⚾ Randy Johnson 1989 Topps Traded #57T Rookie RC PSA 10 GEM MINT — Born September 10 1963 Walnut Creek California — USC Trojans — Seattle Mariners — 6'10'' The Big Unit — 5x Cy Young Award Winner — 2001 World Series Co-MVP — 303 Career Wins — Perfect Game at Age 40 — 2015 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee — The 1989 Topps Traded Rookie Card in the Maximum PSA 10 GEM MINT Grade

⚾ A PSA 10 GEM MINT certified Randy Johnson 1989 Topps Traded #57T rookie card — the recognized rookie card of the pitcher known as The Big Unit, produced in the Topps Traded supplemental set that documents traded players from during and after the regular season. The 'T' suffix in the card number identifies it as a Topps Traded card rather than the standard Topps base set, and the 1989 Topps Traded set captured Johnson shortly after his trade from the Montreal Expos to the Seattle Mariners — the transaction that set the trajectory for the career that would follow. PSA 10 GEM MINT: the maximum grade on the recognized RC of one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history. Condition: NOS.

🌟 Walnut Creek, California — The San Francisco Bay Area — USC — The Physical Tools That Made The Big Unit

Randall David Johnson was born September 10, 1963, in Walnut Creek, California — the city in Contra Costa County in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, east of Oakland and Berkeley in the inland valley between the Oakland Hills and Mount Diablo. Walnut Creek is a prosperous residential community in the East Bay whose baseball culture produced one of the most physically imposing pitchers the game has ever seen. Johnson grew to 6 feet 10 inches — a height that not only made him the tallest player in modern MLB history for much of his career but that fundamentally changed the experience of facing him as a left-handed hitter: the angle from which his pitches arrived, the extension point of his release, the trajectory of the ball from a 6'10'' frame to the hitting zone created a visual experience that hitters described consistently as unlike anything they faced from conventional-height pitchers. He played college baseball at the University of Southern California — the Trojans program in Los Angeles that has been one of the most consistent college baseball pipelines for professional talent in the country. The Montreal Expos selected him 2nd overall in the 1985 MLB Draft. Condition: NOS.

⭐ The 1989 Trade — Seattle Mariners — The Transition That Built the Big Unit Legend

The Montreal Expos traded Randy Johnson to the Seattle Mariners in May 1989 — a move that sent Johnson from the franchise where his professional career had begun to the Pacific Northwest, where the Seattle Mariners were building the roster that would eventually include Ken Griffey Jr., Jay Buhner, Edgar Martinez, and Johnson himself as the competitive core of a team that would challenge for postseason appearances in the early 1990s. The 1989 Topps Traded card captures Johnson at the exact moment of this transition — the Montreal Expo who became a Mariner, the pitcher who would develop from a wild, imposing but inconsistent talent into one of the most dominant starters in baseball history over the next 15 years in Seattle, Houston, and Arizona. Condition: NOS.

🏆 5x Cy Young Awards — 2001 World Series Co-MVP — Perfect Game at 40 — The Hall of Fame Legacy

Randy Johnson won five Cy Young Awards — 1995 with the Seattle Mariners, and then four consecutive Cy Youngs from 1999 through 2002 with the Arizona Diamondbacks, making him the only player other than Greg Maddux to win four consecutive Cy Young Awards. He won the 2001 World Series co-MVP alongside Curt Schilling as the Diamondbacks defeated the New York Yankees in seven games — Johnson starting Game 7 in relief and retiring the final batters to deliver Arizona its only championship. On May 18, 2004, at age 40, he threw a perfect game against the Atlanta Braves — one of 23 perfect games in MLB history and the second-oldest pitcher to ever throw one. He retired with 303 career wins, 4,875 strikeouts (second all-time to Nolan Ryan), and one of the most statistically dominant pitching careers in the history of the game. The Baseball Hall of Fame inducted him in 2015. Condition: NOS.

📦 Item Details

Item: Randy Johnson 1989 Topps Traded #57T Rookie RC. Grade: PSA 10 GEM MINT (Professional Sports Authenticator). Player: Randy Johnson (The Big Unit). Born: September 10, 1963, Walnut Creek, California. College: USC Trojans. Draft: 1985, 2nd overall, Montreal Expos. Teams: Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners (primary), Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants. Cy Youngs: 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 (5 total). 2001 World Series co-MVP. Perfect game: May 18, 2004 (age 40). HOF: 2015. Condition: NOS.

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