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In the first at-bat in this game, a fog horn went off as Johnson was releasing his pitch, causing him to throw an eephus pitch which fell for a strike. [51] [52] He finished the season with an 11–10 record and an ERA of 3.91, recording his 100th career complete game in a 2–1 victory over the Colorado Rockies. [53]
The perfect game was Johnson's second no-hitter. His first was in 1990 for the Seattle Mariners. [7] Johnson's perfect game was the first in MLB since David Cone on July 18, 1999 for the New York Yankees, [8] and the first in the National League since Dennis Martínez of the Montreal Expos on July 28, 1991. [8]
Johnson threw his perfect game at the age of 40 years, 251 days, becoming the oldest pitcher to do so by 3 1 ⁄ 2 years. The former holder of the mark, Cy Young, threw his at the age of 37 years, 37 days. Johnson is also the tallest perfect game pitcher at 6' 10", surpassing Mike Witt by three inches.
Arizona continued to take control of the Series with the strong pitching performance of Randy Johnson. The Big Unit pitched a complete-game shutout, allowing only four baserunners and three hits while striking out 11 Yankees. Andy Pettitte meanwhile nearly matched him, retiring Arizona in order in five of the seven innings he pitched.
26 Complete games. 27 Shutouts. 28 Losses. 29 Wild pitches. 30 Hit batsmen. 31 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... 4 Randy Johnson (1995, 1999, 2001–2002 ...
Randy Johnson, the Mariners' starting pitcher, later pitched for the Yankees. As per normal MLB practice at the time, [26] the home team for this game was determined by a series of coin tosses held on September 18 to determine home teams for all potential one-game tiebreakers. [27]
Since Shields completes 11 games in 2011, no pitcher has had more than 6 complete games in a season, with the two most recent to amass 6 being Chris Sale in 2016 and Sandy Alcántara in 2022. In 2018, all of Major League Baseball combined for 45 complete games and no pitcher having more than 3. [ 19 ]
Most complete games Will White 75 1879: Lowest WHIP Hilton Smith.6176 1944: ... Randy Johnson: Arizona Diamondbacks: 364 1999 Shutouts. Player Team Shutouts Season