Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Walter Johnson

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Last updated on November 13, 2024.

Walter Perry Johnson, nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Washington Senators from 1907 to 1927. He later served as manager of the Senators from 1929 through 1932 and of the Cleveland Indians from 1933 through 1935.

American - Athlete | November 6, 1887 - December 10, 1946

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I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.

Walter Johnson

Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood.

Walter Johnson

The beanball is one of the meanest things on Earth and no decent fellow would use it. The beanball is a potential murderer. If I were a batter and thought the pitcher really tried to bean me, I'd be inclined to wait for him outside the park with a baseball bat.

Walter Johnson

Nobody saw it, he (Rogers Hornsby) hit it and it disappeared.

Walter Johnson

I was the greenest rookie that ever was. One evening I was standing out on the sidewalk when a stranger approached and said, 'You're famous already kid. See, they've named a hotel for you.' I looked across the street and sure enough, there was a big illuminated sign that read 'Johnson Hotel.' Well, do you know that I was so green that I actually believed the man!

Walter Johnson

You can't hit what you can't see; I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!

Walter Johnson

(Bob) Feller isn't quite as fast as I was.

Walter Johnson

Well I can't rightly say (which player hit the ball hardest), but the ones (home runs by) Ruth hit got smaller quicker.

Walter Johnson

The cost of anything is the foregone alternative.

Walter Johnson

Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smoky Joe Wood.

Walter Johnson