The Inhuman Peak of Randy Johnson 

97.3 on his Hall voting I hope the 2.7% of writers who didn’t vote for him never have a say on anything ever.

Randy was fucking terrifying. He was a stud in Seattle. Got traded to Houston. Still a stud. Signed with Arizona. Became a fucking legend. Maddux and Randy: 4 straight Cy Young Awards each. One via location and speed control. The other via fear and power. "Catch up to my fastball? Ha! Now, here's a slider coming at 95% of the speed of my fastball."

Thank Nolan Ryan for unleashing this monster. Before his advice to Randy back in the early 90s he was still a strikeout machine but also gave away a lot of walks. The advice in tweaking his delivery finalized the foundation of his epic career.

372 K’s in 2001🤯🤯 Dont forget he also struckout 47 batters during that postseason. That’s 400+ K’s in total!!! Big Unit was something else!!

As intimidating as he was on the mound, he seems to be one of the nicest people around. Plus the logo for his photography company is perfect

Watching this man as a young kid in AZ live during these years was literally the best. Watching him and Curt crush people was a thing of magic.

Seeing this dude come out as a closer in the World Series, the game after he started was one of the greatest things I’ve seen in baseball in my life. Dude was otherworldly

I can’t believe you didn’t mention the 1994 American League wild card playoff between the Mariners and Twins when Randy crushed the hopes and dreams of baseball’s youngest manager Billy Heywood

Worth noting - at 8:01, you mentioned Randy became the first person to strike out 300 in three straight years while discussing 2001. This was actually his *fourth* consecutive year striking out 300+. His combined total in 1998 between Seattle and Houston was 329. So he ended up with five consecutive years from 98-02.

Thank you so much. Randy Johnson is a living god. A titan among mortals. The greatest pitcher to ever pitch.

Oh and one more small little detail, he was tipping his pitches the entire time. Batters knew whether a slider or fastball was coming and still couldn't hit it. Inhuman.

As a kid growing up in Phoenix, that World Series team was absolutely inspirational. Very few things about and around Phoenix have ever made me as excited as that team and Randy was honestly it's biggest contributor. He'll always be one of my favorite athletes of all time

Watching that fateful game 7, the announcers talked about what the late innings would bring for the Diamondbacks pitching. No reliable relievers to speak of, and Schilling might get them seven or eight. So they pontificated….can Randy come in, like he did in 1995? He would have to start warming up early one of the announcers said. Sure enough, Johnson started pitching in the 5th inning. He knew he was gonna have to close this thing because no one was gonna trot Byung Hyung Kim out there again. Plus the wild thing about 2004 was how lousy the Diamondbacks were. Tons of injuries, rotating cast of players and a catcher that had barely started his career. There is a reason why the Braves fans said “screw it” and cheered Randy on. The video of the final inning is still spine tingling.

You didn’t even mention that he also holds the record for most K’s in a relief appearance with 16.

The perfect game vs my braves was absolutely a once in a lifetime experience. The braves fans gave him standing ovations and all the flowers he rightly deserved.

I would understand if being a short king means my qualifications to make this video are all gone

I feel like his postseason heroics go underappreciated. When you would need him most, he would deliver, big time. I mean, you could make a good point that his pitching is the reason why the Seattle Mariners still exist.

I was at that Spring Training game when he hit the bird. That whole period of D' Backs baseball is my fondest period of childhood and will always make me love baseball.

Always good to get a video about Randy Johnson. I don't think he ever quite got the credit that I felt he deserved in those 1999-2002 seasons, just because Pedro had the more insane ERA numbers at the same time. Sure. Randy's 2.48 ERA (187 ERA+) doesn't come close to matching Pedro's 2.07 ERA (233 ERA+) in those seasons, but his 1,417 strikeouts dwarfs Pedro's 999 in the same timeframe. And Randy was pretty good outside of those four seasons too. He should have won the Cy Young in 2004.

Randy lead ML in K's in 1998 but was the leader in neither NL nor AL that season. Insane stuff from the big unit!

I love Randy but that bloop single kills me every single time 🥲

If you were old enough to see him play. You will never see another like him. Only pitcher I’ve ever seen that could make some of the best hitters in the game not want to step in the box. He was a sight to behold. The GOAT of pitchers.

I'm so glad you used a part of that Bois clip. The music for that whole sequence introducing him is what I imagine his walkout music as a closer would've been. Seeing him run out to that as a batter would send the message that not only is he going to strike out, but his life is also in danger. Also nice use of Ode to the Mets. Didn't catch that at first.

Going to the "cheapie homers" park at Yankee Stadium was bad for him now that he was so consistently in the zone and no longer the wild man, funny enough. 2004 was Randy's best year. He had by far his highest K/bb, and at the same time his second lowest H/9. The perfect game cemented it. He just kept learning how to pitch better.

Fantastic video. I’m a big fan of Jon Bois as well so seeing you hit him with some praise was awesome. I gotta say, your video was an awesome storytelling about Randy Johnson. Great graphics, editing, it was funny and informative, all in one. Definitely earned a subscriber

Just purchased his rookie 89 topps tiffany auto (mariners) in a psa 10 im so hype on it

Randy also looks exactly like Jeff Foxworthy!😂😂😂

That 2004 season was unbelievable. What he was able to accomplish on a team that lost 111 games. All these dominant seasons and I am most impressed with 2004.

Great video. He was my idol growing up as a left handed pitcher who batted right. We will never see anything like him again. Wish I could’ve seen him play.

Randy was one of a kind.

Dbacks postseason with Johnson and Schilling pitching and relieving at the end of the World Series was such a magnificent moment for modern baseball. Some of these performances are perhaps the greatest baseball moments ever.

Randy is my all time favorite pitcher. This was a great video!

3 minutes left in the video "no way he left out the perfect game!!" dude, great video. thanks for letting me relive some of my best childhood baseball moments!

He made it look so effortless too. Buddy was hitting 100mph sidearming with barely any follow through 😂

First time watching this channel. Fantastic work sir, this was exactly what i was searching for. Subscribed

His throwing motion and wind up is so efficient, and looks so effortless. It’s no wonder he pitched so long at a high level.

I remember the 01 world series vividly. What a series!! Gonzo hitting that blooper had me jumping. And I'm a Red Sox fan.

Double the Ks to Hits in a season is absolutely insane

God tier vid. Well done.

As a 36 year old life long Seattle Mariners fan, I was young when Randy came to Seattle and my love for baseball was growing more and more. Watching The Big Unit pitch for my Mariners was awesome but also something I took for granted. That man was absolutely dominate even back then and that’s when he still hadn’t quite fine tuned his mechanics so his walk numbers were fairly high. Randy was (in my opinion) the greatest, most dominant and 100% the most intimidating pitcher that I have ever watched pitch in the majors

My first video game was Ken Griffey Jr and Randy was the opener, so since that I knew his slider was a guarantee to make K’s. Good video, always good to see big unit in action

Growing up a Yanks fan in the late 90's, early 00's I remember that 2001 season. Randy was a MACHINE. Absolutely terrifying. RESPECT on his name.

Greatest left hander of all time thanks SRS/Mike!

Ive seen like 3 or 4 videos like this on randy in the last couple months. Legends never die

He was amazing-- I remember watching the 1995 game 163 where he took a perfect game into the 6th, finishing with a 3 hit CG and 12 Ks, and it was one of the best & most clutch games ever. That he got even better from then on was just astounding.

I was going into freshman year when AZ was awarded the team, a sophomore when we acquired Randy and I must say watching him in his prime up close for so many years built a love for the game I can’t communicate. His prime was the the most amazing thing to watch and will never see again here at least

One of the very best pitchers in baseball! He worked fast on the mound too.

I was not ready for the Wii Sports and Minecraft crossover

One of the best to ever do it. He just had such an intimidating look to him on the mound since he was such a giant.

I wasn't a Randy Johnson, or Diamondbacks fan, but I was that night they took down the Evil Empire. I will always be a fan of his for that moment. Coming in and saving that World Series and having that story book ending.

My favorite pitcher of all time and one of the few reasons I started watching baseball 💪🏾

As an Arizona Diamondbacks in his early youth during this run, Randy Johnson scared the living daylights out of me, and as a result was my favorite player. Nobody made baseball cooler than the tall angry dude that threw it as fast as he could. Great video!!!

I will never forget the sound the ball makes when the catcher catches it from randy. That sound IMMEDIATELY got my attention and I was in awe the rest of the game.

I remember how crazy it was watching the world series with Kurt schilling and Randy Johnson. You knew that their lineup had barely anyone, maybe Gonzo. They only had two good starting pictures who they would use in a three-man rotation. In the world series those two pictures single-handedly won them that world series, Randy and Curt were so dominant.

Something crazy I just found in the box score of Big Unit's perfect game, his pitching opponent that game was Mike Hampton, he was on an 0-4 stretch where only 1 of his losses he pitched less than 6 innings, he pitched a complete game HIMSELF that same game vs Big Unit! A complete game LOSS! You NEVER see that anymore! Even more crazy, Hampton started the season 2-8, before winning 7 of his next 8 starts (including a ND) going 9-8 before finishing the season on a good note at a 13-9 record. Hampton started awful in terms of ERA but managed to get it all the way down to 4.28 by the end of the season. Talk about a turn around for him!

Idk if we’ll ever get another title with any pro sport team here from the desert (AZ) soon, but I’ll always be grateful for this ‘01 diamondbacks team !!

I wish I had been a little older when this happened. I was barely even 7 years old when Randy played his first season with us. Knew who he was by the 01 world series but barely followed baseball until around the 07-08 season so I only really got to see him play regularly in some of his final years with us.

Randy was a BEAST. Used to work at the Cabelas here in Arizona. Bug Unit came in to buy a gun and my god. I knew his height. But seeing it up close is jaring. We were instructed, unless he asks for assistance leave him be. And honestly having to watch the man try to shop and be stopped every few minutes threw the thought out entirely. I didn't need to be told.

Thank you for an unbelievable video buddy

Absolutely amazing

I went to so many dback games solely because Randy was pitching. It was just different when he was on the mound. We actually had the same arm doctor, so I ran into him a few times later and he was such a nice guy. He’s an absolute legend in Arizona.

Loved the video!

I remember him being in backyard baseball 2001 and 2003, he's the only pro with a unique model. Every other pro shares one with another

What i would give to have been just a tad bit old during this time to watch and enjoy all this go down

2001 World Series was one of my favorites . What a crazy time

You did a good job on this video, Kudos.

Randy Johnson, Roy Halladay and Pedro Martinez will always be my top 3 fav pitchers.

Arizona loves randy, so proud he went in the hall as a dback

in a lot of ways randy was a throwback to a much earlier era in baseball, in particular the workload that he took on. absolutely insane how log he pitched at that level. only other person i can think of that even comes close to being that good that late in their career is satchel paige, and he, like randy, was utterly inhuman. no idea how either of them pitched as long as they did.

Randy Johnson was the Undertaker of MLB. Lives his character, Never breaks character, intimidation at maximum.

I remember my first game at dodger stadium, Randy Johnson was the opposing pitcher. My first thought was how ridiculous he looked on the mound, all legs and arms and hair, smallest torso I ever saw. But those thoughts turned into how the hell does anyone hit this guy? The arm angle, the speed, the pitch selection. He was absolutely dominant. I hated when the dodgers played the dbacks because I knew they were going to lose. But I loved watching Randy pitch.

Great video!

The most intimidating pitcher ever. The 2nd best lefty of all time. So happy to have him in AZ

It’s insane that he remains underrated. Top 3 lefty all time, yet underrated. Insane.

Great video. My son is a sophomore 16 years old he is 6'10" tall and left handed . He wears number 51. Might be the next Randy Johnson but Dr's say he will probably be around 7'2" .

I always appreciate sneaking “Ode to the Mets” at the end there

Fun fact: Randy Johnson is one of 2 pitchers in MLB history with the following combination -multiple Cy Young awards -multiple no hitters -20 Strikeout game -a WS The only other pitcher to do it is Max Scherzer, who is the only one ever with that combination but with multiple WS

Honestly the bird story is so weird. I feel like that would have happened to any pitcher on the mound at that time but the fact that it was Randy just further built up his legend as a dude who was vicious on the mound. The fact that the batter in the box at the time is the uncle of Arizona Cardinals QB Kyler Murray is comical serendipity.

Big unit's the one baseball player I ever got a t-shirt of. Just an unbelievable pitcher, that slider from THAT arm angle must have felt impossible to hit.

270 IP at that age is something insane and not that long ago. And holy cow I had no idea he won 4 cys in a row with that kind of crazy production

Dont think he gets enough credit for that last season, dude was known for helping out other pitchers on teams he was on. His last year he was with the Giants he mentored or at least gave some welcome advice and pointers to young pitchers Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum, Madison Bumgarner, and a struggling Jonathan Sanchez. All key contributors to Giants world series runs. Even when his career was almost over, he was still helping the next generation of pitchers assert dominance over baseball.

Congrats SRS, I shared this video with my dad lol

You know the stat that kinda grabbed my attention? 8 complete games. That's wild. I mean, the most complete games by a pitcher recently was a few years ago with 6, but that was an outlier. Usually, the top of the complete game stat sheet is filled with guys that got 2 or 3 complete games. Johnson, while closer to age 40 than 30, put up 8 complete games in a season. That's insane.

I was dumbfounded that the manager Brenly left Johnson in for 7 innings in Game 6 when they were up 15 runs. It seemed obvious to me that you'd pull your ace starter a little early and save whatever he had left for Game 7 in case you need him. But then Brenly did a few things during the series the Diamondbacks had to overcome. I also remember thinking that if I were the owner, I'd have fired him midway through the series.

Great video bro, however, what happened to his 20 strikeout game?

Randy Johnson’s UCL must be made of adamantium

AND Randy is a MASSIVE Rush fanatic, which, in my book, makes him even more awesome.

Best free agent signing (in any sport). 4 straight Cy Young awards as a free agent!

I clicked, insta liked, but im gonna have to watch this when I wake up. Too many memories

Buddy the elf and the big unit, the most unstoppable snowball fight tandem of all time

Forever an Arizona legend 🐍🐍

scherzer was exactly the comp i was expecting!!

5:00 Randy Johnson wearing a Giants hat seemed so odd to me so I had to look this up. For anyone else who was confused by this, he just happened to pick up the wrong hat during a scuffle.

Well done Mariners. Team that have had AROD, Edgar Martinez, Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, King Felix and Ichiro haven't been able to get over the hump.

cried too much… pitching is jus so artistic

I love that Randy loves photography for some reason hahaha

Thank you Randy for brining a championship to Arizona

when The Big Unit was throwing in the high 90s AND had his good control he most likely was the greatest pitcher ever due to his height producing a release point rarely seen by hitter's... he did not always have this combination, when he was young he was wild and often he would have mild shoulder issues and only be throwing in the low to mid-90s... BUT when he was on even the mighty Pedro Martinez may come in 2nd... The Big Unit Slider was just as good as the fastball, sometimes hitting the right handed batter's body on a swing and miss!!! fax!!!

An argument could easily be made that he’s the greatest pitcher of all time. The only things Randy didn’t accomplish was winning an MVP (near impossible for a pitcher) or get a triple crown (also near impossible) the man away super human and I don’t think we will see someone like him again in baseball.

Randy was incredible!