July 21, 2008
It was on this date in 2008,
that Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks, struck out Chicago Cubs third
baseman Aramis Ramirez to become the first pitcher in Major League Baseball
history to collect 2000 career strikeouts with two different teams. The
left-hander had previously k’d 2162 batters when he pitched for the Seattle
Mariners.
Johnson would throw seven
innings, allowing only two hits and striking out four batters in the Diamondbacks
2-0 win.
Johnson would finish his 22-year
career with 4875 strikeouts with six different teams (Montreal-51,
Seattle-2162, Houston-116, Arizona-2077, New York Yankees-383 and San
Francisco-86). The total is good enough for second place on the all-time list
behind Nolan Ryan (5714) who played five more seasons than Johnson.
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