Randy Johnson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 10 in · 225 lb

BornSeptember 10, 1963 · Walnut Creek, CA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 15, 1988

Final gameOctober 4, 2009

Seasons22 (1988–2009)

Montreal Expos 1988–1989; Seattle Mariners 1989–1997; Houston Astros 1998; Seattle Mariners 1998; Arizona Diamondbacks 1999–2004; New York Yankees 2005–2006; Arizona Diamondbacks 2007–2008; San Francisco Giants 2009

Percentile snapshot

2008 season — qualified pitchers

11.5

17.2

34.5

42.5

72.4

SHO

184

67.8

64.4

81.6

173

27.6

184.0

33.3

ERA

3.91

50.6

WHIP

1.239

65.5

K/9

8.46

88.5

FIP

3.74

70.1

FIP-

82.3

78.2

ERA+

116.0

62.1

sWAR

3.1

57.5

of 88 qualified 2008 pitchers (min 162 IP) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

134.4

97.6

sWAR

90.4

99.9

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1988	4	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	.111	.111	.111	.222	-57.9	-36.8	.103	0.6
1989	29	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	-33.2	-17.9	.133	-0.2
1990	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0
1991	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.3
1992	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.6
1993	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.7
1994	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.6
1995	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.2
1996	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4
1997	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.2
1998	34	42	39	2	3	1	0	2	0	19	.077	.077	.103	.179	-70.3	-52.8	.079	5.5
1999	35	104	97	1	12	4	0	6	0	46	.124	.124	.165	.289	-43.4	-27.7	.127	8.5
2000	35	92	83	4	13	2	0	8	3	35	.157	.195	.181	.376	-11.8	-4.5	.177	7.8
2001	35	91	80	2	8	0	0	2	3	38	.100	.143	.100	.243	-49.6	-36.6	.120	7.9
2002	35	99	89	4	12	3	0	8	3	40	.135	.161	.169	.330	-33.1	-15.3	.153	8.6
2003	18	38	36	2	7	0	1	3	0	17	.194	.194	.278	.472	4.9	18.5	.206	1.5
2004	35	87	80	1	10	3	0	6	4	37	.125	.167	.163	.329	-28.9	-15.7	.155	7.5
2005	34	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-119.7	-100.0	.000	3.4
2006	33	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	-25.1	-13.0	.149	1.1
2007	10	18	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	.067	.125	.067	.192	-64.9	-49.4	.102	1.0
2008	30	60	50	2	7	1	0	5	4	26	.140	.204	.160	.364	-14.5	-5.1	.179	3.1
2009	22	28	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	16	.077	.111	.077	.188	-68.1	-49.1	.095	0.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1988	4	4	3	0	0	1	0	23	7	7	25	3	26.0	2.42	1.154	8.65	3.09	86.6	147.3	0.6
1989	29	28	7	13	0	2	0	147	86	96	130	13	160.7	4.82	1.512	7.28	4.10	105.2	81.2	-0.2
1990	33	33	14	11	0	5	2	174	89	120	194	26	219.7	3.65	1.338	7.95	4.29	108.5	108.3	3.0
1991	33	33	13	10	0	2	1	151	89	152	228	15	201.3	3.98	1.505	10.19	4.06	98.6	103.4	2.3
1992	31	31	12	14	0	6	2	154	88	144	241	13	210.3	3.77	1.417	10.31	3.61	91.1	105.4	2.6
1993	35	34	19	8	1	10	3	185	92	99	308	22	255.3	3.24	1.112	10.86	3.06	70.1	134.6	5.7
1994	23	23	13	6	0	9	4	132	61	72	204	14	172.0	3.19	1.186	10.67	3.24	66.9	151.8	4.6
1995	30	30	18	2	0	6	3	159	59	65	294	12	214.3	2.48	1.045	12.35	2.12	44.7	191.3	7.2
1996	14	8	5	0	1	0	0	48	25	25	85	8	61.3	3.67	1.190	12.47	3.49	70.1	135.8	1.4
1997	30	29	20	4	0	5	2	147	54	77	291	20	213.0	2.28	1.052	12.30	2.86	63.0	198.8	7.2
1998	34	34	19	11	0	10	6	203	89	86	329	23	244.3	3.28	1.183	12.12	2.93	64.6	136.7	5.5
1999	35	35	17	9	0	12	2	207	75	70	364	30	271.7	2.48	1.020	12.06	2.70	58.9	184.6	8.5
2000	35	35	19	7	0	8	3	202	73	76	347	23	248.7	2.64	1.118	12.56	2.46	52.2	178.0	7.8
2001	35	34	21	6	0	3	2	181	69	71	372	19	249.7	2.49	1.009	13.41	2.09	45.8	183.1	7.9
2002	35	35	24	5	0	8	4	197	67	71	334	26	260.0	2.32	1.031	11.56	2.58	58.9	188.6	8.6
2003	18	18	6	8	0	1	1	125	54	27	125	16	114.0	4.26	1.333	9.87	3.53	78.2	105.8	1.5
2004	35	35	16	14	0	4	2	177	71	44	290	18	245.7	2.60	.900	10.62	2.21	49.1	172.7	7.5
2005	34	34	17	8	0	4	0	207	95	47	211	32	225.7	3.79	1.126	8.42	3.81	88.8	113.2	3.4
2006	33	33	17	11	0	2	0	194	114	60	172	28	205.0	5.00	1.239	7.55	4.31	94.2	91.4	1.1
2007	10	10	4	3	0	0	0	52	24	13	72	7	56.7	3.81	1.147	11.44	3.14	67.5	122.1	1.0
2008	30	30	11	10	0	2	0	184	80	44	173	24	184.0	3.91	1.239	8.46	3.74	82.3	116.0	3.1
2009	22	17	8	6	0	0	0	97	52	31	86	19	96.0	4.88	1.333	8.06	4.87	115.4	86.6	0.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

619

691

625

RBI

296

.1248

OBP

.1530

SLG

.1520

OPS

.3050

Pitching

G (P)

618

216th-most career G (P)

603

21st-most career GS

303

22nd-most career W

166

101st-most career L

100

414th-most career CG

SHO

57th-most career SHO

4,135

38th-most career IP

SO (P)

4,875

2nd-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,497

13th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.293

304th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.1711

107th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

10.61

6th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
2003-09-19	AZ @ MIL Gameday	2	1	1	0	1	1	4
1999-09-24	AZ @ SF Gameday	5	0	2	1	0	1	3
1999-05-30	AZ @ NYM Gameday	4	0	2	0	0	1	2
2000-05-05	SD @ AZ Gameday	3	0	2	0	0	1	2
2000-05-26	MIL @ AZ Gameday	3	1	2	0	0	1	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2001-05-08	CIN @ AZ Gameday	9.0	3	1	1	0	20	0
1997-06-24	ATH @ SEA Gameday	9.0	11	4	4	0	19	2
1997-08-08	CWS @ SEA Gameday	9.0	5	0	0	3	19	0
1992-09-27	SEA @ TEX Gameday	8.0	6	2	2	4	18	0
2002-04-21	COL @ AZ Gameday	9.0	2	1	0	1	17	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 2015 (BBWAA)

5× Cy Young Award1× World Series MVP1× Pitching Triple Crown10× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.