• Card series: Pilgrims
• City: Washington, D.C.
• Team: Senators
• League: American League
• Hall: National Baseball Hall of Fame

Walter Perry Johnson (1887-1946) played his entire 21-yr career for the Senators then managed them for 4 more. Ty Cobb’s first impression was of a “rube out of the cornfields.” But when the rube threw “The thing just hissed with danger.” Cobb wasn’t the last player to be stunned by this man’s fastball: Most shut-outs in MLB, 2nd in wins, 4th in complete games, etc.

• Only member of 3000 SO club until Bob Gibson joined in 1974
• Still holds record 12x league-leader in strikeouts
• Elected to Hall of Fame: 1936