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Joe
Randa		  
Nickname: The joker
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 205
 
Born: December 18, 1969 in Usa, WI, MILWAUKEE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2003   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1996 26 KCR AL 41 112 11 24 3 1 4 13 0 0 9 34 .214 .270 .366 .637 11.1 0.5
1997 27 KCR AL 60 147 20 41 8 2 4 17 0 0 6 25 .279 .307 .442 .749 18.3 2.6
1998 28 KCR AL 84 205 29 56 15 3 5 31 0 0 17 31 .273 .326 .449 .775 29.1 3.9
1999 29 KCR AL 154 584 98 184 38 6 22 100 2 0 28 82 .315 .346 .514 .860 91.3 15.1
2000 30 KCR AL 156 614 101 169 41 6 21 102 2 0 43 121 .275 .324 .464 .788 86.2 11.1
2001 31 KCR AL 156 600 102 178 44 9 18 95 0 0 53 82 .297 .353 .490 .843 93.0 14.8
2002 32 KCR AL 137 546 93 163 46 8 11 95 1 0 42 79 .299 .348 .473 .821 81.5 11.5
2003 33 KCR AL 162 626 92 170 51 6 18 107 1 0 48 114 .272 .325 .458 .783 87.9 13.2
2004 34 KCR AL 147 598 83 160 36 5 16 82 1 1 39 128 .268 .310 .425 .735 76.0 6.7
2005 35 CLE AL 125 398 44 91 27 2 3 41 0 0 29 91 .229 .283 .329 .612 32.6 0.0
10 Years Sim 1222 4430 673 1236 309 48 122 683 7 1 314 787 .279 .327 .453 .780 607.1 79.5
162 Game Average 587 89 163 40 6 16 90 0 0 41 104 .279 .327 .453 .780 80.5  
Career Highs 162 626 102 184 51 9 22 107 2 1 53 128 .315 .353 .514 .860 93.0  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1996 26 KCR AL 3B 17 13 124.0 3 26 2 1 .935 2.10   0.1
    SS 13 13 113.0 24 56 2 8 .976 6.37   0.6
    2B 7 6 53.0 12 17 0 7 1.000 4.92   0.2
1997 27 KCR AL SS 35 21 205.0 23 72 3 8 .969 4.17   0.6
    2B 18 15 132.7 21 50 3 15 .959 4.82   0.5
    3B 4 1 14.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.1
1998 28 KCR AL 2B 43 34 319.7 50 122 6 24 .966 4.84   1.5
    SS 24 12 136.7 13 45 2 9 .967 3.82   0.7
    3B 16 2 49.0 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.47   0.1
    1B 1 0 1.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.84   0.0
1999 29 KCR AL SS 148 148 1283.7 182 429 20 74 .968 4.28   5.2
    3B 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
2000 30 KCR AL SS 153 151 1315.0 157 468 14 104 .978 4.28   8.6
    3B 7 0 14.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.29   0.0
    2B 1 0 6.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
2001 31 KCR AL 2B 105 103 901.7 180 294 15 75 .969 4.73   4.1
    SS 45 44 396.0 49 124 5 32 .972 3.93   2.2
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
2002 32 KCR AL 2B 79 77 681.7 130 239 14 61 .963 4.87   2.7
    SS 58 57 515.0 74 168 7 30 .972 4.23   1.7
2003 33 KCR AL SS 160 160 1415.7 175 466 15 79 .977 4.08   7.2
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2004 34 KCR AL 2B 99 99 845.0 161 287 17 75 .963 4.77   2.3
    SS 48 48 420.0 62 134 4 31 .980 4.20   1.5
2005 35 CLE AL SS 77 72 637.7 80 222 11 45 .965 4.26   2.4
    2B 8 7 66.0 17 23 1 6 .976 5.45   0.2
    3B 7 2 29.3 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.84   0.1
    RF 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 761 726 6437.6 839 2184 83 420 .973 4.23   30.8
  2B 361 341 3007.6 573 1034 56 264 .966 4.81   11.5
  3B 56 18 238.3 7 44 2 4 .962 1.93   0.4
  RF 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 1.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.84   0.0
Career Totals   1181 1085 9687.9 1421 3262 141 688 .971 4.35   42.7
Career Highs   161 160 1417.7 229 471 21 107 .978 4.60    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1998 28 KCR AL 3 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364
1999 29 KCR AL 4 15 4 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333 .375 .533 .908
2000 30 KCR AL 5 21 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .333 .619
2001 31 KCR AL 15 57 10 16 7 2 2 9 0 0 5 6 .281 .333 .579 .912
2002 32 KCR AL 5 22 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 .227 .261 .318 .579
2003 33 KCR AL 16 65 11 17 1 1 3 8 0 1 4 19 .262 .310 .446 .756
Career Post-Season Batting 48 191 28 51 12 4 5 19 0 1 11 40 .267 .307 .450 .758
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
2003-2-162
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Chris Stynes (957)
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  3. Ray Durham (924)
  4. Todd Walker (917)
  5. Rich Aurilia (917)
  6. Mike Lansing (911)
  7. Jeff King (911)
  8. Tommy Hinzo (898)
  9. Rafael Furcal (895)
  10. Bump Wills (893)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 64th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1995
Traded from New York (A) to Kansas City on 7/1/1995 (Going to NYY: P Lance Mccullers. Going to KCR: 3B Joe Randa, CF Derek Bell)
Had first career hit on 6/9/1996, off Eric Gunderson (NOR)
Hit first career homerun on 6/28/1996, off Paul Kilgus (DET)
Injured on 9/17/1997 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Toronto on 6/1/1999
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 6/3/1999
Hit for the cycle against New Orleans on 7/31/1999
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1999, hitting .394 with 2 HR, 13 RBI
1/31/2000: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,957,143 through salary arbitration
1/31/2001: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,957,143 through salary arbitration
10/25/2001: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $5,090,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 7/14/2002 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 2003
Injured on 8/12/2004 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/10/2005 to a 2-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
 
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