Randy Johnson goes for his 300th win (Wed, 6-3-2009)

[Mattingly]

Tonight's the night as he makes his first attempt at history. Playing against the Nationals, he has a reasonably good chance to accomplish the magic number. ;)

Let's hear the trivia, the stats, the information on this historical game. Please feel free to comment on the game in progress (meaningfully only, please) as to his pitching performance tonight, as well as to games he's pitched in the past. Let's all gather into the same room and discuss as one. :)

[Seattle1]

Kind of apropos, in a way, that he gets to do it against the team he came into the league with way, way back in the late 1980s.

Go TBU! Get number 300 tonight!

[BenHertz]

On Wednesday in Washington, Randy Johnson will get his first crack at earning career win No. 300.

Only 23 men have accomplished the feat. The last man to win No. 300 while with the Giants was Christy Mathewson in 1912 for the New York Giants. Gaylord Perry, who spent 10 years with San Francisco, won No. 300 with Seattle, Johnson’s longtime former club.

Warren Spahn and Steve Carlton both pitched for the Giants after reaching No. 300 with other teams.

Tom Glavine was the last man to reach the milestone, doing so with Atlanta in 2007.

“I don’t know what anything’s going to feel like until it actually happens. I’m grateful that I’m in this position,” Johnson told mlb.com.

Many believe that Johnson will be the last man to accomplish the feat, though similar things were said before others, such as Glavine, earned their 300th. Johnson would be just the sixth left-hander in the bunch.

Johnson, 45, is a Bay Area native who signed a one-year, $8 million deal with the Giants during the winter. He’s 4-4 with a 5.71 ERA, but he allowed only one run in six innings in career win No. 299 on May 27.

[Rich the Giants fan]

Postponed until Thursday at the earliest.

[baseball junkie]

This is so frustrating. Jamie Moyer got his 250th on his seventh try. It seems like at least that many times for Johnson. I was hoping he'd get it in his last start, since I actually got to see that game. Instead he got shelled.

[bob]

This is so frustrating. Jamie Moyer got his 250th on his seventh try. It seems like at least that many times for Johnson.
Actually he hasnt had ANY chances to win #300 yet, his last game was win 299..

[DownUnderDodger]

I caught his defining moment live on Sports Center this morning, and it made me wonder what sort of pressure it put on the rest of his team mates, with the crowd chanting "Randy, Randy" each pitch in the final inning. He seemed nervous in the dugout but was very calm and collected when the win was achieved.
Congrats to the Big Unit. :applaud::thumbsup:

[BiZmaRK]

On Wednesday in Washington, Randy Johnson will get his first crack at earning career win No. 300.

Only 23 men have accomplished the feat. The last man to win No. 300 while with the Giants was Christy Mathewson in 1912 for the New York Giants. Gaylord Perry, who spent 10 years with San Francisco, won No. 300 with Seattle, Johnson’s longtime former club.

Warren Spahn and Steve Carlton both pitched for the Giants after reaching No. 300 with other teams.

Tom Glavine was the last man to reach the milestone, doing so with Atlanta in 2007.

“I don’t know what anything’s going to feel like until it actually happens. I’m grateful that I’m in this position,” Johnson told mlb.com.

Many believe that Johnson will be the last man to accomplish the feat, though similar things were said before others, such as Glavine, earned their 300th. Johnson would be just the sixth left-hander in the bunch.

Johnson, 45, is a Bay Area native who signed a one-year, $8 million deal with the Giants during the winter. He’s 4-4 with a 5.71 ERA, but he allowed only one run in six innings in career win No. 299 on May 27.
Of those 23, how many did it in their first attempt?