Randall Max Ready (born January 8, 1960) is a former professional

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player and former manager for the

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. Ready played in the major Leagues primarily as a utility player from to . He also played one season in Japan for the

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in . He was a

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coach for the

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and served as a minor league coach for the Padres.

Professional playing days

Ready played in Puerto Rico's winter league for the Indios de Mayagüez in 1985–86. On June 12, 1986, Ready was traded by the

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to the

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for a player to be named later. On October 29, 1986, the Padres sent Tim Pyznarski to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade. Only days after his trade to San Diego, Ready's wife Doreen suffered a heart attack that caused brain damage. At the time the Readys had three children. Four years later, Ready was awarded $24.7 million by a jury that ruled a physician who had prescribed diet pills to Doreen Ready was responsible for the heart attack she had suffered. On June 2, 1989, he was traded by the San Diego Padres with John Kruk to the

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for Chris James. On April 28, 1991, Ready was on the verge of completing a rare unassisted triple play. In the first inning of a game against the San Diego Padres, Ready caught a line drive hit by

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, stepped on second to force out

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and could have easily tagged out Tony Fernández for the third and final out, but he elected to throw the ball to first baseman

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. It was the Phillies' first triple-play in the history of Veterans Stadium.

Career statistics

In 777 games over 13 seasons, Ready posted a .259 batting average (547-for-2110) with 312 runs, 107

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, 21 triples, 40

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, 239 RBI, 326

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, .359

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and .387

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. He finished his career with a .966

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playing at first, second and third base and left and right field.

Managing career

Ready returned to baseball as a

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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

system and served as manager of the

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(Class A,

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) from 2004 until 2006. In 2007, Ready was named the manager of the

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(Class AA,

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) 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

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(Class AAA,

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), a position he held until being named the hitting coach of the San Diego Padres on July 31, 2009. Following the 2009 season, Ready was a candidate to be the next manager of the

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, however the position was filled by Brad Mills. The Padres finished the 2011 season with a 71–91 record while hitting a major league-low 91 home runs and finishing last in the

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(and next to last in MLB) in batting average (.237) and

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(.653). They scored the third fewest runs in MLB, and they were shut out 19 times. Ready was fired by the Padres after the end of the season. In 2012, he was the Texas Rangers' minor league hitting coordinator. On November 12, 2012, Ready was hired to be the next manager for the

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' Triple-A affiliate, Gwinnett. He was replaced by

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on October 14, 2013. On January 8, 2016, Ready was hired to be the next manager for the Miami Marlins' Single-A affiliate, Jupiter Hammerheads. Ready was named as the manager for the

in the

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organization for the 2018 season. In 2019, he was replaced by Kevin Randel.

References

External links

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