Walter Johnson Thread

**Jason R. Maier** · 01-01-2002, 04:02 AM

I date all my baseball photos using the following book. (Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century: The Official ML BB Guide, Researched, Illustrated & Written by Marc Okkonen, 1991, 1993)

Also, the following website, hostd by the Hall of Fame, mainly using the same book above, but also using images after 1993, has assisted me in dating some of the photos. http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.o...e.htm#database

On this photographic gallery, I have attempted, using the book above, to date all the photos. If I caption a photo with the following, John Smith, Cubs OF, 1910-13, that means that the photo was taken sometime between 1910-13, when the player was on the Cubs. It does NOT mean that the player was only on the Cubs in that time frame. He might have been on the Cubs from 1900-18, but the photo was only taken between 1910-13.
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Walter Johnson Photo Index:

2. Top, Left: Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train, by Henry W. Thomas, 1995, pp. 90.
2. Top, Middle: Ty Cobb: His Tumultuous Life and Times, by Richard Bak, 1994, pp. 37.
2. Top, Right: Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train, by Henry W. Thomas, 1995, pp. 90.
2. Top, Far Right:  Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train, by Henry W. Thomas, 1995, pp. 90.
2. Middle: INTERNET:
2. Bottom, Left: SABR's The National Pastime: Special Pictorial Issue: The Dead Ball Era, Spring, 1986, #5, pp. 29.
2. Bottom, Middle: Baseball's Golden Age: The Photgraphs of Charles M. Conlon, by Neal McCabe/constance McCabe, 1993, pp. 94.
2. Bottom, Right: The New York Times Book of Sports Legends, ed. by Joseph J. Vecchione, 1991, pp. 146.
3. Left: Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train, by Henry W. Thomas, 1995, pp. 90.
3. Middle: Our Game: An American Baseball History, by Charles C. Alexander, 1991, pp. 116.
3. Right: Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train, by Henry W. Thomas, 1995, pp. 90. Or Nationals on Parade: 70 Years of Washington Nationals Photos, by Mark Stang/Phil Wood, 2005, pp. 35.
3. Far Right: The Greatest Pitchers of All time, by Donald Honig, 1988, pp. 41.
4. Left: Baseball: The Golden Age, by Harold Seymour, 1971, pp. 152. 
4. 2nd from left: The American League, by Donald Honig, 1983, pp. 68.
4. 3rd from left: 
4. 4th from left: The Sporting News Selects Baseball's Greatest Players, 1998, pp. 17.  Or, one can use the more cropped Baseball: 100 Years of the Modern Era: 1901-2000, From The Archives Of The Sporting News, edited by Joe Hoppel, 2001, pp. 29.
4. 5th from left: Superstars of Baseball, by Bob Broeg, 1971, pp. 139.
4. 6th from left: Baseball: The Perfect Game, ed. by Josh Leventhall, 2005, pp. 127. 
5. Left: Baseball's Best, by Martin Appel, 1980, pp. 235.
5. Third from Left: New York Times Book of Baseball History, 1975, pp. 241.
5. Fourth from Left: The Baseball Story, by Fred Lieb, 1950, pp. 210.
5. Far Right: My Life in Baseball-The True Record, Ty Cobb with Al Stump, 1961, pp. 264. 
5. Bottom, Right: All Those Mornings . . . At the Post, by Shirley Povich, 2005, pp. 8.
6. Left: The Ultimate Baseball Book, by Daneil Okrent/Harris Lewine, 1988, pp. 71.
6. Middle: The Baseball Chronicles, by Larry Burke, 1995, pp. 55.
6. Right:  The Associated Press Pictorial History of Baseball, by Hal Bock, 1990, pp. 17.
6. Bottom: The Autobiography of Baseball, by Joseph Wallace, 1998, pp. 178.
6. Bottom, Right: 
7. Baseball's Hall of Fame, by Ken D. Smith, 1947, pp. 111.
8. Top, Left: The American League, by Donald Honig, 1983, pp. 68.  Or, one can alternately use the slightly more cropped The History of Baseball, edited by Allison Danzig/Joe Reichler, 1959, pp. 275. 
8. Middle, Right: The Baseball Story, by Fred Lieb, 1950, pp. 210.
8. Bottom, Right: Baseball As I Have Known It, by Fred Lieb, 1977, pp. 135.
9. Left: The Sporting News Selects Baseball's Greatest Players, 1998, pp. 17.  
10. Baseball: The Golden Age, by Harold Seymour, 1971, pp. 152. 
11. Left: Illustrated History of Baseball, by Robert Smith, 1973, pp. 148.
11. Right: Superstars of Baseball, by Bob Broeg, 1971, pp. 139.
12. Left: SABR's The National Pastime: Special Pictorial Issue: The Dead Ball Era, Spring, 1986, #5, pp. 29.
12. Middle: The Greatest Pitchers of All time, by Donald Honig, 1988, pp. 41.
12. Right: Baseball: The Perfect Game, ed. by Josh Leventhall, 2005, pp. 127. 
13. Top: Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train, by Henry W. Thomas, 1995, pp. 90.
13. Bottom: Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train, by Henry W. Thomas, 1995, pp. 90.
14. Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train, by Henry W. Thomas, 1995, pp. 90.
15. Right: Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train, by Henry W. Thomas, 1995, pp. 90.
17. Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train, by Henry W. Thomas, 1995, pp. 90.
18. SABR's The National Pastime, Special Pictorial Issue-The Dead Ball Era, #6, Spring, 1986, pp. 29.
19. Left; Our Game: An American Baseball History, by Charles C. Alexander, 1991, pp. 116.  Or Nationals on Parade: 70 Years of Washington Nationals Photos, by Mark Stang/Phil Wood, 2005, pp. 35.
19. Right: 
20. Left: Illustrated History of Baseball, by Robert Smith, 1973, pp. 148.
20. Right: Baseball Between the Wars, by Bill Hageman, 2001, pp. 16.
21. Left: The Associated Press Pictorial History of Baseball, by Hal Bock, 1990, pp. 17.
21. Right: Baseball's Hall of Fame, by Ken D. Smith, 1947, pp. 111.  Or, The American League Story, by Lee Allen, 1965, pp. 116.
22. The New York Times Book of Sports Legends, ed. by Joseph J. Vecchione, 1991, pp. 146.
23. Middle: The Great American Baseball Scrapbook, by A. D. Suehsdorf, 1978, pp. 44.

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47. Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train, by Henry W. Thomas, 1995, pp. 90.
48. Middle: The Great Baseball Scrapbook, by A. D. Suehsdorf, 1978, pp. 44.

**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 01:42 PM

BB Reference---Walter article 1---Walter article 2--- Walter Johnson on video

Weiser, pre-ML, 1906----------------------1907-08-------------------Aug.20, 1907, Clev.---------------------1907

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Walter Johnson: 3 shots.

1907

**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 01:43 PM

Walter Johnson on video
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**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 01:44 PM

Walter Johnson: All these shots are from 1912-15,---Walter Johnson on video

**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 01:45 PM

Walter Johnson:---Walter Johnson on video---Walter article 1---Walter article 2

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**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 01:46 PM

Walter Johnson on video---Walter article 1---Walter article 2

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October 5, 1924, World Series--------------------------------------------------------------------------October 11, 1924, World Series

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**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 01:47 PM

Walter Johnson:---Walter Johnson on video---Walter article 1---Walter article 2

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**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 01:48 PM

Walter Johnson:---Walter Johnson on video---Walter article 1---Walter article 2

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**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 01:49 PM

Walter Johnson: ------1916-------------------------------------------------------------------------------1917---Walter Johnson on video

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**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 01:50 PM

Walter Johnson, 1912-15

**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 01:53 PM

Walter Johnson:-----------1912-15--------------------------------------------1912-15

**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 01:54 PM

Walter Johnson:---3 shots from 1912-15

**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 01:56 PM

Walter Johnson/Christy Mathewson:

March, 1911, Atlanta, GA-----------------------------------------------October 27, 1913, Joplin, Missouri.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------Next day, they pitched against each other
-------------------------------------------------------------------------for the only time. Walter won, 6-0.

**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 01:57 PM

Walter Johnson:
Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train, by Henry W. Thomas, 1995, pp. 90.

**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 02:01 PM

Walter Johnson:
---Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train, by Henry W. Thomas, 1995, pp. 90.

**Skin & Bones** · 11-30-2006, 02:03 PM

Where do you get all these nice pictures from ? Do you just google it ?
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Here are some of my sources.

1. Vast majority come from my personal baseball book collection, and those from nearby libraries.

2. http://pro.corbis.com/default.aspx

3. http://images.google.com/advanced_image_search?hl=en

4. http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...anced?ei=UTF-8

**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 02:05 PM

Walter Johnson:
Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train, by Henry W. Thomas, 1995, pp. 90.

**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 02:06 PM

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Source for the photos below: Detroit News newspaper photo collection.

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**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 02:10 PM

The Big Train

**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 02:14 PM

Source: Baseball Between the Wars, by Bill Hageman, 2001, pp. 16.

Walter Johnson, Senators' P, 1912-15-----------------------------------------------1912-15

**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 02:15 PM

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**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 02:18 PM

Source, Left: The New York Times Book of Sports Legends, ed. by Joseph J. Vecchione, 1991, pp. 146.

Walter Johnson Senators P-------------------------------------------------------------------Walter Johnson/Gabby Street, 1910

**Bill Burgess** · 11-30-2006, 02:21 PM

Walter Johnson:

Source: Right: Baseball As I Have Known It, by Fred Lieb, 1977, pp. 135.

And so ends my photographic portrait study of the great Walter Johnson, Baseball's Big Train. Hope you enjoyed the ride, as much as I did creating it!!! Bill Burgess

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