A time All-Star, he won games in his career, including a perfect game, and holds nearly every major career pitching record in D-backs franchise history. Shortly after his Cooperstown induction, Johnson had his No. His career victories rank as the fifth-most by a left-hander in Major League history, while he holds five of the seven highest single-season strikeout totals by a southpaw in modern history.
A nine-time strikeout king and four-time earned-run average champion, Johnson was regularly clocked above miles per hour during his playing career, leading to numerous incredible single-game performances. He struck out 20 batters in a game on May 8, vs.
Randy Johnson approached the podium Thursday afternoon in a gray Arizona Diamondbacks polo shirt. His 6-foot frame and steely demeanor appeared to intimidate the members of the room the way it once did to players 60 feet and six inches away from him in the batter's box.
At that point, it was just a conversation with me saying how much I would really like to come to Amarillo and see the facility, meet the employees, see the field, and see the city. The five-time Cy Young Award winner detailed his role as an ambassador for the team with his responsibilities lying wherever Arizona wants him to go.
Instead, it is a staple on YouTube , with millions of views. Jeff Kent walked from the dugout and picked up the carcass. I think about half the people on the first-base side passed out. Newsweek interviewed bird experts about the bird, who decided that Johnson had hit a mourning dove Zenaida macroura. Every now and then, sad stories surface of players who have mishandled their money, or gotten into trouble in retirement.
Some players find a second life after their playing days by joining the front office as a coach or special assistant, others in the broadcast booth. But rarely do you see a star athlete jump headlong into a completely separate career as fully and as successfully as soon-to-be-Hall of Famer Randy Johnson has with photography.
Johnson will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York next weekend following a spectacular career during which he was arguably the most dominant pitcher in the game. As a high schooler, he snapped shots at Day on the Green, a massive music festival series on the field at the Oakland Coliseum which featured the likes of Sammy Hagar, Journey and Foreigner. In college at USC, where he arrived on a baseball scholarship, Johnson worked as a staff photographer for the Daily Trojan.
Johnson picked up the camera again, exploring the hills and vistas of the Pacific Northwest during the offseason in his new city. Photography requires focus and poise. In that sense, it goes hand-in-hand with pitching. Johnson led the American League in walks each of the first three years he pitched in Seattle.
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