Joe Randa
Joseph Gregory Randa (The Joker)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 18, 1969 in Milwaukee, WI
High School: Kettle-Moraine (Wales, WI)
School: University of Tennessee
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 11th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1995
Final Game: October 1, 2006
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 KCR AL 25 3B 22 15 135.1 39 8 29 2 1 .949 1.4 12.4 1.4 -1.1 2.5 0 2.46 1.68 .951 2.61 2.19
1995 KCR AL 25 2B 9 5 53.0 23 7 15 1 3 .957 -0.7 -15.8 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 0 3.74 2.44 .983 5.11 4.34
1995 KCR AL 25 DH 2
1996 KCR AL 26 3B 92 80 700.1 184 44 131 9 11 .951 -1.5 -2.6 -1.5 -3.2 1.7 0 2.25 1.90 .956 2.57 2.18
1996 KCR AL 26 2B 15 6 66.2 42 15 26 1 5 .976 -0.2 -3.6 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 5.54 2.73 .981 5.05 4.33
1996 KCR AL 26 1B 7 2 28.0 24 21 3 0 2 1.000 -0.9 -38.6 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 7.71 3.43 .992 9.22 7.91
1996 KCR AL 26 DH 1
1997 PIT NL 27 3B 120 111 970.1 334 66 247 21 24 .937 11.3 14.0 10.3 9.9 0.4 1 2.90 2.61 .946 2.66 2.19
1997 PIT NL 27 2B 13 9 84.0 66 25 41 0 6 1.000 1.5 21.4 2.5 3.8 -1.3 -1 7.07 5.08 .980 5.07 4.31
1998 DET AL 28 3B 118 105 950.1 292 73 212 7 18 .976 12.0 15.2 11.0 7.0 4.0 1 2.70 2.42 .947 2.55 2.23
1998 DET AL 28 2B 20 11 117.0 65 25 40 0 9 1.000 1.6 16.4 0.6 1.7 -1.1 1 5.00 3.25 .977 4.85 4.14
1998 DET AL 28 1B 1 0 3.0 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 12.00 4.00 1.000 9.30 8.30
1998 DET AL 28 DH 1
1999 KCR AL 29 3B 156 156 1355.1 455 119 314 22 28 .952 -6.2 -5.5 -6.2 -8.6 2.4 0 2.88 2.78 .950 2.58 2.21
2000 KCR AL 30 3B 156 155 1361.1 442 132 291 19 30 .957 4.7 4.1 3.7 1.0 2.8 1 2.80 2.71 .946 2.67 2.31
2000 KCR AL 30 DH 1
2001 KCR AL 31 3B 137 137 1195.2 379 111 255 13 31 .966 5.7 5.7 4.7 2.7 2.0 1 2.75 2.67 .946 2.73 2.41
2001 KCR AL 31 DH 14
2001 KCR AL 31 2B 1 0 4.0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -0.5 -150.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 9.00 4.00 .975 4.95 4.40
2002 KCR AL 32 3B 129 128 1110.2 352 108 234 10 12 .972 1.2 1.3 2.2 2.8 -0.6 -1 2.77 2.65 .950 2.68 2.40
2002 KCR AL 32 DH 19
2003 KCR AL 33 3B 129 127 1073.1 347 102 238 7 12 .980 1.7 1.9 2.7 -1.7 4.4 -1 2.85 2.64 .954 2.67 2.35
2003 KCR AL 33 DH 2
2004 KCR AL 34 3B 119 118 1021.2 337 85 241 11 22 .967 5.0 5.9 4.0 8.1 -4.1 1 2.87 2.74 .950 2.64 2.34
2004 KCR AL 34 DH 6
2004 KCR AL 34 1B 3 2 24.0 22 20 2 0 4 1.000 0.4 20.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 8.25 7.33 .995 9.30 8.00
2005 TOT NL 35 3B 142 140 1209.2 363 126 225 12 21 .967 -9.6 -9.5 -9.6 -2.7 -6.9 0 2.61 2.47 .958 2.77 2.39
2005 CIN NL 35 3B 84 83 716.2 230 76 148 6 13 .974 -8.3 -13.9 -8.3 -4.2 -4.1 0 2.81 2.67 .957 2.77 2.39
2005 CIN NL 35 DH 2
2005 SDP NL 35 3B 58 57 493.0 133 50 77 6 8 .955 -1.3 -3.2 -1.3 1.5 -2.8 0 2.32 2.19 .958 2.77 2.39
2006 PIT NL 36 3B 42 36 312.0 105 31 70 4 7 .962 -1.6 -6.2 -1.6 0.3 -1.9 0 2.91 2.40 .953 2.69 2.37
2006 PIT NL 36 1B 15 5 69.1 74 69 4 1 5 .986 -0.4 -6.9 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 9.48 4.87 .995 9.41 8.05
2006 PIT NL 36 DH 3
12 Seasons 3B 1362 1308 11396.0 3629 1005 2487 137 217 .962 24.1 2.5 21.1 14.5 6.7 3 2.76 2.56 .950 2.66 2.31
5 Seasons 2B 58 31 324.2 200 75 123 2 24 .990 1.7 6.3 1.7 5.6 -3.9 0 5.49 3.41 .980 4.99 4.26
10 Seasons DH 51
4 Seasons 1B 26 9 124.1 124 114 9 1 12 .992 -0.7 -6.8 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 8.90 4.73 .994 9.35 8.02
12 Seasons TOT 1446 1348 11845.0 3953 1194 2619 140 253 .965 25.1 2.5 22.1 19.4 2.8 3 2.90 2.64 .918 2.79 2.49
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1995 KCR AL 25 34 20 34 30 0 0 0 9 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1996 KCR AL 26 110 89 110 105 0 0 7 15 92 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 4
1997 PIT NL 27 126 120 126 125 0 0 0 13 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1998 DET AL 28 138 116 138 132 0 0 1 20 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
1999 KCR AL 29 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 KCR AL 30 158 156 158 156 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2001 KCR AL 31 151 151 151 137 0 0 0 1 137 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
2002 KCR AL 32 151 145 151 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 17 6 0
2003 KCR AL 33 131 129 131 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
2004 KCR AL 34 128 125 128 121 0 0 3 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
2005 CIN NL 35 92 85 92 84 0 0 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
2005 SDP NL 35 58 57 58 58 0 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 PIT NL 36 89 44 89 56 0 0 15 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 3 34 0
12 Seasons 1522 1393 1522 1418 0 0 26 58 1362 0 0 0 0 0 45 81 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1995 KCR AL 25 611 53% 79% 37% 40 85% 1 8 7 0 1 29 24 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 50%
1996 KCR AL 26 3152 55% 78% 33% 191 85% 3 42 28 7 7 134 113 15 1 1 9 0 6 3 9 11 8 2 10 1 0 1 9 44%
1997 PIT NL 27 4410 56% 74% 36% 339 85% 2 65 41 10 14 249 206 38 2 5 21 0 10 11 18 25 16 2 20 0 0 0 14 71%
1998 DET AL 28 4311 52% 75% 32% 320 81% 3 72 57 5 10 209 170 30 2 8 7 0 6 1 6 18 12 2 15 3 3 0 14 36%
1999 KCR AL 29 6309 55% 77% 32% 488 83% 5 119 89 13 17 314 250 55 5 7 22 1 20 1 18 28 19 3 24 3 3 0 36 58%
2000 KCR AL 30 6328 47% 75% 29% 414 94% 2 135 101 12 23 286 233 49 1 6 19 1 10 8 16 30 24 3 27 2 1 1 20 75%
2001 KCR AL 31 5418 48% 76% 30% 361 93% 4 111 78 14 19 255 203 45 1 9 13 0 4 9 12 31 20 7 28 2 1 1 23 43%
2002 KCR AL 32 5095 51% 77% 29% 339 95% 4 110 82 12 16 227 186 40 2 4 10 0 4 6 6 12 10 0 11 0 0 0 17 47%
2003 KCR AL 33 4923 56% 77% 31% 349 89% 7 102 68 14 20 238 210 21 3 7 7 0 3 4 7 12 7 4 11 1 1 0 16 63%
2004 KCR AL 34 4681 62% 78% 30% 334 91% 4 85 60 10 15 241 195 41 2 3 11 0 6 5 8 22 17 2 20 2 1 1 19 79%
2005 CIN NL 35 3329 61% 77% 30% 231 91% 1 76 58 9 9 148 127 18 1 4 6 0 4 2 6 13 10 2 12 0 0 0 11 82%
2005 SDP NL 35 2182 51% 73% 29% 132 91% 0 50 40 7 3 77 63 13 0 2 6 1 2 3 4 8 7 0 7 1 1 0 4 50%
2006 PIT NL 36 1446 66% 74% 31% 106 87% 1 31 22 5 4 70 59 9 0 3 4 0 3 1 4 8 5 2 8 0 0 0 3 100%
12 Seasons 52195 54% 76% 31% 3644 89% 37 1006 731 118 158 2477 2039 376 21 60 137 3 79 55 115 219 156 29 194 15 11 4 188 60%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 88% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1995 KCR AL 25 208 45% 75% 38% 16 94% 1 7 1 5 1 15 14 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
1996 KCR AL 26 318 53% 75% 33% 32 97% 0 14 6 7 1 26 21 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 3 0 4 3 1 1 0 1
1997 PIT NL 27 365 50% 75% 38% 44 100% 0 25 7 16 2 41 38 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 1 1 6 2 4 0 0 0
1998 DET AL 28 535 51% 77% 33% 52 83% 0 24 9 11 4 41 33 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 0 4 0 9 4 5 0 0 0
2001 KCR AL 31 27 74% 67% 22% 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1453 51% 76% 35% 144 92% 1 73 23 42 8 124 107 14 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 24 11 2 9 1 23 10 13 1 0 1
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1996 KCR AL 26 129 57% 69% 29% 9 89% 0 23 2 21 0 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1998 DET AL 28 14 21% 93% 50% 2 50% 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 KCR AL 34 112 71% 75% 25% 5 100% 0 20 2 18 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
2006 PIT NL 36 312 75% 75% 31% 7 86% 0 69 2 66 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 100%
4 Seasons 567 69% 74% 30% 23 87% 0 115 6 108 1 7 10 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 4 75%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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