Bob Randall (baseball)
Bob Randall | |||
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Second baseman | |||
Born: Norton, Kansas | June 10, 1948|||
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MLB debut | |||
April 13, 1976, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
May 31, 1980, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .257 | ||
Home runs | 1 | ||
Runs batted in | 91 | ||
Teams | |||
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Robert Lee Randall (born June 10, 1948) is a former professional baseball second baseman. He played five seasons in Major League Baseball from 1976 until 1980, all for the Minnesota Twins.
Randall was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in three separate drafts: 1966, 1968, and finally the 2nd round in 1969, after which he signed. For the next five and a half years, he worked his way through the Dodgers' farm system, never playing at the major league level. Then, he got his first break, being traded to the Twins in exchange for reserve outfielder Danny Walton.
Randall's second, and even more important, break was the Twins' decision to move future Hall of Famer Rod Carew to first base, opening up second base for Randall, who beat out Jerry Terrell for the job in spring training. Randall capitalized on the opportunity, batting .267 in 153 games in 1976 while finishing 4th in the American League in sacrifice hits.
That turned out to be the high mark of Randall's career. He spent the next two seasons splitting time at second base with Rob Wilfong, losing the starting job to the lefty-hitting Wilfong entirely in 1979. The following spring, he was released by the Twins, but was re-signed in May. He played in just five games in the majors in 1980, going 3-for-15, before being released, and Randall retired soon afterwards.
Following Randall's major league career, he turned to the college coaching ranks. He was head baseball coach at Iowa State University from 1985 to 1995, going 309–311–1 before leaving to be head coach at the University of Kansas from 1996 until 2002, going 166–213. [1] He is currently the assistant baseball coach and a professor of economics at Manhattan Christian College.
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Iowa State Cyclones (Big Eight Conference) (1985–1995) | |||||||||
1985[2] | Iowa State | 22–38 | 6–15 | ||||||
1986[3] | Iowa State | 25–33–1 | 6–17 | ||||||
1987[4] | Iowa State | 25–27 | 7–13 | ||||||
1988[5] | Iowa State | 27–31 | 8–16 | T–5th | |||||
1989[6] | Iowa State | 33–27 | 11–13 | ||||||
1990 | Iowa State | 36–26 | |||||||
1991[7] | Iowa State | 33–26 | 12–12 | ||||||
1992[8][9] | Iowa State | 33–23 | 11–13 | T–4th | |||||
1993[10][11] | Iowa State | 17–28 | 5–18 | 7th | |||||
1994[12][13] | Iowa State | 30–28 | 15–14 | 4th | |||||
1995[14] | Iowa State | 28–24 | 13–12 | ||||||
Iowa State: | 309–311–1 | ||||||||
Kansas Jayhawks (Big Eight Conference / Big 12 Conference) (1996–2002) | |||||||||
1996 | Kansas | 26–30 | 11–17 | 6th | |||||
1997 | Kansas | 31–25 | 12–18 | 8th | |||||
1998 | Kansas | 22–29 | 7–20 | 11th | |||||
1999 | Kansas | 14–40 | 4–26 | 10th | |||||
2000 | Kansas | 25–30 | 10–20 | 9th | |||||
2001 | Kansas | 26–30 | 7–23 | 11th | |||||
2002 | Kansas | 22–29 | 5–21 | 10th | |||||
Kansas: | 166–213 | ||||||||
Total: | 475–524–1 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/kan/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/09mediaguide-section8.pdf
- ↑ "Official NCAA Baseball Statistics Summary" (PDF). Web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ↑ "Official NCAA Baseball Statistics Summary" (PDF). Web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ↑ "Official NCAA Baseball Statistics Summary" (PDF). Web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ↑ "Official NCAA Baseball Statistics Summary" (PDF). Web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ↑ "Official NCAA Baseball Statistics Summary" (PDF). Web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ↑ "Official NCAA Baseball Statistics Summary" (PDF). Web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ↑ Craig K. Gowens. "1992 Big Eight Conference Standings". utexas.edu. Archived from the original on 14 June 2003.
- ↑ "Official NCAA Baseball Statistics Summary" (PDF). Web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ↑ "Lawrence Journal-World – Google News Archive Search". google.com.
- ↑ "Official NCAA Baseball Statistics Summary" (PDF). Web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ↑ Craig K. Gowens. "1994 Big Eight Conference Standings". utexas.edu. Archived from the original on 14 June 2003.
- ↑ "Official NCAA Baseball Statistics Summary" (PDF). Web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ↑ "Official NCAA Baseball Statistics Summary" (PDF). Web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)