His All-Star career extends far off the field, as well...made a $400,000 donation to the American Red Cross' relief efforts following the devastation in South East Asia...through his "Strikeout Homelessness" program, which he started while with the Mariners, has personally donated more than $300,000 to related charities and organizations...with the Yankees, will continue his pledge of $1,000 per victory and $100 per strikeout to be distributed in tri-state area...in 2004-with 16 victories and 290 strikeouts-personally donated $45,000 to Arizona-area organizations in need...in addition, Randy has provided-through his contract with Nike-more than 3,500 pairs of footwear to the less fortunate during the holiday season...has also been very active in fundraising for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation-in both Seattle and Arizona-over the last 11 years, raising more than $1-million through various efforts including his own annual golf tournament...was the 1999 recipient of the Bronze Sierra from the Arizona Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and is also involved in the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Salvation Army...was the Diamondbacks' 2002 nominee for Major League Baseball's annual Roberto Clemente Award...with Curt Schilling, was tabbed Sports Illustrated's Sportsmen of the Year following the World Series season of 2001...won the Warren Spahn Award as the most outstanding left-handed pitcher in the Majors for each of his first four seasons with the Diamondbacks, honoring the legacy of Oklahoman Warren Spahn...also won each of the first three Leroy "Satchel" Paige Legacy Awards, given annually to Major League baseball's "Pitcher-of-the-Year" by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City... was voted the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Sports Star-of-the-Year for 1993... once an avid photographer, had his work featured at Art Expo '90 in Los Angeles...following the 1990 season he made his first of two trips to Japan with fellow major leaguers, and combined with then-Angel southpaw Chuck Finley on a no-hitter on Nov. 11 in Tokyo...made a cameo appearance in the baseball movie "Little Big League"...once an avid photographer, had his work featured at Art Expo '90 in Los Angeles...following the 1990 season he made his first of two trips to Japan with fellow major leaguers, and combined with then-Angel southpaw Chuck Finley on a no-hitter on Nov. 11 in Tokyo...made a cameo appearance in the baseball movie "Little Big League"...attended the University of Southern California on a baseball/basketball scholarship, but concentrated solely on baseball after his sophomore season...was college teammate of Mark McGwire while with the Trojans...was originally drafted out of high school by the Atlanta Braves in the third round of the '82 June draft, but chose to attend USC...was a 1982 graduate of Livermore (CA) High School, where he tossed a perfect game in his final prep start.

After returning from his 2nd back surgery in as many years to repair troublesome disc, posted an 11-10 record and 3.91 ERA in 30 starts to remain 5 wins shy of reaching 300th career victory...ranked 3rd among NL pitchers with 3.93 strikeout to walk ratio and 6th with 8.46 strikeouts per 9.0 innings...his 2.41 ERA (23er, 86.0ip) after All-Star Break ranked 5th among NL pitchers despite 5-3 record in 13 starts...struck out Brewers' Mike Cameron June 3 at Milwaukee to record his 4,673rd career strikeout and pass Roger Clemens for 2nd place on all-time strikeout list...struck out his 4,683rd batter in 1,000 fewer innings than Clemens...at age of 44, was 2nd-oldest player in Majors behind Philadelphia left-handed hurler Jamie Moyer (45)...made 2 rehab starts for triple-A Tucson prior to making season debut April 14 at San Francisco...earned no decision after allowing 3 unearned runs on 3 hits while walking 4 and striking out 7 batters in 5.0 innings...strung together 4-game winning streak during 5-game stretch April 25-May 18 while posting 4.82 ERA (15er, 28.0ip), striking out 24 and walking just 5 batters...his win on May 18 vs. Detroit was his 17th career interleague victory, ranking him 7th all-time since both leagues faced one another during regular season since 1997...lost 6 straight decisions from June 6-Aug. 1, his longest losing streak since suffering 8 consecutive defeats May 26-July 21, 1992...won 5 straight games July 6-Aug. 1, 5th-longest winning streak of his career...allowed only 5 earned runs in 32.1 innings while striking out 25 and walking only 2 during those 5 starts...became 5th-oldest pitcher to earn 4 consecutive wins, behind Phil Neikro (1984, 1985), Jamie Moyer (2008), Nolan Ryan (1992) and Jack Quinn (1928)...recorded career-high 5 straight no decisions Aug. 22-Sept. 18, despite posting 3.32 ERA (11er, 30.2ip) with 10 walks and 37 K's...recorded his 212th career double- digit strikeout game when he fanned 13 batters Aug. 22 vs. Florida, trailing only Nolan Ryan with 215 such contests...allowed an unearned run on 2 hits with 1 walk and 9 punchouts in his 100th career complete game to earn his 295th victory in season finale Sept. 28 vs. Colorado.