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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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1955 19 NYY AL 11 29 26 2 4 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 .154 .214 .154 .368 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 /46
1956 20 NYY AL 5 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -23 1 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1957 21 NYY AL 97 320 305 36 78 11 1 0 19 1 3 9 26 .256 .274 .298 .573 58 91 9 0 3 3 3 4 AS
1958 22 NYY AL 73 195 182 18 45 6 2 0 14 1 3 8 5 .247 .276 .302 .578 62 55 1 0 3 2 0 45/6
1959 23 NYY AL 134 508 469 53 141 18 6 2 33 5 5 26 20 .301 .335 .377 .713 99 177 3 0 10 3 3 *465 AS,MVP-18
1960 24 NYY AL 150 507 460 45 116 12 3 1 26 6 6 35 19 .252 .303 .298 .601 68 137 7 0 9 3 6 *45
1961 25 NYY AL 162 706 662 80 173 17 5 3 49 9 7 30 23 .261 .295 .316 .610 67 209 15 2 10 2 1 *4 MVP-24,GG
1962 26 NYY AL 161 754 692 99 209 38 5 8 59 11 9 37 24 .302 .337 .406 .743 102 281 13 1 20 4 1 *4 AS,MVP-2,GG
1963 27 NYY AL 151 668 630 72 167 20 6 3 48 15 1 25 22 .265 .294 .330 .624 75 208 8 2 8 3 0 *4 AS,MVP-10,GG
1964 28 NYY AL 159 728 679 90 181 25 4 4 50 11 2 28 36 .267 .294 .333 .626 74 226 15 0 16 5 1 *4/6 AS,MVP-17,GG
1965 29 NYY AL 160 713 664 76 164 28 2 6 47 7 5 37 39 .247 .287 .322 .609 74 214 11 1 9 2 4 *4 AS,MVP-20,GG
1966 30 NYY AL 149 648 610 71 153 21 3 7 42 6 6 25 28 .251 .280 .330 .610 79 201 17 1 9 3 1 *4/5 AS
12 Seasons 1412 5783 5386 643 1432 196 37 34 390 73 48 262 243 .266 .299 .335 .634 77 1804 100 7 98 30 20
162 Game Avg. 162 663 618 74 164 22 4 4 45 8 6 30 28 .266 .299 .335 .634 77 207 11 1 11 3 2

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 21 NYY AL WS MLN L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 22 NYY AL WS MLN W 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 24 NYY AL WS PIT L 7 31 30 8 11 2 2 1 12 0 0 1 1 .367 .387 .667 1.054 20 0 0 0 0 0
1961 25 NYY AL WS CIN W 5 23 23 2 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .391 .391 .435 .826 10 0 0 0 0 0
1962 26 NYY AL WS SFG W 7 30 27 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .148 .233 .148 .381 4 1 0 0 0 0
1963 27 NYY AL WS LAD L 4 16 14 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .214 .267 .286 .552 4 0 0 1 0 0
1964 28 NYY AL WS STL L 7 33 32 3 13 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 .406 .406 .469 .875 15 1 0 1 0 0
7 Seasons (7 Series) 36 138 131 16 40 6 2 1 15 2 1 5 7 .305 .331 .405 .735 53 2 0 2 0 0
7 WS 36 138 131 16 40 6 2 1 15 2 1 5 7 .305 .331 .405 .735 53 2 0 2 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1972 BBWAA ( 2.0%)
1973 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1974 BBWAA ( 1.4%)

All-Star Games
1957
1959-2
1962-1 *
1962-2 *
1963 *
1964 (2B)
1965 *
1966 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1960 ML WS MVP
1963 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1959 AL (18, 3%)
1961 AL (24, 0%)
1962 AL (2, 54%)
1963 AL (10, 15%)
1964 AL (17, 3%)
1965 AL (20, 2%)
0.77 Career Shares (303rd)

Gold Gloves
1961 AL (2B)
1962 AL (2B)
1963 AL (2B)
1964 AL (2B)
1965 AL (2B)
All multiple winners

Batting Average s c a p y
1959 AL  .301 (6th)
1962 AL  .302 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1960 AL  150 (9th)
1961 AL  162 (3rd)
1962 AL  161 (3rd)
1964 AL  159 (10th)
1965 AL  160 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1961 AL  662 (3rd)
1962 AL  692 (1st)
1963 AL  630 (1st)
1964 AL  679 (1st)
1965 AL  664 (2nd)
1966 AL  610 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1961 AL  706 (6th)
1962 AL  754 (1st)
1963 AL  668 (4th)
1964 AL  728 (2nd)
1965 AL  713 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1962 AL  99 (4th)
1964 AL  90 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1961 AL  173 (5th)
1962 AL  209 (1st)
1963 AL  167 (7th)
1964 AL  181 (3rd)
1965 AL  164 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1962 AL  281 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1962 AL  38 (4th)
1965 AL  28 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1959 AL  6 (7th)
1963 AL  6 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1963 AL  15 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1959 AL  115 (8th)
1961 AL  148 (1st)
1962 AL  158 (1st)
1963 AL  138 (2nd)
1964 AL  148 (1st)
1965 AL  128 (2nd)
1966 AL  122 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1959 AL  10 (7th)
1960 AL  9 (9th)
1961 AL  10 (7th)
1962 AL  20 (1st)
1964 AL  16 (1st)
1965 AL  9 (10th)
1966 AL  9 (9th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 AL  6 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1966 AL  17 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1959 AL  5 (9th)
1960 AL  6 (5th)
1961 AL  7 (9th)
1962 AL  9 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1959 AL  23.5 (3rd)
1960 AL  24.2 (3rd)
1961 AL  28.8 (3rd)
1962 AL  28.8 (2nd)
1963 AL  28.6 (2nd)
1964 AL  18.9 (1st)
1965 AL  17.0 (1st)
1966 AL  21.8 (1st)
Career  22.2 (79th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1961 AL  523 (1st)
1962 AL  529 (1st)
1963 AL  483 (2nd)
1964 AL  536 (1st)
1965 AL  527 (1st)
1966 AL  492 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 48 (514), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 69 (268), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1508), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  9. Bill Russell (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

June 12, 1953: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

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