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Cy YoungvsWalter Johnson

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

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Cy Young

1890–1911 · 22 seasons

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Walter Johnson

1907–1927 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

Cy Young and Walter Johnson: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Cy Young	Stat	Walter Johnson
22	Seasons	21
320.7	Career VAL	238.1
24.6 (1901)	Peak-season VAL	23.9 (1912)
Inducted 1937	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1936
—	MVP Awards	2×

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board).

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Cy Young and Walter Johnson have
Cy Young	Stat	Walter Johnson
Career
918	Games	937
Batting
623	Hits	547
18	Home runs	24
290	RBI	255
325	Runs	241
29	Stolen bases	13
81

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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.210	Batting avg	.235

.234	On-base %	.274

.282	Slugging %	.342

51	OPS+	80

Pitching
511	Wins	417
316	Losses	279
17	Saves	34
7356.0	Innings pitched	5914.1
2,803	Strikeouts (pitching)	3,508
2.63	ERA	2.17
1.13	WHIP	1.06
134	ERA+	152

Pitching

511

Wins

417

316

Losses

279

Saves

7356.0

Innings pitched

5914.1

2,803

Strikeouts (pitching)

3,508

2.63

ERA

2.17

1.13

WHIP

1.06

134

ERA+

152

Age	Cy Young	Walter Johnson
19	—	3.4
20	—	8.8
21	—	6.9
22	—	19.5
23	5.9	14.9
24	14	23.9
25	20.1	21.3
26	22.5	18.1
27	21.3	18.1
28	20.5	15.1
29	19.2	10.4
30	13.4	12
31	16.5	16.1
32	17.2	3.4
33	15.3	4.7
34	24.6	8.1
35	18.1	6.7
36	16.6	11.1
37	15.1	8.5
38	16	6
39	6.1	1.1
40	11.8	—
41	13.1	—
42	6.6	—
43	5.8	—
44	1	—