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

Joseph W. Johnson twice won the American League Most Valuable Player Award (1913 1924) a feat accompliWalter Johnsond since by only two other pitchers Carl Hubbell in 1933 and 1936 and Hal Newhouser in 1944 and 1945. The official scorekeeper ignored the game but later Johnson was charged with those two runs raising his ERA from 1.

He later served as manager of the Senators from 1929 through 1932 and for the Cleveland Indians from 1933 through 1935. Johnson led the league in strikeouts a Major League record 12 times—one more than current strikeout leader Nolan Ryan—including a record eight consecutive seasons. He remains by far the all-time career leader in shutouts with 110 second in wins with 417 and fourth in complete games with 531.