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- Walter ΓÇ£Big Train"
- Johnson was a right-
- handed pitcher who
- could throw a baseball
- with awesome speed. At
- 6' 1" and 200 pounds, Walter was a big
- player for the early 1900ΓÇÖs, and he used his
- size to his advantage. He set many pitching
- records, despite playing for the Washington
- Senators, a team that often ended the
- season near the bottom of the American
- League standings.
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- The 1913 season was WalterΓÇÖs finest and
- one of the best by any pitcher in major
- league history. Walter led the league in
- wins (36), earned run average (1.09),
- complete games (29), innings pitched
- (346), and strikeouts (243). He also
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