Career
He was the manager for the Syracuse Chiefs of the International League in 2011, and is a former catcher in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays (1991-1995), Houston Astros (1996-1997 and 1999), Florida Marlins (1998), Texas Rangers (2000) and Montreal Expos (2001). He was on the Blue Jays during their 1991 American League Eastern Division and 1992 and 1993 World Series wins. In 11 seasons he played in 253 Games and had 676 At Bats, 82 Runs, 153 Hits, 27 Doubles, 3 Triples, 24 Home Runs, 88 Reserve Bank of India, 47 Walks.226 Batting Average.278 On-base percentage.382 Slugging Percentage, 258 Total Bases, 8 Sacrifice Hits, 4 Sacrifice Flies and 3 Intentional Walks.
Just before he retired, he played for the Edmonton Trappers.
In July 2004, Knorr became a citizen of Canada. In 2008, he was the manager of the Potomac Nationals, who he guided to the 2008 Carolina League Mills Cup championship on September
12, 2008. He served as the bullpen coach for the Washington Nationals for the last half of the 2006 season and was hired to be the bullpen coach for a second time in 2009.
He was promoted to bench coach in 2012, and served in that capacity for 4 years. He was told that his contract would not be renewed after the 2015 season.
On October 12, 2015, Nationals General Motors Mike Rizzo (baseball) announced that Knorr would return to the Nationals organization as Senior Advisor to the General Manager specializing in Player Development. During the Australian summer of 1989-1990 Randy Knorr played ball for the Melbourne Monarchs and the Williamstown Wolves.
