South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-25
WHY JOHNSON IS
WANTED BY BOTH
FEDS AND RIVALS
Walter Holds Most of the
American League Records
and Has Always Had Good
Mark With Poor Team.

One glance AT Walter Johnson $
record viii soon show the average fan
just why the organized baseball crowd
put up such "a fight To keep him in
their ranks and prevent his becoming
% drawing card for the Federal league
While Johnson is well known 20 the
fans few of them are acquainted With
mis- record. He can always DE de-
pended upon 10 hold his opponents TO
"a few hits and few runs and with any
kind OF hitting behind him ne is sure
Ia win his game. He holds most Of
the important records of the American
league His official record for the
past six years shows what he has ac-
complished. IL follows.
1907.
Joining the Washington club late in
the season without ever having had
any minor league experience, Walter
Johnson made a remarkable showing
i'm the American league. In point of
effectiveness ne led the pitchers SO far
as run getting was concerned. In
fourteen games he allowed only thir-
ty-three runs and uinety-fiFe hits. an
average of less than seven hits and
1.5G runs per game He won five and
lost nine games with "a club that was
rank Tail ender.
1908.
Johnson broke even ou the season,
winning fourteen and losing the same
number, "a percentage OF 800; cOnsid-
erably better than that attained by
his club. lie established "a shut-cut
record for successive days. by blank
iue New York three times I'm "a row.
ON sept. ne beat the Yankees 3 TO
81. on Sept ne won to o.. on Sept.
ne was victorious 4 10 o.
1909.
Despite "a most wonderful season
of pitchins ne won only thirteen
games and lost twenty-five. He allow
ed an average of less than three runs
and seven hits per game. yet could
win only thirteen contests. The rea-
son is shown i'm the record of his club
for the season, forty-two games won
and 10 lost. The Washington club
was very weak aggregation.
1910.
Johnson hung up the remarkable
strike-out record of 313 for the season.
closely rivaling Rube Waddelps feat
of whiting 343 in 1904. ON July s
Johnson struck out the first seven st.
Louis batters TO face him. In the first
three innings he struck out eight men.
ON Aug 81 ne struck out fourteen st.
Louis players in a nine-inning game.
With n club that finished under the
500 mark ne won twenty-five and
lost seventeen games a great showing.
He pitched two one-hit games, two
two-hu games and two three-hit
games.
1911.
Led the league in strike-outs with
255. and won tWenty-three games and
lost fifteen. for a mark of sos, while
his club played only .416 baseball.
1912.
Led the league in strike-outs with
sos. Won thiTty-twO games and lost
twelve. for a percentage of .I27.
while his club attained only a sos
mark Won the longest game of the
season. 5 TO 4, from the Athletics on
Sept. -. He relieved GTOome in this
game with the score q tie. TO &, and
held the Athletics scoreless for ten in
nings. Washington winning out i'm the
nineteenth inning Equaled the Amer
lean league record with sixteen
straight victories.
1913.
Led the league in games won with
thirty-siN victories TO his credit and
only seven defeats also led i'm shut
outs with twelve over his opponents.
Went fifty-siX innings without having
q run scored against him. going from
the opening of the season on April 10
20 May H. Had a fielding average
Of 1000 in fifty-oue games
The Red Line VIII call for your
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