Comfortable 63rd birthday to 10-time MLB All-Star, five-time Cy Younger winner, 2001 World Sequence MVP and Baseball Corridor of Fame Class of 2015 inductee, Randy Johnson!
“The Massive Unit,” started his MLB profession as a member of the Montreal Expos in 1988 earlier than getting dealt to the Seattle Mariners in 1989. He’d spend the subsequent 8+ seasons within the Pacific Northwest and develop into probably the most intimidating pitchers in The Present.
He received his first Cy Younger award in 1995, racking up 294 strikeouts, posting an American League-best 2.48 ERA and a staggering 18-2 document. Johnson discovered himself a commerce piece as soon as once more in 1998, going from Seattle to Houston earlier than signing with the Arizona Diamondbacks forward of the 1999 marketing campaign.
He’d publish four-consecutive 300-Okay seasons within the desert, profitable the Nationwide League Cy Younger in every of these efforts and serving to ship the D-Backs their first World Sequence title towards the vaunted New York Yankees in 2001. Johnson made three begins in that sequence, going 3-0 with a 1.04 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 17 1/3 innings.
Johnson made his last All-Star sport in 2004, joined the New York Yankees for 2 seasons in 2005 earlier than returning to Arizona and a stint in San Francisco earlier than retiring after the 2009 season.
He retired with 303 wins, 4,875 strikeouts with two no-hitters and an ideal sport to his identify.
Which brings us to at this time’s quiz. There have been 38 300-strikeout seasons in MLB historical past, with Johnson proudly owning six of them. With that being stated, how lots of the pitchers to achieve the 300-Okay milestone in a single season are you able to identify in 5 minutes?
Good luck!
Did you want this quiz? Are there any quizzes you’d prefer to see us make sooner or later? Tell us your ideas at quizzes@yardbarker.com, and ensure to subscribe to our Quiz of the Day E-newsletter for every day quizzes despatched proper to your e mail!
