Randy Johnson is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on September 10, 1963 in Walnut Creek, California, United States. 10-time MLB All-Star and 5-time Cy Young Award winner known as “The Big Unit,” who first made a name for himself with the Seattle Mariners. He won the World Series MVP award in 2001, after leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to an unlikely 7-game victory over the New York Yankees. In 2015, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
In 2001, he was the Sports Illustrated Sportsmen of the Year, an award he shared with teammate Curt Schilling.
Johnson was born in Walnut Creek, California, to Carol Hannah and Rollen Charles “Bud” Johnson. By the time he entered Livermore High School, he was a star in baseball and basketball. In 1982, as a senior, he struck out 121 batters in 66 innings, and threw a perfect game in his last high school start. He also played on a Bercovich team that assembled top players from throughout California. After high school, he was drafted in 1982 by the Atlanta Braves in the 4th round and offered $50,000 to sign. Instead, Johnson accepted a full athletic scholarship to play baseball for the University of Southern California. While at USC, he also played two years of basketball. He was a starter at USC (where he was a teammate of Mark McGwire) under coach Rod Dedeaux, but often exhibited control problems.
During batting practice in 1988, the 6’10” Johnson, then with the Montreal Expos, collided head-first with outfielder Tim Raines, prompting his teammate to exclaim, “You’re a big unit!” The nickname stuck.
He became a father when his first daughter Samantha was born in December of 1994.
