Bobby Richardson
Robert Clinton Richardson
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 19, 1935 in Sumter, SC
High School: Edmunds (Sumter, SC)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 1955
Final Game: October 2, 1966
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 NYY AL 19 2B 6 6 54.0 22 12 7 3 1 .864 -3.3 -73.3 -3.3 -1.4 -1.9 0 3.17 3.17 .977 5.37 4.87
1955 NYY AL 19 SS 4 0 7.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 5.14 1.00 .950 4.89 4.05
1956 NYY AL 20 2B 5 2 23.0 19 15 4 0 2 1.000 -1.0 -52.2 -1.0 -0.3 -0.7 0 7.43 3.80 .974 5.44 4.74
1957 NYY AL 21 2B 93 83 733.2 438 206 223 9 60 .979 7.5 12.3 8.5 1.1 7.4 -1 5.26 4.61 .980 5.39 4.84 AS
1958 NYY AL 22 2B 51 42 378.2 220 104 110 6 35 .973 0.6 1.9 -1.4 1.1 -2.5 2 5.09 4.20 .978 5.26 4.68
1958 NYY AL 22 3B 13 9 79.1 36 8 27 1 3 .972 3.0 45.4 3.0 2.7 0.3 0 3.97 2.69 .950 3.11 2.59
1958 NYY AL 22 SS 2 1 9.0 8 3 4 1 0 .875 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 -0.8 0.5 0 7.00 3.50 .962 5.00 4.15
1959 NYY AL 23 2B 109 107 949.2 565 256 292 17 85 .970 0.5 0.6 -1.5 -2.5 1.0 2 5.19 5.03 .976 5.29 4.73 AS,MVP-18
1959 NYY AL 23 SS 14 13 109.0 57 11 41 5 9 .912 -0.4 -4.4 -1.4 -0.8 -0.6 1 4.29 3.71 .961 4.87 3.97 AS,MVP-18
1959 NYY AL 23 3B 12 0 25.1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -52.1 -1.1 -0.1 -1.0 0 1.78 0.42 .940 3.20 2.72 AS,MVP-18
1960 NYY AL 24 2B 141 133 1123.0 667 312 337 18 103 .973 1.5 1.6 1.5 -2.8 4.3 0 5.20 4.60 .979 5.46 4.66
1960 NYY AL 24 3B 11 5 56.0 19 6 13 0 0 1.000 1.0 21.4 1.0 0.4 0.6 0 3.05 1.73 .947 3.13 2.72
1961 NYY AL 25 2B 161 160 1405.1 807 413 376 18 136 .978 -6.6 -5.6 -9.6 -9.2 -0.5 3 5.05 4.90 .978 5.24 4.72 MVP-24,GG
1962 NYY AL 26 2B 161 161 1440.1 844 378 451 15 116 .982 3.0 2.5 3.0 1.8 1.2 0 5.18 5.15 .980 5.25 4.87 AS,MVP-2,GG
1963 NYY AL 27 2B 150 150 1337.0 771 335 424 12 105 .984 15.4 13.8 11.4 7.3 4.1 4 5.11 5.06 .980 5.08 4.68 AS,MVP-10,GG
1964 NYY AL 28 2B 157 156 1429.2 825 400 410 15 108 .982 0.3 0.3 -1.7 -2.3 0.5 2 5.10 5.16 .980 5.17 4.54 AS,MVP-17,GG
1964 NYY AL 28 SS 1 0 5.0 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 0.2 48.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 5.00 .960 4.86 4.60 AS,MVP-17,GG
1965 NYY AL 29 2B 158 157 1403.2 790 372 403 15 121 .981 -8.6 -7.4 -12.6 -1.3 -11.4 4 4.97 4.91 .978 5.07 4.38 AS,MVP-20,GG
1966 NYY AL 30 2B 147 144 1270.1 745 322 408 15 91 .980 3.2 3.0 4.2 4.8 -0.6 -1 5.17 4.97 .975 5.09 4.38 AS
1966 NYY AL 30 3B 2 1 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 0 2.25 1.00 .950 3.04 2.80 AS
12 Seasons 2B 1339 1301 11548.1 6713 3125 3445 143 963 .979 12.5 1.3 -2.5 -3.7 0.9 15 5.12 4.91 .978 5.21 4.64
4 Seasons 3B 38 15 168.2 62 16 45 1 3 .984 2.6 18.5 2.6 3.3 -0.7 0 3.25 1.61 .948 3.13 2.68
4 Seasons SS 21 14 130.0 74 18 50 6 11 .919 -0.6 -5.5 -1.6 -1.4 -0.3 1 4.71 3.24 .961 4.88 4.03
12 Seasons TOT 1398 1330 11847.0 6849 3159 3540 150 977 .978 14.5 1.5 -1.5 -1.8 -0.1 16 5.09 4.79 .956 5.18 4.57
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1955 NYY AL 19 11 6 11 11 0 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1
1956 NYY AL 20 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1957 NYY AL 21 97 83 97 97 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
1958 NYY AL 22 73 52 73 73 0 0 0 51 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 9
1959 NYY AL 23 134 120 134 134 0 0 0 109 12 14 0 0 0 0 0 3
1960 NYY AL 24 150 138 150 150 0 0 0 141 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
1961 NYY AL 25 162 160 162 162 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 NYY AL 26 161 161 161 161 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 NYY AL 27 151 150 151 151 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 NYY AL 28 159 156 159 159 0 0 0 157 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
1965 NYY AL 29 160 157 160 160 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1966 NYY AL 30 149 145 149 149 0 0 0 147 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
12 Seasons 1412 1330 1412 1412 0 0 0 1339 38 21 0 0 0 0 12 30
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 NYY AL 19 246 73% 79% 23% 15 73% 0 11 5 4 2 7 7 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1956 NYY AL 20 109 72% 69% 17% 10 90% 1 14 6 4 4 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1957 NYY AL 21 3109 67% 77% 29% 275 94% 1 207 75 94 38 223 188 31 0 1 9 3 4 2 6 60 28 7 16 1 57 17 36 2 1 0
1958 NYY AL 22 1660 66% 75% 26% 130 91% 0 103 32 48 23 110 92 16 1 3 6 1 4 1 5 36 12 7 10 1 32 11 20 2 1 1
1959 NYY AL 23 4144 61% 76% 28% 359 90% 0 254 90 122 42 294 239 46 0 3 17 1 11 5 9 85 28 17 27 2 79 29 48 4 2 1
1960 NYY AL 24 4862 65% 78% 29% 394 94% 2 311 103 149 59 335 268 55 1 13 18 1 11 6 10 103 33 21 30 0 88 30 57 9 3 6
1961 NYY AL 25 5997 68% 77% 26% 441 94% 1 413 145 212 57 379 315 53 1 7 18 2 11 5 10 136 54 37 28 0 130 28 98 5 4 0
1962 NYY AL 26 6164 61% 78% 30% 516 95% 0 386 137 195 56 441 369 59 0 6 15 2 10 3 10 116 31 32 28 1 102 30 70 8 4 4
1963 NYY AL 27 5578 62% 76% 30% 493 95% 2 338 121 163 55 424 344 66 1 8 12 1 9 2 10 106 38 19 26 3 95 29 62 7 2 5
1964 NYY AL 28 6046 64% 76% 31% 480 95% 1 400 125 204 71 414 323 75 2 4 15 2 8 5 6 109 34 25 30 4 101 35 64 5 4 1
1965 NYY AL 29 6041 65% 75% 27% 460 92% 2 367 111 176 82 406 314 74 1 10 15 3 9 3 10 124 32 32 34 1 111 35 70 10 6 4
1966 NYY AL 30 5442 65% 79% 28% 475 95% 0 324 103 139 84 419 336 68 0 9 15 4 11 0 9 93 26 20 27 4 82 31 50 7 3 4
12 Seasons 49398 64% 77% 29% 4048 94% 10 3128 1053 1510 573 3457 2799 543 8 65 143 20 91 32 88 971 317 218 256 17 880 275 578 59 30 26
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1958 NYY AL 22 328 63% 74% 31% 35 89% 0 8 7 0 1 24 19 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 23 112 68% 81% 26% 5 100% 0 3 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 NYY AL 24 228 65% 76% 29% 22 95% 0 6 6 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1966 NYY AL 30 35 60% 77% 34% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
4 Seasons 703 64% 76% 30% 64 92% 0 17 15 1 1 44 38 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 4 75%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 NYY AL 19 30 43% 60% 17% 2 100% 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1958 NYY AL 22 45 76% 76% 24% 6 83% 0 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 23 487 65% 76% 29% 51 86% 0 14 9 5 0 40 29 11 0 0 5 0 2 3 5 9 5 0 4 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 0
1964 NYY AL 28 21 48% 86% 38% 3 100% 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 Seasons 583 64% 75% 28% 62 87% 0 21 11 10 0 49 36 12 0 0 6 0 2 4 6 11 5 0 5 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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