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Bob Randall

Robert Lee Randall

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 6, 1948 in Norton, KS
High School: Gove HS (Gove, KS)
School: Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1976
Team: Twins 1976-1980

Final Game: May 31, 1980
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Standard Batting

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	Awards
1969	21	LAD-min	Rk	71	271	271		90	12	5	1						.332	.332	.424	.756		115							OGD · PION
1970	22	LAD-min	A	98	401	362	48	97	14	3	3	39	11	5	30	51	.268	.330	.348	.678		126		5	1	3			BAK · CALL
1971	23	LAD-min	A,AA,AAA	86	274	267	8	68	8	1	1	7	0	0	5	11	.255	.267	.303	.571		81		0	1	1			BAK,ABQ,SPO · CALL,TL,PCL
1972	24	LAD-min	A	135	596	544	97	184	27	3	5	57	17	6	52	38	.338	.396	.426	.822		232							BAK · CALL
1973	25	LAD-min	AA,AAA	107	382	378	6	111	25	1	1	3	0	0	4	9	.294	.301	.373	.674		141		0	0	0			WBY,ABQ · EL,PCL
1974	26	LAD-min	AAA	140	590	536	77	181	32	4	3	60	7	1	31	46	.338	.381	.429	.810		230		10	7	6			ABQ · PCL
1975	27	LAD-min	AAA	107	443	391	62	114	23	3	2	43	2	4	37	36	.292	.358	.381	.739		149		5	7	3			ABQ · PCL
1976	28	MIN	AL	153	531	475	55	127	18	4	1	34	3	5	28	38	.267	.317	.328	.646	88	156	6	8	17	3	0	*4
1977	29	MIN	AL	103	342	306	36	73	13	2	0	22	1	4	15	25	.239	.289	.294	.583	61	90	3	7	13	1	0	4/35D
1978	30	MIN	AL	119	375	330	36	89	11	3	0	21	5	3	24	22	.270	.329	.321	.650	83	106	7	6	13	2	0	*4/5D
1979	31	MIN	AL	80	227	199	25	49	7	0	0	14	2	2	15	17	.246	.299	.281	.580	56	56	2	0	13	0	0	4/576
1980	32	MIN-min	AAA	52	172	146	17	32	5	0	3	14	2	1	14	12	.219	.289	.315	.604		46		2	6	4			TOL · IL
1980	32	MIN	AL	5	16	15	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.250	.267	.517	38	4	1	0	0	0	0	/54
5 Yrs				460	1491	1325	154	341	50	9	1	91	11	14	83	102	.257	.310	.311	.621	74	412	19	21	56	6	0
162 Game Avg.				162	525	467	54	120	18	3	0	32	4	5	29	36	.257	.310	.311	.621	74	145	7	7	20	2	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1976	28	MIN	AL	153	531	-6	-2	2	-2	4	-4	-0.3	17	13	1.3	.497	.497	1.6	0.3	15	$	*4
1977	29	MIN	AL	103	342	-13	-1	2	2	2	-7	-0.6	11	4	0.4	.493	.495	0.2	0.5	2	$30,000	4/35D
1978	30	MIN	AL	119	375	-7	-0	-0	10	2	5	0.7	12	17	1.8	.505	.504	0.8	1.5	8	$	*4/5D
1979	31	MIN	AL	80	227	-12	-2	1	-0	2	-12	-1.1	7	-4	-0.4	.485	.493	-0.4	0.2	-4	$	4/576
1980	32	MIN	AL	5	16	-1	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	/54
5 Seasons				460	1491	-38	-4	5	10	10	-18	-1.4	48	30	3.1	.496	.498	2.2	2.6	21	$30,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1976	28	MIN	AL	531	379	51	3.6	88	.287	.267	.259	.317	.324	.328	.366	.646	.690	88	.458	-7.9	-0.8	.529	.116	.061	1.5
1977	29	MIN	AL	342	254	27	2.8	99	.259	.239	.265	.289	.329	.294	.403	.583	.732	61	.291	-16.6	-1.6	.454	.095	.056	.0
1978	30	MIN	AL	375	266	36	3.6	95	.287	.270	.263	.329	.329	.321	.388	.650	.717	83	.420	-7.5	-0.8	.550	.130	.052	.0
1979	31	MIN	AL	227	167	18	2.9	105	.269	.246	.274	.299	.340	.281	.415	.580	.755	56	.288	-12.8	-1.2	.461	.111	.035	.0
1980	32	MIN	AL	16	13	1	2.1	104	.200	.200	.277	.250	.340	.267	.411	.517	.752	38	.188	-1.3	-0.1	.385	.133	.067
5 Yrs				1491	1079	133	3.3	95	.277	.257	.264	.310	.329	.311	.388	.621	.717	74	.378	-46.2	-4.6	.504	.114	.054	1.8
162 Game Avg.				525	380	47	3.3	95	.277	.257	.264	.310	.329	.311	.388	.621	.717	74	.378	-46.2	-4.6	.504	.114	.054	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1976	28	MIN	AL	531	0.2%	7.2%	5.3%	4.3%	18%	1.36	12.5	475.0	14.0	1.17	83%
1977	29	MIN	AL	342	0.0%	7.3%	4.4%	4.4%	21%	1.67	12.2		13.9	1.40	82%
1978	30	MIN	AL	375	0.0%	5.9%	6.4%	3.7%	16%	0.92	15.0		15.7	1.32	83%
1979	31	MIN	AL	227	0.0%	7.5%	6.6%	3.1%	14%	1.13	11.7		14.2	1.10	80%
1980	32	MIN	AL	16	0.0%	0.0%	6.3%	6.3%	33%	0.00				2.00	94%
5 Yrs				1491	0.1%	6.8%	5.6%	4.0%	18%	1.23	13.0	1325.0	14.6	1.25	82%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.8%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.52	7.0	45.8	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1976	28	MIN	AL	-7.9	-0.8	544	-1.4	6.4	-7.8	.88	-1.5	-0.1	-12.0	-1.3	0.98	-14.5		0
1977	29	MIN	AL	-16.6	-1.6	351	-1.8	4.4	-6.2	1.04	-1.3	-0.4	-14.2	-1.4	0.94	-15.8	0.38	5
1978	30	MIN	AL	-7.5	-0.8	387	-1.4	5.4	-6.8	1.04	-0.8	-0.6	-14.7	-1.5	0.97	-11.3	1.10	11
1979	31	MIN	AL	-12.8	-1.2	237	-0.8	4.4	-5.2	1.25	-1.1	0.5	-8.8	-0.8	0.96	-11.7	1.89	13
1980	32	MIN	AL	-1.3	-0.1	16	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.95	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.97	-1.0	1.66	1
5 Yrs				-46.2	-4.6	1535	-5.6	20.7	-26.3	1.01	-4.8	-0.7	-50.7	-5.1	0.97	-54.2	1.34	30

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1976	28	MIN	AL	8	33%	186	3	5	38%	3	5	0	7	12	38%	32	28	3	5	1	4	21	4	15
1977	29	MIN	AL	8	38%	117	1	4	20%	1	4	0	4	6	53%	17	11	6	5	3	2	16	4	12
1978	30	MIN	AL	4	30%	150	5	3	63%	5	3	1	7	6	39%	19	16	3	4	3	1	10	1	9
1979	31	MIN	AL	3	39%	92	2	2	50%	2	2	2	2	3	52%	9	7	1	3	0	3	9	1	7
1980	32	MIN	AL	1	50%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				24	35%	551	11	14	44%	11	14	3	20	28	44%	77	62	13	17	7	10	56	10	43

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1976	28	MIN	AL	531	34%	127			0	0	0	0		1	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	19	17	89%	103	6	6%	48	24	50%	342	36	11%	28	15	54%	17	9	53%	0
1977	29	MIN	AL	342	47%	73			5	1	0	1	0.38	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	13	100%	71	3	4%	30	18	60%	197	23	12%	10	8	80%	13	7	54%	0
1978	30	MIN	AL	375	60%	89			11	2	0	1	1.10	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	13	100%	69	7	10%	32	17	53%	236	24	10%	10	4	40%	16	8	50%	0
1979	31	MIN	AL	227	87%	49			13	2	0	2	1.89	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	13	93%	30	2	7%	20	13	65%	138	15	11%	3	0	0%	9	8	89%	0
1980	32	MIN	AL	16	63%	3			1	0	0	0	1.66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	1	0	0%	10	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				1491	52%	341			30	5	0	4	1.34	1	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	59	56	95%	277	19	7%	131	72	55%	923	98	11%	51	27	53%	55	32	58%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1976	28	153	531	475	55	127	18	4	1	34	3	5	28	38	.267	.317	.328	.646	88	156	6	8	17	3
1977	29	256	873	781	91	200	31	6	1	56	4	9	43	63	.256	.306	.315	.621	77	246	9	15	30	4
1978	30	375	1248	1111	127	289	42	9	1	77	9	12	67	85	.260	.313	.317	.630	79	352	16	21	43	6
1979	31	455	1475	1310	152	338	49	9	1	91	11	14	82	102	.258	.311	.311	.622	75	408	18	21	56	6
1980	32	460	1491	1325	154	341	50	9	1	91	11	14	83	102	.257	.310	.311	.621	74	412	19	21	56	6

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1976	28	154	547	488	63	138	20	4	1	39	3	30	38	.283	.334	.346	.680	55	153
1977	29	103	344	308	38	75	13	2	0	23	1	15	25	.244	.293	.299	.592	26	103
1978	30	119	381	335	39	94	12	3	0	23	5	25	22	.281	.340	.334	.674	37	119
1979	31	80	227	199	24	48	7	0	0	13	2	15	17	.241	.294	.276	.571	16	80
1980	32	5	16	15	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.250	.267	.517	1	5
5 Yrs		461	1515	1345	166	358	53	9	1	98	11	86	102	.266	.319	.321	.641	135	460
162 Game Avg.		162	532	473	58	126	19	3	0	34	4	30	36	.266	.319	.321	.641	47	460

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1976 AL 8 (5th) 1977 AL 7 (10th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1976 AL 17 (4th) 1977 AL 13 (9th) 1979 AL 13 (8th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1976 AL 12.5 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 AL 8 (5th)
1977 AL 7 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1976 AL  17 (4th)
1977 AL  13 (9th)
1979 AL  13 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1976 AL 12.5 (6th)

Similarity Scores

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