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Randy O'Neal

Randall Jeffrey O'Neal

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 30, 1960 in Ashland, KY
Schools: University of Florida, Palm Beach State College
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1984
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Giants/Phillies/Braves/Cardinals 1984-1990

Final Game: October 2, 1990
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Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:10AM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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More Stats

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
1981	20	DET-min	A	4	5	.444	2.87	13	11	1	6	2	0	69.0	59	27	22	3	18	0	31	1	1	0			1.116	7.7	0.4	2.3	4.0	1.72	LAK · FLOR
1982	21	DET-min	AA	11	7	.611	3.41	27	27	0	8	1	0	185.0	169	83	70	21	71	2	105	1	2	5			1.297	8.2	1.0	3.5	5.1	1.48	BIR · SOUL
1983	22	DET-min	AAA	8	10	.444	4.23	23	23	0	3	0	0	140.1	159	80	66	13	45	1	70	1	0	6			1.454	10.2	0.8	2.9	4.5	1.56	EVN · AA
1984	23	DET-min	AAA	9	10	.474	3.57	25	25	0	8	1	0	166.1	152	82	66	12	59	2	110	0	6	4			1.269	8.2	0.6	3.2	6.0	1.86	EVN · AA
1984	23	DET	AL	2	1	.667	3.38	4	3	0	0	0	0	18.2	16	7	7	0	6	0	12	0	0	1	78	119	1.179	7.7	0.0	2.9	5.8	2.00
1985	24	DET-min	AAA	5	4	.556	3.59	10	10	0	3	1	0	67.2	57	29	27	9	19	0	44	0	1	0			1.123	7.6	1.2	2.5	5.9	2.32	NVL · AA
1985	24	DET	AL	5	5	.500	3.24	28	12	8	1	0	1	94.1	82	42	34	8	36	3	52	2	0	5	388	126	1.251	7.8	0.8	3.4	5.0	1.44
1986	25	DET-min	AAA	1	2	.333	4.76	4	4	0	1	0	0	28.1	28	16	15	4	9	1	15	0	0	1			1.306	8.9	1.3	2.9	4.8	1.67	NVL · AA
1986	25	DET	AL	3	7	.300	4.33	37	11	9	1	0	2	122.2	121	69	59	13	44	9	68	3	0	8	522	96	1.345	8.9	1.0	3.2	5.0	1.55
1987	26	STL-ATL-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.47	8	8	0	1	0	0	52.1	58	30	26	3	11	0	24	1	0	4			1.318	10.0	0.5	1.9	4.1	2.18	LOU,RMD · AA,IL
1987	26	TOT	NL	4	2	.667	5.32	17	11	2	0	0	0	66.0	81	42	39	12	26	3	37	2	0	10	300	82	1.621	11.0	1.6	3.5	5.0	1.42
1987	26	ATL	NL	4	2	.667	5.61	16	10	2	0	0	0	61.0	79	41	38	12	24	3	33	2	0	9	279	78	1.689	11.7	1.8	3.5	4.9	1.38
1987	26	STL	NL	0	0		1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	21	248	0.800	3.6	0.0	3.6	7.2	2.00
1988	27	STL-min	AAA	3	5	.375	3.71	10	10	0	1	1	0	60.2	59	30	25	2	21	1	33	0	1	3			1.319	8.8	0.3	3.1	4.9	1.57	LOU · AA
1988	27	STL	NL	2	3	.400	4.58	10	8	0	0	0	0	53.0	57	29	27	7	10	1	20	2	0	4	222	77	1.264	9.7	1.2	1.7	3.4	2.00
1989	28	PHI-min	AAA	4	4	.500	2.53	18	11	2	5	2	1	96.0	82	33	27	7	23	2	71	0	1	4			1.094	7.7	0.7	2.2	6.7	3.09	SWB · IL
1989	28	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	6.23	20	1	1	0	0	0	39.0	46	28	27	5	9	2	29	0	1	5	167	57	1.410	10.6	1.2	2.1	6.7	3.22
1990	29	SFG-min	AAA,A+	5	0	1.000	2.98	8	7	1	2	1	0	42.1	38	15	14	2	8	0	27	1	0	2			1.087	8.1	0.4	1.7	5.7	3.38	PHX,SJO · PCL,CALL
1990	29	SFG	NL	1	0	1.000	3.83	26	0	4	0	0	0	47.0	58	23	20	3	18	4	30	0	1	4	208	96	1.617	11.1	0.6	3.4	5.7	1.67
1991	30	KCR-min	AA	1	4	.200	4.33	12	12	0	0	0	0	54.0	48	31	26	8	22	0	29	11	0	2	236		1.296	8.0	1.3	3.7	4.8	1.32	MEM · SOUL
7 Seasons				17	19	.472	4.35	142	46	24	2	0	3	440.2	461	240	213	48	149	22	248	9	2	37	1885	92	1.384	9.4	1.0	3.0	5.1	1.66
162 Game Avg.				6	7	.472	4.35	51	17	9	1	0	1	159	167	87	77	17	54	8	90	3	1	13	682	92	1.384	9.4	1.0	3.0	5.1	1.66

DET (3 yrs)				10	13	.435	3.82	69	26	17	2	0	3	235.2	219	118	100	21	86	12	132	5	0	14	988	108	1.294	8.4	0.8	3.3	5.0	1.53
STL (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	4.34	11	9	0	0	0	0	58.0	59	30	28	7	12	1	24	2	0	5	243	83	1.224	9.2	1.1	1.9	3.7	2.00
SFG (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.83	26	0	4	0	0	0	47.0	58	23	20	3	18	4	30	0	1	4	208	96	1.617	11.1	0.6	3.4	5.7	1.67
PHI (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.23	20	1	1	0	0	0	39.0	46	28	27	5	9	2	29	0	1	5	167	57	1.410	10.6	1.2	2.1	6.7	3.22
ATL (1 yr)				4	2	.667	5.61	16	10	2	0	0	0	61.0	79	41	38	12	24	3	33	2	0	9	279	78	1.689	11.7	1.8	3.5	4.9	1.38

NL (4 yrs)			NL	7	6	.538	4.96	73	20	7	0	0	0	205.0	242	122	113	27	63	10	116	4	2	23	897	77	1.488	10.6	1.2	2.8	5.1	1.84
AL (3 yrs)			AL	10	13	.435	3.82	69	26	17	2	0	3	235.2	219	118	100	21	86	12	132	5	0	14	988	108	1.294	8.4	0.8	3.3	5.0	1.53

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1984	23	DET	AL	18.2	3	7	9	1	.9	2	0.3	$
1985	24	DET	AL	94.1	12	42	56	2	.9	14	1.2	$
1986	25	DET	AL	122.2	11	69	68	5	.8	-1	-0.3	$80,000
1987	26	ATL	NL	61.0	10	41	42	-2	.9	1	0.0	$
1987	26	STL	NL	5.0	1	1	3	0	1.2	2	0.2	$
1988	27	STL	NL	53.0	8	29	27	0	.9	-2	-0.2	$
1989	28	PHI	NL	39.0	1	28	23	-2	.4	-5	-0.6	$
1990	29	SFG	NL	47.0	0	23	26	-1	.6	3	0.0	$
7 Seasons				440.2	46	240	254	3	.8	14	0.6	$80,000

DET (3 yrs)				235.2	26	118	133	8	.8	15	1.2	$80,000
STL (2 yrs)				58.0	9	30	30	0	.9	0	0.0	$
SFG (1 yr)				47.0	0	23	26	-1	.6	3	0.0	$
PHI (1 yr)				39.0	1	28	23	-2	.4	-5	-0.6	$
ATL (1 yr)				61.0	10	41	42	-2	.9	1	0.0	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1981	20	DET-min	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	LAK · FLOR
1982	21	DET-min	AA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	BIR · SOUL
1983	22	DET-min	AAA	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	EVN · AA
1984	23	DET-min	AAA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	EVN · AA
1984	23	DET	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1985	24	DET-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	NVL · AA
1985	24	DET	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	25	DET-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	NVL · AA
1986	25	DET	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	26	STL-ATL-min	AAA	8	8	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.286	.375	.286	.661		2		0	0	0	0	LOU,RMD · AA,IL
1987	26	TOT	NL	18	22	20	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.150	.190	.150	.340	-9	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1987	26	ATL	NL	17	21	19	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.105	.150	.105	.255	-32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1987	26	STL	NL	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	430	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1988	27	STL-min	AAA	10	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.091	.167	.091	.258		1		0	1	0	0	LOU · AA
1988	27	STL	NL	10	20	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1989	28	PHI-min	AAA	18	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400		1		0	1	0	0	SWB · IL
1989	28	PHI	NL	20	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	29	SFG-min	AAA,A+	8	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	0	0	PHX,SJO · PCL,CALL
1990	29	SFG	NL	26	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	-6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1991	30	KCR-min	AA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	MEM · SOUL
7 Seasons				143	54	50	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.080	.098	.080	.178	-50	4	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	61	57	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	12	.080	.098	.080	.178	-50	5	0	0	3	0	0

DET (3 yrs)				69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (2 yrs)				11	21	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.050	.050	.050	.100	-71	1	0	0	1	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				26	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	-6	1	0	0	1	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				20	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				17	21	19	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.105	.150	.105	.255	-32	2	0	0	1	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				74	54	50	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.080	.098	.080	.178	-50	4	0	0	3	0	0
AL (3 yrs)				69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1987	26	ATL	NL	21	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1987	26	STL	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1
1988	27	STL	NL	20	-5	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	1
1989	28	PHI	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1990	29	SFG	NL	7	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$155,000	1
4 Seasons				54	-10	0	0	0	0	5	2	-3	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$155,000

STL (2 yrs)				21	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$
SFG (1 yr)				7	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$155,000
PHI (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
ATL (1 yr)				21	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1984	DET	AL	23	P	4	3	0	18.2	4	2	1	1	0	.750	1.45	0.75	.958	1.78	1.78	0	0		0
1985	DET	AL	24	P	28	12	1	94.1	28	9	17	2	1	.929	2.48	0.93	.953	1.86	1.84	3	5	63%	0
1986	DET	AL	25	P	37	11	1	122.2	36	15	19	2	0	.944	2.49	0.92	.957	1.83	1.81	5	4	44%	1
1987	TOT	NL	26	P	17	11	0	66.0	21	4	17	0	1	1.000	2.86	1.24	.955	1.91	1.90	4	6	60%	0
1987	ATL	NL	26	P	16	10	0	61.0	19	4	15	0	1	1.000	2.80	1.19	.955	1.90	1.90	3	6	67%	0
1987	STL	NL	26	P	1	1	0	5.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.60	2.00	.955	1.98	1.90	1	0	0%	0
1988	STL	NL	27	P	10	8	0	53.0	17	3	14	0	1	1.000	2.89	1.70	.955	1.95	1.96	2	3	60%	0
1989	PHI	NL	28	P	20	1	0	39.0	12	2	9	1	0	.917	2.54	0.55	.947	1.87	1.87	1	1	50%	0
1990	SFG	NL	29	P	26	0	0	47.0	9	1	8	0	1	1.000	1.72	0.35	.957	1.80	1.79	5	0	0%	0
	7 Seasons			P	142	46	2	440.2	127	36	85	6	4	.953	2.47	0.85	.954	1.86	1.84	20	19	49%	1
	7 Seasons			TOT	142	46	2	440.2	127	36	85	6	4	.953	2.47	0.85	.954	1.86	1.84	20	19	49%	1

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 9, 1979: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign.
January 11, 1980: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.
June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1980 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign.
June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (June Secondary).
January 27, 1987: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Chuck Cary to the Atlanta Braves for Freddy Tiburcio (minors) and Terry Harper.
July 25, 1987: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe Boever.
October 15, 1988: Granted Free Agency.
December 2, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
October 4, 1989: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
January 20, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
October 3, 1990: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

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Salaries

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

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1986	25	Detroit Tigers	$80,000	1986 USA Today survey

1989	28	Atlanta Braves	$125,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	29	San Francisco Giants	$155,000	11/21/90 NYT

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$360,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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