Randy Johnson

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.

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Filmography

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Selected Randy Johnson film and TV show credits.

Acting Credits

1994

Little Big League

Cameo appearance

Self

2012

The Players Club

2004

2004 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

2002

2002 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

2001

2001 World Series (TV Movie)

2001

2001 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

2000

2000 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1999

The Jersey (TV Show)

1999

1999 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1997

1997 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1996

My Oh My!

1995

1995 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1995

1995 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

1994

1994 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1993

1993 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Show)

1990

Sunday Night Baseball (TV Show)

1989

The Simpsons (TV Show)

1988

Live with Kelly and Michael (TV Show)

Quotes

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List of Randy Johnson quotes.

When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.

I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.

The word 'potential' used to hang over me like a cloud.

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Recent news stories featuring Randy Johnson.

John Smoltz becomes 16th pitcher to reach 3,000 strikeouts

Posted 5 years ago by NewsHound

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1988	MON	3-0	2.42	4	4	1	0	0	26	23	8	7	7	25
1989	SEA	7-9	4.40	22	22	2	0	0	131	118	75	64	70	104
1989	MON	0-4	6.67	7	6	0	0	0	29	29	25	22	26	26
1990	SEA	14-11	3.65	33	33	5	2	0	219	174	103	89	120	194
1991	SEA	13-10	3.98	33	33	2	1	0	201	151	96	89	152	228
1992	SEA	12-14	3.77	31	31	6	2	0	210	154	104	88	144	241
1993	SEA	19-8	3.24	35	34	10	3	1	255	185	97	92	99	308
1994	SEA	13-6	3.19	23	23	9	4	0	172	132	65	61	72	204
1995	SEA	18-2	2.48	30	30	6	3	0	214	159	65	59	65	294
1996	SEA	5-0	3.67	14	8	0	0	1	61	48	27	25	25	85
1997	SEA	20-4	2.28	30	29	5	2	0	213	147	60	54	77	291
1998	HOU	10-1	1.28	11	11	4	4	0	84	57	12	12	26	116
1998	SEA	9-10	4.33	23	23	6	2	0	160	146	90	77	60	213
1999	ARI	17-9	2.48	35	35	12	2	0	271	207	86	75	70	364
2000	ARI	19-7	2.64	35	35	8	3	0	248	202	89	73	76	347
2001	ARI	21-6	2.49	35	34	3	2	0	249	181	74	69	71	372
2002	ARI	24-5	2.32	35	35	8	4	0	260	197	78	67	71	334
2003	ARI	6-8	4.26	18	18	1	1	0	114	125	61	54	27	125
2004	ARI	16-14	2.60	35	35	4	2	0	245	177	88	71	44	290
2005	NYY	17-8	3.79	34	34	4	0	0	225	207	102	95	47	211
2006	NYY	17-11	5.00	33	33	2	0	0	205	194	125	114	60	172
2007	ARI	4-3	3.81	10	10	0	0	0	56	52	26	24	13	72
2008	ARI	11-10	3.91	30	30	2	0	0	184	184	92	80	44	173
2009	SFG	8-6	4.88	22	17	0	0	0	96	97	55	52	31	86
Career		303-166	-	618	603	100	37	2	-	3346	1703	1513	1497	4875

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Randy Johnson.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1988	MON	4	4	26	0	0	1	0	0.000
1989	SEA	22	22	131	7	21	5	1	0.848
1989	MON	7	6	29	1	5	2	0	0.750
1990	SEA	33	33	219	6	24	5	2	0.857
1991	SEA	33	33	201	0	23	5	3	0.821
1992	SEA	31	31	210	5	20	3	0	0.893
1993	SEA	36	34	256	10	29	0	2	1.000
1994	SEA	23	23	172	12	27	0	0	1.000
1995	SEA	30	30	214	7	24	1	0	0.969
1996	SEA	14	8	61	1	8	1	0	0.900
1997	SEA	30	29	213	7	20	4	0	0.871
1998	HOU	11	11	84	1	7	1	1	0.889
1998	SEA	23	23	160	5	23	8	2	0.778
1999	ARI	35	35	271	4	28	5	2	0.865
2000	ARI	35	35	248	5	22	3	1	0.900
2001	ARI	35	34	249	2	27	4	1	0.879
2002	ARI	35	35	260	5	20	2	2	0.926
2003	ARI	18	18	114	2	14	0	0	1.000
2004	ARI	35	35	245	5	20	0	0	1.000
2005	NYY	34	34	225	2	26	2	1	0.933
2006	NYY	33	33	205	2	26	1	0	0.966
2007	ARI	10	10	56	0	8	0	0	1.000
2008	ARI	30	30	184	1	13	3	0	0.824
2009	SFG	22	17	96	0	13	1	0	0.929
Career		619	603	-	90	448	57	18	-

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Randy Johnson.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1988	MON	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.111	0.111	0.111
1989	SEA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1989	MON	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.143	0.143	0.143
1990	SEA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1991	SEA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1992	SEA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1993	SEA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1994	SEA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1995	SEA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1996	SEA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1997	SEA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1998	HOU	11	32	1	2	1	0	2	0	17	0.063	0.063	0.094
1998	SEA	2	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.143	0.143	0.143
1999	ARI	33	97	1	12	4	0	6	0	46	0.124	0.124	0.165
2000	ARI	34	83	4	13	2	0	8	3	35	0.157	0.195	0.181
2001	ARI	33	80	2	8	0	0	2	3	38	0.100	0.143	0.100
2002	ARI	34	89	4	12	3	0	8	3	40	0.135	0.161	0.169
2003	ARI	17	36	2	7	0	1	3	0	17	0.194	0.194	0.278
2004	ARI	33	80	1	10	3	0	6	4	37	0.125	0.167	0.163
2005	NYY	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000
2006	NYY	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.167	0.167	0.167
2007	ARI	10	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	0.067	0.125	0.067
2008	ARI	28	50	2	7	1	0	5	4	26	0.140	0.204	0.160
2009	SFG	20	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	16	0.077	0.111	0.077
Career		273	625	20	78	14	1	40	19	296	-	-	-

First Name	Randy
Middle Name	David
Last Name	Johnson
Full Name at Birth	Randall David Johnson
Other Names	Big Unit
Age	49
Date of Birth	September 10, 1963
Birthplace	Walnut Creek, California
Height	6' 10" (208 cm)
Weight	225 lbs (102.1 kg)
Star Sign	Virgo
Ethnicity	White
Nationality	American
High School	Livermore (Livermore, California)
University	University of Southern California
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Right
Throws	Left
MLB Debut	15 September 1988
Draft	Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Claim to Fame	Diamondbacks pitcher