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Joe Randa
Joseph Gregory Randa (The Joker)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 190 lb.
School University of Tennessee

Debut April 30, 1995
  vs. NYY 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born December 18, 1969 in Milwaukee, WI

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 11th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1991. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1995 25 KCR AL  34   70    6   12   2  0   1    5   0  1   6  17  .171  .237  .243   25   17   0   0   0   0   2
 1996 26 KCR AL 110  337   36  102  24  1   6   47  13  4  26  47  .303  .351  .433   98  146   2   4   4   1  10
 1997 27 PIT NL 126  443   58  134  27  9   7   60   4  2  41  64  .302  .366  .451  111  200   4   5   1   6  10
 1998 28 DET AL 138  460   56  117  21  2   9   50   8  7  41  70  .254  .323  .367   80  169   3   3   1   7   9
 1999 29 KCR AL 156  628   92  197  36  8  16   84   5  4  50  80  .314  .363  .473  110  297   1   7   4   3  15
 2000 30 KCR AL 158  612   88  186  29  4  15  106   6  3  36  66  .304  .343  .438   94  268   1  10   3   6  19
 2001 31 KCR AL 151  581   59  147  34  2  13   83   3  2  42  80  .253  .307  .386   77  224   1   6   2   6  15
 2002 32 KCR AL 151  549   63  155  36  5  11   80   2  1  46  69  .282  .341  .426   95  234   2  11   1   9  13
 2003 33 KCR AL 131  502   80  146  31  1  16   72   1  0  41  61  .291  .348  .452  104  227   9   7   0   7  12
 2004 34 KCR AL 128  485   65  139  31  2   8   56   0  1  40  77  .287  .343  .408   94  198   0   8   1   6  11
 2005 35 TOT NL 150  555   71  153  43  2  17   68   0  1  47  81  .276  .335  .452  107  251   0   3   3   4  11
         CIN NL  92  332   44   96  26  1  13   48   0  0  33  52  .289  .356  .491  120  163   0   1   2   2   6
         SDP NL  58  223   27   57  17  1   4   20   0  1  14  29  .256  .303  .395   88   88   0   2   1   2   5
 2006 36 PIT NL  89  206   23   55  13  0   4   28   0  0  16  26  .267  .316  .388   81   80   2   3   2   0  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1522 5428  697 1543 327 36 123  739  42 26 432 738  .284  .339  .426   96 2311  25  67  22  55 139
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        578   74  164  35  4  13   79   4  3  46  79  .284  .339  .426   96  246   3   7   2   6  15
 Career High    158  628   92  197  43  9  17  106  13  7  50  81  .314  .366  .473  111  297   9  11   4   9  19
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1995 25 KCR AL   76   61    4   1.8   110| .171  .271| .237  .346| .243  .429| .480  .774|  25  .119  -8.1  -0.8   0%
 1996 26 KCR AL  370  255   50   5.3   115| .303  .276| .351  .349| .433  .443| .784  .792|  98  .471  -0.4   0.0  76%
 1997 27 PIT NL  499  330   74   6.0   111| .302  .274| .366  .346| .451  .430| .817  .776| 111  .595   6.9   0.7  66%
 1998 28 DET AL  514  365   55   4.0   110| .254  .272| .323  .340| .367  .432| .690  .773|  80  .384 -13.8  -1.3  53%
 1999 29 KCR AL  689  458  106   6.2   116| .314  .277| .363  .350| .473  .444| .836  .794| 110  .560   9.1   0.8  55%
 2000 30 KCR AL  665  459   89   5.2   118| .304  .280| .343  .353| .438  .450| .781  .803|  94  .470  -6.1  -0.5  66%
 2001 31 KCR AL  636  458   67   3.9   113| .253  .275| .307  .343| .386  .442| .693  .785|  77  .384 -21.0  -2.0  60%
 2002 32 KCR AL  617  421   81   5.1   114| .282  .276| .341  .344| .426  .443| .767  .788|  95  .518  -3.2  -0.3  66%
 2003 33 KCR AL  566  384   80   5.6   113| .291  .276| .348  .343| .452  .441| .800  .784| 104  .547   3.2   0.3 100%
 2004 34 KCR AL  539  366   69   5.0   111| .287  .273| .343  .341| .408  .438| .751  .779|  94  .487  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 2005 35 TOT NL  609  417   84   5.4   105| .276  .265| .335  .334| .452  .422| .787  .756| 107  .549   6.2   0.6   0%
         CIN NL  368  243   58   6.4   108| .289  .268| .356  .339| .491  .428| .847  .766| 120  .624   9.7   0.9   0%
         SDP NL  241  174   26   4.0   101| .256  .259| .303  .328| .395  .412| .698  .740|  88  .413  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 2006 36 PIT NL  227  168   22   3.5   111| .267  .270| .316  .340| .388  .438| .704  .779|  81  .335  -5.5  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     6007 4142  781   5.0   113| .284  .274| .339  .344| .426  .439| .765  .783|  96  .490 -35.9  -3.3  61%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1995 25 KCR AL 3B 22 8 29 2 1 .949 .951 1.68 2.19 2.46 2.61 15 135.3 2B 9 7 15 1 3 .957 .982 2.44 4.34 3.74 5.11 5 53.0 DH 2 1996 26 KCR AL 3B 92 44 131 9 11 .951 .956 1.90 2.18 2.25 2.56 80 700.3 2B 15 15 26 1 5 .976 .981 2.73 4.33 5.53 5.05 6 66.7 1B 7 21 3 0 2 1.000 .992 3.43 7.91 7.71 9.22 2 28.0 DH 1 1997 27 PIT NL 3B 120 66 247 21 24 .937 .946 2.61 2.19 2.90 2.66 111 970.3 2B 13 25 41 0 6 1.000 .981 5.08 4.31 7.07 5.07 9 84.0 1998 28 DET AL 3B 118 73 212 7 18 .976 .948 2.42 2.23 2.70 2.55 105 950.3 2B 20 25 40 0 9 1.000 .977 3.25 4.14 5.00 4.85 11 117.0 1B 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 4.00 8.30 12.00 9.30 0 3.0 DH 1 1999 29 KCR AL 3B 156 119 314 22 28 .952 .950 2.78 2.21 2.88 2.58 156 1355.3 2000 30 KCR AL 3B 156 132 291 19 30 .957 .947 2.71 2.31 2.80 2.67 155 1361.3 DH 1 2001 31 KCR AL 3B 137 111 255 13 31 .966 .947 2.67 2.41 2.75 2.73 137 1195.7 DH 14 2B 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 4.40 9.00 4.95 0 4.0 2002 32 KCR AL 3B 129 108 234 10 12 .972 .951 2.65 2.40 2.77 2.68 128 1110.7 DH 19 2003 33 KCR AL 3B 129 102 238 7 12 .980 .955 2.64 2.35 2.85 2.67 127 1073.3 DH 2 2004 34 KCR AL 3B 119 85 241 11 22 .967 .951 2.74 2.34 2.87 2.64 118 1021.7 DH 6 1B 3 20 2 0 4 1.000 .995 7.33 8.00 8.25 9.30 2 24.0 2005 35 TOT NL 3B 142 126 225 12 21 .967 .958 2.47 2.39 2.61 2.77 140 1209.7 CIN NL 3B 84 76 148 6 13 .974 .958 2.67 2.39 2.81 2.77 83 716.7 DH 2 SDP NL 3B 58 50 77 6 8 .955 .958 2.19 2.39 2.32 2.77 57 493.0 2006 36 PIT NL 3B 42 31 70 4 7 .962 .954 2.40 2.37 2.91 2.69 36 312.0 1B 15 69 4 1 5 .986 .995 4.87 8.05 9.48 9.42 5 69.3 DH 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1996 26 KCR AL 1B 7 21 3 0 2 1.000 .992 3.43 7.91 7.71 9.22 2 28.0 1998 28 DET AL 1B 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 4.00 8.30 12.00 9.30 0 3.0 2004 34 KCR AL 1B 3 20 2 0 4 1.000 .995 7.33 8.00 8.25 9.30 2 24.0 2006 36 PIT NL 1B 15 69 4 1 5 .986 .995 4.87 8.05 9.48 9.42 5 69.3 1995 25 KCR AL 2B 9 7 15 1 3 .957 .982 2.44 4.34 3.74 5.11 5 53.0 1996 26 KCR AL 2B 15 15 26 1 5 .976 .981 2.73 4.33 5.53 5.05 6 66.7 1997 27 PIT NL 2B 13 25 41 0 6 1.000 .981 5.08 4.31 7.07 5.07 9 84.0 1998 28 DET AL 2B 20 25 40 0 9 1.000 .977 3.25 4.14 5.00 4.85 11 117.0 2001 31 KCR AL 2B 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 4.40 9.00 4.95 0 4.0 1995 25 KCR AL 3B 22 8 29 2 1 .949 .951 1.68 2.19 2.46 2.61 15 135.3 1996 26 KCR AL 3B 92 44 131 9 11 .951 .956 1.90 2.18 2.25 2.56 80 700.3 1997 27 PIT NL 3B 120 66 247 21 24 .937 .946 2.61 2.19 2.90 2.66 111 970.3 1998 28 DET AL 3B 118 73 212 7 18 .976 .948 2.42 2.23 2.70 2.55 105 950.3 1999 29 KCR AL 3B 156 119 314 22 28 .952 .950 2.78 2.21 2.88 2.58 156 1355.3 2000 30 KCR AL 3B 156 132 291 19 30 .957 .947 2.71 2.31 2.80 2.67 155 1361.3 2001 31 KCR AL 3B 137 111 255 13 31 .966 .947 2.67 2.41 2.75 2.73 137 1195.7 2002 32 KCR AL 3B 129 108 234 10 12 .972 .951 2.65 2.40 2.77 2.68 128 1110.7 2003 33 KCR AL 3B 129 102 238 7 12 .980 .955 2.64 2.35 2.85 2.67 127 1073.3 2004 34 KCR AL 3B 119 85 241 11 22 .967 .951 2.74 2.34 2.87 2.64 118 1021.7 2005 35 TOT NL 3B 142 126 225 12 21 .967 .958 2.47 2.39 2.61 2.77 140 1209.7 CIN NL 3B 84 76 148 6 13 .974 .958 2.67 2.39 2.81 2.77 83 716.7 SDP NL 3B 58 50 77 6 8 .955 .958 2.19 2.39 2.32 2.77 57 493.0 2006 36 PIT NL 3B 42 31 70 4 7 .962 .954 2.40 2.37 2.91 2.69 36 312.0 1995 25 KCR AL DH 2 1996 26 KCR AL DH 1 1998 28 DET AL DH 1 2000 30 KCR AL DH 1 2001 31 KCR AL DH 14 2002 32 KCR AL DH 19 2003 33 KCR AL DH 2 2004 34 KCR AL DH 6 2005 35 CIN NL DH 2 2006 36 PIT NL DH 3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B*1362 1005 2487 137 217 .962 .951 2.56 2.31 2.76 2.66 1308 11396.0 2B* 58 75 123 2 24 .990 .980 3.41 4.26 5.49 4.99 31 324.7 DH 51 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 26 114 9 1 12 .992 .994 4.73 8.02 8.91 9.35 9 124.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1446 1194 2619 140 253 .965 .953 2.64 2.49 2.90 2.79 1348 11845
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2005   NLDS  SDP STL     L   3  11   1   4  1  0  0   0   1   0  .364  .417  .455   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

At Bats
1999 AL-628-5

Hits
1999 AL-197-6

Doubles
2005 NL-43-5

Triples
1997 NL-9-3
1999 AL-8-5

Singles
1999 AL-137-8
2000 AL-138-6

Sac. Hits
2003 AL-9-7

Sac. Flies
2000 AL-10-6
2002 AL-11-2
2004 AL-8-4

Grounded into Double Plays
2000 AL-19-9

At Bats per Strikeout
2000 AL-9.3-6

Outs
1999 AL-458-9

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1481) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 15.8 (973) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 16.0 (888) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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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 Justin Germano and Travis Chick.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

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

November 2, 2006: Retired from the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
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.
Uniforms 
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