Randy Velarde

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 185 lb

BornNovember 24, 1962 · Midland, TX, USA

MLB debutAugust 20, 1987

Final gameSeptember 29, 2002

Seasons16 (1987–2002)

New York Yankees 1987–1995; California Angels 1996; Anaheim Angels 1997–1999; Oakland Athletics 1999–2000; New York Yankees 2001; Texas Rangers 2001; Oakland Athletics 2002

Percentile snapshot

2000 season — qualified batters

122

1.2

546

20.1

485

20.1

37.2

135

21.3

17.1

22.6

RBI

4.9

38.4

56.7

.278

40.9

OBP

.354

45.7

SLG

.400

OPS

.754

26.8

wRC+

96.8

33.5

OPS+

93.6

wOBA

.340

30.5

sWAR

1.8

of 165 qualified 2000 batters (min 499 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

103.8

49.4

OPS+

100.6

sWAR

20.2

93.7

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
1987	8	22	22	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	-10.0	-2.1	.163	-0.2
1988	48	125	115	18	20	6	0	5	12	8	24	1	1	.174	.240	.357	.597	64.0	65.7	.271	0.0
1989	33	111	100	12	34	4	2	2	11	7	14	0	3	.340	.389	.480	.869	149.7	145.0	.397	1.1
1990	95	253	229	21	48	6	2	5	19	20	53	0	3	.210	.275	.319	.594	64.4	65.2	.278	0.0
1991	80	210	184	19	45	11	1	1	15	18	43	3	1	.245	.322	.332	.653	84.9	81.2	.308	0.6
1992	121	461	412	57	112	24	1	7	46	38	78	7	2	.272	.333	.386	.719	103.3	102.2	.332	2.1
1993	85	253	226	28	68	13	2	7	24	18	39	2	2	.301	.360	.469	.829	124.7	125.1	.371	1.5
1994	77	310	280	47	78	16	1	9	34	22	61	4	2	.279	.338	.439	.777	103.8	102.8	.345	1.4
1995	111	432	367	60	102	19	1	7	46	55	64	5	1	.278	.375	.392	.768	107.8	102.4	.354	2.0
1996	136	611	530	82	151	27	3	14	54	70	118	7	7	.285	.372	.426	.799	106.3	102.1	.361	2.7
1997	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	51	224	188	29	49	13	1	4	26	34	42	7	2	.261	.375	.404	.779	109.7	103.7	.355	1.1
1999	156	711	631	105	200	25	7	16	76	70	98	24	8	.317	.390	.455	.845	121.1	117.8	.378	4.4
2000	122	546	485	82	135	23	0	12	41	54	95	9	3	.278	.354	.400	.754	96.8	93.6	.340	1.8
2001	93	389	342	50	95	19	2	9	32	34	86	6	2	.278	.356	.424	.780	104.8	100.6	.348	1.4
2002	56	155	133	22	30	8	0	2	8	15	32	3	0	.226	.325	.331	.656	80.2	77.2	.299	0.1

Career totals

1,273

4,813

4,244

633

1,171

214

100

RBI

445

463

853

.2759

OBP

.3525

SLG

.4079

OPS

.7604

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
1999-08-24	CLE @ ATH Gameday	5	3	3	0	2	2	0	9
2001-08-14	TEX @ CWS Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	2	0	9
1999-06-24	LAA @ SEA Gameday	6	3	5	0	1	4	0	8
1995-07-25	NYY @ KC Gameday	5	3	5	0	1	1	0	8
1994-06-24	NYY @ CLE Gameday	4	2	4	1	1	2	2	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.