Walter Johnson Quotes

United States, Baseball Player
November 6, 1887 – December, 10, 1946.

Walter Perry Johnson (November 6, 1887 – December 10, 1946), nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Washington Senators (1907–1927). He later served as manager of the Senators from 1929 through 1932 and for the Cleveland Indians from 1933 through 1935.

Also known as Politician

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

Walter Johnson
- Man
- Alive
- Wood
I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.

Walter Johnson
- Think
- I Can
- Throw

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

Walter Johnson
- Baseball
- Butterfly
- Bee
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
- Men
- Kids
- Man
You can't hit what you can't see.

Walter Johnson
- You
- See
- Hit
Nobody saw it, he (Rogers Hornsby) hit it and it disappeared.

Walter Johnson
- Saws
- Pitching
- Roger
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
- Earth
- Waiting
- Baseball
(Bob) Feller isn't quite as fast as I was.

Walter Johnson
- Pitching
- Bob

The cost of anything is the foregone alternative.

Walter Johnson
- Cost
- Alternatives
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
- Home
- Running
- Player