Randy Choate
Randol Doyle Choate
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 5, 1975 in San Antonio, TX
High School: Winston Churchill (San Antonio, TX)
School: Florida State University
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 2000
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2000 24 NYY AL 0 1 .000 4.76 22 0 6 0 0 0 17.0 14 10 9 3 8 0 12 1 0 1 75 101 1.294 7.4 1.6 4.2 6.4 1.50
2001 25 NYY AL 3 1 .750 3.35 37 0 13 0 0 0 48.1 34 21 18 0 27 2 35 9 0 3 207 134 1.262 6.3 0.0 5.0 6.5 1.30
2002 26 NYY AL 0 0 6.04 18 0 11 0 0 0 22.1 18 18 15 1 15 0 17 3 0 3 101 73 1.478 7.3 0.4 6.0 6.9 1.13
2003 27 NYY AL 0 0 7.36 5 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 7 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 60 2.182 17.2 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.00
2004 28 ARI NL 2 4 .333 4.62 74 0 17 0 0 0 50.2 52 26 26 1 28 11 49 5 1 1 232 100 1.579 9.2 0.2 5.0 8.7 1.75
2005 29 ARI NL 0 0 9.00 8 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 7 7 0 5 1 4 1 0 1 35 49 1.857 10.3 0.0 6.4 5.1 0.80
2006 30 ARI NL 0 1 .000 3.94 30 0 3 0 0 0 16.0 21 9 7 0 3 0 12 3 0 0 75 120 1.500 11.8 0.0 1.7 6.8 4.00
2007 31 ARI NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
2009 33 TBR AL 1 0 1.000 3.47 61 0 13 0 0 5 36.1 28 15 14 4 11 3 28 0 0 0 142 130 1.073 6.9 1.0 2.7 6.9 2.55
9 Seasons 6 7 .462 4.43 257 0 65 0 0 5 201.1 185 109 99 9 98 17 157 22 1 9 886 103 1.406 8.3 0.4 4.4 7.0 1.60
162 Game Avg. 2 2 .462 4.43 68 0 17 0 0 1 53 49 29 26 2 26 4 42 6 0 2 234 103 1.406 8.3 0.4 4.4 7.0 1.60
ARI (4 yrs) 2 5 .286 4.89 114 0 20 0 0 0 73.2 84 42 40 1 36 12 65 9 1 2 345 95 1.629 10.3 0.1 4.4 7.9 1.81
NYY (4 yrs) 3 2 .600 4.43 82 0 32 0 0 0 91.1 73 52 45 4 51 2 64 13 0 7 399 102 1.358 7.2 0.4 5.0 6.3 1.25
TBR (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.47 61 0 13 0 0 5 36.1 28 15 14 4 11 3 28 0 0 0 142 130 1.073 6.9 1.0 2.7 6.9 2.55
AL (5 yrs) 4 2 .667 4.16 143 0 45 0 0 5 127.2 101 67 59 8 62 5 92 13 0 7 541 109 1.277 7.1 0.6 4.4 6.5 1.48
NL (4 yrs) 2 5 .286 4.89 114 0 20 0 0 0 73.2 84 42 40 1 36 12 65 9 1 2 345 95 1.629 10.3 0.1 4.4 7.9 1.81

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2000 24 NYY AL ALDS W OAK 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.750 0.0 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
2000 24 NYY AL ALCS W SEA 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
2001 25 NYY AL WS L ARI 0 0 2.45 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 21 2.182 17.2 0.0 2.5 4.9 2.00
2 Seasons (3 Series) 0 0 3.38 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 7 5 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 27 1.688 11.8 0.0 3.4 6.8 2.00
1 ALDS 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.750 0.0 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
1 WS 0 0 2.45 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 21 2.182 17.2 0.0 2.5 4.9 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 24 NYY AL 22 75 65 10 14 4 1 3 3 0 8 12 .215 .307 .446 .753 .216 29 0 1 0 1 0
2001 25 NYY AL 37 207 168 21 34 13 0 0 2 1 27 35 .202 .341 .280 .621 .254 47 5 9 2 1 2
2002 26 NYY AL 18 101 83 18 18 6 0 1 0 0 15 17 .217 .356 .325 .682 .262 27 2 3 0 0 0
2003 27 NYY AL 5 16 15 3 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .467 .500 .600 1.100 .467 9 2 0 0 0 0
2004 28 ARI NL 74 232 195 26 52 14 0 1 2 0 28 49 .267 .366 .354 .720 .342 69 6 5 0 4 11
2005 29 ARI NL 8 35 29 7 8 3 0 0 0 0 5 4 .276 .400 .379 .779 .320 11 0 1 0 0 1
2006 30 ARI NL 30 75 69 9 21 5 1 0 0 0 3 12 .304 .360 .406 .766 .368 28 2 3 0 0 0
2007 31 ARI NL 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 0
2009 33 TBR AL 61 142 131 15 28 1 0 4 2 1 11 28 .214 .275 .313 .588 .242 41 6 0 0 0 3
9 Seasons 257 886 758 109 185 48 2 9 9 2 98 157 .244 .345 .348 .693 .294 264 23 22 2 6 17
162 Game Avg. 68 234 201 29 49 13 1 2 2 1 26 42 .244 .345 .348 .693 .294 70 6 6 1 2 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2000 24 NYY AL 22 22 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 17 4 24% 8 0.356 1 4 14 8 2 12 12 10 3 14 6 1 2.3 13
2001 25 NYY AL 37 37 13 3 1 0 0 0 3 3 19 4 21% 7 0.506 6 3 24 12 4 21 12 25 14 7 17 6 3.9 22
2002 26 NYY AL 18 18 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 9 0.176 0 1 17 9 0 9 4 14 4 3 4 5 3.7 21
2003 27 NYY AL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 8 0.309 1 0 4 2 0 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 2.2 10
2004 28 ARI NL 74 74 17 2 4 2 0 2 0% 15 11 76 20 26% 8 0.998 27 17 27 19 11 44 40 34 6 46 11 31 2.1 12
2005 29 ARI NL 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 100% 7 1.338 4 1 3 3 2 3 1 7 1 5 1 2 2.6 15
2006 30 ARI NL 30 30 3 0 1 0 0 0 6 5 15 3 20% 7 0.496 3 11 15 8 3 19 12 18 0 21 0 10 1.6 9
2007 31 ARI NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.997 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0.0 7
2009 33 TBR AL 61 61 13 1 0 5 5 0 100% 19 9 57 9 16% 8 0.898 16 18 27 28 8 25 39 22 9 45 11 24 1.8 10
9 Seasons 257 257 65 6 7 7 5 2 71% 48 32 197 49 25% 0.681 60 55 131 90 31 136 121 136 37 145 50 80 2.4 13

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2000 24 NYY AL 75 43% 4.0% 16.0% 10.7% 10.7% 57% 0.65 0.77 68% 22% 13.0% 26% 8 0 0%
2001 25 NYY AL 207 58% 0.0% 16.9% 13.0% 6.3% 38% 0.93 1.27 65% 21% 0.0% 17% 41 5 12%
2002 26 NYY AL 101 66% 1.0% 16.8% 14.9% 6.9% 39% 0.44 0.67 64% 24% 3.4% 36% 19 2 11%
2003 27 NYY AL 16 69% 0.0% 0.0% 6.3% 12.5% 29% 4.00 9.00 94% 13% 0.0% 0% 7 2 29%
2004 28 ARI NL 232 50% 0.4% 21.1% 12.1% 6.5% 29% 1.38 2.12 64% 15% 1.7% 8% 59 6 10%
2005 29 ARI NL 35 43% 0.0% 11.4% 14.3% 8.6% 38% 2.43 3.25 71% 8% 0.0% 14% 9 0 0%
2006 30 ARI NL 75 49% 0.0% 16.0% 4.0% 8.0% 29% 1.38 2.00 76% 19% 0.0% 13% 14 2 14%
2007 31 ARI NL 3 0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.50 100% 67% 0.0% 0% 1 0 0%
2009 33 TBR AL 142 42% 2.8% 19.7% 7.8% 3.5% 18% 1.89 2.81 70% 13% 12.5% 9% 31 6 19%
9 Seasons 886 52% 1.0% 17.7% 11.1% 6.7% 32% 1.15 1.60 67% 18% 3.9% 17% 189 23 12%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2000 24 NYY AL 75 290 3.87 171 59% 32% 13% 23% 32% 68% 0% 40% 80% 56% 7% 5 0 28% 21 12 2 25% 2 5 0 0 0
2001 25 NYY AL 207 812 3.92 478 59% 31% 12% 28% 28% 69% 2% 40% 83% 52% 4% 9 5 23% 47 35 3 37% 6 2 0 0 0
2002 26 NYY AL 101 375 3.71 225 60% 32% 12% 26% 29% 68% 0% 41% 82% 50% 6% 6 2 23% 23 14 2 24% 3 4 0 0 0
2003 27 NYY AL 16 49 3.06 30 61% 30% 0% 20% 50% 70% 0% 43% 100% 50% 13% 2 1 13% 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
2004 28 ARI NL 232 905 3.90 535 59% 35% 12% 24% 28% 65% 9% 38% 81% 51% 10% 24 8 21% 49 31 3 35% 9 7 0 0 0
2005 29 ARI NL 35 117 3.34 71 61% 30% 10% 25% 35% 70% 9% 43% 86% 66% 11% 4 1 26% 9 4 0 0% 1 2 0 0 0
2006 30 ARI NL 75 277 3.69 190 69% 34% 10% 26% 30% 66% 0% 45% 85% 63% 4% 3 2 40% 30 23 4 33% 2 1 0 0 0
2007 31 ARI NL 3 13 4.33 7 54% 57% 0% 0% 43% 43% 0% 23% 100% 33% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 33 TBR AL 142 580 4.08 372 64% 29% 14% 30% 28% 71% 6% 46% 80% 58% 8% 11 6 25% 35 18 3 14% 5 2 0 0 0
9 Seasons 886 3418 3.86 2079 61% 32% 12% 26% 29% 68% 4% 41% 82% 54% 7% 64 25 24% 216 138 18 29% 28 24 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2000 24 NYY AL 75 14 1 0 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 100% 1 1 0 25 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001 25 NYY AL 207 34 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 9 6 1 67% 1 3 1 88 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2002 26 NYY AL 101 18 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 7 4 1 57% 1 3 1 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2003 27 NYY AL 16 7 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 28 ARI NL 232 52 8 0 1 1 25 0 1 1 0 22 13 2 59% 2 1 0 98 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2005 29 ARI NL 35 8 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 0 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 30 ARI NL 75 21 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 67% 1 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 31 ARI NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 33 TBR AL 142 28 4 0 4 0 2 3 1 2 2 11 5 2 45% 1 0 2 58 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 Seasons 886 185 23 2 9 1 44 6 3 4 5 63 38 8 60% 7 9 4 363 9 2 82% 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2000 24 0 1 .000 4.76 22 0 6 0 0 0 17.0 14 10 9 3 8 0 12 1 0 1 75 101 1.294 7.4 1.6 4.2 6.4 1.50 101
2001 25 3 2 .600 3.72 59 0 19 0 0 0 65.1 48 31 27 3 35 2 47 10 0 4 282 123 1.270 6.6 0.4 4.8 6.5 1.34 123
2002 26 3 2 .600 4.31 77 0 30 0 0 0 87.2 66 49 42 4 50 2 64 13 0 7 383 105 1.323 6.8 0.4 5.1 6.6 1.28 105
2003 27 3 2 .600 4.43 82 0 32 0 0 0 91.1 73 52 45 4 51 2 64 13 0 7 399 102 1.358 7.2 0.4 5.0 6.3 1.25 102
2004 28 5 6 .455 4.50 156 0 49 0 0 0 142.0 125 78 71 5 79 13 113 18 1 8 631 101 1.437 7.9 0.3 5.0 7.2 1.43 101
2005 29 5 6 .455 4.71 164 0 49 0 0 0 149.0 133 85 78 5 84 14 117 19 1 9 666 97 1.456 8.0 0.3 5.1 7.1 1.39 97
2006 30 5 7 .417 4.64 194 0 52 0 0 0 165.0 154 94 85 5 87 14 129 22 1 9 741 99 1.461 8.4 0.3 4.7 7.0 1.48 99
2007 31 5 7 .417 4.64 196 0 52 0 0 0 165.0 157 94 85 5 87 14 129 22 1 9 744 99 1.479 8.6 0.3 4.7 7.0 1.48 99
2008 32 5 7 .417 4.64 196 0 52 0 0 0 165.0 157 94 85 5 87 14 129 22 1 9 744 99 1.479 8.6 0.3 4.7 7.0 1.48 99
2009 33 6 7 .462 4.43 257 0 65 0 0 5 201.1 185 109 99 9 98 17 157 22 1 9 886 103 1.406 8.3 0.4 4.4 7.0 1.60 103

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2000 24 0 1 .000 4.24 17.0 14 9 8 3 8 12 1 1.294 7.4 4.2 6.4 1.50 1.6 22
2001 25 3 2 .600 3.33 46.0 33 19 17 0 26 33 9 1.283 6.5 5.1 6.5 1.27 0.0 37
2002 26 1 1 .500 6.14 22.0 18 17 15 1 15 17 3 1.500 7.4 6.1 7.0 1.13 0.4 18
2003 27 0 0 9.00 3.0 6 3 3 0 1 0 0 2.333 18.0 3.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 5
2004 28 2 3 .400 4.06 51.0 48 26 23 1 26 49 5 1.451 8.5 4.6 8.6 1.88 0.2 74
2005 29 0 0 6.75 8.0 7 7 6 0 4 5 1 1.375 7.9 4.5 5.6 1.25 0.0 8
2006 30 1 0 1.000 3.18 17.0 19 7 6 0 3 13 3 1.294 10.1 1.6 6.9 4.33 0.0 30
2009 33 2 1 .667 3.71 34.0 28 16 14 4 11 26 0 1.147 7.4 2.9 6.9 2.36 1.1 61
8 Seasons 9 8 .529 4.18 198.0 173 104 92 9 94 155 22 1.348 7.9 7.0 1.65 0.4 255

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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