Randy Johnson
Randall David Johnson (Big Unit)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 10" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: September 10, 1963 in Walnut Creek, CA
High School: Livermore (Livermore, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1988
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1988 MON NL 24 P 4 4 26.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 1.000 1.97 0.70
1989 TOT MLB 25 P 29 28 160.2 41 8 26 7 1 .829 1.90 1.17 .963 1.87 0.65
1989 MON NL 25 P 7 6 29.2 8 1 5 2 0 .750 1.82 0.86 .962 1.88 0.63
1989 SEA AL 25 P 22 22 131.0 33 7 21 5 1 .848 1.92 1.27 .964 1.87 0.66
1990 SEA AL 26 P 33 33 219.2 35 6 24 5 2 .857 1.23 0.91 .957 1.78 0.59 AS
1991 SEA AL 27 P 33 33 201.1 28 0 23 5 3 .821 1.03 0.70 .961 1.80 0.58
1992 SEA AL 28 P 31 31 210.1 28 5 20 3 0 .893 1.07 0.81 .957 1.72 0.56
1993 SEA AL 29 P 35 34 255.1 39 10 29 0 2 1.000 1.37 1.11 .951 1.79 0.56 AS,CYA-2,MVP-24
1993 SEA AL 29 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80 AS,CYA-2,MVP-24
1993 SEA AL 29 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.10 AS,CYA-2,MVP-24
1994 SEA AL 30 P 23 23 172.0 39 12 27 0 0 1.000 2.04 1.70 .954 1.72 0.52 AS,CYA-3
1995 SEA AL 31 P 30 30 214.1 32 7 24 1 0 .969 1.30 1.03 .959 1.79 0.53 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1996 SEA AL 32 P 14 8 61.1 10 1 8 1 0 .900 1.32 0.64 .960 1.78 0.52
1997 SEA AL 33 P 30 29 213.0 31 7 20 4 0 .871 1.14 0.90 .958 1.71 0.49 AS,CYA-2,MVP-11
1998 TOT MLB 34 P 34 34 244.1 45 6 30 9 3 .800 1.33 1.06 .967 1.80 0.51 CYA-7,MVP-21
1998 SEA AL 34 P 23 23 160.0 36 5 23 8 2 .778 1.58 1.22 .967 1.78 0.50
1998 HOU NL 34 P 11 11 84.1 9 1 7 1 1 .889 0.85 0.73 .967 1.85 0.54
1999 ARI NL 35 P 35 35 271.2 37 4 28 5 2 .865 1.06 0.91 .957 1.72 0.48 AS,CYA-1,MVP-15
2000 ARI NL 36 P 35 35 248.2 30 5 22 3 1 .900 0.98 0.77 .967 1.74 0.48 AS,CYA-1,MVP-17
2001 ARI NL 37 P 35 34 249.2 33 2 27 4 1 .879 1.05 0.83 .964 1.75 0.46 AS,CYA-1,MVP-11
2002 ARI NL 38 P 35 35 260.0 27 5 20 2 2 .926 0.87 0.71 .963 1.83 0.48 AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
2003 ARI NL 39 P 18 18 114.0 16 2 14 0 0 1.000 1.26 0.89 .956 1.85 0.48
2004 ARI NL 40 P 35 35 245.2 25 5 20 0 0 1.000 0.92 0.71 .964 1.84 0.47 AS,CYA-2,MVP-19
2005 NYY AL 41 P 34 34 225.2 30 2 26 2 1 .933 1.12 0.82 .953 1.69 0.46
2006 NYY AL 42 P 33 33 205.0 29 2 26 1 0 .966 1.23 0.85 .959 1.56 0.41
2007 ARI NL 43 P 10 10 56.2 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 1.27 0.80 .962 1.68 0.40
2008 ARI NL 44 P 30 30 184.0 17 1 13 3 0 .824 0.68 0.47 .965 1.73 0.43
2009 SFG NL 45 P 22 17 96.0 14 0 13 1 0 .929 1.22 0.59 .957 1.72 0.42
22 Seasons P 618 603 4135.1 595 90 448 57 18 .904 1.17 0.87 .960 1.76 0.50
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.10
22 Seasons TOT 619 603 4136.1 595 90 448 57 18 .904 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.17 0.87 .864 1.76 0.51
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1988 MON NL 24 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SEA AL 25 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 MON NL 25 7 6 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 SEA AL 26 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 SEA AL 27 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 SEA AL 28 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 SEA AL 29 36 0 2 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1994 SEA AL 30 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 SEA AL 31 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 SEA AL 32 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 SEA AL 33 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 SEA AL 34 23 2 2 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 HOU NL 34 11 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 ARI NL 35 35 33 33 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 ARI NL 36 35 34 34 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 ARI NL 37 35 32 33 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 ARI NL 38 35 34 34 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 ARI NL 39 18 17 17 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 ARI NL 40 35 33 33 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 NYY AL 41 34 3 3 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 NYY AL 42 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 ARI NL 43 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 ARI NL 44 30 28 28 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 SFG NL 45 22 17 20 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Seasons 619 266 273 619 618 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1988 MON NL 24 116 72% 33% 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SEA AL 25 613 71% 28% 21 90% 0 7 3 3 21 16 0 5 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 7 100%
1989 MON NL 25 161 68% 25% 5 80% 1 1 0 1 5 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1990 SEA AL 26 986 68% 24% 26 81% 1 5 1 3 24 16 3 5 0 0 5 0 2 2 2 0 9 56%
1991 SEA AL 27 934 58% 23% 22 86% 0 0 0 0 23 14 3 5 0 1 4 3 3 2 3 0 9 78%
1992 SEA AL 28 994 59% 19% 15 100% 0 5 2 1 20 10 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1993 SEA AL 29 1089 61% 25% 31 94% 0 10 2 4 29 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 5 100%
1994 SEA AL 30 735 62% 29% 26 85% 0 12 4 6 27 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1995 SEA AL 31 900 59% 24% 25 92% 0 7 3 3 24 16 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1996 SEA AL 32 270 58% 23% 9 89% 1 1 0 1 7 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1997 SEA AL 33 879 57% 23% 21 90% 0 7 1 5 20 17 0 4 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1998 SEA AL 34 728 61% 24% 25 76% 2 5 1 4 23 15 2 7 1 2 4 3 2 1 2 0 4 75%
1998 HOU NL 34 344 58% 24% 7 57% 0 1 0 1 7 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
1999 ARI NL 35 1137 61% 24% 27 89% 0 5 2 2 28 19 3 5 0 3 2 3 2 1 1 1 4 75%
2000 ARI NL 36 1048 59% 21% 22 86% 0 5 2 2 22 13 1 3 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 6 83%
2001 ARI NL 37 1039 56% 19% 24 92% 0 2 0 2 27 19 2 4 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 6 83%
2002 ARI NL 38 1071 61% 25% 20 90% 0 2 1 1 21 15 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 5 80%
2003 ARI NL 39 512 69% 26% 17 76% 0 2 1 1 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 83%
2004 ARI NL 40 999 66% 26% 23 91% 0 5 2 3 20 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 75%
2005 NYY AL 41 957 72% 30% 24 96% 0 2 2 0 26 21 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 100%
2006 NYY AL 42 894 73% 29% 31 84% 1 2 2 0 26 23 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 67%
2007 ARI NL 43 242 63% 24% 7 86% 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
2008 ARI NL 44 805 72% 27% 20 60% 0 1 1 0 13 11 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 75%
2009 SFG NL 45 430 72% 30% 12 92% 1 0 0 0 13 9 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
22 Seasons 17883 63% 25% 462 86% 7 87 30 43 448 321 22 56 4 12 40 22 18 11 13 5 105 81%
MLB Averages 75% 31% 89% 84%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1993 SEA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 67% 33% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 67% 33% 0
MLB Averages 61.2% 2.4% 56% 75% 39% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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