Randy Velarde

Full Name: Randy Lee Velarde	Primary Position: 2B,3B,SS
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185	First Game: August 20, 1987
Birthdate: November 24, 1962	Final Game: September 29, 2002
Birthplace: Midland, Texas	MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Randy Velarde (Randy Lee Velarde) was born on November 24, 1962 in Midland, Texas. He made his Major League debut on August 20, 1987 for the New York Yankees. In 1990, his rookie year, he hit .210 with 5 home runs and 19 RBI. Velarde played for the New York Yankees, California Angels, Anaheim Angels, Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers over the course of his 15 year career.

Velarde was among the group of former and current players named in the Mitchell Report. The excerpt on Velarde in the report is 83 words long and in it, Velarde admits, through his lawyer, that he received and used performance enhancing "substances" in 2003. The excerpt is in Section VII of the report titled, "Major League Baseball and the BALCO Investigation."

Most people believe that Randy Velarde's best season was 1999, when he slugged 16 home runs, hit for a .317 average and knocked in 76 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1987	NY	A	8	22	1	4	0	1	.182	.182	.182	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1
1988	NY	A	48	115	18	20	5	12	.174	.240	.357	6	0	8	24	2	0	1	0	3
1989	NY	A	33	100	12	34	2	11	.340	.389	.480	4	2	7	14	1	3	0	0	0
1990	NY	A	95	229	21	48	5	19	.210	.275	.319	6	2	20	53	1	2	0	0	6
1991	NY	A	80	184	19	45	1	15	.245	.322	.332	11	1	18	43	3	5	3	0	6
1992	NY	A	121	412	57	112	7	46	.272	.333	.386	24	1	38	78	2	4	7	1	13
1993	NY	A	85	226	28	68	7	24	.301	.360	.469	13	2	18	39	4	3	2	2	12
1994	NY	A	77	280	47	78	9	34	.279	.338	.439	16	1	22	61	4	2	4	0	7
1995	NY	A	111	367	60	102	7	46	.278	.375	.392	19	1	55	64	4	3	5	0	9
1996	CAL	A	136	530	82	151	14	54	.285	.372	.426	27	3	70	118	5	4	7	0	7
1997	ANA	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	ANA	A	51	188	29	49	4	26	.261	.375	.404	13	1	34	42	1	0	7	0	8
1999	OAK	A	61	255	48	85	7	28	.333	.401	.478	10	3	27	42	2	2	11	1	11
1999	ANA	A	95	376	57	115	9	48	.306	.383	.439	15	4	43	56	4	2	13	1	8
1999	TOT	A	156	631	105	200	16	76	.317	.390	.455	25	7	70	98	6	4	24	2	19
2000	OAK	A	122	485	82	135	12	41	.278	.354	.400	23	0	54	95	3	3	9	0	15
2001	TEX	A	78	296	46	88	9	31	.297	.369	.456	16	2	29	73	5	3	4	0	8
2001	NY	A	15	46	4	7	0	1	.152	.278	.217	3	0	5	13	3	1	2	0	0
2001	TOT	A	93	342	50	95	9	32	.278	.356	.424	19	2	34	86	8	4	6	0	8
2002	OAK	A	56	133	22	30	2	8	.226	.325	.331	8	0	15	32	5	1	3	1	4
Total			1273	4244	633	1171	100	445	.276	.352	.408	214	23	463	853	49	38	78	6	118

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1987	NY	A	SS	8	6	58.2	8	20	2	3	0	.933
1988	NY	A	3B	11	8	72.2	4	18	3	1	0	.880
1988	NY	A	2B	24	21	184	54	65	4	24	0	.967
1988	NY	A	SS	14	4	52.2	14	15	1	1	0	.967
1989	NY	A	3B	27	25	219.2	18	44	3	7	0	.954
1989	NY	A	SS	9	4	41.2	8	17	1	9	0	.962
1990	NY	A	3B	74	53	491.1	43	128	10	11	0	.945
1990	NY	A	LF	5	3	20.1	8	0	0	0	0	1.000
1990	NY	A	SS	15	8	73.1	21	26	1	6	0	.979
1990	NY	A	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1990	NY	A	OF	5	3	20.1	6	0	0	0	0	1.000
1990	NY	A	2B	3	1	10	0	5	1	1	0	.833
1991	NY	A	OF	2	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1991	NY	A	3B	50	33	321.1	31	85	8	8	0	.935
1991	NY	A	LF	2	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1991	NY	A	SS	31	17	164	32	63	7	16	0	.931
1992	NY	A	3B	26	23	219.2	14	35	5	7	0	.907
1992	NY	A	RF	7	5	38	11	0	0	0	0	1.000
1992	NY	A	OF	23	16	132	33	1	0	0	0	1.000
1992	NY	A	2B	3	2	18	3	9	1	1	0	.923
1992	NY	A	SS	75	68	606.1	129	212	9	42	0	.974
1992	NY	A	LF	14	11	93	22	1	0	0	0	1.000
1992	NY	A	CF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1993	NY	A	OF	50	32	277.1	66	2	5	0	0	.932
1993	NY	A	3B	16	5	58	5	16	1	2	0	.955
1993	NY	A	LF	48	30	268.2	63	2	4	0	0	.942
1993	NY	A	CF	2	2	8.2	3	0	1	0	0	.750
1993	NY	A	SS	26	24	202.2	31	74	3	18	0	.972
1993	NY	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1994	NY	A	SS	49	36	335.2	58	126	11	27	0	.944
1994	NY	A	LF	6	6	46	9	1	0	0	0	1.000
1994	NY	A	3B	27	22	195	12	43	6	3	0	.902
1994	NY	A	2B	5	5	41	14	18	2	8	0	.941
1994	NY	A	OF	7	6	47	8	1	0	0	0	1.000
1994	NY	A	RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	NY	A	2B	62	53	472	102	140	6	25	0	.976
1995	NY	A	LF	20	14	108.2	24	1	1	0	0	.962
1995	NY	A	SS	28	24	217	37	87	3	21	0	.976
1995	NY	A	3B	19	13	122	6	30	0	2	0	1.000
1995	NY	A	OF	20	14	109.2	23	1	1	0	0	.960
1995	NY	A	RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1996	CAL	A	2B	114	109	968.2	236	252	9	80	0	.982
1996	CAL	A	3B	27	20	186.1	13	45	6	4	0	.906
1996	CAL	A	SS	7	3	31.1	6	9	1	2	0	.938
1998	ANA	A	2B	51	50	436.1	88	132	4	25	0	.982
1999	OAK	A	2B	61	61	529.2	107	186	7	43	0	.977
1999	ANA	A	2B	95	95	828.2	191	307	7	61	0	.986
1999	TOT	A	2B	156	156	1358.1	298	493	14	104	0	.983
2000	OAK	A	2B	122	119	1032	243	400	12	94	1	.982
2001	TEX	A	1B	9	8	73	70	2	0	5	0	1.000
2001	TEX	A	OF	2	1	9	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	TEX	A	3B	7	5	48	5	9	1	2	0	.933
2001	TEX	A	RF	2	1	9	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	TEX	A	2B	52	49	434	110	135	3	38	1	.988
2001	TEX	A	DH	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	NY	A	DH	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	NY	A	RF	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	NY	A	OF	3	3	25	5	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	NY	A	1B	1	1	6	9	2	0	0	0	1.000
2001	NY	A	3B	7	6	52	4	16	1	1	0	.952
2001	NY	A	LF	2	2	17	4	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	TOT	A	RF	3	2	17	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	TOT	A	DH	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	TOT	A	1B	10	9	79	79	4	0	5	0	1.000
2001	TOT	A	OF	5	4	34	7	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	TOT	A	3B	14	11	100	9	25	2	3	0	.944
2002	OAK	A	DH	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	OAK	A	1B	5	3	26	25	0	1	2	0	.962
2002	OAK	A	2B	38	28	260	70	88	3	22	0	.981
2002	OAK	A	3B	1	1	9	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	15	12	105	104	4	1	7	0	.991
Total			CF	4	2	9.2	3	0	1	0	0	.750
Total			OF	112	75	626.1	144	5	6	0	0	.961
Total			2B	630	593	5214.1	1218	1737	59	422	2	.980
Total			DH	20	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	12	7	57	14	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	292	214	1995	155	470	44	48	0	.934
Total			LF	97	66	559.2	131	5	5	0	0	.965
Total			SS	262	194	1783.1	344	649	39	145	0	.962

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 19th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1985 - signed June 14, 1985).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Pete Filson to New York Yankees in exchange for Scott Nielsen and Mike Soper (January 5, 1987).
Granted free agency (December 23, 1994).
Signed by New York Yankees (April 12, 1995).
Granted free agency (November 2, 1995).
Signed by California Angels (November 21, 1995).
Granted free agency (October 23, 1998).
Signed by Anaheim Angels (December 7, 1998).
Traded by Anaheim Angels with Omar Olivares to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Jeff DaVanon, Nathan Haynes and Elvin Nina (July 29, 1999).
Traded by Oakland Athletics to Texas Rangers in exchange for Ryan Cullen and Aaron Harang (November 17, 2000).
Traded by Texas Rangers to New York Yankees in exchange for 2 players to be named later (August 31, 2001); Texas Rangers received Rosman Garcia (October 11, 2001) and Randy Flores (October 12, 2001).
Granted free agency (November 5, 2001).
Signed by Oakland Athletics (January 11, 2002).

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