Randy Wolf Bio - Biography

Name Randy Wolf
Height
Naionality American
Date of Birth 22-August-1976
Place of Birth Canoga Park, California, U.S.
Famous for Baseball Player
Randy Wolf is a left-handed pitcher.Wolf played PONY League Baseball in West Hills, California. He played high school baseball at El Camino Real in Woodland Hills, California, where he was named High School "Pitcher of the Year" by the Los Angeles Times in 1993, and "Player of the Year" in 1994.

Wolf continued his amateur career at Pepperdine University where he was a freshman first-team All-America, West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year, second-team college All-American, and a West Coast Conference All-Star. Wolf was originally drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 25th round of the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign. He was then drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the second round of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft. He rose through the minor leagues quickly, including stops with Single-A Batavia (1997, 4–0, 1.58, 7 starts), Double-A Reading (1998, 2–0, 1.44, 4 starts), and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (1998, 9–7, 4.62, 23 starts & 1999, 4–5, 3.61, 12 starts). Wolf has a four-seam fastball and a two-seam fastball clocked at 87–90 mph. He throws a cut fastball in the mid-80s. He also regularly throws a late breaking slider in the upper 70s, a big sweeping curveball in the upper 60s to lower 70s (although it has been clocked at under 60 miles per hour), and occasionally mixes in a changeup in the upper 70s. Wolf primarily pitches to contact for fly balls, though he is capable of racking up strikeouts in his starts. Right-handers are more likely to see his two-seamer and changeup, while lefties see more four-seamers and sliders. His pitching repertoire closely resembles former lefty teammate's, Chris Narveson.

Weeks before being released by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2012, Randy Wolf threw a 49 MPH curveball. Randy's older brother Jim is a Major League umpire. To avoid a potential conflict of interests, Jim does not work behind the plate on games his brother pitches. More recently, Jim has not officiated games that includes his brother's team. If his crew is involved in games that include Randy's team, he is removed from those games and switches with another umpire.

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