Randy Ready

Second baseman / Third baseman / Left fielder

Born: January 8, 1960 (age 57)
San Mateo, California

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

September 4, 1983, for the Milwaukee Brewers

Last MLB appearance

July 9, 1995, for the Philadelphia Phillies

MLB statistics

Batting average

.259

Home runs

Runs batted in

239

Teams

Randall Max Ready (born January 8, 1960), is a former professional baseball player and was the hitting coach for the San Diego Padres. Ready played in the major Leagues primarily as a utility player from 1983 to 1995. He also played one season in Japan for the Chiba Lotte Marines in 1996. He was a minor league coach for the Detroit Tigers and served as a minor league coach for the Padres.

Ready played in Puerto Rico's winter league for the Indios de Mayagüez in 1985-86. On June 12, 1986, Ready was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later. The San Diego Padres sent Tim Pyznarski on October 29, 1986 to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

Only days after his trade to San Diego, Ready's wife Doreen suffered a heart attack that caused brain damage. At the time the Readys had three children. Four years later, Ready was awarded 24.7 million dollars by a jury that ruled a physician who had prescribed diet pills to Doreen Ready was responsible for the heart attack she had suffered.

On June 2, 1989, he was traded by the San Diego Padres with John Kruk to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chris James.

On April 28, 1991, Ready was on the verge of completing a rare unassisted triple play. In the first inning of a game against the San Diego Padres, Ready caught a line drive hit by Tony Gwynn, stepped on second to force out Paul Faries and could have easily tagged out Tony Fernandez for the third and final out, but he elected to throw the ball to first baseman Ricky Jordan. It was the Phillies' first triple-play in the history of Veterans Stadium.

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