The five foot eleven infielder, attended the University of Tennessee getting signed by the Kansas City Royals in 11th round of the 1991 draft. He hit over .290 three times in the minors making it to the big leagues in 1995.
In 1996 he became the Royals regular third baseman, leading the team (tied with Jose Offerman) in batting at batting .303. He also had 24 doubles 6 HRs 47 RBIs & 13 stolen bases. The next season he was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jay Bell & Jeff King. He spent just one year with the Pirates batting .302 helping the Pirates remain in the pennant race despite having the league's lowest payroll.
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In late 1997 he got drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the expansion draft but was soon traded to the Detroit Tigers playing there for one season. On December 4th 1998 he was traded to the New York Mets for Willie Bair. He was a Met for just six days, never suiting up as he was quickly traded back to the Royals for a minor leaguer on December 10th 1998.
Randa would spend the next six seasons in Kansas City as one of the leagues better infielders. After coming in second place in fielding percentage three straight years, he led all AL third baseman in 2003 (.980%). That year Randa set the Kansas City Royals' team record for the most consecutive errorless games by a third baseman, going 75 games without an error. He also led the league in put outs three times (1999-2001) games played twice (1999-2000) & assists once (1999) at third base.
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He followed up in 2000 with a career high 106 RBIs while batting .304 with 15 HRs & 186 hits. In 2005 he was granted free agency & signed with the Cincinnati Reds.
During the season he was traded to the San Diego Padres, and then finished out the year as thier main third baseman behind Sean Burroughs. Randa's last year was spent back in Pittsburgh in 2006.
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Retirement: He is currently a host of Crunch Time on Sports Radio 810 in Kansas City
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