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Originally Posted by GeoPoto

Player #54S: 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.

Walter Johnson fielded another excellent ballclub for 1931. Johnson was gaining a reputation as a winning manager as a result of the about-face the team had done in 1930, and the '31 season enhanced the perception that most observers came to have of him as a manager. Once his career came to an end, though, it would be generally felt that someone else might have accomplished more with what he had had to work with. Johnson was not perceived as a great communicator.

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