Willie Randolph | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Randolph with the Baltimore Orioles in 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Second baseman / Manager | |||||||||||||||
Born: Holly Hill, South Carolina, U.S. | July 6, 1954|||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 54 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 687 | ||||||||||||||
Managerial record | 302–253 | ||||||||||||||
Winning % | .544 | ||||||||||||||
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As player
As manager As coach | |||||||||||||||
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William Larry Randolph (born July 6, 1954) is an American former professional baseball second baseman, coach, and manager. During an 18-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB), he played from 1975 to 1992 for six different teams, most notably the New York Yankees with whom he won back-to-back world titles against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He has joined ESPN as a post-season baseball analyst, beginning in September 2013. Mainly, he appeared on Baseball Tonight and provided 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 11 years. He later served as manager of the New York Mets from 2005 to June 2008, leading the Mets to a league-best record and the National League Championship Series in 2006.