Big Unit now alltime lefty strikeout leader

PHOENIX (AP) - Randy Johnson broke Steve Carlton's major league record for strikeouts by a left-hander, fanning 11 to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Colorado Rockies 3-2 Wednesday night.

Johnson pitched eight strong innings and finished the night with 4,139 strikeouts, passing Carlton (4,136) for third overall on the career list behind only Nolan Ryan (5,714) and Roger Clemens (4,287).
The Big Unit struck out Vinny Castilla in the seventh for No. 4,137. Play was interrupted momentarily while the scoreboard flashed the statistics and the crowd cheered the workhorse of their struggling team. Despite Johnson's big night, the paid attendance was announced as 22,598 - the second-lowest ever at Bank One Ballpark.
Johnson had his 12th double-digit strikeout game this year and 203rd overall - moving within 12 of Ryan's big league record. Johnson has a major league-high 268 strikeouts this season. He is 244-127 in his career.

Associated Press

They had stats shown on TV during the game that Johnson has the best-ever record for September. I think he is something like 28-12 and the next best was like 22-12.

His ROI in October is very bad. I would rather Steve Carlton as my 1 game starter.

Congrats to Randy. He's an important modern era pitcher. HOF worthy ! Maybe a tad low in wins, but low in losses also. Should be 1st ballot HOF, IMO.

I think he is a lock for the HOF. 95% chance of being first ballot.

Did Nolan Ryan goe in first ballot? Cause Randy is similiar to Nolan in strikeouts plus the added bonus of actually winning most of his games. If Nolan was first ballot, Randy should surely be 1st ballot.

Not even mentioning Randy played in a hitters era.