Released on: 13, October 2006
, Author: Rosemary McKittrick
, Audience: Internet related
October 13, 2006-- The first time I faced him I watched himtake that easy windup and then something went past me that made me flinch. ThatÂ'swhat Ty Cobb had to say about Walter JohnsonÂ's pitching arm.
 We stopped our clowning. We couldnÂ't touch him every one of us knew that weÂ'd metthe most powerful arm ever turned loose on a ball park.Â
By the time it was all said and done, Johnson, a right-hand pitcher for theWashington Nationals/Senators racked up 417 career wins. It was the second highestrecord in history topped only by Cy Young at 511. Johnson and Young are the onlypitchers to date who have won 400 games or more.
"Johnson fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed and it hissed at you asit passed." Cobb added.
In the 1920s there was no accurate way to measure the speed of JohnsonÂ's arm. ItÂ'sbelieved he threw as high as 99 miles per hour from a side-arm angle.
Nicknamed,  The Big Train, JohnsonÂ's final major league appearance came as a pinchhitter in the same game in which Babe Ruth hit his then-record 60th home run of theseason, Sept. 30, 1927.
Called the greatest right-hand pitcher in baseball history, Johnson was elected tothe Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.
From 1919 to 1922 Eric  Swat Erickson and Johnson were pitchers as well as friendson the Washington Senators. Erickson watched from the bench as Johnson became aliving legend.
When Erickson retired in 1922, he took mementos of the game home with him. Amongthe items he squirreled away in his farmhouse was a jersey belonging to Johnson.
After being tucked away in the attic for 80 years, the only known game worn WalterJohnson jersey in private hands sold at an auction in New York on June 24 sponsoredby SothebyÂ's & SCP Auctions. The other known Johnson jersey resides in the NationalBaseball Hall of Fame.
Made by Spalding, the thick, flannel, grey pinstriped road jersey was estimated tosell for $200,000-$300,000. The jersey is the finest object associated withJohnson. It commanded $352,000.
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