Willie Randolph
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| Second baseman / Manager | |||
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Born: July 6, 1954 Holly Hill, South Carolina |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 29, 1975, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 4, 1992, for the New York Mets | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .276 | ||
| Hits | 2,210 | ||
| Runs batted in | 687 | ||
| Managerial record | 302–253 | ||
| Winning % | .554 | ||
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Willie Larry Randolph (born July 6, 1954) is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. During an 18-year baseball career, he played from 1975 to 1992 for six different teams, most notably the New York Yankees where he won back to back world titles against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He has joined ESPN as a postseason baseball analyst, beginning in September 2013. He will mainly be on Baseball Tonight, and provide updates during Monday and Wednesday night September network telecasts.
At the end of his playing career, he ranked fifth in major league history in games at second base (2,152), ninth in putouts (4,859), seventh in assists (6,336), eighth in total chances (11,429), and third in double plays (1,547). Upon retiring as a player, he joined the Yankees as a coach for eleven years. He later served as manager of the New York Mets from 2005 to June 2008.
Randolph grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Samuel J. Tilden High School, where he was a star athlete and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the 1972 draft. He made his major league debut in 1975, and was, at age 21, the sixth-youngest player in the National League.
In December 1975 he was traded by the Pirates with Ken Brett and Dock Ellis to the Yankees for Doc Medich.
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