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Walter JohnsonvsCy Young

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

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Walter Johnson

1907–1927 · 21 seasons

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Cy Young

1890–1911 · 22 seasons

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At a glance

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

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 Walter Johnson and Cy Young have
Walter Johnson	Stat	Cy Young
Career
937	Games	918
Batting
547	Hits	623
24	Home runs	18
255	RBI	290
241	Runs	325
13	Stolen bases	29
110

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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.235	Batting avg	.210

.274	On-base %	.234

.342	Slugging %	.282

80	OPS+	51

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

Pitching

417

Wins

511

279

Losses

316

Saves

5914.1

Innings pitched

7356.0

3,508

Strikeouts (pitching)

2,803

2.17

ERA

2.63

1.06

WHIP

1.13

152

ERA+

134

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