U.S. Presidents and Walter Johnson by Baseball Almanac

U.S. Presidents and Walter Johnson

Walter Johnson's grandson, Hank Thomas, has compiled a huge amount of interesting statistical items relating to the career and life of his grandfather. The following data he has provided is interesting because it shows the relationships that existed between U.S. Presidents and "Big Train" Johnson. Taft was the first and Franklin Roosevelt was the last. Between them were forty-four (44) different instances where U.S. Presidents and Walter Johnson attended games together in one (1) aspect or another.

"You can't hit what you can't see." - Walter Johnson

U.S Presidents and Walter Johnson In Chronological Order
#	President	Quantity
27^th	William Taft	7
28^th	Woodrow Wilson	11
29^th	Warren Harding	5
30^th	Calvin Coolidge	9
31^st	Herbert Hoover	8
32^nd	Franklin Roosevelt	4
#	President	Quantity
U.S Presidents and Walter Johnson

Walter Johnson pitched seven (7) Opening Day games with presidents in attendance — the most by any pitcher in Major League history.

Did you know that Walter Johnson was the manager of the Washington Senators during four (4) season openers when Presidents were in attendance?

Walter Johnson; in front of U.S. Presidents, but not on Opening Day, also pitched four (4) other times, managed two (2) other games, was on the team twenty-one (21) other times and was simply in attendance at six (6) additional games.

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