Thanks again Val for helping us avoid a shutout. As you say, 1924 did not see a lot of cards issued.
Player #54M: Walter P. "Barney" Johnson Part 2. "The Big Train". Pitcher for the Washington Senators in 1907-1927. 417 wins and 34 saves in 21 MLB seasons. 1924 World Series champion. 1913 and 1924 AL Most Valuable Player. 3-time triple crown. 6-time AL wins leader. 5-time AL ERA leader. 12-time AL strikeout leader. He had a career ERA of 2.17 in 5,914.1 innings pitched. He pitched a no-hitter in 1920. He holds the MLB record with 110 career shutouts. MLB All-Time Team. Inducted to the MLB Hall of Fame in 1936. One of his best seasons was 1913 as he posted a record of 36-7 with a 1.14 ERA in 346 innings pitched.
. . . Johnson told the editors of Baseball Magazine that he longed for the days when his arm had been able to bounce back on a daily basis. Now he preferred to pitch every four days. If he could do now what he could then, he said, he knew that he would have even more success, considering the quality of the teams which had usually backed him up in the past. But Walter Johnson was not one to get too caught up in reverie, and he proclaimed himself still good enough to help a contended like this edition of the Washington Senators.
The club lost five in a row in the smothering heat of St. Louis and dropped back behind not only the Yankees, but the Tigers as well. It was Johnson who broke a six-game losing streak for the club on August 7, keeping the Nats in the race. Washington regained second spot by taking four of five from the Tigers at home. Johnson was extraordinary on the 17th, giving up four hits, no walks, and getting the side out in order in seven of the nine innings. He struck out Ty Cobb to end the game, which the Nationals won handily, 8-1.
From now on, Walter told Bucky Harris, he wanted the ball every third day. He would do anything he could to bring a pennant to Washington, and told the skipper he didn't care what the consequences were for his arm. If he ended up knocking himself out of action and missing a World Series, then so be it. This was Walter Johnson.
Punctuated by Barney's rain-shortened no-hitter against the Browns on the 25th, a nine-game winning streak ensued. Following the seven-inning masterpiece, George Sisler, the Browns' star hitter, commented that he thought the Big Train had looked very much like his old self. Any hitter, Sisler thought, would have considered it an accomplishment just to make contact.
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