Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
March 24, 2003
Big Payday

To paraphrase Chico Escuela, baseball's been very very good to Randy Johnson.

Johnson didn't pitch in the majors until he was 25. Can you imagine if his career came together then, rather than when he was 29? Unfortunately, I no longer have access to the STATS database, but I'm guessing Johnson will be the greatest old pitcher ever. Just compare his last 5 years to Ryan at the same age:







Age 34-38Johnson, 1998-2002Ryan, 1981-1985
Record100-3863-49
ERA2.633.03
K1746974
K/912.38.7

Ryan pitched another 8 years from this point in his career. Maybe the DBacks should have signed him for even longer.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:28 PM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)