Willie
Randolph
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 191
 
Born: July 6, 1954 in Holly Hill, SC, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1980    1981    1989   
All-Star Selections 1980    1982    1983   
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
1976 21 NYY   125 430 59 115 15 4 1 40 37 12 58 39 .267 .355 .328 .682 56.2  
1977 22 NYY AL 149 547 84 134 23 12 4 58 15 11 60 32 .245 .319 .353 .672 62.2 8.7
1978 23 NYY AL 156 648 89 173 28 6 3 42 26 14 79 26 .267 .349 .343 .692 79.8 12.1
1979 24 PIT NL 160 593 76 167 23 5 1 63 23 20 91 41 .282 .380 .342 .723 81.0 23.3
1980 25 PIT NL 155 599 96 172 28 1 5 65 16 7 88 41 .287 .377 .362 .739 88.5 22.6
1981 26 PIT NL 157 625 81 186 30 12 2 56 26 9 78 50 .298 .375 .394 .769 92.9 20.1
1982 27 PIT NL 151 571 110 181 26 11 10 59 17 9 71 30 .317 .392 .454 .846 97.5 25.1
1983 28 PIT NL 158 579 90 152 32 4 8 53 15 6 77 37 .263 .348 .373 .721 76.0 13.5
1984 29 PIT NL 150 468 60 109 20 9 3 60 15 7 47 35 .233 .303 .333 .636 46.9 7.4
1985 30 NYM NL 148 555 65 141 24 11 5 70 14 14 68 44 .254 .336 .364 .700 65.5 13.5
1986 31 NYM NL 162 585 68 133 33 8 3 66 12 10 72 32 .227 .313 .326 .639 56.9 9.4
1987 32 NYM NL 152 545 65 132 21 6 2 41 13 12 69 45 .242 .326 .314 .640 56.0 9.2
1988 33 NYM NL 162 668 69 154 28 11 3 56 37 22 56 81 .231 .293 .319 .611 59.3 5.4
1989 34 NYM NL 156 652 74 133 22 3 3 37 40 23 60 79 .204 .272 .261 .533 44.7 1.7
1990 35 OAK AL 162 614 69 146 26 5 7 46 19 12 54 96 .238 .301 .331 .632 60.1 7.2
1991 36 OAK AL 119 421 45 90 14 5 2 26 19 8 38 106 .214 .278 .285 .563 34.6 2.0
15 Years Sim 2297 8670 1141 2203 378 109 61 798 307 184 1008 775 .254 .332 .344 .676 1001.7 181.3
16 Years Pro 2422 9100 1200 2318 393 113 62 838 344 196 1066 814 .255 .333 .343 .676 1057.9  
162 Game Average 611 80 155 26 7 4 56 21 12 71 54 .254 .332 .344 .676 70.6  
Career Highs 162 668 110 186 33 12 10 70 40 23 91 106 .317 .392 .454 .846 97.5  
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
1977 22 NYY AL 2B 148 146 1297.0 281 561 9 117 .989 5.84   9.1
1978 23 NYY AL 2B 156 156 1406.7 320 617 20 142 .979 6.00   11.9
1979 24 PIT NL 2B 158 157 1404.7 328 628 15 131 .985 6.13   13.5
1980 25 PIT NL 2B 155 152 1343.0 288 595 18 133 .980 5.92   10.6
1981 26 PIT NL 2B 156 146 1347.0 306 556 17 120 .981 5.76   10.1
1982 27 PIT NL 2B 147 141 1242.7 253 514 17 98 .978 5.56   9.4
1983 28 PIT NL 2B 154 145 1295.7 302 543 11 106 .987 5.87   10.2
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1984 29 PIT NL 2B 144 123 1127.7 238 477 15 90 .979 5.71   8.6
1985 30 NYM NL 2B 148 148 1315.3 271 540 14 95 .983 5.55   8.3
1986 31 NYM NL 2B 162 162 1440.3 284 591 21 115 .977 5.47   11.3
1987 32 NYM NL 2B 151 139 1244.3 270 489 14 105 .982 5.49   6.6
1988 33 NYM NL 2B 162 162 1446.7 356 526 16 120 .982 5.49   7.0
1989 34 NYM NL 2B 156 156 1405.7 303 593 13 134 .986 5.74   7.1
1990 35 OAK AL 2B 162 162 1362.7 307 604 14 122 .985 6.02   8.2
1991 36 OAK AL 2B 115 109 928.3 198 410 13 76 .979 5.89   3.8
  2B 2274 2204 19607.6 4305 8244 227 1704 .982 5.76   135.7
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   2275 2204 19609.6 4306 8245 227 1704 .982 5.76   135.7
Career Highs   162 162 1446.7 356 628 21 142 .989 6.13    
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
1977 22 NYY AL 11 43 5 12 2 1 0 2 3 1 4 2 .279 .333 .372 .705
1979 24 PIT NL 3 10 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .800 1.300
1981 26 PIT NL 3 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .273 .523
1982 27 PIT NL 4 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .176 .176 .176 .353
1983 28 PIT NL 4 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .133 .278 .133 .411
1984 29 PIT NL 3 16 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .294 .500 .794
Career Post-Season Batting 28 112 8 28 5 2 1 6 3 1 9 7 .250 .303 .357 .660
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.
Batting Average
1982-5-.317
On-Base Pct
1979-5-.380
1980-10-.377
1981-8-.375
1982-2-.392
OPS
1982-5-.846
XR
1982-6-97.5
Games
1986-1-162
1988-1-162
1990-1-162
CAR-25-2297
At-Bats
1978-4-648
1988-1-668
1989-1-652
CAR-21-8670
Runs
1980-8-96
1982-1-110
Hits
1981-6-186
1982-5-181
Singles
1979-7-138
1980-7-138
1981-9-142
1982-8-134
CAR-26-1655
Triples
1977-6-12
1981-6-12
1982-5-11
1988-2-11
CAR-28-109
Caught Stealing
1979-4-20
1985-7-14
1988-5-22
1989-7-23
CAR-26-184
Walks
1979-5-91
1980-7-88
1981-7-78
1982-9-71
CAR-36-1008
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Julio Cruz (903)
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  6. Darnell Coles (812)
  7. Dickie Thon (802)
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History
Injured on 6/15/1977 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/15/1978 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cleveland on 7/30/1978
Traded from New York (A) to Pittsburgh on 7/4/1979 (Going to PIT: 2B W. Randolph. Going to NYY: 3B W. Gross, SS D. Concepcion, 2B B. Heise)
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1981, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 1981.Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (N) on 2/7/1985 (Going to PIT: 1B K. Hernandez. Going to NYM: 2B W. Randolph, P K. Schrom)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against San Diego on 5/19/1985
Injured on 6/22/1985 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 5/12/1987 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Had 2000th career hit on 5/30/1989, off Mike Moore (MON)
Injured on 6/23/1989 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 1989
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/11/1990 to a 2-year deal worth $1,250,000 per year