Randy Messenger
Randall Jerome Messenger
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 247 lb.

Born: August 13, 1981 in Reno, NV
High School: Sparks (Sparks, NV)
Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 11th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 22, 2005
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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
2005 23 FLA NL 0 0 5.35 29 0 8 0 0 0 37.0 39 22 22 5 30 7 29 0 0 1 178 74 1.865 9.5 1.2 7.3 7.1 0.97
2006 24 FLA NL 2 7 .222 5.67 59 0 10 0 0 0 60.1 72 42 38 8 24 2 45 1 0 3 275 76 1.591 10.7 1.2 3.6 6.7 1.88
2007 25 TOT NL 2 4 .333 4.20 60 0 21 0 0 1 64.1 85 30 30 4 21 5 34 1 0 1 291 106 1.648 11.9 0.6 2.9 4.8 1.62
2007 25 FLA NL 1 1 .500 2.66 23 0 8 0 0 0 23.2 27 7 7 0 9 2 12 0 0 0 103 163 1.521 10.3 0.0 3.4 4.6 1.33
2007 25 SFG NL 1 3 .250 5.09 37 0 13 0 0 1 40.2 58 23 23 4 12 3 22 1 0 1 188 88 1.721 12.8 0.9 2.7 4.9 1.83
2008 26 SEA AL 0 0 3.55 13 0 3 0 0 1 12.2 16 5 5 1 5 1 7 1 0 0 57 119 1.658 11.4 0.7 3.6 5.0 1.40
2009 27 SEA AL 0 1 .000 4.35 12 0 7 0 0 0 10.1 13 5 5 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 43 99 1.258 11.3 2.6 0.0 4.4
5 Seasons 4 12 .250 4.87 173 0 49 0 0 2 184.2 225 104 100 21 80 15 120 3 0 6 844 88 1.652 11.0 1.0 3.9 5.8 1.50
162 Game Avg. 2 5 .250 4.87 68 0 19 0 0 1 73 88 41 39 8 31 6 47 1 0 2 332 88 1.652 11.0 1.0 3.9 5.8 1.50
FLA (3 yrs) 3 8 .273 4.98 111 0 26 0 0 0 121.0 138 71 67 13 63 11 86 1 0 4 556 85 1.661 10.3 1.0 4.7 6.4 1.37
SEA (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 3.91 25 0 10 0 0 1 23.0 29 10 10 4 5 1 12 1 0 1 100 109 1.478 11.3 1.6 2.0 4.7 2.40
SFG (1 yr) 1 3 .250 5.09 37 0 13 0 0 1 40.2 58 23 23 4 12 3 22 1 0 1 188 88 1.721 12.8 0.9 2.7 4.9 1.83
NL (3 yrs) 4 11 .267 5.01 148 0 39 0 0 1 161.2 196 94 90 17 75 14 108 2 0 5 744 85 1.676 10.9 0.9 4.2 6.0 1.44
AL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 3.91 25 0 10 0 0 1 23.0 29 10 10 4 5 1 12 1 0 1 100 109 1.478 11.3 1.6 2.0 4.7 2.40

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
2005 23 FLA NL 29 178 143 22 39 9 1 5 6 0 30 29 .273 .392 .455 .847 .304 65 3 0 2 3 7
2006 24 FLA NL 59 275 243 42 72 19 0 8 6 1 24 45 .296 .359 .473 .833 .333 115 6 1 5 2 2
2007 25 FLA NL 23 103 89 7 27 2 0 0 1 0 9 12 .303 .364 .326 .689 .346 29 4 0 4 1 2
2007 25 SFG NL 37 188 169 23 58 13 1 4 4 1 12 22 .343 .382 .503 .885 .367 85 4 1 2 4 3
2007 25 TOT NL 60 291 258 30 85 15 1 4 5 1 21 34 .329 .375 .442 .817 .360 114 8 1 6 5 5
2008 26 SEA AL 13 57 51 5 16 2 0 1 4 2 5 7 .314 .386 .412 .798 .349 21 1 1 0 0 1
2009 27 SEA AL 12 43 43 5 13 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 .302 .302 .558 .860 .286 24 1 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 173 844 738 104 225 47 2 21 21 4 80 120 .305 .371 .459 .830 .336 339 19 3 13 10 15
162 Game Avg. 68 332 290 41 88 18 1 8 8 2 31 47 .305 .371 .459 .830 .336 133 7 1 5 4 6
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
2005 23 FLA NL 29 29 8 0 0 1 0 1 0% 3 2 22 16 73% 7 0.377 2 6 19 5 1 23 12 17 11 6 11 6 3.8 24
2006 24 FLA NL 59 59 10 2 7 1 0 1 0% 10 9 25 9 36% 7 0.838 17 11 29 20 13 26 14 45 12 17 15 9 3.1 17
2007 25 TOT NL 60 60 21 2 4 5 1 4 20% 16 11 39 19 49% 1.005 16 20 20 22 7 31 19 41 17 17 18 13 3.2 18
2007 25 FLA NL 23 23 8 1 1 0 0 0 6 6 13 4 31% 8 0.826 5 7 10 9 2 12 6 17 5 8 5 6 3.1 17
2007 25 SFG NL 37 37 13 1 3 5 1 4 20% 10 5 26 15 58% 7 1.103 11 13 10 13 5 19 13 24 12 9 13 7 3.3 19
2008 26 SEA AL 13 13 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 10 3 30% 9 1.067 2 8 3 4 1 8 7 6 4 5 5 3 2.9 17
2009 27 SEA AL 12 12 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 2 33% 8 0.368 2 2 7 3 1 8 3 9 2 7 2 1 2.6 13
5 Seasons 173 173 49 4 12 8 2 6 25% 33 25 102 49 48% 0.790 39 47 78 54 23 96 55 118 46 52 51 32 3.2 18

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%
2005 23 FLA NL 178 43% 2.8% 16.3% 16.9% 8.4% 39% 0.90 1.10 63% 14% 9.3% 11% 35 3 9%
2006 24 FLA NL 275 43% 2.9% 16.4% 8.7% 9.8% 38% 0.65 0.88 70% 20% 7.7% 13% 50 6 12%
2007 25 TOT NL 291 43% 1.4% 11.7% 7.2% 6.9% 24% 0.82 1.03 77% 17% 3.7% 14% 59 8 14%
2007 25 FLA NL 103 45% 0.0% 11.7% 8.7% 1.9% 7% 0.71 0.59 76% 15% 0.0% 20% 23 4 17%
2007 25 SFG NL 188 42% 2.1% 11.7% 6.4% 9.6% 31% 0.89 1.41 78% 19% 5.6% 10% 36 4 11%
2008 26 SEA AL 57 47% 1.8% 12.3% 8.8% 5.3% 19% 0.34 0.53 75% 30% 3.3% 6% 10 1 10%
2009 27 SEA AL 43 58% 7.0% 11.6% 0.0% 11.6% 39% 0.65 0.63 81% 16% 15.0% 13% 6 1 17%
5 Seasons 844 44% 2.5% 14.2% 9.5% 8.3% 31% 0.73 0.92 72% 18% 6.6% 12% 160 19 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
2005 23 FLA NL 178 695 3.90 403 58% 30% 12% 28% 30% 70% 8% 41% 83% 58% 11% 19 7 25% 44 27 2 41% 5 7 0 0 0
2006 24 FLA NL 275 1030 3.75 642 62% 28% 11% 29% 32% 72% 2% 45% 85% 57% 7% 20 12 24% 66 47 8 38% 11 6 0 0 0
2007 25 TOT NL 291 1085 3.73 686 63% 27% 10% 29% 34% 73% 5% 46% 86% 60% 5% 16 8 25% 72 46 8 24% 9 3 0 0 0
2007 25 FLA NL 103 380 3.69 234 62% 27% 9% 28% 35% 73% 5% 45% 87% 56% 7% 7 4 20% 21 13 3 25% 3 1 0 0 0
2007 25 SFG NL 188 705 3.75 452 64% 27% 11% 29% 34% 73% 5% 47% 86% 62% 5% 9 4 27% 51 33 5 23% 6 2 0 0 0
2008 26 SEA AL 57 226 3.96 149 66% 34% 9% 28% 30% 66% 5% 44% 86% 65% 4% 2 2 35% 20 9 2 29% 1 0 0 0 0
2009 27 SEA AL 43 155 3.60 103 66% 29% 12% 22% 37% 71% 0% 47% 84% 65% 2% 1 1 33% 14 7 0 20% 1 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 844 3191 3.78 1983 62% 28% 11% 28% 32% 72% 4% 44% 85% 59% 7% 58 30 26% 216 136 20 33% 27 16 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
2005 23 FLA NL 178 39 1 0 5 0 16 4 1 1 4 22 10 2 45% 1 1 0 75 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2006 24 FLA NL 275 72 6 0 8 0 2 1 7 4 4 17 8 3 47% 4 3 0 123 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2007 25 TOT NL 291 85 7 1 4 0 14 4 0 2 2 24 12 1 50% 1 1 0 119 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
2007 25 FLA NL 103 27 4 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 45 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2007 25 SFG NL 188 58 3 0 4 0 7 4 0 2 2 21 10 1 48% 0 1 0 74 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0
2008 26 SEA AL 57 16 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0% 0 0 0 28 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 27 SEA AL 43 13 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Seasons 844 225 18 2 21 0 34 10 11 10 11 65 30 7 46% 7 6 1 358 21 4 84% 20 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 27 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+
2005 23 0 0 5.35 29 0 8 0 0 0 37.0 39 22 22 5 30 7 29 0 0 1 178 74 1.865 9.5 1.2 7.3 7.1 0.97 74
2006 24 2 7 .222 5.55 88 0 18 0 0 0 97.1 111 64 60 13 54 9 74 1 0 4 453 75 1.695 10.3 1.2 5.0 6.8 1.37 75
2007 25 4 11 .267 5.01 148 0 39 0 0 1 161.2 196 94 90 17 75 14 108 2 0 5 744 85 1.676 10.9 0.9 4.2 6.0 1.44 85
2008 26 4 11 .267 4.90 161 0 42 0 0 2 174.1 212 99 95 18 80 15 115 3 0 5 801 87 1.675 10.9 0.9 4.1 5.9 1.44 87
2009 27 4 12 .250 4.87 173 0 49 0 0 2 184.2 225 104 100 21 80 15 120 3 0 6 844 88 1.652 11.0 1.0 3.9 5.8 1.50 88

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
2005 23 1 2 .333 6.17 35.0 41 27 24 5 32 27 0 2.086 10.5 8.2 6.9 0.84 1.3 29
2006 24 2 4 .333 5.64 59.0 72 41 37 8 24 44 1 1.627 11.0 3.7 6.7 1.83 1.2 59
2007 25 3 3 .500 4.00 63.0 82 31 28 4 20 33 1 1.619 11.7 2.9 4.7 1.65 0.6 60
2008 26 0 1 .000 3.75 12.0 16 6 5 1 5 7 1 1.750 12.0 3.8 5.3 1.40 0.8 13
2009 27 1 0 1.000 3.21 14.0 0 6 5 0 0 7 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 12
5 Seasons 7 10 .412 4.87 183.0 211 111 99 18 81 118 3 1.596 10.4 5.8 1.46 0.9 173

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