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Randy Jones
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 318 of 1218 players
Jones
Randall Leo Jones
Born: January 12, 1950 at Fullerton, Cal.
Throws: Left Bats: Right
Height: 6.00 Weight: 180

Randy Jones was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on March 4, 2023.

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First Mets game: April 11, 1981
Last Mets game: September 7, 1982

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VIBaseball
June 22, 2001
Look at his '82 season -- I remember watching that great start he got off to, and everybody was hoping he'd reclaimed his Cy Young form. But the guy was a soft tosser even at his best, and when finesse guys go downhill, they just get pounded. He was like Frank Tanana at the end.

Larry Burns
June 3, 2002
Much better pitcher in San Diego than in NY. He was a prototypical junkballer whose good games always pissed off hitters because they could not figure out how this guy was doing it. I think they took it out on him when the took the mound at Shea. But then again, look at his photo, he looks strangely like Dr. Smith from the old "Lost in Space" tv show. That guy could not slip a curveball past the Robot, so what the hell were we expecting?

Cutting
July 11, 2002
Ok Mets fans, I agree he didn't help your cause at all. I actually grew up with Randy in Brea, CA, and he threw junk even in Little League, but he perfected it. He was always a good guy though, so, although he probably should have hung up his cleats after starting the All-Star game, winning Cy Young and appearing on the Cover of Sports Illustrated, be kind.

Mr. Sparkle
July 12, 2002
He's definitely among the all-bust team as he came with such great expectations and ended up sucking bad. He was better suited for the 62 Mets, a good pitcher at the end of his career.

Joe Figliola
October 4, 2002
I remember an article from 1975 where he cried that he should have won the Cy Young Award and not Tom Seaver. I think that's why he won the following year and not Jerry Koosman. I thought Kooz had the better year.

Jones was a flaky guy. He did a couple of commericals for promotions where he was acting quite silly. I also recall him turning his ankle in an exhibition game against the Blue Jays prior to the post-strike second season in 1981. My attitude was: no loss. How keyed up can you get over an injury to a pitcher who was 1-7 at the time?

dahliakitty
July 23, 2004
My wonderful Randy Jones memory revolves around a sunny Sunday matinee game against the Cardinals. Don't know which year. But the Mets were bad, and seats were easy to obtain.

We got to the game a little late; already under way in the top of the first inning. Randy had loaded the bases (think it was walks; not sure); just as we're sitting down, CRACK --- the first pitch to Darrel Porter clears the back of the right field bullpen. No one on the field moved. No one out, 4-0 Cardinals.

It was a wonderful encapsulation of the Mets in that era.

Jason in the 909
April 7, 2007
When my wife worked at Food Network a few years' back, she came home one night with a couple of bottles of Randy's barbecue sauce. I think the label even had a baseball design. I never had the heart to actually use them, and tossed them during a move. I still get annoyed thinking about how he got off to that great 6- 2 start in 1982 and went 1-8 the rest of the way. There's a start he made that year where he literally did not retire a batter -- four walks and he was gone. Then he moved back to California and coached the young Barry Zito. Great guy, just not in our town.








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