Professional career Randy Messenger

1 professional career

1.1 florida marlins
1.2 san francisco giants
1.3 seattle mariners
1.4 hanshin tigers

professional career
florida marlins

he drafted in 1999 major league baseball draft in 11th round, 326th overall, florida marlins. in 1999 messenger went 0-3 7.52 era in 13 outings, including 2 starts, gulf coast league marlins. spent 2000 gcl marlins going 2-2 4.83 era in 12 starts.

messenger went 2-1 3.93 era in 14 relief outings class-a kane county cougars of midwest league. 7-4 4.08 era in 18 starts class-a advanced brevard county manatees of florida state league.

in 2001 messenger set career high in wins record of 11-8 while posting 4.37 era in 28 outings, including 27 starts, class-a advanced jupiter hammerheads of florida state league.

he promoted double-a carolina mudcats in 2003. messenger went 5-7 5.46 era in 29 outings, including 23 starts. in 2004 stayed mudcats going 6-3 2.58 era , 21 saves in 58 relief outings.

messenger went 4-2 3.88 era in 39 relief outings triple-a albuquerque isotopes in 2005. posted 5.29 era in 29 relief outings marlins in first stint on major leagues.

in 2006 messenger went 2-7 5.67 era in 59 relief outings marlins. gave 3 runs on 1 hit in 4 relief appearances triple-a albuquerque. tossed scoreless inning class-a advanced jupiter.

messenger went 1-1 2.66 era in 23 relief appearances marlins in 2007.

san francisco giants

on may 31, 2007, messenger traded san francisco giants armando benítez. did not allow earned run in first 7 relief outings giants, spanning 8  ⁄3 frames , finished season giants 1-3 1 save in 37 outings.

on march 5, 2008, optioned down triple-a fresno. released on march 12, signed new minor league deal giants few days later.

seattle mariners

messenger seattle mariners

after being released giants, messenger signed minor league contract seattle mariners on july 11, 2008, , assigned triple-a tacoma rainiers going 6-0 1 save , 2.38 era in 12 outings tacoma. called on august 25 in 13 games had 3.55 era.

messenger released mariners on january 28, 2009. re-signed team minor league deal 2 days later. on october 29, outrighted off 40-man roster. on november 9, 2009 granted free agency.

hanshin tigers

messenger signed hanshin tigers on december 9, 2009. after splitting time starter , reliever tigers in 2010, messenger became mainstay in starting rotation 2011. through 7 seasons tigers @ end of 2016, messenger has 73-65 record 3.05 era , 1116 strikeouts in 1210 , 2/3 innings pitched. has 15 complete games , 9 shutouts.