Randy Johnson

Q: When was Randy Johnson born?

Randy Johnson was born on September 10, 1963.

Q: Where was Randy Johnson born?

Randy Johnson was born in Walnut Creek, CA .

Q: How tall is Randy Johnson?

Randy Johnson is 6-10 (208 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Randy Johnson weigh when playing?

Randy Johnson weighed 225 lbs (102 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Randy Johnson play?

Randy Johnson played 22 seasons.

Q: Is Randy Johnson in the Hall of Fame?

Randy Johnson was elected into the Hall of Fame in 2015.

Q: When was Randy Johnson drafted?

Randy Johnson was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 4th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Livermore HS (Livermore, CA) and the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Randy Johnson have?

Randy Johnson had 4,875 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Randy Johnson played for?

Randy Johnson played for 6 teams; the Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants.

Q: How many World Series has Randy Johnson won?

Randy Johnson has won 1 World Series.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-10, 225lb (208cm, 102kg)

Born: September 10, 1963 in Walnut Creek, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 4th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Livermore HS (Livermore, CA) and the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Livermore HS (Livermore, CA)

School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 15, 1988 (Age 25-005d, 15,564th in major league history)
vs. PIT 5.0 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: October 4, 2009 (Age 46-024d)
vs. SDP 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2015. (Voted by BBWAA on 534/549 ballots)
View Randy Johnson's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Alan Nero, Barry Meister

Full Name: Randall David Johnson

Nicknames: Big Unit

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

101.1

303

166

ERA

3.29

618

603

4135.1

4875

WHIP

1.171

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1985	21	MON-min	A-	0	3	.000	5.93	8	8	0	0	0	0	27.1	29	22	18	2	24	0	21	0	1	3				1.939	9.5	0.7	7.9	6.9	0.88	JAM NYPL
1986	22	MON-min	A	8	7	.533	3.16	26	26	0	2	1	0	119.2	89	49	42	3	94	0	133	6	4	13				1.529	6.7	0.2	7.1	10.0	1.41	WPB FLOR
1987	23	MON-min	AA	11	8	.579	3.73	25	24	1	0	0	0	140.0	100	63	58	10	128	0	163	9	2	12				1.629	6.4	0.6	8.2	10.5	1.27	JCK SOUL
1988	24	MON-min	AAA	8	7	.533	3.26	20	19	0	0	0	0	113.1	85	52	41	6	72	0	111	3	20	8				1.385	6.8	0.5	5.7	8.8	1.54	INA AA
1988	24	MON	NL	3	0	1.000	2.42	4	4	0	1	0	0	26.0	23	8	7	3	7	0	25	0	0	3	109	151	3.15	1.154	8.0	1.0	2.4	8.7	3.57
1989	25	MON-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	13	5	4	0	9	0	17	1	0	0				1.222	6.5	0.0	4.5	8.5	1.89	INA AA
1989	25	TOT	MLB	7	13	.350	4.82	29	28	1	2	0	0	160.2	147	100	86	13	96	2	130	3	7	7	715	82	4.05	1.512	8.2	0.7	5.4	7.3	1.35
1989	25	MON	NL	0	4	.000	6.67	7	6	1	0	0	0	29.2	29	25	22	2	26	1	26	0	2	2	143	54	4.52	1.854	8.8	0.6	7.9	7.9	1.00
1989	25	SEA	AL	7	9	.438	4.40	22	22	0	2	0	0	131.0	118	75	64	11	70	1	104	3	5	5	572	92	3.94	1.435	8.1	0.8	4.8	7.1	1.49
1990	26	SEA	AL	14	11	.560	3.65	33	33	0	5	2	0	219.2	174	103	89	26	*120*	2	194	5	2	4	944	108	4.29	1.338	7.1	1.1	4.9	7.9	1.62	AS
1991	27	SEA	AL	13	10	.565	3.98	33	33	0	2	1	0	201.1	151	96	89	15	*152*	0	228	12	2	12	889	103	4.00	1.505	6.8	0.7	6.8	10.2	1.50
1992	28	SEA	AL	12	14	.462	3.77	31	31	0	6	2	0	210.1	154	104	88	13	*144*	1	241	18	1	13	922	105	3.61	1.417	6.6	0.6	6.2	*10.3*	1.67
1993	29	SEA	AL	19	8	.704	3.24	35	34	1	10	3	1	255.1	185	97	92	22	99	1	*308*	16	2	8	1043	135	3.05	1.112	*6.5*	0.8	3.5	*10.9*	3.11	AS,CYA-2,MVP-24
1994	30	SEA	AL	13	6	.684	3.19	23	23	0	9	4	0	172.0	132	65	61	14	72	2	*204*	6	0	5	694	152	3.18	1.186	6.9	0.7	3.8	*10.7*	2.83	AS,CYA-3
1995	31	SEA	AL	18	2	.900	2.48	30	30	0	6	3	0	214.1	159	65	59	12	65	1	*294*	6	2	5	866	193	*2.08*	1.045	6.7	0.5	2.7	*12.3*	4.52	AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1996	32	SEA-min	A-	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	6			0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	22.5		EVR NORW
1996	32	SEA	AL	5	0	1.000	3.67	14	8	2	0	0	1	61.1	48	27	25	8	25	0	85	2	1	3	256	136	3.42	1.190	7.0	1.2	3.7	12.5	3.40
1997	33	SEA	AL	20	4	*.833*	2.28	30	29	0	5	2	0	213.0	147	60	54	20	77	2	291	10	0	4	850	197	2.82	1.052	6.2	0.8	3.3	*12.3*	3.78	AS,CYA-2,MVP-11
1998	34	TOT	MLB	19	11	.633	3.28	34	34	0	10	6	0	244.1	203	102	89	23	86	1	329	14	2	7	1014	135	2.90	1.183	7.5	0.8	3.2	12.1	3.83	CYA-7,MVP-21
1998	34	SEA	AL	9	10	.474	4.33	23	23	0	6	2	0	160.0	146	90	77	19	60	0	213	11	2	7	685	106	3.35	1.288	8.2	1.1	3.4	12.0	3.55
1998	34	HOU	NL	10	1	.909	1.28	11	11	0	4	4	0	84.1	57	12	12	4	26	1	116	3	0	0	329	322	2.04	0.984	6.1	0.4	2.8	12.4	4.46
1999	35	ARI	NL	17	9	.654	2.48	35	35	0	12	2	0	*271.2*	207	86	75	30	70	3	*364*	9	2	4	*1079*	184	2.76	1.020	6.9	1.0	2.3	12.1	5.20	AS,CYA-1,MVP-15
2000	36	ARI	NL	19	7	.731	2.64	35	35	0	8	3	0	248.2	202	89	73	23	76	1	*347*	6	2	5	1001	181	2.53	1.118	7.3	0.8	2.8	*12.6*	4.57	AS,CYA-1,MVP-17
2001	37	ARI	NL	21	6	.778	*2.49*	35	34	1	3	2	0	249.2	181	74	69	19	71	2	*372*	18	1	8	994	*188*	*2.13*	*1.009*	*6.5*	0.7	2.6	*13.4*	5.24	AS,CYA-1,MVP-11
2002	38	ARI	NL	24	5	.828	2.32	35	35	0	8	4	0	*260.0*	197	78	67	26	71	1	*334*	13	2	3	*1035*	195	2.66	1.031	6.8	0.9	2.5	*11.6*	4.70	AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
2003	39	ARI-min	A+,AA,AAA	0	1	.000	2.57	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	14	7	4	1	1	0	15	4	0	0	62			1.071	9.0	0.6	0.6	9.6	15.00	LNR,ELP,TUC CALL,TL,PCL
2003	39	ARI	NL	6	8	.429	4.26	18	18	0	1	1	0	114.0	125	61	54	16	27	3	125	8	1	1	489	110	3.58	1.333	9.9	1.3	2.1	9.9	4.63
2004	40	ARI	NL	16	14	.533	2.60	35	35	0	4	2	0	245.2	177	88	71	18	44	1	*290*	10	1	3	964	176	*2.30*	*0.900*	6.5	0.7	1.6	10.6	6.59	AS,CYA-2,MVP-19
2005	41	NYY	AL	17	8	.680	3.79	34	34	0	4	0	0	225.2	207	102	95	32	47	2	211	12	1	3	920	112	3.78	1.126	8.3	1.3	1.9	8.4	4.49
2006	42	NYY	AL	17	11	.607	5.00	33	33	0	2	0	0	205.0	194	125	114	28	60	1	172	10	2	3	860	90	4.27	1.239	8.5	1.2	2.6	7.6	2.87
2007	43	ARI-min	AAA,A+	1	0	1.000	3.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	19	7	6	1	2	0	14	0	0	1	71			1.167	9.5	0.5	1.0	7.0	7.00	TUC,VIS PCL,CALL
2007	43	ARI	NL	4	3	.571	3.81	10	10	0	0	0	0	56.2	52	26	24	7	13	3	72	4	0	1	233	125	3.20	1.147	8.3	1.1	2.1	11.4	5.54
2008	44	ARI-min	AAA	0	0		7.20	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	11	8	8	1	3	0	8	0	0	2	43			1.400	9.9	0.9	2.7	7.2	2.67	TUC PCL
2008	44	ARI	NL	11	10	.524	3.91	30	30	0	2	0	0	184.0	184	92	80	24	44	6	173	6	1	2	778	118	3.76	1.239	9.0	1.2	2.2	8.5	3.93
2009	45	SFG	NL	8	6	.571	4.88	22	17	2	0	0	0	96.0	97	55	52	19	31	2	86	2	1	5	412	87	4.91	1.333	9.1	1.8	2.9	8.1	2.77
22 Yrs				303	166	.646	3.29	618	603	7	100	37	2	4135.1	3346	1703	1513	411	1497	37	4875	190	33	109	17067	135	3.19	1.171	7.3	0.9	3.3	10.6	3.26
162 Game Avg.				17	9	.646	3.29	34	34	0	6	2	0	230	186	95	84	23	83	2	271	11	2	6	950	135	3.19	1.171	7.3	0.9	3.3	10.6	3.26
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
SEA (10 yrs)				130	74	.637	3.42	274	266	3	51	19	2	1838.1	1414	782	698	160	884	10	2162	89	17	66	7721	128	3.34	1.250	6.9	0.8	4.3	10.6	2.45
ARI (8 yrs)				118	62	.656	2.83	233	232	1	38	14	0	1630.1	1325	594	513	163	416	20	2077	74	10	27	6573	164	2.73	1.068	7.3	0.9	2.3	11.5	4.99
MON (2 yrs)				3	4	.429	4.69	11	10	1	1	0	0	55.2	52	33	29	5	33	1	51	0	2	5	252	77	3.88	1.527	8.4	0.8	5.3	8.2	1.55
NYY (2 yrs)				34	19	.642	4.37	67	67	0	6	0	0	430.2	401	227	209	60	107	3	383	22	3	6	1780	100	4.01	1.180	8.4	1.3	2.2	8.0	3.58
SFG (1 yr)				8	6	.571	4.88	22	17	2	0	0	0	96.0	97	55	52	19	31	2	86	2	1	5	412	87	4.91	1.333	9.1	1.8	2.9	8.1	2.77
HOU (1 yr)				10	1	.909	1.28	11	11	0	4	4	0	84.1	57	12	12	4	26	1	116	3	0	0	329	322	2.04	0.984	6.1	0.4	2.8	12.4	4.46

AL (12 yrs)				164	93	.638	3.60	341	333	3	57	19	2	2269.0	1815	1009	907	220	991	13	2545	111	20	72	9501	121	3.47	1.237	7.2	0.9	3.9	10.1	2.57
NL (12 yrs)				139	73	.656	2.92	277	270	4	43	18	0	1866.1	1531	694	606	191	506	24	2330	79	13	37	7566	156	2.85	1.091	7.4	0.9	2.4	11.2	4.60

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Randy Johnson?

Randy Johnson is 60 years old.

When was Randy Johnson born?

Randy Johnson was born on September 10, 1963.

Where was Randy Johnson born?

Randy Johnson was born in Walnut Creek, CA.

How tall is Randy Johnson?

Randy Johnson is 6-10 (208 cm) tall.

How much did Randy Johnson weigh when playing?

Randy Johnson weighed 225 lbs (102 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Randy Johnson play?

Randy Johnson played 22 seasons.

Is Randy Johnson in the Hall of Fame?

Randy Johnson was elected into the Hall of Fame in 2015.

When was Randy Johnson drafted?

Randy Johnson was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 4th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Livermore HS (Livermore, CA) and the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA).

What position did Randy Johnson play?

Randy Johnson was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Randy Johnson have?

Randy Johnson had 4,875 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Randy Johnson played for?

Randy Johnson played for 6 teams; the Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants.

How many World Series has Randy Johnson won?

Randy Johnson has won 1 World Series.

When did Randy Johnson retire?

Randy Johnson last played in 2009.

What are Randy Johnson's nicknames?

Big Unit is a nickname for Randy Johnson.

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