The Seattle Mariners will have fun the contributions of legendary lefty Randy Johnson by retiring his No. 51 on Could 2, 2026, the membership introduced on Thursday. The celebration will happen in a pre-game ceremony at T-Cell Park in Seattle. 

The “Huge Unit” joined the Mariners by way of commerce with the Montreal Expos in 1989. He went on to spend components of 10 seasons in Seattle, and in that decade of labor the 6-foot-10 Johnson went 130-74 with a WAR of 39.0. Johnson received the primary of his 5 Cy Younger awards as a Mariner in 1995. The M’s traded him to the Astros in a 1998 deadline deal, and Johnson went on to take pleasure in a legendary run with the Diamondbacks in his mid- to late-30s. 

Johnson retired following the 2009 season with a WAR of 103.5; 303 wins; 4,875 strikeouts; and 22 seasons in MLB. His WAR ranks ninth all-time amongst pitchers and he is second solely to Nolan Ryan in profession strikeouts. Alongside the way in which, Johnson earned 10 All-Star picks — half of which got here with the Mariners — and received the World Collection MVP award with Arizona in 2001. He additionally has to his credit score a pair of no-hitters and precisely 100 full video games. Johnson was elected to the Baseball Corridor of Fame in 2015. 

Johnson will change into the fifth participant to have his quantity retired by the Mariners. He’ll be part of Ken Griffey Jr. (No. 24), Edgar Martinez (No. 11) and Ichiro Suzuki (who additionally wore No. 51 and had his quantity retired in 2025). As is the case with all of MLB’s 30 groups, the Mariners additionally retired Jackie Robinson’s No. 42.