doubles) and started the second almost as hot (12-34,6 runs, 9 RBIs). Simmons suffered through a 3-30 slump at one point (284/521/329/503 to 271/499/317/478), part of a span in which he got just 7 extra base hits in 114 at-bats. Paul Waner homered in 1 of his 506 at-bats only. He scored 7 runs in the team's last 8 games. Bill Terry walked 4 times before his first strikeout. 3 of Mel Ott's first 6 hits were home runs. Flash Gordon started 3 of the first 93 games then 5 of the next 7. Charlie Gehringer's first roster cut came in game 94. He started the second half 13 for 88. Lou Boudreau had just 11 hits in his last 70 first-half at-bats but started the second half 5 for 14. Lou had a 14-49 roll before a horrid 4-34 finish (232/322/284/357 to 213/294/265/331) Jimmie Wilson started 18 for 82 before a 5 for 9 run. Bill Dickey had 8 walks before his 6th strikeout. He started the year with 20 walks and 20 strikeouts. Arky Vaughan had 5 walks only in his first 274 plate appearances then drew 3 in a row before not getting one in his last 45 appearances. Vaughan finished in a slump just like Boudreau, the other shortstop, going 7 for his last 45. Earl Averill finished the season 20-67 with 13 runs batted in and 11 runs scored in 17 games. Mickey Cochrane went 8 for 19 as a pinch-hitter in the second half with a walk,a sacrifice bunt and one home run. Twice he drove in the game-winner with the last at-bat of a game. Lou Gehrig homered just once in his first 56 at-bats. Gehrig finished the year 28-for-143 (.289 to .274). Early in this slump, he scored 9 runs in the span of 10 hits. He did not produce a run in his final 35 at-bats. He did not drive in a run in his final 79 at-bats. Walter Johnson started 16-6 with one no-decision and a 1.68 ERA before an 0-2,2 no-decision slide. Overall, his finish was 5-4 with a 3.51 ERA. Johnson once allowed just 1 run in 48 innings, that run a Dwight Gooden homer. The first 36 of that stretch were scoreless. He had another 1 run in 40 innings stretch, the first 33 scoreless. He once walked 16 in a 32 1/3 inning span. Not only did he pitched 9 solo shutouts, but he also teamed with Lefty Grove on a shutout. Chief Bender allowed just 8 hits and 2 runs in his final 16 innings. Grover Cleveland Alexander started the year 0-3 as a reliever then went 8-3 after being moved to the rotation. He went 4-5 after that before a 3-0 finish in which he allowed 16 hits and 3 runs in 30 innings. Those games included an 11-innings shutout of Sandy Koufax and another 10-inning effort. Lefty Grove went 50 games before his first wild pitch. He allowed 20 hits and 12 runs in his last 15 innings. Grove was masterful in the first half, allowing just 44 hits and 4 home runs in 91 innings. In that half, he had a 1.29 ERA, allowed just a .138 average, a .248 slugging mark, a .206 on-base percentage and a .296 earned base average. Hippo Vaughn threw 2 of his 3 wilf pitches in the season's last game. He started 8-3 before an 0-4 slide. Stan Coveleski allowed 15 runs in the last 19 innings he pitched. He once had a span of 18 innings in which he allowed just 9 hits and 1 run (283 Opp Avg,488 Opp Slug,565 Opp EBA,4.61 ERA,6-8 to .268 Avg, .456 Slg,.532 EBA,4.18,8-8) Opponents stole succesfully in just 5 of their first 11 tries against Red Faber. The team once made 6 errors in a game (Boudreau,Gehrig,Gehringer,Foxx,Dickey and Averill-one apiece) The shortstops Boudreau and Vaughan drew just 2 walks in the first 25 games (107 plate appearances), 10 walks in the first 64 games (248 at-bats), 15 in their first 122 games (486 plate appearances) The second basemen Gehringer and Gordon drew just 3 walks in the first 32 games (141 plate appearances) Paul Waner hit 7 doubles in the team's first 14 games then just 1 in the next 21, 20 of which he started. The pitching staff yielded 18 homers in the first 7 games, 5 allowing 3 in that span (Johnson,Alexander (in 4 innings),Vaughn,Faber,Walsh) before allowing just 5 in the next 9 (3 off Coveleski) Earl Averill hit 5 three-run homers in the team's first 48 games. Wouldn't Earl Weaver be proud? Al Simmons was the first player in the league to play every outfield spot this season, managing that when he first appeared in left in game 17. Johnny Mize started the season 5 for 7 (3 for 5 as a pinch-hitter, 2 for 2 with 2 walks in his 1st start) Stan Coveleski had a 5.18 ERA but a 2-1 record in his first 7 stats then allowed just 1 run in 8 on 3 hits but lost to Bob Feller, who came into that game 0-3 with a 7.73 ERA. Vaughn and Johnson went 20-6 in the first half and started the second half 0-4 as the rest of the team went 5-0. In game 121, the team trailing Juan Marichal and Hank Aaron's team 3-0 in the 5th. Bill Dickey homered to make it 3-1. With 2 outs, Paul Waner singled. Charlie Gehringer was hit by a pitch. Earl Averill, mired in a 7-for-52 slump, drew a walk. Lou Gehrig then hit a grand slam (the 3rd of the season by anybody I think) Lefty Grove once picked off Eddie Collins in back to back games. In game 118, after losing 4 in a row to Ruth's team, the team started the following lineup: Entering game Previously in series Game 118 accomplishments Hafey OF .117 Hit, 2 RBIs (2nd and 3rd of year) Gordon 2B .186 1-2 Home Run Ott OF .189 1-3 2 walks Cronin 3B .111 Sac. Hit Mize 1B .228 0-2 2 hits,run Boudreau SS .222 2-4 3 hits,run Greenberg OF .132 Walk,run Wilson C .220 1-1 Hit,2 walks,2 RBIs Faber P 0-5 1 for 4 (3 runs allowed in 8 2/3 innings) Jimmie Foxx started the first 98 games and appeared in each of the first 100. The team's first steal attempt was in game 95, when Al Simmons was caught stealing home on a missed bunt by Grover Cleveland Alexander during a suicide squeeze. Their second attempt was in game 123 when Lou Gehrig was caught at home on a missed squeeze bunt by Lou Boudreau. In games 91 and 92, the team hit 9 doubles. Ed Walsh one game had allowed 2 hits (1 solo homer included) going into the 9th inning of one game. In that inning,he yielded 3 solo homers and retired just one batter before exiting. Johnson's team once met Hank Aaron's team in a game that turned into the battle of the 2-run homer. Tony Oliva,Jimmie Foxx,Earl Averill,Willie Mays and Charlie Gehringer hit 2-run shots and Mays and Foxx added solo homers in a 9-5 Johnson win. Foxx hit 2 homers in game 75, added 2 more in game 76 and then homered once in games 77 and 78.