Randy Johnson won a total of five Cy Young Awards during his career, four of them consecutively with the Diamondbacks (1999-2002).
In 1999, Womack led the major leagues with 72 stolen bases.
On May 18, 2004, Randy Johnson pitched a perfect game against the Atlanta Braves. Johnson, who was 40 at the time, 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.
The D-backs were hoping that Schilling would help them repeat as NL West champs, but the team struggled down the stretch and missed the postseason. The trade paid big dividends the next year though as Schilling won 22 games and shared 2001 World Series MVP honors with Randy Johnson.
The Diamondbacks starting lineup for the World Series did not include a player under the age of thirty-one, making them the oldest team by player age in World Series history. With several players nearing the age of retirement, Luis Gonzalez noted that the overall team mentality was "there's too many good guys in here to let this opportunity slip away."
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