In the early days, there were players like Ty Cobb who hit .300 for 23 straight years, and the "Flying Dutchman" Honus Wagner. Pitchers like “Christian Gentleman” Christy Mathewson and the winningest pitcher in Cy Young history. In the years when the only Yankees were the Northerners and there was a new franchise called the American League, there was a pitcher, his name was Walter Johnson. Known as "The Big Train" because of his powerful fastball, unmatched in all of baseball, Johnson was a poor farmhand from Kansas who became one of the best pitchers baseball has ever had the fortune of see, and he was on one of them. of the worst teams in baseball history. Walter Johnson was born in 1887 in a small town called Humboldt, Kansas. As a teenager, his interests shifted from working on a farm to baseball; as he soon discovered, he had a natural vocation for throwing it. Going to high school, he became one of the best pitchers in the country and it was only a matter of time before he was drafted to the majors. He was drafted by the Washington Senators in 1907 for $9. His first year wasn't very good, but in his second year he earned the nickname "Big Train" with an incredible won-loss record. Back when Walter pitched, they didn't have a Cy Young award or a league MVP award, but if they did, Walter would. won a dozen of each. On a team with a winning loss record around 60 and 94, Walter usually won half of his wins. He frequently led the league in wins, ERA and strikeouts, but even the Senetors' lack of luster had some effect on him. In 1916, he had a minuscule 1.86 ERA but lost 20 games. It was 1924, and through hard work and determination (Johnson went 23-7), the Senators reached the World Series, but they had to face the mighty New York Giants. with John McGraw at the helm. Johnson had never won a World Series game in his life and it was his dream to be able to do so, but he was getting older and he knew this would probably be his last chance to win one. In the first game, he lost a heartbreaker to the Giants' ace. He had a no