1976 – Amazingly, it takes 15 years for Houston to garner a vote in the Cy Young Award balloting. The vote goes to J.R. Richard, who has a 20-win season, but he is well behind San Diego’s Randy Jones in the returns.
Randy Jones pitches the Padres to a 4 – 2 win over the Giants, and ties Christy Mathewson’s 63-year-old National League record by going 68 innings without a base on balls. He receives a standing ovation from the home crowd after striking out Darrell Evans to end the 7th. His streak ends when he walks C Marc Hill leading off the 8th. It is Jones’s 13th win of the year.
September 10, 1963 Hall of famer Randy Johnson was born in Walnut Creek, CA. He lived in California through his college years and was a teammate at USC of Mark McGwire. Nicknamed “The Big Unit,” he is one of the best left handers in baseball history. Johnson was a 10X All-Star, won 5 Cy Young…
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