This card is part of the 2013 Panini Cooperstown 100 card Green Cystal parallel set. Each card features a green prismed surface and was inserted randomly into packs of 2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball.
- From the 2013 Panini Cooperstown Green Cystal 100 Card parallel set
- Randomly inserted into packs of 2013 Paninin Cooperstown Baseball
Player Biography
Undeniably the hardest throwing pitcher of his era, Walter Johnson was celebrated as much for his character as for his heroics on the mound. In a career which spanned from the rowdy deadball era through the Jazz Age, the “Big Train” always behaved in a noble and gentlemanly fashion, both on and off the field. “I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can,” he reasoned when endlessly questioned about his fastball. Pitching his entire big-league career with the Washington Senators in the nation’s capital, Johnson finished his career with 417 wins, second only to Cy Young, and 3,509 strikeouts, a record that stood for 56 years.
This card is part of the 2013 Panini Cooperstown 100 card Green Cystal parallel set. Each card features a green prismed surface and was inserted randomly into packs of 2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball.
- From the 2013 Panini Cooperstown Green Cystal 100 Card parallel set
- Randomly inserted into packs of 2013 Paninin Cooperstown Baseball
Player Biography
Undeniably the hardest throwing pitcher of his era, Walter Johnson was celebrated as much for his character as for his heroics on the mound. In a career which spanned from the rowdy deadball era through the Jazz Age, the “Big Train” always behaved in a noble and gentlemanly fashion, both on and off the field. “I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can,” he reasoned when endlessly questioned about his fastball. Pitching his entire big-league career with the Washington Senators in the nation’s capital, Johnson finished his career with 417 wins, second only to Cy Young, and 3,509 strikeouts, a record that stood for 56 years.
