Randy Smith

Randy Smith

• Born June 15, 1963

Biographical Information

Randy Smith was the Scouting Director of the San Diego Padres from 1989 to 1991. He began 1993 as assistant GM of the Colorado Rockies, but returned to the Padres in June as General Manager from 1993 to 1995. When he was named, he was the youngest General manager in major league history. Shortly after being named, he was forced to put the team through a Fire Sale. He held the same post for the Detroit Tigers from 1996 to 2001. Smith returned to the Padres yet again in 2003 as a special assistant to the GM. In 2011, he was the Vice President, Player Development & International Scouting for the Padres, staying until the end of 2016.

In December 2016, he joined the Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan's Pacific League to work as a senior adviser to General Manager Hiroshi Yoshimura and as major league scouting director.

Smith is the son of former Houston Astros and New York Yankees GM Tal Smith

Preceded by Joe McIlvaine

San Diego Padres General Manager 1993-1995

Succeeded by Kevin Towers

Preceded by Joe Klein

Detroit Tigers General Manager 1995-2001

Succeeded by Dave Dombrowski

Record as a General Manager

Draft Picks

1st Round - Padres

• 1994: 3rd overall P Dustin Hermanson - Kent State University
• 1995: 2nd overall C Ben Davis - Malvern Prep High School

Other Notable Selections - Padres

• 1994: 2nd round (37th overall) 3B Troy Glaus - Carlsbad High School Did Not Sign

1st Round - Tigers

• 1996: 6th overall P Seth Greisinger - University of Virginia
• 1997: 1st overall P Matt Anderson - Rice University
• 1998: 14th overall P Jeff Weaver - Fresno State University
• 1998: 34th overall P Nate Cornejo - Wellington High School
• 1999: 3rd overall C Eric Munson - University of Southern California
• 2000: 8th overall P Matt Wheatland - Rancho Bernardo High School
• 2001: 11th overall P Kenny Baugh - Rice University
• 2001: 32nd overall 2B Mike Woods - Southern University

Other Notable Selections - Tigers

• 1998: 2nd round (57th overall) C Brandon Inge - Virginia Commonwealth University

Significant Trades

Padres

• June 24, 1993 traded Gary Sheffield and Rich Rodriguez to the Florida Marlins for Trevor Hoffman, Jose Martinez and Andres Berumen
• July 18, 1993 traded Fred McGriff to the Atlanta Braves for Melvin Nieves, Donnie Elliott and Vince Moore
• July 26, 1993 traded Greg Harris and Bruce Hurst to the Colorado Rockies for Brad Ausmus, Doug Bochtler and Andy Ashby
• December 28, 1994 traded Derek Bell, Doug Brocail, Ricky Gutierrez, Phil Plantier, Craig Shipley and Pedro Martinez to the Houston Astros for Ken Caminiti, Steve Finley, Andujar Cedeno, Brian Williams, Sean Fesh and Roberto Petagine
• July 31, 1995 traded Andy Benes and Greg Keagle to the Seattle Mariners for Marc Newfield and Ron Villone

Tigers

• November 16, 1995 traded David Wells to the Cincinnati Reds for Mark Lewis, C.J. Nitkowski and Dave Tuttle
• March 22, 1996 traded Cade Gaspar, Todd Steverson and Sean Bergman to the San Diego Padres for Raul Casanova, Melvin Nieves and Richie Lewis
• June 18, 1996 traded John Flaherty and Chris Gomez to the San Diego Padres for Brad Ausmus, Andujar Cedeno and Russ Spear
• July 31, 1996 traded Cecil Fielder to the New York Yankees for Ruben Sierra and Matt Drews
• July 31, 1996 traded Greg Gohr to the California Angels for Damion Easley
• December 10, 1996 traded Brad Ausmus, Jose Lima, Trever Miller, C.J. Nitkowski and Daryle Ward to the Houston Astros for Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones and Orlando Miller
• November 18, 1997 traded Travis Fryman to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Gabe Alvarez, Joe Randa and Matt Drews
• November 2, 1999 traded Frank Catalanotto, Justin Thompson, Francisco Cordero, Gabe Kapler, Bill Haselman and Alan Webb to the Texas Rangers for Juan Gonzalez, Gregg Zaun and Danny Patterson
• December 11, 2000 traded Brad Ausmus, Nelson Cruz and Doug Brocail to the Houston Astros for Roger Cedeno, Chris Holt and Mitch Meluskey
• July 28, 2001 traded Todd Jones to the Minnesota Twins for Mark Redman
• December 11, 2001 traded Juan Encarnacion and Luis Pineda to the Cincinnati Reds for Dmitri Young

Significant Signings

Padres

• April 5, 1995 signed Fernando Valenzuela as a Free Agent from the Philadelphia Phillies

Tigers

• November 1, 1997 signed Fernando Rodney as a amateur free agent
• December 9, 1997 signed Luis Gonzalez as a free agent from the Houston Astros
• November 13, 1998 signed Dean Palmer as a free agent from Kansas City Royals