Randy Choate

Q: When was Randy Choate born?

Randy Choate was born on September 5, 1975.

Q: Where was Randy Choate born?

Randy Choate was born in San Antonio, TX .

Q: How tall is Randy Choate?

Randy Choate is 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Randy Choate weigh when playing?

Randy Choate weighed 205 lbs (92 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Randy Choate play?

Randy Choate played 15 seasons.

Q: Is Randy Choate in the Hall of Fame?

Randy Choate has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Randy Choate drafted?

Randy Choate was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Randy Choate have?

Randy Choate had 348 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Randy Choate played for?

Randy Choate played for 7 teams; the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Rays, Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals.

Q: How many World Series has Randy Choate won?

Randy Choate has won 1 World Series.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 205lb (185cm, 92kg)

Born: September 5, 1975 in San Antonio, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL).

High School: Winston Churchill HS (San Antonio, TX)

School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: July 1, 2000 (Age 24-300d, 17,703rd in major league history)
vs. TBD 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 2, 2015 (Age 40-027d)
vs. ATL 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

Agents: ACES

Full Name: Randol Doyle Choate

Pronunciation: \CHOTE\

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

2000 World Series

+11

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.5

ERA

3.90

672

408.0

348

WHIP

1.287

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1997	21	NYY-min	A-	5	1	.833	1.73	10	10	0	0	0	0	62.1	49	12	12	1	12	1	61	2	2	0	242			0.979	7.1	0.1	1.7	8.8	5.08	ONE NYPL
1998	22	NYY-min	A+,A	2	13	.133	4.46	21	21	0	1	0	0	109.0	129	78	54	7	29	2	87	3	0	5	481			1.450	10.7	0.6	2.4	7.2	3.00	TAM,GBO FLOR,SALL
1999	23	NYY-min	A+	2	2	.500	4.50	47	0	17	0	0	1	50.0	51	25	25	4	24	5	62	2	0	4	224			1.500	9.2	0.7	4.3	11.2	2.58	TAM FLOR
2000	24	NYY-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	2.04	33	0	6	0	0	1	35.1	34	8	8	2	14	3	37	3	0	0	151			1.358	8.7	0.5	3.6	9.4	2.64	CLB IL
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	103	5.60	1.294	7.4	1.6	4.2	6.4	1.50
2001	25	NYY-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.08	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	7	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	21			2.308	14.5	0.0	6.2	8.3	1.33	CLB IL
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	135	3.84	1.262	6.3	0.0	5.0	6.5	1.30
2002	26	NYY-min	AAA	3	2	.600	1.72	31	0	7	0	0	1	36.2	25	8	7	0	15	1	32	2	0	2	150			1.091	6.1	0.0	3.7	7.9	2.13	CLB IL
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	74	4.44	1.478	7.3	0.4	6.0	6.9	1.13
2003	27	NYY-min	AAA	3	5	.375	3.91	54	3	15	0	0	1	71.1	75	35	31	4	24	3	56	3	0	0	312			1.388	9.5	0.5	3.0	7.1	2.33	CLB IL
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	65	3.85	2.182	17.2	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.00
2004	28	ARI-min	AAA	0	0		5.68	15	0	4	0	0	1	12.2	10	8	8	1	8	1	7	1	0	0	57			1.421	7.1	0.7	5.7	5.0	0.88	TUC PCL
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	3.33	1.579	9.2	0.2	5.0	8.7	1.75
2005	29	ARI-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.38	47	0	16	0	0	3	40.0	44	22	15	4	22	1	20	2	0	2	184			1.650	9.9	0.9	5.0	4.5	0.91	TUC PCL
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	51	4.45	1.857	10.3	0.0	6.4	5.1	0.80
2006	30	ARI-min	AAA	6	0	1.000	2.17	43	1	19	0	0	8	45.2	39	13	11	0	10	1	44	1	0	1	184			1.073	7.7	0.0	2.0	8.7	4.40	TUC PCL
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	122	2.77	1.500	11.8	0.0	1.7	6.8	4.00
2007	31	ARI-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.98	55	0	16	0	0	3	63.1	68	27	21	3	16	2	61	5	0	5	277			1.326	9.7	0.4	2.3	8.7	3.81	TUC PCL
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

2008	32	MIL-min	AAA,A+	0	4	.000	4.95	27	3	5	0	0	2	40.0	42	24	22	4	20	1	32	1	0	2	180			1.550	9.5	0.9	4.5	7.2	1.60	NVL,BRE PCL,FLOR
2009	33	TBR-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	3.72	21	0	2	0	0	0	19.1	16	8	8	0	9	0	15	0	0	1	83			1.293	7.4	0.0	4.2	7.0	1.67	DHM IL
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	126	3.90	1.073	6.9	1.0	2.7	6.9	2.55
2010	34	TBR	AL	4	3	.571	4.23	85	0	8	0	0	0	44.2	41	23	21	3	17	5	40	3	0	4	187	93	3.50	1.299	8.3	0.6	3.4	8.1	2.35
2011	35	FLA	NL	1	1	.500	1.82	54	0	6	0	0	0	24.2	13	7	5	3	13	5	31	2	0	0	103	217	3.92	1.054	4.7	1.1	4.7	11.3	2.38
2012	36	TOT	NL	0	0		3.03	80	0	4	0	0	1	38.2	29	18	13	1	18	3	38	5	0	2	168	134	3.25	1.216	6.8	0.2	4.2	8.8	2.11
2012	36	MIA	NL	0	0		2.49	44	0	4	0	0	1	25.1	16	11	7	0	9	0	27	3	0	2	104	166	2.38	0.987	5.7	0.0	3.2	9.6	3.00
2012	36	LAD	NL	0	0		4.05	36	0	0	0	0	0	13.1	13	7	6	1	9	3	11	2	0	0	64	96	4.89	1.650	8.8	0.7	6.1	7.4	1.22
2013	37	STL	NL	2	1	.667	2.29	64	0	9	0	0	0	35.1	26	9	9	0	11	0	28	2	0	0	141	165	2.57	1.047	6.6	0.0	2.8	7.1	2.55
2014	38	STL	NL	2	2	.500	4.50	61	0	6	0	0	0	36.0	27	18	18	2	13	2	32	5	0	0	148	82	3.58	1.111	6.8	0.5	3.3	8.0	2.46
2015	39	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	3.95	71	0	4	0	0	1	27.1	29	14	12	2	5	0	22	6	0	1	117	100	3.68	1.244	9.5	0.7	1.6	7.2	4.40
2016	40	LAD-min	AAA,Rk,AA	1	0	1.000	7.13	34	5	2	0	0	0	17.2	23	14	14	1	8	0	20	3	0	1	84			1.755	11.7	0.5	4.1	10.2	2.50	OKC,DGR,TUL PCL,ARIZ,TL
15 Yrs				16	14	.533	3.90	672	0	102	0	0	7	408.0	350	198	177	20	175	32	348	45	1	16	1750	108	3.62	1.287	7.7	0.4	3.9	7.7	1.99
162 Game Avg.				2	1	.533	3.90	68	0	10	0	0	1	41	35	20	18	2	18	3	35	5	0	2	177	108	3.62	1.287	7.7	0.4	3.9	7.7	1.99
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
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	96	3.31	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	104	4.31	1.358	7.2	0.4	5.0	6.3	1.25
STL (3 yrs)				5	3	.625	3.56	196	0	19	0	0	1	98.2	82	41	39	4	29	2	82	13	0	1	406	107	3.24	1.125	7.5	0.4	2.6	7.5	2.83
TBR (2 yrs)				5	3	.625	3.89	146	0	21	0	0	5	81.0	69	38	35	7	28	8	68	3	0	4	329	106	3.68	1.198	7.7	0.8	3.1	7.6	2.43
MIA (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	2.16	98	0	10	0	0	1	50.0	29	18	12	3	22	5	58	5	0	2	207	187	3.14	1.020	5.2	0.5	4.0	10.4	2.64
LAD (1 yr)				0	0		4.05	36	0	0	0	0	0	13.1	13	7	6	1	9	3	11	2	0	0	64	96	4.89	1.650	8.8	0.7	6.1	7.4	1.22

NL (9 yrs)				8	9	.471	3.70	444	0	49	0	0	2	235.2	208	108	97	9	96	22	216	29	1	5	1022	111	3.34	1.290	7.9	0.3	3.7	8.2	2.25
AL (6 yrs)				8	5	.615	4.18	228	0	53	0	0	5	172.1	142	90	80	11	79	10	132	16	0	11	728	105	4.02	1.282	7.4	0.6	4.1	6.9	1.67

for the free Baseball Reference newsletter and get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day.

It's also available for football, basketball and hockey.

Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Advanced Pitching

See More Advanced Pitching

Compare Randy Choate to

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Player News

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Game Log

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Advanced Batting

See More Advanced Batting

Postseason Batting

Postseason Game Log

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Transactions

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Name + "Statistics" Translations

Note, this is done in an automated way, so we apologize for any errors, & please report any suggested corrections. "Statistics" is included to allow non-English speakers to find our pages.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Randy Choate?

Randy Choate is 48 years old.

When was Randy Choate born?

Randy Choate was born on September 5, 1975.

Where was Randy Choate born?

Randy Choate was born in San Antonio, TX.

How tall is Randy Choate?

Randy Choate is 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Randy Choate weigh when playing?

Randy Choate weighed 205 lbs (92 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Randy Choate play?

Randy Choate played 15 seasons.

Is Randy Choate in the Hall of Fame?

Randy Choate has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Randy Choate drafted?

Randy Choate was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL).

What position did Randy Choate play?

Randy Choate was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Randy Choate have?

Randy Choate had 348 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Randy Choate played for?

Randy Choate played for 7 teams; the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Rays, Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals.

How many World Series has Randy Choate won?

Randy Choate has won 1 World Series.

When did Randy Choate retire?

Randy Choate last played in 2015.

Other Resources & Links

More Choate Pages

Randy Choate Overview

Minor & Winter Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Randy Choate Pages at Baseball Reference