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It should definitely be noted June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1985.
Draft information is quite important to the players career. It should also be noted that he entered the draft out of high school, specifically June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.
He did not sign and went on to attend USC http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsra05.shtml#TRANS —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.160.175.163 ( talk) 16:24, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
He also went on to play for the expos for two seasons. This should be included rather than skipping straight to the mariners —Preceding
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The Arizona Diamondbacks : Player Information page for Randy Johnson lists his date of birth as September 9, 1963. His page here currently gives the date as September 10. A quick Google search also reveals many other websites that give the date of the 10th Any idea where the September 9th date came from? The Diamondbacks' website seems to be wrong... -- TomPreuss 20:01, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I have included some unusual incidents involving Randy Johnson in the 1993 and 1997 All-Star games, but some other Wikipedia member insists on deleting it. I think it should be left alone. Dodgerdave 02:11, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for the term, but Randy Johnson was really "screwed" out of a Cy Young award this year. He beat Roger Clemens in 75% of the categories that matter. He may have lost 14, but most of those losses he had 2 or less runs of run support. And now Johnson wants out of Arizona, and I bet it's because people say he would've won the Cy Young Award if he would've went to New York. So.. Arizona's getting "screwed" out of the best pitcher in baseball because the people who pick the Award winners picked the old guy who "screwed" over his former team while "retiring?" What a bunch of screwing.
my email address is joeyvip@hotmail.com contact me with any concerns, questions, arguments, or thank yous.
== Stats table? ==
Is that confusing table really necessary? There is no way you can understand it... the link to his baseball reference page is sufficient, no? Zellin 03:59, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)
Well, if Nolan Ryan's was 17 years, then Randy's wasn't the longest... can someone look into this and make this sentence consistent. Themindset 07:59, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
The first section states that Johnson has a 95-100 mph fastball. In the later section, Pitches, his fastball speed is reported to be between 94 and 99 mph. Has he ever actually hit 100mph on the radar gun? -- SeanMon 00:18, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
So he is Bi-sexual? Just browsing the article and wondered if it was slander?
i like this
my bad-- Bucs10 21:23, 5 January 2007 (UTC)Bucs10
The proffessional information on the main page now needs a change.. since RJ is now traded back to Diamondbacks from the Yankees. So the person who can edit the article can do it. since I am a new member i am not able to do so!
I believe the tie-in with Nolan Ryan contains an error. Ryan's last game was in Seattle, but in September 1993, not 1992 as this tie-in would seem to indicate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.57.66.111 ( talk) 18:59, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
yeah so he plays for dbacks now, can someone change it, i am not eligible to change this 71.62.10.130 02:24, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Need to change the fact that Randy Johnson is currently the only Seattle Mariner to win the Cy Young Award.— Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]])
who cares that it is not official, there is about a 0% chance the trade wont go through. Even if it doesnt you can always just change it later.-- Bucs10 03:11, 9 January 2007 (UTC)Bucs10
The deal is finalized because he passed his physical, and if you dont believe me read this [1]-- Bucs10 05:10, 9 January 2007 (UTC)Bucs10
For Pete's Sakes Johnson is not a Yankee anymore change it!! Iam banned for trying to change it so change it!! [3] Garth 187 20:50, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
I have added a bunch of {{fact}} templates to the article in the places I feel are most needing a reference. I may do some of the work, but I'm not an RJ or Diamonbacks fan so let's just say I don't have a giant desire to. If people can source these and place them, it would be fantastic. -- KirinX 17:09, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm not completely sure on how this is decided, but how many people would type in Randy Johnson and mean the american football player? It's not even his real name, just a nickname, so I'd suggest moving this page back to being just "Randy Johnson" and having a link to the disambiguation page at the top. There are a lot of links out there going directly to "Randy Johnson", so I'm taking some time to go through them and link them all to the correct page. If we do decide that the top "Randy Johnson" page should go directly to the pitcher I'll just turn this (pitcher) page into a redirect page.
Any thoughts? Linelor 21:04, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
I think his dead bird should be put under accomplishments, he's one of two pitches to do this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.61.24.177 ( talk) 22:29, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Article said their initial decision was reversed, but I see no evidence of this anywhere. mlb.com and baseball almanac make no mention of it and still report that MLB doesn't officially recognize this as a tie for the single 9-inning game record. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_strik.shtml http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/baseballs_best/mlb_bb_gamepage.jsp?story_page=bb_98reg_050698_houchc As much as I wish it was recognized, I still don't think it is, so I put request for citation back on there. -- Mount Molehill ( talk) 02:19, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
boo randy ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ................................ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.79.10.98 ( talk) 16:53, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
He's signed and is on the roster. If you want proof here ya go. http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=116615
Anyone have a picture of him pitching for the Giants? —Preceding
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Reviewer: Wizardman Operation Big Bear 18:32, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
After reading through this, I am failing it as a good article because it fails most of the good article criteria as is. It fails for the following reasons:
Hopefully this isn't being too harsh. It's a great start at least, and I do want to see his article reach FA status sometime down the line. But a lot of work remains to do on the article first before GA or FA can be discussed. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 18:32, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
The provided reference for Randy Johnson being "an avid metal fan" does not even reference the player; there is also no evidence that it qualifies as reliable and that evidence would need to be provided, the burden of proof being on the inserter of the information. Regardless, this is trivial and really has no encyclopedic basis for inclusion in this article. — KV5 • Talk • 00:49, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
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Nice to hear that opinion. We have some time what about trying to get it as a GA (if not already, I do not know how to check) just before interest pickup before his first Hall of Fame Ballot appearance. On that note, on one side he looks like a near automatic to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first try. On opposite side, steriod era- is he totally clean and no issues or debate on that? Wfoj2 ( talk) 22:27, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
I don't agree with keeping the two lines separate in the infobox. Yankees10 says they are "2 different awards", but I disagree. I believe it is one award given to two individuals per year, one for each league. I think it's preferable to say he's a 5x Cy Young Award winner than a 4x NL Cy Young award winner and 1x AL Cy Young award winner. Thoughts? – Muboshgu ( talk) 19:57, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
No mention of Johnson's photography career? Or listing of his official website, which features his photography? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.2.233.212 ( talk) 00:32, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
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It should definitely be noted June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1985.
Draft information is quite important to the players career. It should also be noted that he entered the draft out of high school, specifically June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.
He did not sign and went on to attend USC http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsra05.shtml#TRANS —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.160.175.163 ( talk) 16:24, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
He also went on to play for the expos for two seasons. This should be included rather than skipping straight to the mariners —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
24.160.175.163 (
talk) 16:27, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
The Arizona Diamondbacks : Player Information page for Randy Johnson lists his date of birth as September 9, 1963. His page here currently gives the date as September 10. A quick Google search also reveals many other websites that give the date of the 10th Any idea where the September 9th date came from? The Diamondbacks' website seems to be wrong... -- TomPreuss 20:01, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I have included some unusual incidents involving Randy Johnson in the 1993 and 1997 All-Star games, but some other Wikipedia member insists on deleting it. I think it should be left alone. Dodgerdave 02:11, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for the term, but Randy Johnson was really "screwed" out of a Cy Young award this year. He beat Roger Clemens in 75% of the categories that matter. He may have lost 14, but most of those losses he had 2 or less runs of run support. And now Johnson wants out of Arizona, and I bet it's because people say he would've won the Cy Young Award if he would've went to New York. So.. Arizona's getting "screwed" out of the best pitcher in baseball because the people who pick the Award winners picked the old guy who "screwed" over his former team while "retiring?" What a bunch of screwing.
my email address is joeyvip@hotmail.com contact me with any concerns, questions, arguments, or thank yous.
== Stats table? ==
Is that confusing table really necessary? There is no way you can understand it... the link to his baseball reference page is sufficient, no? Zellin 03:59, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)
Well, if Nolan Ryan's was 17 years, then Randy's wasn't the longest... can someone look into this and make this sentence consistent. Themindset 07:59, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
The first section states that Johnson has a 95-100 mph fastball. In the later section, Pitches, his fastball speed is reported to be between 94 and 99 mph. Has he ever actually hit 100mph on the radar gun? -- SeanMon 00:18, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
So he is Bi-sexual? Just browsing the article and wondered if it was slander?
i like this
my bad-- Bucs10 21:23, 5 January 2007 (UTC)Bucs10
The proffessional information on the main page now needs a change.. since RJ is now traded back to Diamondbacks from the Yankees. So the person who can edit the article can do it. since I am a new member i am not able to do so!
I believe the tie-in with Nolan Ryan contains an error. Ryan's last game was in Seattle, but in September 1993, not 1992 as this tie-in would seem to indicate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.57.66.111 ( talk) 18:59, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
yeah so he plays for dbacks now, can someone change it, i am not eligible to change this 71.62.10.130 02:24, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Need to change the fact that Randy Johnson is currently the only Seattle Mariner to win the Cy Young Award.— Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]])
who cares that it is not official, there is about a 0% chance the trade wont go through. Even if it doesnt you can always just change it later.-- Bucs10 03:11, 9 January 2007 (UTC)Bucs10
The deal is finalized because he passed his physical, and if you dont believe me read this [1]-- Bucs10 05:10, 9 January 2007 (UTC)Bucs10
For Pete's Sakes Johnson is not a Yankee anymore change it!! Iam banned for trying to change it so change it!! [3] Garth 187 20:50, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
I have added a bunch of {{fact}} templates to the article in the places I feel are most needing a reference. I may do some of the work, but I'm not an RJ or Diamonbacks fan so let's just say I don't have a giant desire to. If people can source these and place them, it would be fantastic. -- KirinX 17:09, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm not completely sure on how this is decided, but how many people would type in Randy Johnson and mean the american football player? It's not even his real name, just a nickname, so I'd suggest moving this page back to being just "Randy Johnson" and having a link to the disambiguation page at the top. There are a lot of links out there going directly to "Randy Johnson", so I'm taking some time to go through them and link them all to the correct page. If we do decide that the top "Randy Johnson" page should go directly to the pitcher I'll just turn this (pitcher) page into a redirect page.
Any thoughts? Linelor 21:04, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
I think his dead bird should be put under accomplishments, he's one of two pitches to do this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.61.24.177 ( talk) 22:29, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Article said their initial decision was reversed, but I see no evidence of this anywhere. mlb.com and baseball almanac make no mention of it and still report that MLB doesn't officially recognize this as a tie for the single 9-inning game record. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_strik.shtml http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/baseballs_best/mlb_bb_gamepage.jsp?story_page=bb_98reg_050698_houchc As much as I wish it was recognized, I still don't think it is, so I put request for citation back on there. -- Mount Molehill ( talk) 02:19, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
boo randy ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ................................ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.79.10.98 ( talk) 16:53, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
He's signed and is on the roster. If you want proof here ya go. http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=116615
Anyone have a picture of him pitching for the Giants? —Preceding
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Reviewer: Wizardman Operation Big Bear 18:32, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
After reading through this, I am failing it as a good article because it fails most of the good article criteria as is. It fails for the following reasons:
Hopefully this isn't being too harsh. It's a great start at least, and I do want to see his article reach FA status sometime down the line. But a lot of work remains to do on the article first before GA or FA can be discussed. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 18:32, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
The provided reference for Randy Johnson being "an avid metal fan" does not even reference the player; there is also no evidence that it qualifies as reliable and that evidence would need to be provided, the burden of proof being on the inserter of the information. Regardless, this is trivial and really has no encyclopedic basis for inclusion in this article. — KV5 • Talk • 00:49, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
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You know, this article isn't far from GA status. If anyone wants to help me get it there, I'll be using Wizardman's review from last year as a jumping off point. –
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Nice to hear that opinion. We have some time what about trying to get it as a GA (if not already, I do not know how to check) just before interest pickup before his first Hall of Fame Ballot appearance. On that note, on one side he looks like a near automatic to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first try. On opposite side, steriod era- is he totally clean and no issues or debate on that? Wfoj2 ( talk) 22:27, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
I don't agree with keeping the two lines separate in the infobox. Yankees10 says they are "2 different awards", but I disagree. I believe it is one award given to two individuals per year, one for each league. I think it's preferable to say he's a 5x Cy Young Award winner than a 4x NL Cy Young award winner and 1x AL Cy Young award winner. Thoughts? – Muboshgu ( talk) 19:57, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
No mention of Johnson's photography career? Or listing of his official website, which features his photography? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.2.233.212 ( talk) 00:32, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
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