The INSANE Prime of Randy Johnson
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- Randy Johnson, AKA The Big Unit, is one of the best pitchers in baseball history. He and Greg Maddux share a record that no other pitcher has approached! Randy’s high octane fastball, devastating slider, and 3/4 arm slot dominated hitters throughout his 22 year career. His imposing presence standing at 6 foot 10 rattled not just humans, but an unlucky bird as well. He has the second most Cy Youngs in baseball history, and led the league in ERA on 4 separate occasions. As he aged, he seemingly got better and better. Mid to late 30s Randy Johnson’s run of dominance is something that few pitchers can relate to.
Players relevant to the video: Greg Maddux, Vida Blue, Mark McGwire, Joe Kerrigan, Rick Williams, Tim Raines, Nolan Ryan, Jack McDowell, John Kruk, Larry Walker, Roger Clemens, Kevin Brown, Chan Ho Park, Pedro Martinez, Gaylord Perry, Roy Halladay, Curt Schilling, Max Scherzer, Sandy Koufax, Mariano Rivera, Luis Gonzalez
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0:00 Intro
0:58 Randy’s Biography
3:33 The Big Unit
4:54 1995 CY
7:46 Helping Houston
8:58 1999 CY
10:34 2000 CY
11:56 2001 CY/World Series
15:42 Triple Crown
16:46 Adversity and History
19:38 Post MLB Career/Conclusion
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Outro: "Catching Flights" by Sarah, the Illstrumentalist
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I worked for a home restoration company in Phoenix and Big Unit called us cuz he had a water leak at his house in Paradise Valley. Long story short we cleaned it up and he gave us private suite tickets with free food, drinks, baseballs, Dbacks hats, t shirts etc etc. RJ is the man. Best lefty of all time 100%.
Lefty? Heck he’s the best pitcher of all time! Nobody better than him.
Steve carlton is much better and Warren Spain is also better
@@user-wn9wr9en7sRandy had better stats than both in every category besides wins lol
This is slowly but surely becoming one of the best series on CZcams.
Would rather watch this guy then espn for sure
Thank you for the kind words, I appreciate you Retro! 🙌🏼
Easily
Literally the sole reason I'm back into ⚾️! 🔥🔥🔥
@@Cam23Do a video about Nolan Ryan next please
And he did all of this while tipping his pitches the whole time. Dude was unreal.
Dude throws a no hitter at the age of 40! The Big Unit ranks only behind Nolan Ryan in career strikeouts. Another Great Video!
The Big Unit’s run of dominance is hard to believe 😳 I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
He should have won that cy young. The stat line shows it. Better era, win percentage, and a save!
2004? Yes, Unit had a better year than Roger. The writers, of course, favored win totals and team success.
@@dukedematteo1995 Favoring team success for a player that plays 20% or less of the games is asinine.
I'm a big Braves fan and I remember watching Randy Johnson throw that no hitter against the Braves. It was crazy
"I was at the transformer game." - This viewer
Randy won 4 straight Cy Young's with power and intimidation.
Maddux won his on finesse and guile.
Both are absolute legends.
I’d say Maddux won his on accuracy and also intimidation lol
Bob Ross of the sinkerball with 19 inches of movement just painting 🎨
@@poindextertunesthe 18 gold gloves didn't hurt either
Unit was better than Maddux.
So was Clemens and Pedro.
I love Maddog, I know his control was 2nd to none, but you aren't the best pitcher ever striking out 6.1 per 9. You gotta miss bats. He also played his entire career in the weaker hitting NL....and had an incredible defense behind him in ATL.
🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂YESSSSSSSS!!!! The bird got a mention!!!
Another great vid bud
As a Seattle Mariners Fan,
I vaguely remember that 1st No-Hitter he threw for OUR Franchise. Reflecting back, I remember being glued to The ABC Coverage of that 1 game playoff in 1995 to give us OUR 1st ever Division Crown and man oh man vrings tears to my eyrs. I still own a sealed casette tape of the miraculous 1995 Seattle Mariners Season with Dave Neihouse's Voice doing play by play. I'm happy he went in as a Diamondbacks Player. Mariners front office traded him for dumb reasons but in the end we wouldn't have kept Johnson though and Amazing what he did! Excellent Video. I'd Love to see Edgar Martinez Video as he's arguably The Best Designated Hitter of all-time!!
Dave Neihaus was the best announcer ever. He loved doing it too, baseball was in his heart 100%
Yeah, crazy to think that if they managed to keep Randy and Junior for 2001, they probably could have gotten past the Yankees.
It's always great to see a Randy Johnson video on CZcams. I've been a die-hard fan of his since I had the good fortune of attending his 300th win. You've hit upon most of his career highlights, but I was surprised you didn't mention how Randy was so embarrassed by losing the 19-strikeout game in 1997 that he went out on August 8 and struck out 19 batters again, this time making sure he shut out the White Sox.
Do a video on the only guy ahead of him in K's, Nolan Ryan. His Longevity is insane and Randy is the only one close to that production after 35
Anybody is gonna collect stats if they play long enough. Nolan was amazing, don’t get me wrong… but idk.. seems like a stat collector.
@@dustinwood7999for reference JV is 40 Nolan retired at 46 (I'm pretty sure both were 19 when they came up I could be wrong) JV is about 53% of the way to Nolan in terms of K's (he's 13th all time) and Johnson who is 2nd place is 85% of the strikeouts while pitching about the same amount of time. If he was a Stat Collector, boy was he good at it
another neat "stat he collected" is his 7 no hitters. If hes just a stat padder, how come no better pitchers have even come close to 7 no hitters?@@Theorpo
@@yoo909 100 percent agree he did them with ease as well.
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I got to watch him pitch in the Kingdome when I was 5 in 95'. We played the A's. He was so scary, man.
I remember when he had to get surgery. I was just a kid but I loved MLB and pretty much everyone was thinking his back issues were gonna ruin the rest of his career. Now to look back its crazy he did so much with as many injuries as he had.
He was incredibly resilient!
He's my favorite ever. Baseball, wrestling, actors, Randy Johnson is truly the purest hero a kid could have. I have such admiration and respect for him. And spoiler alert, his prime was literal insanity. Randy Johnson was the best pitcher during the era of juiced balls, steroids being used by guys who were already the best hitters, and he did the most dominant work while he played in the same division that claimed Colorado when everyone in their lineups were hitting 30 bombs and hitting over .300. The Big Unit is the greatest pitcher to ever throw a ball in baseball history. My nostalgia and rose tinted glasses makes it so my mind cannot be changed 😎🤣
Anyone who would argue that would be an assclown!
This is why it used to drive me crazy when people would say Randy always choked come playoff time. Yeah, he had some bad outings but some people ignore he had some great outings and playoffs but got no run support. Wasn't until the Dbacks won the World Series, in which he was great again, that this finally went away and even some of his "bad" outings were 7 innings 3 run games.
Yeah I didn’t get the impression that he choked at all when looking at the box scores. He got absolutely nothing from his offense in that Padres NLDS dude had a sub 2 ERA if that’s choking then I guess we need to redefine that word 💀 😂
The Big Unit! nothing but high-velocity fastball & sliders with a wide sidearm delivery.
Diamondbacks trade was the most valuable trade ever in baseball, 4 years 4 CY young awards and a World Series.
Favorite new channel on YT, please keep it going
If we are doing pitchers now, you gotta do the Ryan express. Though it might be a 40 minute video.
Your the most underrated baseball CZcamsr
As a left handed batter Randy Johnson is nightmare fuel
I watched live Johnson, Clemens, Gooden, Maddox, Steib, Halladay, Ryan and McDowell. What a time. Mcdowell was underrated asf.
Like, I love the strike out clips back to back too. Especially the ones against the Yankees in the 01 series. The way rightys back right knee buckles. I could watch Scott Brosious back leg jiggle all day. These are professional hitters, they track sliders for a living and they can't decide whether it's gonna hit them or usually catch them low and practically middle for a called 3rd. It's so fun to watch
Quite possibly the greatest mullet in MLB history
Definitely the scariest dude with one 😂
I love all your videos. These are all the dudes I grew up watching. I don’t think although I could be wrong that you didn’t see these guys live but you are amazing. The research is great. Don’t stop
That’s very kind of you, thank you so much! I never watched any of these players but I’m an old soul. I love the ‘80s and ‘90s eras of baseball! Your support of the channel is much appreciated 🙌🏼
The pitching crop from that era, the guys I grew up watching, was amazing.
Maddux, Unit, Pedro, Clemens, Glavine, Mussina, Smoltz, Schilling, K Brown, Cone.
Just unreal starting pitching talent in the same era.
@@dukedematteo1995 Absolutely! It’s hard to fathom that list of guys all played in the same era 🤯
Tremendous video, loved every second! RJ is truly one of a kind; Diamondbacks fans such as myself have so much to thank him for. LEGEND
You have done such an amazing job covering the BIG UNIT.. thank you for your hard work. I'm so very grateful for the job you do. Keep up the hard work .... Thank you again ❤❤
After getting into baseball this year. Randy was a player that immediately grabbed my interest. Glad you've made a video about the Big Unit
Welcome, and enjoy the game, there’s 147 years of MLB history for you to enjoy 👍👍
If you’re learning about baseball, The Big Unit is the perfect place to start in terms of all time great pitchers! I’m glad you enjoyed the video 🤙🏼
I respect the hell out of Mariano Rivera, but if there's a pitcher that deserved to be selected unanimously it was Randy. What he brought to the game over an actual entire baseball game is mind boggling.
Nah man if any pitcher deserved to get in unanimously into the hall of fame is definitely Mariano Rivera because he's without a doubt the best closer ever by alot. Mo Rivera is the best , greatest closer ever and its a fact that can't be argued and he's the only player in history that no other player has a case of being better than him at his position. For example: u can argue Pedro Martinez , Clemens , Maddox , Koufax and a few other pitchers where better than
Todd Helton would be a good one. He’s one of 4 players with multiple 100 xbh seasons and he did it in back to back seasons
I prefer my own "Unpossible Inning" to the "immaculate inning" where you hit two batters then on the first pitch of the third you turn a solo triple play.
My all time favorite. Thank you
I'm glad you enjoyed!
I was waiting for this video after the big hurt. Really great video!
Thank you Tapir! I appreciate you for giving me this suggestion, he was a fantastic player to research.
I think the next pitcher should be Pedro
AGREE
Been waiting for this
Loved watching him pitch one of my favorite pitchers ever
What a great channel keep em coming
Thank you!
Great video! I've been hoping for this one!!😃👍
Thank you, I hope it was worth the wait! 🙌🏼
@@Cam23 Sure was!!🙂👍👍
Cam you did it again. Congratulations on doing the first pitcher
Thank you!
I'm an old Mariners fan so I remember watching him before the control light went on and after. It was always there but walks and misses right down the plate shackled him until *poof* he became The Randy Johnson, one of the GOATs of the modern era. Ironic that Nolan Ryan pointed him down the path of not walking the world. Mariner Management at the time thought he was getting long in the tooth and traded him away for not all that much.
He then proceeded to enter his prime. #MarinerMoments
Awesome video as always, and I think the Professor would make a great follow up.
Great video! Subbed
Thank you!
Love all yoour Videos THE BIG UNIT sure was one of a kind !! How about a video on Willie Stargell ??
Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying the content! And great suggestion 🤙🏼
Great video, being from Baltimore can i request a video on Mike Mussina! Youre killin it with this channel man
Randy Johnson is my favorite of all time player.
Just imagine if he started with the control he had in his prime. He'd probably be number 1 in strikeouts. He was definitely my favorite pitcher back in the late 90's early 2000's.
Can we get a video on JR Richard? Dude was a monster and even though his career was cut short, he's one of the best pitchers that isn't often brought up.
When Randy got Mr Slappy under control, he became damn near unstoppable.
Once he stopped walking so many people, the combo of his velocity, the tilt on his slider, his height and his utter neutralization of left handed hitters made him one of the greatest pitching specimens ever.
6'10, threw 98mph from a 3/4 arm angle with that nasty slider....lefties had no shot...no shot.
good pick - the big unit this guy was a monster on the mound. Historically, not many people can make the claim they dematerialized a bird. This dude and Maddux were even better then their numbers suggest carving through line ups during entire run of the steroid era.
Absolutely incredible career, now id love to see a video on one of the only guys to be at or above his level during that time, Roger Clemens
One of the best to ever do it
There will never be another Randy Johnson. He is the best and most dominant lefty of all time.
Randy Johnson was someone I always traded for in MVP Baseball 2004
It feels like Randy was extracted from a video game! Unreal talent, I used to love using his card in The Show back when I played.
i would love a video on delmon young and his pinch hit double in the NLDS
Here’s a link to a video I did a while back, it’s a bit different of a style to what I do now but hopefully this’ll do the trick! 😂 Delmon Young's Iconic Double (2014 ALCS) Baseball Storytime Episode 8
czcams.com/video/Mz4Bc3P2aR8/video.html
I saw Randy’s prime, experienced it I should say, in Seattle. As amazing as he was in the emerald city, he was even better in Arizona. What a career!
To think that he saved his best act for last is incredible!
I disagree. I think peak RJ was 1995 or 1997 Seattle.
Back then, there was a noticable offensive talent gap between the leagues, (plus the DH difference) Quality pitchers often got better going AL to NL, and often experienced a dip in their numbers going from NL to AL.
I do wonder if his 1999 to 2002 numbers would have been as outrageous if he stayed in the AL. I think they would still have been great, but not quite as mind boggling as his desert gunslinger years.
I know people have issues with him, but Roger Clemens had a similarly awesome prime run during 1986 to 1998, age 23 to 35. 11 years on the RedSox and the 2 years up North.
Very similar to Unit's.
Roger deserves a prime video.
Got to see him strikeout 14 in person as a kid, electric
Keep up the great work Cam.. Btw, on the " Historic Level" vodoes can you give a rough estimate on how many man hours it tkes to produce the final product?
Thank you!
And to answer your question, it takes roughly 50-55 hours, as crazy as that sounds. Research typically takes a full day (sometimes more depending on the player). Making graphics and editing takes around 4-5 full days if I work all day.
@Cam23 Man, that is a lot of Man hours .. People don't realize that this CZcams game requires a crazy work ethic to make it. Respect!
@@ousamaabdu794 It gets to be a lot at times, but I love doing it so it doesn't feel like work! It's fulfilling to give these players the attention they deserve and do so in an entertaining way. It always shocks me that there's not many "career bio" videos out there on YT for players such as Randy.
I appreciate you for supporting the channel, if it wasn't for people like you, I wouldn't be able to do this in the first place!
I would love to see Bo Jackson, not only diving into his baseball career but his football as well.
Agree, Bo Jackson was so awesome, I think if he only played baseball he would rank among the best if he had a full career.
Randy randy man the randster mr dandy randy ranmeister, big time randy pants….
The goat…. My first World Series I remember watching was the diamond backs vs Yankees….. and it blew my mind how randy and Kurt both won their games and won the WS 4-3
That was my first World Series I remembered and saw how baseball works as far as pitching rotations.
Half goat half amazing
I wonder if you could do Pedro Martinez since you did Randy Johnson
It's good to see Kevin Brown showing up a few times in this video. He's one of the most underrated pitchers, it'd be great to see a video highlighting his career. If it wasn't for Kevin Brown using steroids, he'd be one of the biggest snubs for the Hall of Fame.
Have you done a video on the prime of CC Sabathia yet?
1 of the greatest, no doubt
The machine pujols next? Btw now my go to series before bed I love it!
Albert would make a great video, he's someone on my radar. And it's an honor to be apart of your routine haha that's awesome thank you for supporting the channel!
@Cam23 No problem bro keep it up!
Id like to think I inspired this. Thanks Cam 23
You did my dude! Thank you for the suggestion 🙌🏼
@@Cam23
I just wanted to share I felt more connected to the time he threw over John Kruks head at the all star game and I never really drew the connection between Larry Walker and Johnson on the Expos til this video.
@@OH_MY_DOGGG I’m glad you walked away with a new fun fact! And yeah the Big Unit wanted to double down on his All Star shenanigans 😂
Randy was unique like maddux. If you haven’t done the professor I strongly recommend you do one on him to. You’ll see similarities
On this date, 20 years ago, The Big Unit hit his one and only career home run
Ooooh you gotta do Maddux
I was born in 1991
My childhood and early teen years was prime time for him maddux Clemens and Pedro
Watching a randy Johnson start at bank one ballpark in the early 00’s meant you were gonna see something special.
Could you do sandy koufax as another dominant lefty?
Randy was huge for those Mariners teams
Big unit was sick but Maddux should have 7 Cy Young awards.
Anyone else wonder why at 5:38 dude was arguing with the ump about a pitch right down the middle
Can you do one on Eric Gagne? If I remember correctly he won the Cy Young as a relief pitcher
I know you've done a player from both the Mets and the Twins, but you need to make a video on Johan Santana. That dude was a dawg during his prime.
I love randy. Always fun to watch. The most amazing part of his career was hitters knew what was coming as he always tipped his pitches. They still couldn't hit him.😂😂😂
Can you make a video about The INSANE Prime of Jim Thome?
4:17 this shows how such a great person randy was. Checking to see if his opponent is okay
I agree. What amazes me is how rare it is to see pitchers do that!
do one on warren sphan or johnny bench?
Can you do Roberto Alomar
My favorite pitcher. My favorite player is the cobra Dave Parker
Randy Johnson was good at throwing a baseball fast into a mitt
you should do brian giles, one of the most underrated players of all time
The goat
I saw a game on television where he was throwing 100+ mph in the ninth inning.
ALL-TIME MLB ⚾ GREAT .. 'THE BIG UNIT' RANDY JOHNSON#51 ..
If you ain’t done one yet you should do a video on Nolan Ryan or Mickey Mantle
the goat
Please do ernie banks hes always slept on because he never won because he was in the cubs but he was insane and definitely deserves a video
Do one on beltran
Hey man can you do Cal Ripken jr 😅😅😅 in waiting on that one
Cal is coming very soon. Orioles I haven’t done one on yet and I’m an O’s fan so I’m due for one haha 😂
I really enjoy these videos. Please do one on Albert Pujols please please please and please. Hahah😊
I'd like to see a split video of Kerry Wood and Mark Prior 👍
Please do Justin Verlander next!!
Maybe not a super obvious suggestion but a Mike Mussina video would be pretty awesome.
Mussina is someone I’ve envisioned doing for a while, he’d make a great video 😎
I was at that perfect game as a young Braves fan and I was in awe at what I saw. It was honor to see the dominance in person.
you should do a miggy one 🙏🏼
Can you do Dave Parker
is Randy the last dominant workhorse starting Pitcher? like not just good but elite and arguably in the starting rotation of MLB's all time team?