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Joe Randa

Joseph Gregory Randa (The Joker)

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 18, 1969 in Milwaukee, WI
High School: Kettle-Moraine HS (Wales, WI)
Schools: Indian River Community College (Fort Pierce, FL), University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
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 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Royals/Pirates/Tigers/Reds/Padres 1995-2006
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: October 1, 2006 (Age 36)
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 16, 2013 2:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #854. Don Mincher… #855. Mike Napoli… #856. Russell Martin… #857. JOE RANDA… #858. Eddie Foster… #859. Marco Scutaro… #860. Matt Wieters… 

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 .836 111 297 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 95 198 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 .787 108 251 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 89 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 Yrs 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 89 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1995 25 KCR AL 34 76 -8 -1 -0 1 0 -8 -0.8 3 -5 -0.5 .477 .495 -0.6 0.1 -6 $109,000 5/4D
1996 26 KCR AL 110 370 -2 -0 2 -3 1 -2 0.0 14 12 1.3 .498 .499 1.4 -0.0 15 $120,000 54/3D
1997 27 PIT NL 126 499 7 -1 -0 13 2 20 2.0 15 36 3.5 .517 .513 2.2 1.4 23 $220,000 *54
1998 28 DET AL 138 514 -16 -0 -0 14 2 -1 0.0 19 19 1.8 .500 .500 0.5 1.6 5 $375,000 *54/3D
1999 29 KCR AL 156 689 9 -2 -1 -6 2 2 0.3 26 28 2.7 .501 .501 3.3 -0.3 34 $910,000 *5
2000 30 KCR AL 158 665 -2 -2 -1 5 3 1 0.3 25 26 2.6 .501 .501 2.1 0.7 22 $1,000,000 *5/D
2001 31 KCR AL 151 636 -17 -1 -1 5 1 -13 -1.1 24 11 1.1 .492 .492 0.6 0.7 6 $2,300,000 *5D/4
2002 32 KCR AL 151 617 -5 -0 -0 1 1 -4 -0.3 23 19 1.9 .498 .498 1.8 0.2 18 $4,000,000 *5D
2003 33 KCR AL 131 566 9 1 -0 -2 2 10 1.0 21 31 3.0 .507 .506 3.2 0.1 33 $4,500,000 *5/D
2004 34 KCR AL 128 539 -4 1 2 7 1 7 0.8 20 27 2.7 .505 .504 1.9 0.9 20 $3,250,000 *5/D3
2005 35 CIN NL 92 368 11 -0 0 -7 1 6 0.5 11 17 1.6 .506 .504 2.4 -0.6 24 $2,150,000 5/D
2005 35 SDP NL 58 241 -2 -1 -0 1 1 -2 -0.2 8 6 0.5 .497 .499 0.4 0.2 5 5
2006 36 PIT NL 89 227 -5 0 -2 -10 -0 -17 -1.7 7 -10 -1.0 .482 .490 -0.0 -1.0 0 $4,000,000 53/D
12 Seasons 1522 6007 -27 -7 -3 19 18 1 0.8 216 217 21.2 .500 .500 19.2 3.9 198 $22,934,000
KCR (8 yrs) 1019 4158 -21 -5 -0 8 12 -6 0.2 156 149 14.8 .499 .499 13.8 2.4 141 $16,189,000
PIT (2 yrs) 215 726 3 -1 -2 3 2 4 0.3 22 26 2.5 .502 .501 2.2 0.4 24 $4,220,000
SDP (1 yr) 58 241 -2 -1 -0 1 1 -2 -0.2 8 6 0.5 .497 .499 0.4 0.2 5
CIN (1 yr) 92 368 11 -0 0 -7 1 6 0.5 11 17 1.6 .506 .504 2.4 -0.6 24 $2,150,000
DET (1 yr) 138 514 -16 -0 -0 14 2 -1 0.0 19 19 1.8 .500 .500 0.5 1.6 5 $375,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 KCR AL 25 3B 22 15 11 135.1 39 8 29 2 1 .949 1 12 2.46 1.68 .952 2.61 2.58
1995 KCR AL 25 2B 9 5 0 53.0 23 7 15 1 3 .957 -1 -16 3.74 2.44 .981 5.11 5.06
1995 KCR AL 25 DH 2 0
1996 KCR AL 26 3B 92 80 59 700.1 184 44 131 9 11 .951 -2 -3 2.25 1.90 .956 2.56 2.55
1996 KCR AL 26 2B 15 6 4 66.2 42 15 26 1 5 .976 -0 -4 5.54 2.73 .980 5.05 5.02
1996 KCR AL 26 1B 7 2 2 28.0 24 21 3 0 2 1.000 -1 -39 7.71 3.43 .992 9.22 9.19
1996 KCR AL 26 DH 1 1
1997 PIT NL 27 3B 120 111 98 970.1 334 66 247 21 24 .937 11 14 2.90 2.61 .946 2.66 2.64
1997 PIT NL 27 2B 13 9 5 84.0 66 25 41 0 6 1.000 2 21 7.07 5.08 .980 5.07 5.03
1998 DET AL 28 3B 118 105 102 950.1 292 73 212 7 18 .976 12 15 2.70 2.42 .948 2.55 2.52
1998 DET AL 28 2B 20 11 7 117.0 65 25 40 0 9 1.000 2 16 5.00 3.25 .978 4.85 4.80
1998 DET AL 28 1B 1 0 0 3.0 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 0 80 12.00 4.00 .992 9.30 9.30
1998 DET AL 28 DH 1 0
1999 KCR AL 29 3B 156 156 143 1355.1 455 119 314 22 28 .952 -6 -5 2.88 2.78 .950 2.58 2.54
2000 KCR AL 30 3B 156 155 147 1361.1 444 132 293 19 30 .957 5 4 2.81 2.72 .947 2.67 2.64
2000 KCR AL 30 DH 1 1
2001 KCR AL 31 3B 137 137 127 1195.2 379 111 255 13 31 .966 6 6 2.75 2.67 .947 2.73 2.71
2001 KCR AL 31 DH 14 14
2001 KCR AL 31 2B 1 0 0 4.0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -150 9.00 4.00 .980 4.95 4.80
2002 KCR AL 32 3B 129 128 109 1110.2 352 108 234 10 12 .972 1 1 2.77 2.65 .951 2.68 2.65
2002 KCR AL 32 DH 19 17
2003 KCR AL 33 3B 129 127 103 1073.1 347 102 238 7 12 .980 2 -2 2 -2 2.85 2.64 .955 2.67 2.64
2003 KCR AL 33 DH 2 2
2004 KCR AL 34 3B 119 118 109 1021.2 337 85 241 11 22 .967 5 7 6 8 2.87 2.74 .951 2.64 2.62
2004 KCR AL 34 DH 6 5
2004 KCR AL 34 1B 3 2 2 24.0 22 20 2 0 4 1.000 0 0 20 0 8.25 7.33 .994 9.30 9.27
2005 TOT NL 35 3B 142 140 128 1209.2 363 126 225 12 21 .967 -10 -6 -10 -5 2.61 2.47 .958 2.77 2.74
2005 CIN NL 35 3B 84 83 77 716.2 230 76 148 6 13 .974 -8 -7 -14 -12 2.81 2.67 .958 2.77 2.74
2005 CIN NL 35 DH 2 2
2005 SDP NL 35 3B 58 57 51 493.0 133 50 77 6 8 .955 -1 1 -3 3 2.32 2.19 .958 2.77 2.74
2006 PIT NL 36 3B 42 36 33 312.0 105 31 70 4 8 .962 -2 -9 -6 -34 2.91 2.40 .954 2.70 2.68
2006 PIT NL 36 1B 15 5 3 69.1 74 69 4 1 5 .986 -0 -1 -7 -17 9.48 4.87 .994 9.42 9.36
2006 PIT NL 36 DH 3 3
12 Seasons 3B 1362 1308 1169 11396.0 3631 1005 2489 137 218 .962 24 -10 3 -3 2.76 2.57 .951 2.66 2.63
5 Seasons 2B 58 31 16 324.2 200 75 123 2 24 .990 2 6 5.49 3.41 .979 4.99 4.95
4 Seasons 1B 26 9 7 124.1 124 114 9 1 12 .992 -1 -1 -7 -12 8.90 4.73 .994 9.35 9.30
12 Seasons TOT 1446 1348 1192 11845.0 3955 1194 2621 140 254 .965 25 -11 3 -2 2.90 2.64 .953 2.79 2.84
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (157th)

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

AB per SO s c a p y
2000 AL  9.3 (6th)

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

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1999 AL  156 (1st)
2000 AL  156 (1st)
2001 AL  137 (4th)
2005 NL  142 (5th)
Career  1,362 (53rd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1999 AL  119 (1st)
2000 AL  132 (1st)
2001 AL  111 (1st)
2003 AL  102 (4th)
2005 NL  126 (2nd)
Career  1,005 (88th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1999 AL  314 (1st)
2000 AL  293 (3rd)
2001 AL  255 (5th)
2003 AL  238 (5th)
Career  2,489 (62nd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1997 NL  21 (5th)
1999 AL  22 (3rd)
2000 AL  19 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1999 AL  28 (1st)
2000 AL  30 (3rd)
2001 AL  31 (1st)
Career  218 (63rd)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1997 NL  11 (3rd)
1998 AL  12 (3rd)
2004 AL  5 (5th)
Career  24 (51st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1999 AL  2.88 (1st)
2000 AL  2.81 (5th)
2003 AL  2.85 (3rd)
2004 AL  2.87 (2nd)
Career  2.76 (55th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1997 NL  2.61 (5th)
1999 AL  2.78 (1st)
2000 AL  2.72 (4th)
2002 AL  2.65 (5th)
2003 AL  2.64 (3rd)
2004 AL  2.74 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1998 AL  .976 (2nd)
1999 AL  .952 (5th)
2001 AL  .966 (2nd)
2002 AL  .972 (2nd)
2003 AL  .980 (1st)
2004 AL  .967 (3rd)
2005 NL  .967 (3rd)
Career  .962 (40th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1560), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (939), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1045), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (108th), 21.2 career WAR/18.1 7yr-peak WAR/19.7 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  7. Frank Malzone (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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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 Notes/Other Sources
199525Kansas City Royals$109,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199626Kansas City Royals$120,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199727Pittsburgh Pirates$220,0001997 AP survey
199828Detroit Tigers$375,0004/3/98 USA Today
199929Kansas City Royals$910,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $150,000 earned bonus
200030Kansas City Royals$1,000,000*
200131Kansas City Royals$2,300,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200232Kansas City Royals$4,000,0004/3/02 AP
200333Kansas City Royals$4,500,0004/3/03 AP
200434Kansas City Royals$3,250,0004/7/04 AP
200535Cincinnati Reds$2,150,000
200636Pittsburgh Pirates$4,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$22,934,000
Disputed Salaries
*2000 - $1,200,000 - 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 - Includes $200,000 earned bonus
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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