Joe Randa

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 190 lb

BornDecember 18, 1969 · Milwaukee, WI, USA

MLB debutApril 30, 1995

Final gameOctober 1, 2006

Seasons12 (1995–2006)

Kansas City Royals 1995–1996; Pittsburgh Pirates 1997; Detroit Tigers 1998; Kansas City Royals 1999–2004; Cincinnati Reds 2005; San Diego Padres 2005; Pittsburgh Pirates 2006

Percentile snapshot

2005 season — qualified batters

150

52.7

609

43.9

555

53.4

33.1

153

47.3

93.2

36.5

42.6

RBI

35.8

37.2

62.2

69.6

.276

44.6

OBP

.335

39.2

SLG

.452

OPS

.787

47.3

wRC+

106.9

46.6

OPS+

106.5

45.9

wOBA

.346

sWAR

2.8

55.4

of 149 qualified 2005 batters (min 505 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

95.4

32.5

OPS+

95.7

32.9

sWAR

18.2

92.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1995	34	76	70	6	12	2	0	1	5	6	17	0	1	.171	.237	.243	.480	25.0	25.8	.226	-0.4
1996	110	370	337	36	102	24	1	6	47	26	47	13	4	.303	.351	.433	.784	96.0	97.8	.343	1.1
1997	126	499	443	58	134	27	9	7	60	41	64	4	2	.302	.366	.451	.817	113.6	111.4	.366	2.7
1998	138	514	460	56	117	21	2	9	50	41	70	8	7	.254	.323	.367	.690	80.3	79.3	.311	0.7
1999	156	689	628	92	197	36	8	16	84	50	80	5	4	.314	.363	.473	.836	109.3	109.9	.365	3.3
2000	158	665	612	88	186	29	4	15	106	36	66	6	3	.304	.343	.438	.781	92.0	93.8	.342	1.8
2001	151	636	581	59	147	34	2	13	83	42	80	3	2	.253	.307	.386	.693	73.4	75.3	.305	0.1
2002	151	617	549	63	155	36	5	11	80	46	69	2	1	.282	.341	.426	.768	93.3	93.5	.337	1.6
2003	131	566	502	80	146	31	1	16	72	41	61	1	0	.291	.348	.452	.800	110.8	109.5	.351	2.8
2004	128	539	485	65	139	31	2	8	56	40	77	0	1	.287	.343	.408	.751	96.1	95.5	.332	1.7
2005	150	609	555	71	153	43	2	17	68	47	81	0	1	.276	.335	.452	.787	106.9	106.5	.346	2.8
2006	89	227	206	23	55	13	0	4	28	16	26	0	0	.267	.316	.388	.704	77.6	80.3	.308	0.0

Career totals

1,522

6,007

5,428

697

1,543

327

389th-most career 2B

123

RBI

739

432

738

.2843

OBP

.3394

SLG

.4258

OPS

.7652

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1999-06-11	KC @ PIT Gameday	3	2	3	1	2	4	1	10
1999-07-06	KC @ CWS Gameday	6	2	3	1	2	2	0	10
2001-05-12	KC @ MIN Gameday	6	2	5	3	0	2	0	8
1998-09-14	CWS @ DET Gameday	6	1	3	2	1	4	0	8
2005-07-22	MIL @ CIN Gameday	5	2	3	2	1	3	0	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.