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Randy Johnson's Perfect Game

DateMay 18, 2004
ScoreDiamondbacks 2, Braves 0
TypePerfect game

Randy Johnson threw a perfect game for the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Atlanta Braves on May 18, 2004. No batter reached base: twenty-seven faced, twenty-seven retired. The final score was 2–0.

The game was played at Turner Field in Atlanta. Randy Johnson struck out 13. The announced attendance was 23,381. The game took 2h 13m. It was a night game, at 73 degrees.

It is the fourteenth of 21 perfect games the archive records between 1904 and 2023. Randy Johnson threw two no-hitters in all. It was the only no-hitter thrown in the major leagues that season. Mike Hampton took the loss for the Atlanta Braves. Greg Gibson umpired behind the plate.

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Sources

  1. Retrosheet, ATL200405180
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:ATL200405180
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