Randy Messenger
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Messenger with the Hanshin Tigers
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| Hanshin Tigers – No. 54 | |||
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Born: August 13, 1981 Reno, Nevada |
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| Professional debut | |||
| MLB: June 22, 2005, for the Florida Marlins | |||
| NPB: March 26, 2010, for the Hanshin Tigers | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2009) |
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| Win-Loss | 4-11 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.90 | ||
| Strikeouts | 115 | ||
| NPB statistics (through May 11, 2017) |
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| Win-Loss | 77-65 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.03 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1161 | ||
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Randall Jerome Messenger (born August 13, 1981 in Reno, Nevada) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball. He is 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall and weighs 265 pounds (120 kg), and made his Major League debut on June 22, 2005, for the Florida Marlins. Messenger graduated from Sparks High School in 1999.
Messenger is nicknamed Big Mess. He is well known for giving former teammate Scott Olsen a black eye while he was with the Marlins in 2007. Despite the confrontation Messenger still considers Olsen a friend claiming that Olsen's anger derives from his upbringing.
He was drafted in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft in the 11th round, 326th overall, by the Florida Marlins. In 1999 Messenger went 0-3 with a 7.52 ERA in 13 outings, including two starts, for Gulf Coast League Marlins. He also spent the 2000 with the GCL Marlins going 2-2 with a 4.83 ERA in 12 starts.
Messenger went 2-1 with a 3.93 ERA in 14 relief outings for the Class-A Kane County Cougars of the Midwest League. He also was 7-4 with a 4.08 ERA in 18 starts for the Class-A Advanced Brevard County Manatees of the Florida State League.
In 2001 Messenger set a career high in wins with a record of 11-8 while posting a 4.37 ERA in 28 outings, including 27 starts, for the Class-A Advanced Jupiter Hammerheads of the Florida State League.
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