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Bobby Richardson
Robert Clinton Richardson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 170 lb.

MLB Debut August 5, 1955
Final Game October 2, 1966
Born August 19, 1935 in Sumter, SC (age 88)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1957 21 NYA AL  112  313   26   70   8   2   0   14   0   0    8   37  .224  .248  .262  .510    74    82  12   2   0   3   4  
 1958 22 NYA AL   64  124   17   30   4   2   0   14   0   0    6    5  .242  .282  .306  .589    82    38   6   0   0   1   3  
 1959 23 NYA AL  136  505   63  155  14  10   2   52   5   6   27   32  .307  .340  .386  .726   104   195  25   4   0   0   8  
 1960 24 NYA AL  149  498   50  108   4   2   0   31   7   8   40   27  .217  .272  .233  .505    73   116  38   6   0   0  10  
 1961 25 NYA AL  154  635   60  167  19   3   0   43   5   1   23   31  .263  .290  .302  .592    76   192  39   3   3   2   8  
 1962 26 NYA AL  162  718   97  203  34   4   9   55   8   7   27   41  .283  .307  .379  .686    93   272  19   3   4   0  11  MVP-15
 1963 27 NYA AL  159  649   59  150  19   7   2   39   5   0   16   26  .231  .255  .291  .546    78   189  14   3   3   6   8  
 1964 28 NYA AL  149  582   57  145  15   4   4   45   6   3   21   34  .249  .273  .309  .583    84   180  35   4   5   0   8  
 1965 29 NYA AL  162  680   74  176  23   1  14   74   8   3   27   42  .259  .285  .357  .642    91   243   3   6   1   0  10  MVP-13
 1966 30 NYA AL  158  658   59  174  28   2   3   44   4   5   27   33  .264  .291  .327  .618    93   215  12   6   0   0  12  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     1405 5362  562 1378 168  37  34  411  48  33  222  308  .257  .286  .321  .607        1722 203  37  16  12  82
 Per 600 PA           551   58  142  17   4   3   42   5   3   23   32                                 177  21   4   2   1   8
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NYA     1405 5362  562 1378 168  37  34  411  48  33  222  308  .257  .286  .321  .607        1722 203  37  16  12  82
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1412 5386  643 1432 196  37  34  390  73  48  262  243  .266  .299  .335  .634        1804  98  30  20   7 100
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1957 21 NYA AL  10   20   2.2   1   0   0  .000   8  100   91  .910    0    0  .000  2B   1e17      -62   
 1958 22 NYA AL  65   10   2.8   2   0   0  .000   4   17   12  .706    0    0  .000  3B   3e24       11   
 1959 23 NYA AL  27   65   4.5   1   0   0  .000  12  122   99  .811    0    0  .000  2B   2e26       13   
 1960 24 NYA AL  27   34   2.0   0   0   0  .000  19  140  118  .843    0    0  .000  2B   1e23      -96   
 1961 25 NYA AL  32   57   3.0   0   0   0  .000  13  169  152  .899    0    0  .000  2B   1e18      -18   
 1962 26 NYA AL  23   81   3.9   0   0   0  .000  13  180  164  .911    0    0  .000  2B   1e15      -56   
 1963 27 NYA AL  32   48   2.5   0   0   0  .000   8  151  135  .894    0    0  .000  2B   1e14      -78   
 1964 28 NYA AL  23   50   2.8   4   3   0  .750  32  165  114  .691    0    0  .000  UT             -44   
 1965 29 NYA AL  31   68   3.5   0   0   0  .000  16  168  146  .869    0    0  .000  2B   1e16       33   
 1966 30 NYA AL  32   61   3.2   1   0   0  .000  11  140  121  .864    0    0  .000  2B   1e17        8   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 10 Seasons          499   3.1   9   3   0  .333 136 1352 1152  .852    0    0  .000                 -29   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 13.8 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 33.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1957 21 NYA AL  2B   112   207   266    8   70   .983    85   807.2   5.27
 1958 22 NYA AL  3B    42    27    72    3    7   .971    21   219.1   4.06
                 2B    23    21    30    1   13   .981     7    95.1   4.81
 1959 23 NYA AL  2B   129   333   383   12   96   .984   123  1137.0   5.67
                 3B     7     5    17    0    2  1.000     6    53.0   3.74
 1960 24 NYA AL  2B   147   354   414   19  110   .976   132  1244.0   5.56  GG
                 3B     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.2   0.00
 1961 25 NYA AL  2B   154   406   402   13  108   .984   152  1368.1   5.31  GG
 1962 26 NYA AL  2B   162   428   472   13  137   .986   162  1473.0   5.50  GG
 1963 27 NYA AL  2B   159   379   475    8  120   .991   154  1404.2   5.47  GG
 1964 28 NYA AL  SS    85   137   261   26   60   .939    81   680.2   5.26
                 2B    81   167   201    6   58   .984    59   611.2   5.41
 1965 29 NYA AL  2B   162   351   501   16  121   .982   162  1465.2   5.23  GG
 1966 30 NYA AL  2B   111   229   283    9   76   .983    96   890.2   5.17  GG
                 3B    61    36   151    2    8   .989    61   518.2   3.24
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B  1240  2875  3427  105  909   .984  1132 10498.0   5.40
                 3B   112    68   240    5   17   .984    88   794.2   3.49
                 SS    85   137   261   26   60   .939    81   680.2   5.26
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1957 WS    NYA CIN   L    1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 1959 WS    NYA CHN   W    6  29  5  9  1  0  0   1  0  2  .310  .310  .345  2
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1957  NYA   94-60   Billy Vanson
 1958  NYA  100-54   Billy Vanson
 1959  NYA   90-64   Billy Vanson
 1960  NYA   81-73   Billy Vanson
 1961  NYA   83-71   Billy Vanson
 1962  NYA   79-83   Billy Vanson
 1963  NYA   86-76   Billy Vanson
 1964  NYA   70-92   Billy Vanson
 1965  NYA   75-87   Billy Vanson
 1966  NYA   63-99   Billy Vanson

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