Randy Choate

Randy Choate

Full Name:  Randol Doyle Choate
   School:  Winston Churchill High School in San Antonio, Texas

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   1997 Baseball AA - Loc 69

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FSU Career

Baseball
Year No Pos Hgt Wgt B T Cl Ltr Hometown 1995 21 P 6-2 161 L L Fr * San Antonio, TX 1996 21 P 6-2 175 L L So * San Antonio, TX 1997 21 P 6-2 175 L L Jr * San Antonio, TX

Comments

Left-handed pitcher from San Antonio, Tx...three-year letterman and two-year starter...earned 2nd and 3rd Team All-American honors from multiple organizations his sophomore and junior seasons...finished his career with a 29-7 record and 3.24 ERA...helped lead the Seminoles to the College World Series in 1995 and 96...struck out 15 batters against Maryland in 1997...played in the Major Leagues for 15 years with the Yankees, Diamondbacks, Devil Rays, Marlins, Dodgers and Cardinals.

Conference Awards

Baseball

Year  Award
1997  Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team
      Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Tournament Team

All-American Awards

Baseball

Year  Award
1996  Baseball America - 3rd Team All-American
      Collegiate Baseball - 3rd Team All-American
      Nat Collegiate Baseball Writers Assoc - 3rd Team All-American
1997  American Baseball Coaches Association - 2nd Team All-American
      Baseball America - 2nd Team All-American
      Nat Collegiate Baseball Writers Assoc - 2nd Team All-American
      The Sporting News - 2nd Team All-American
      Collegiate Baseball - 3rd Team All-American

FSU Statistics

Baseball

Pitching Statistics
Year   ERA  W  L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV  IP    H   R   ER  BB  SO  2B  3B  HR  AB  B/AVG  WP HBP BK SFA SHA
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1995  4.35  1  0  15  1  0   0   0  0  20.2  21  12  10  13  25   2   0   1   81  .259   2   4  0   1   0
1996  2.76 15  4  22 21  6   1   1  1 150.0 129  59  46  44 130  20   2   5  549  .235  10  11  1   4  13
1997  3.61 13  3  19 18  4   0   0  0 134.2 123  63  54  37 126  22   0  12  515  .239   2   9  0   4  11
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Tot   3.24 29  7  56 40 10   1   1  1 305.1 273 134 110  94 281  44   2  18 1145  .238  14  24  1   9  24

Batting Statistics
YEAR   AVG  GP  GS   AB  R   H   2B  3B  HR RBI  TB   SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB% SF SH  SB ATT
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1996  .000  22  21    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0   0   0        0  0   0   0
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Tot   .000  22  21    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0   0   0  .000  0  0   0   0

Fielding Statistics
Year   PO  AST  E   FLD%  DP
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1995    1    2  0  1.000   0
1996    3   38  0  1.000   2
1997   11   23  2   .944   0
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Tot    15   63  2   .975   2

Baseball

Game Statistics
1995
Date  Opponent              W  L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV   IP    H   R  ER  BB  SO
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Feb  3 Florida Atlantic            1                    2.0   2   3   2   2   1
Feb 10 Arizona State               1                    1.0   1   0   0   0   0
Feb 17 Coastal Carolina            1                    1.0   1   1   1   2   1
Mar  3 Louisiana State             1                    1.0   0   0   0   1   0
Mar 12 Florida                     1                    1.0   1   1   1   1   1
Mar 21 Mercer                      1                    1.0   2   0   0   0   3
Mar 24 Duke                        1                    1.0   0   0   0   2   1
Mar 29 Coll of Charleston          1                    1.0   1   0   0   0   0
Apr  1 North Carolina State 1      1                    1.0   1   0   0   1   1
Apr 29 Maryland                    1                    1.0   0   0   0   0   3
May  1 Maryland                    1                    1.0   1   0   0   0   0
May  3 Mercer                      1  Y                 3.1   6   3   2   1   3
May 19 Clemson                     1                    4.0   2   0   0   2   9
May 25 Troy State                  1                    1.0   0   0   0   0   2
Jun  6 Southern California         1                    0.1   3   4   4   1   0
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Tot                         1  0  15  1  0   0   0  0  20.2  21  12  10  13  25
1996
Date  Opponent              W  L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV   IP    H   R  ER  BB  SO
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Feb  4 Marshall             1      1  Y          1      4.0   1   0   0   0   8
Feb 11 UNC-Asheville        1      1  Y                 5.0   5   1   1   2   6
Feb 17 Minnesota            1      1  Y                 5.0   8   5   3   1   3
Feb 23 Cal St-Fullerton        1   1  Y                 6.1   4   3   3   7   3
Feb 29 Florida              1      1  Y                 7.0   6   1   1   1  11
Mar  5 Mercer               1      1  Y                 7.0   6   3   2   1   7
Mar 10 Coastal Carolina     1      1  Y                 8.0  10   3   3   3   6
Mar 15 Maryland                    1  Y                 6.1   8   6   5   4   8
Mar 20 North Carolina       1      1  Y  1              7.0   5   1   1   1   3
Mar 24 Wake Forest          1      1  Y                 7.0   3   0   0   0   6
Mar 29 North Carolina State 1      1  Y                 8.0   7   3   3   0  10
Apr  5 Miami                1      1  Y  1              9.0   7   2   2   1   5
Apr 12 Miami                   1   1  Y                 7.0  10   6   5   2   7
Apr 19 Duke                 1      1  Y  1              9.0   4   2   2   3   8
Apr 26 Georgia Tech         1      1  Y                 7.0   6   4   2   3   9
Apr 30 Florida Atlantic            1  Y                 5.2   6   6   1   3   4
May  4 Clemson                 1   1                    7.0   5   3   2   3   5
May 10 Virginia             1      1  Y  1   1          9.0   3   0   0   2   5
May 17 Duke                 1      1  Y  1              9.0  14   3   3   2   5
May 25 Stanford             1      1  Y  1              9.0   7   4   4   1   5
Jun  1 Florida                 1   1  Y                 6.2   4   3   3   4   3
Jun  3 Wichita State               1                1   1.0   0   0   0   0   3
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Tot                        15  4  22 20  6   1   1  1 150.0 129  59  46  44 130
1997
Date  Opponent              W  L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV   IP    H   R  ER  BB  SO
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Feb  1 UNC-Asheville        1      1  Y                 6.0   5   2   2   1   4
Feb  7 Arizona State        1      1  Y                 8.0   7   2   2   0   4
Feb 15 Cal St-Fullerton            1  Y                 7.1   3   1   1   2   7
Feb 21 Marshall             1      1  Y                 6.0   2   0   0   0   5
Feb 27 Florida                     1  Y                 8.0   7   2   1   1   7
Mar  4 UNC-Greensboro       1      1  Y                 6.0   5   2   2   2   4
Mar  9 Virginia             1      1  Y                 6.0   4   2   2   1   7
Mar 14 Wake Forest          1      1  Y                 7.0   9   7   7   4   6
Mar 21 Duke                 1      1  Y                 7.2   6   3   3   4   8
Mar 28 North Carolina State 1      1  Y  1              9.0   3   3   0   2   7
Apr  4 Clemson                 1   1  Y                 6.0  11  10   8   4   7
Apr 11 Miami                   1   1  Y                 5.2   7   6   6   3   4
Apr 15 Jacksonville         1      1                    3.0   2   0   0   1   6
Apr 19 Georgia Tech         1      1  Y                 7.0   9   4   4   1   6
Apr 26 Maryland             1      1  Y  1              9.0   5   3   1   4  15
May  2 Miami                   1   1  Y                 7.0  14   6   5   1   6
May  9 North Carolina       1      1  Y  1              9.0   6   2   2   2   4
May 15 North Carolina State 1      1  Y  1              9.0   5   3   3   3  14
May 24 Auburn                      1  Y                 8.0  13   5   5   1   5
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Tot                        13  3  19 18  4   0   0  0 134.2 123  63  54  37 126

1995
Date  Opponent                BAT AVG GP GS  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT   PO   A  E
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Feb  3 Florida Atlantic       *a .000  1                               0                      0   0    0   
Feb 10 Arizona State          7b .000  1      0   0   0            0   0  0      0            0   0    0   
Feb 17 Coastal Carolina       *b .000  1                               0                      0   0    0   
Mar  3 Louisiana State        *c .000  1                               0                      0   0    0   
Mar 12 Florida                *c .000  1                               0                      0   0    1   
Mar 21 Mercer                 3a .000  1      0   0   0            0   0  0      0            0   0    0   
Mar 24 Duke                   *b .000  1                               0                      0   0    1   
Mar 29 Coll of Charleston     *a .000  1                               0                      0   0    0   
Apr  1 North Carolina State   *a .000  1                               0                      0   0    0   
Apr 29 Maryland               *c .000  1                               0                      0            
May  1 Maryland               *c .000  1                               0                      0            
May  3 Mercer                 *  .000  1 P                             0                      0            
May 19 Clemson                *a .000  1                               0                      0   1    0   
May 25 Troy State             *b .000  1                               0                      0   0    0   
Jun  6 Southern California    *b .000  1                               0                      0   0    0   
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                                 .000 15  1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0   0    1   2  0
1996
Date  Opponent                BAT AVG GP GS  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT   PO   A  E
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Feb  4 Marshall               *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    1   
Feb 11 UNC-Asheville          *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   1    1   
Feb 17 Minnesota              *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    4   
Feb 23 Cal St-Fullerton       *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    5   
Feb 29 Florida                *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    1   
Mar  5 Mercer                 *  .000  1 P                             0                      0            
Mar 10 Coastal Carolina       *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   1    1   
Mar 15 Maryland               *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    2   
Mar 20 North Carolina         *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   1    1   
Mar 24 Wake Forest            *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    1   
Mar 29 North Carolina State   *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    3   
Apr  5 Miami                  *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    0   
Apr 12 Miami                  *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    2   
Apr 19 Duke                   *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    1   
Apr 26 Georgia Tech           *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    1   
Apr 30 Florida Atlantic       *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    2   
May  4 Clemson                *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    1   
May 10 Virginia               *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    3   
May 17 Duke                   *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    3   
May 25 Stanford               *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    5   
Jun  1 Florida                *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    0   
Jun  3 Wichita State          9g .000  1      0   0   0            0   0  0      0            0   0    0   
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                                 .000 22 21   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0   0    3  38  0
1997
Date  Opponent                BAT AVG GP GS  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT   PO   A  E
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Feb  1 UNC-Asheville          *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   2    2   
Feb  7 Arizona State          *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    2   
Feb 15 Cal St-Fullerton       *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    0  1
Feb 21 Marshall               *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   2    2   
Feb 27 Florida                *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   1    3   
Mar  4 UNC-Greensboro         *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    1  1
Mar  9 Virginia               *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    0   
Mar 14 Wake Forest            *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    2   
Mar 21 Duke                   *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   1    3   
Mar 28 North Carolina State   *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   2    0   
Apr  4 Clemson                *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    0   
Apr 11 Miami                  *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    0   
Apr 15 Jacksonville           *b .000  1                               0                      0   0    0   
Apr 19 Georgia Tech           *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    1   
Apr 26 Maryland               *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    1   
May  2 Miami                  *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   0    2   
May  4 Miami                  *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   1    1   
May  9 North Carolina         *  .000  1 P                             0                      0   1    0   
May 24 Auburn                 *  .000  1 P                             0                      0            
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                                 .000 19 18   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0   0   10  20  2

Pro Career

Baseball

Height: 6-1   Weight: 205  Throws: Left  Bats: Left
Drafted: 1997, 5th Round  #169, New York Yankees, P     
Debut: July 1, 2000

Year  Abbr   Team                                No      Pos
2000  NYY    New York Yankees                    58      P
2001  NYY    New York Yankees                    38      P
2002  NYY    New York Yankees                    38      P
2003  NYY    New York Yankees                    38      P
2004  Ari    Arizona Diamondbacks                33      P
2005  Ari    Arizona Diamondbacks                21      P
2006  Ari    Arizona Diamondbacks                21      P
2007  Ari    Arizona Diamondbacks                32      P
2009  TB     Tampa Bay Rays                      36-37   P
2010  TB     Tampa Bay Rays                      36      P
2011  Flo    Florida Marlins                     35      P
2012  Mia    Miami Marlins                       36      P
  "   LA     Los Angeles Dodgers                 50      P
2013  StL    St. Louis Cardinals                 36      P
2014  StL    St. Louis Cardinals                 36      P
2015  StL    St. Louis Cardinals                 36      P

Pro Statistics

Baseball

Pitching Statistics
Year Team   ERA   W   L SV APP  GS CG SHO     IP   R  ER    H  2B  3B  HR   BB   SO   AB   Avg  WP HBP BK SF SH
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2000 NYY   4.76   0   1  0  22   0  0   0   17.0  10   9   14   4   1   3    8   12   75  .215   1   1  0  1  0
2001 NYY   3.35   3   1  0  37   0  0   0   48.1  21  18   34  13   0   0   27   35  207  .202   3   9  0  1  2
2002 NYY   6.04   0   0  0  18   0  0   0   22.1  18  15   18   6   0   1   15   17  101  .217   3   3  0  0  0
2003 NYY   7.36   0   0  0   5   0  0   0    3.2   3   3    7   2   0   0    1    0   16  .467   0   0  0  0  0
2004 Ari   4.62   2   4  0  74   0  0   0   50.2  26  26   52  14   0   1   28   49  232  .267   1   5  1  4  0
2005 Ari   9.00   0   0  0   8   0  0   0    7.0   7   7    8   3   0   0    5    4   35  .276   1   1  0  0  0
2006 Ari   3.94   0   1  0  30   0  0   0   16.0   9   7   21   5   1   0    3   12   75  .304   0   3  0  0  0
2007 Ari   0.00   0   0  0   2   0  0   0    0.0   0   0    3   0   0   0    0    0    3 1.000   0   0  0  0  0
2009 TB    3.47   1   0  5  61   0  0   0   36.1  15  14   28           4   11   28  142  .214   0   0  0      
2010 TB    4.23   4   3  0  85   0  0   0   44.2  23  21   41           3   17   40  187  .246   4   3  0      
2011 Flo   1.82   1   1  0  54   0  0   0   24.2   7   5   13           3   13   31  103  .148   0   2  0      
2012 Mia   2.49   0   0  1  44   0  0   0   25.1  11   7   16           0    9   27  104  .174   2   3  0      
  "  LA    4.05   0   0  0  36   0  0   0   13.1   7   6   13           1    9   11   64  .245   0   2  0      
2013 StL   2.29   2   1  0  64   0  0   0   35.1   9   9   26           0   11   28  141  .203   0   2  0      
2014 StL   4.50   2   2  0  61   0  0   0   36.0  18  18   27           2   13   32  148  .208   0   5  0      
2015 StL   3.95   1   0  1  71   0  0   0   27.1  14  12   29           2    5   22  117  .274   1   6  0      
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15 Years   3.90  16  14  7 672   0  0   0  408.0 198 177  350  47   2  20  175  348 1750  .230  16  45  1  6  2

Playoff Pitching Statistics
Year Team   ERA   W   L SV APP  GS CG SHO     IP   R  ER    H  2B  3B  HR   BB   SO   AB   Avg  WP HBP BK SF SH
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2000 NYY   5.40   0   0  0   2   0  0   0    1.2   1   1    0           0    1    1    6  .000   0   0  0      
2010 TB    0.00   0   0  0   3   0  0   0    1.0   0   0    0   0   0   0    0    0    3  .000   0   0  0      
2013 StL   0.00   0   0  0   5   0  0   0    2.2   0   0    0           0    0    1    7  .000   0   0  0      
2014 StL  18.00   0   1  0   5   0  0   0    1.0   3   2    2           1    3    1    9  .333   0   0  0      
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4 Years    4.26   0   1  0  15   0  0   0    6.1   4   3    2   0   0   1    4    3   25  .095   0   0  0  0  0

World Series Pitching Statistics
Year Team   ERA   W   L SV APP  GS CG SHO     IP   R  ER    H  2B  3B  HR   BB   SO   AB   Avg  WP HBP BK SF SH
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2001 NYY   2.45   0   0  0   2   0  0   0    3.2   4   1    7           0    1    2   21  .350   0   0  0      
2013 StL   0.00   0   0  0   4   0  0   0    0.2   0   0    1           0    1    0    4  .333   0   0  0      
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2 Years    2.08   0   0  0   6   0  0   0    4.1   4   1    8   0   0   0    2    2   25  .348   0   0  0  0  0

Batting Statistics
Year Team   AVG   GP   GS   AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR RBI   TB  SLG%  BB HBP   SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB ATT
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2000 NYY   .000   22    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0    0   0  .000   0   0   0   0
2001 NYY   .000   37    0    3    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0    2   0  .000   0   0   0   0
2002 NYY   .000   18    0    1    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0    0   0  .000   0   0   0   0
2003 NYY   .000    5    0    1    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0    0   0  .000   0   0   0   0
2004 Ari   .000   74    0    1    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0    1   0  .000   0   0   0   0
2005 Ari   .000    8    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0    0   0  .000   0   0   0   0
2006 Ari   .000   30    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0    0   0  .000   0   0   0   0
2007 Ari   .000    2    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0    0   0  .000   0   0   0   0
2009 TB    .000   61    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0    0   0  .000   0   0   0   0
2010 TB    .000   85    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0    0   0  .000   0   0   0   0
2011 Flo   .000   54    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0    0   0  .000   0   0   0   0
2012 Mia   .000   44    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0    0   0  .000   0   0   0   0
  "  LA    .000   36    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0    0   0  .000   0   0   0   0
2013 StL   .000   64    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0    0   0  .000   0   0   0   0
2014 StL   .000   61    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   0   0    0   0  .000   0   0   0   0
2015 StL   .000   71    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   1   0    0   0 1.000   0   0   0   0
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15 Years   .000  672    0    6    0    0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   1   0    3   0  .143   0   0   0   0

Fielding Statistics
Year Team Pos   GP   PO  Ast   E  DP  Fld%
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2000 NYY  P     22    0    3   1   0  .750
2001 NYY  P     37    2   11   0   1 1.000
2002 NYY  P     18    1    2   0   0 1.000
2003 NYY  P      5    0    1   0   0 1.000
2004 Ari  P     74    3   10   0   1 1.000
2005 Ari  P      8    1    2   1   0  .750
2006 Ari  P     30    0    5   0   1 1.000
2007 Ari  P      2    0    0   0   0  .000
2009 TB   P     61    1    9   0   1 1.000
2010 TB   P     85    4    8   1   1  .923
2011 Flo  P     54    5    6   1   1  .917
2012 Mia  P     44    3    3   0   1 1.000
2012 LA   P     36    3    3   0   0 1.000
2013 StL  P     64    4    5   0   0 1.000
2014 StL  P     61    1    7   1   0  .889
2015 StL  P     71    5    9   0   1 1.000
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15 Years       672   33   84   5   8  .959