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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 Batting

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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
1995 25 KCR AL 34 76 70 6 12 2 0 1 5 0 1 6 17 .171 .237 .243 .480 25 17 2 0 0 0 0 5/4D
1996 26 KCR AL 110 370 337 36 102 24 1 6 47 13 4 26 47 .303 .351 .433 .784 98 146 10 1 2 4 4 54/3D
1997 27 PIT NL 126 499 443 58 134 27 9 7 60 4 2 41 64 .302 .366 .451 .817 111 200 10 6 4 5 1 *54
1998 28 DET AL 138 514 460 56 117 21 2 9 50 8 7 41 70 .254 .323 .367 .690 80 169 9 7 3 3 1 *54/3D
1999 29 KCR AL 156 689 628 92 197 36 8 16 84 5 4 50 80 .314 .363 .473 .836 110 297 15 3 1 7 4 *5
2000 30 KCR AL 158 665 612 88 186 29 4 15 106 6 3 36 66 .304 .343 .438 .781 94 268 19 6 1 10 3 *5/D
2001 31 KCR AL 151 636 581 59 147 34 2 13 83 3 2 42 80 .253 .307 .386 .693 77 224 15 6 1 6 2 *5D/4
2002 32 KCR AL 151 617 549 63 155 36 5 11 80 2 1 46 69 .282 .341 .426 .768 95 234 13 9 2 11 1 *5D
2003 33 KCR AL 131 566 502 80 146 31 1 16 72 1 0 41 61 .291 .348 .452 .800 104 227 12 7 9 7 0 *5/D
2004 34 KCR AL 128 539 485 65 139 31 2 8 56 0 1 40 77 .287 .343 .408 .751 94 198 11 6 0 8 1 *5/D3
2005 35 TOT NL 150 609 555 71 153 43 2 17 68 0 1 47 81 .276 .335 .452 .787 107 251 11 4 0 3 3 *5/D
2005 35 CIN NL 92 368 332 44 96 26 1 13 48 0 0 33 52 .289 .356 .491 .847 120 163 6 2 0 1 2 5/D
2005 35 SDP NL 58 241 223 27 57 17 1 4 20 0 1 14 29 .256 .303 .395 .698 88 88 5 2 0 2 1 5
2006 36 PIT NL 89 227 206 23 55 13 0 4 28 0 0 16 26 .267 .316 .388 .704 81 80 12 0 2 3 2 53/D
12 Seasons 1522 6007 5428 697 1543 327 36 123 739 42 26 432 738 .284 .339 .426 .765 96 2311 139 55 25 67 22
162 Game Avg. 162 639 578 74 164 35 4 13 79 4 3 46 79 .284 .339 .426 .765 96 246 15 6 3 7 2
KCR (8 yrs) 1019 4158 3764 489 1084 223 23 86 533 30 16 287 497 .288 .340 .428 .768 95 1611 97 38 16 53 15
PIT (2 yrs) 215 726 649 81 189 40 9 11 88 4 2 57 90 .291 .350 .431 .781 101 280 22 6 6 8 3
SDP (1 yr) 58 241 223 27 57 17 1 4 20 0 1 14 29 .256 .303 .395 .698 88 88 5 2 0 2 1
CIN (1 yr) 92 368 332 44 96 26 1 13 48 0 0 33 52 .289 .356 .491 .847 120 163 6 2 0 1 2
DET (1 yr) 138 514 460 56 117 21 2 9 50 8 7 41 70 .254 .323 .367 .690 80 169 9 7 3 3 1
AL (9 yrs) 1157 4672 4224 545 1201 244 25 95 583 38 23 328 567 .284 .338 .421 .760 93 1780 106 45 19 56 16
NL (3 yrs) 365 1335 1204 152 342 83 11 28 156 4 3 104 171 .284 .343 .441 .784 104 531 33 10 6 11 6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 35 SDP NL NLDS STL L 3 12 11 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .364 .417 .455 .871 5 2 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 12 11 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .364 .417 .455 .871 5 2 0 0 0 0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

At Bats s c a p y
1999 AL--628--5th

Hits s c a p y
1999 AL--197--6th

Doubles s c a p y
2005 NL--43--5th

Triples s c a p y
1997 NL--9--3rd
1999 AL--8--5th

Singles s c a p y
1999 AL--137--8th
2000 AL--138--6th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2003 AL--9--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2000 AL--10--6th
2002 AL--11--2nd
2004 AL--8--4th
Career--67--149th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2000 AL--19--9th

AB per SO s c a p y
2000 AL--9.273--6th

Outs Made s c a p y
1999 AL--458--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1395), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (902), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (994), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the California Angels in the 30th round of the 1989 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 11th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1991.

December 13, 1996: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with Jeff Martin (minors), Jeff Granger and Jeff Wallace to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jay Bell and Jeff King.

November 18, 1997: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Pittsburgh Pirates as the 57th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

November 18, 1997: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Matt Drews (minors) and Gabe Alvarez to the Detroit Tigers for Travis Fryman.

December 4, 1998: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Mets for Willie Blair.

December 10, 1998: Traded by the New York Mets to the Kansas City Royals for Juan LeBron (minors).

October 27, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 1, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 28, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

July 23, 2005: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the San Diego Padres for Travis Chick and Justin Germano.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 3, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1995Kansas City Royals$109,000
1996Kansas City Royals$120,000
1997Pittsburgh Pirates$220,000
1998Detroit Tigers$375,000
1999Kansas City Royals$910,000
2000Kansas City Royals$1,000,000
2001Kansas City Royals$2,300,000
2002Kansas City Royals$4,000,000
2003Kansas City Royals$4,500,000
2004Kansas City Royals$3,250,000
2005Cincinnati Reds$2,150,000
2006Pittsburgh Pirates$4,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$22,934,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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