Randy Johnson's perfect game

Randy Johnson's perfect game

Randy Johnson, pictured in 2008, threw his second career no-hitter, a perfect game, on May 18, 2004.
Arizona Diamondbacks Atlanta Braves 2 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Arizona Diamondbacks 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 0 Atlanta Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Date	May 18, 2004
Venue	Turner Field
City	Atlanta, Georgia
Managers	Bob Brenly (Arizona Diamondbacks) Bobby Cox (Atlanta Braves)
Television	FSN Arizona (Diamondbacks) TBS Superstation (Braves)
TV announcers	FSN Arizona: Thom Brennaman (play-by-play) Mark Grace (color commentator) TBS Superstation: Skip Caray (play-by-play) Joe Simpson (color commentator)

On May 18, 2004, Randy Johnson, pitching for the Major League Baseball (MLB) Arizona Diamondbacks, threw a perfect game, beating the Atlanta Braves 2–0 at Turner Field in Atlanta before a crowd of 23,381.^[1] Johnson, at 40 years, was the oldest pitcher in MLB history to throw a perfect game, surpassing Cy Young who was 37 when he threw his perfect game in 1904.^[2] This was baseball's 17th perfect game, with David Cone's perfect game having been the 16th in 1999.^[3] Johnson's perfect game was the seventh in National League history (the predecessor being Dennis Martínez in 1991^[3]) and the first-ever Diamondbacks no-hitter.