A monster of a pitcher. Possibly the most dominant pitcher of all time. While some think he did it all for bad teams, that's not entirely true- the Senators won back to back pennants and a Series in the mid 20's, and had some good seasons in the 1910's. The earliest clubs he played for though were indeed terrible. Johnson played in a segregated league at a time when the quality of play was weaker, but if you put him in a context free setting, you may very well have the greatest pitcher in the history of the majors. So great he even made it to the Hall before Cy Young, and was deservedly one of the inaugural 5 enshrined. A decent, humble guy by all accounts with an astonishing fastball and over 400 wins.

The Big Train led the American League in wins six times and in strikeouts 12 times. His best season was 1913, when he went 36-7 with a 1.14 ERA. Perhaps even more impressive was when he pitched three shutouts over a four-day span during the 1908 season.

Good player.

I think the best pitcher of all time..keep in mind if he had not pitched a good portion of his career into the live ball era would easily have the lowest ERA of all time.

He was a great pitcher and he had a hell of a whacky wind up. it works although.

There were no sophisticated measuring devices in the early 1900s, but Walter Johnson's fastball was considered to be in a class by itself. Using a sweeping sidearm delivery, the Big Train fanned 3,508 over a brilliant 21 -year career with the Washington Senators, and his 110 shutouts are more than any pitcher. Despite hurling for losing teams most of his career, he won 417 games - second to Cy Young on the all-time list - and enjoyed 10 successive seasons of 20 or more victories. Walter Johnson was inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.

Probably the greatest pitcher of all time, and one of the greatest humanitarian athletes I've ever read about. Just an incredibly warm, benevolent, self-effacing guy. The numbers speak for themselves- especially considering that his teams were generally awful (.460 WPCT without him, lifetime).

The guy won in BOTH eras, and played for the WORST team in the league. He lost more 1-0 games than any other P in history. If he pitched for the Yanks, who knows what kind of numbers he would've put up. The best pitcher of all time. He was Nolan Ryan (100 mph heat) with control.

Probably threw harder than anyone ever has. 3,508 strike outs. 110 shutouts. 110! Still a record that may never be broken. 417 wins, 20 game winner 10 straight seasons. The Big Train. The best pitcher of all time.

He had the best control ever. Of all of the pitchers that ever pitched, who made a batter quit after 2 strikes? Hmm. No one, that's who, no one was a better pitcher than he was, except for maybe Christy Mathewson.

"The Big Train" and former AL strikeout king before Clemens passed him up this year.

He did play for some horrible teams. Best pitcher ever? It's a close one between Johnson & Christy Mathewson.

Quite possibly the greatest pitcher of all time. The most glaring proof of that statement can be found when it is realized that the Washington Senators teams he played on for his entire career were usually at or near the bottom of the standings. Walter Johnson almost single handedly won 20 or more games for the Senators in 10 straight seasons and is second only to Cy Young in number of career victories. In addition, he is the all time leader in shutouts, with 110, and is all time leader in 1 run losses. It's interesting to consider the types of numbers he might have had had he played for a more accomplished team.

One of the greatest pitchers ever to play the game.

Every player I ever read from Walter "Big Train's" era has called him the best right hander ever! He was virtually unhittable despite only throwing fastballs (people estimate he threw over 100 mph)