One of the greatest pitchers in the history of Major League
Baseball.
Randall David "Randy" Johnson (born September 10, 1963), nicknamed "The Big Unit", is a former American Major League
Baseball left-handed pitcher. During a 22-year career, he pitched for six different teams.
The 6-
foot-10-inch (2.08 m) Johnson was celebrated for having one of the most dominant fastballs in the
game. He regularly approached, and occasionally exceeded, 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) during his prime. He also threw a hard, biting slider. Johnson won the Cy Young Award five times, second only to Roger Clemens' seven.
Johnson finished his career first in strikeouts per nine innings pitched among starting pitchers (10.67), second all-time in total strikeouts (4,875; first among left-handed pitchers), third in
hit batsmen (188), tenth in fewest hits allowed per nine innings pitched (7.24), 22nd in wins (303), and 57th in shutouts (37). He pitched two no-hitters, the second of which was the 17th perfect
game in
baseball history. He won a world series with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2001.
