Randy Ready
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Randall Max Ready (born January 8, 1960 in Fremont, California), is a former professional baseball player and current minor league baseball coach. Ready played in the major Leagues primarily as a utility player from 1983 to 1995. He was as a minor league coach for the Detroit Tigers and has served as a minor league coach for the San Diego Padres since 2004.
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[edit] Playing career
Ready played in Puerto Rico's winter league for the Mayaguez Indios in 1985-86. On June 12, 1986, Ready was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later. The San Diego Padres sent Tim Pyznarski on October 29, 1986 to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade. On June 2, 1989, he was traded by the San Diego Padres with John Kruk to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chris James.
[edit] Managing career
Ready returned to baseball as a manager for the Oneonta Tigers in 2002-2003, where he was named the New York-Penn League Manager of the Year after leading the Tigers to a 47-27 (.635) record and a division title 2002. Ready returned to the San Diego Padres minor league system and served as manager of the Fort Wayne Wizards (Class A, Fort Wayne, Indiana) from 2004 until 2006. In 2007, Ready was named the manager of the San Antonio Missions (Class AA, San Antonio, Texas) for their inaugural season with the San Diego Padres organization. He led the team to a 73-66 (.525) record and the Texas League championship. On December 14, 2007, Ready was named the manager of the Portland Beavers (Class AAA, Portland, Oregon).[1]
[edit] Humanitarianism
In October 2007 as a result of the wildfires in southern California a family had lost their dog, that Randy was able to find and returned to the family that lost all their property. [1]
[edit] Major League Teams that Ready played for
- Milwaukee Brewers 1983-1986
- San Diego Padres 1986-1989
- Philadelphia Phillies 1989-1991, 1994-1995
- Oakland Athletics 1992
- Montreal Expos 1993
[edit] Ready's Major League Batting Stats
- 777 Games
- 547 Hits
- 40 Home Runs
- 239 RBIs
- .259 Batting Average