Welcome aboardPro9, thanks for posting. And the kind words. We are trying to progress through time and haven't reached Goudey yet.
Val, another great card. I have a few Judge PCs that we will get to shortly.
Player #54O: Walter P. "Barney" Johnson. "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.
Deveaux on Walter Johnson in 1926: Walter Johnson started the Senators off on the right foot at Griffith Stadium on Opening Day, 1926, as he had with victories in nine previous opening games. This one was a marathon, fifteen innings, and Barney yielded a measly six hits, walked three, and struck out nine Philadelphia A's in staying the distance. No one reached second base against the Big Train throughout the entire contest. Of all his games and masterpieces, this was the one Walter Johnson considered his greatest, and it came as he was starting his 20th big-league campaign. It was another of those life-time-record 38 1-0 wins which Walter would chalk up by the end of his career, and was the last of his 13 home openers, ten of which he won, six by shutout.
However, age was beginning to catch up with the Washington Senators' pitching staff in 1926. Johnson, now 38, slipped to 15-16 on the heels of his 20-7, 3.07. It was an up-and-down year, as he went from a 6-1 record in mid-May to later losing seven in a row as the Nats fell to the second division. Barney's 3.61 ERA was the worst of his career, but in fairness to the great one, eight of his defeats were by a one-run margin, and five others were by two runs. (The Washington Senators by Tom Deaveaux.)
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