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Chris Richard

Christopher Robert Richard

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 7, 1974 in San Diego, CA
High School: University HS (San Diego, CA)
School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 19th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 2000
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Rockies/Rays/Cardinals 2000-2009

Final Game: October 4, 2009
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2000 TOT MLB 26 1B 55 52 49 469.0 465 442 18 5 52 .989 -4 -9 8.83 8.36 .993 9.37 9.26
2000 TOT MLB 26 OF 4 4 4 35.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1 24 2.57 2.50 .983 2.29 2.25
2000 TOT MLB 26 RF 3 3 3 26.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1 37 2.77 2.67 .981 2.18 2.13
2000 STL NL 26 OF 3 3 3 26.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 5 2.42 2.33 .981 2.25 2.23
2000 STL NL 26 1B 2 0 0 3.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -33 7.36 1.50 .993 9.33 9.15
2000 STL NL 26 RF 2 2 2 17.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 14 2.65 2.50 .980 2.17 2.15
2000 STL NL 26 LF 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 2.00 2.00 .975 1.90 1.90
2000 BAL AL 26 1B 53 52 49 465.1 462 439 18 5 52 .989 -4 -9 8.84 8.62 .993 9.37 9.26
2000 BAL AL 26 DH 1 1
2000 BAL AL 26 OF 1 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 80 3.00 3.00 .987 2.40 2.30
2000 BAL AL 26 RF 1 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 80 3.00 3.00 .983 2.20 2.10
2001 BAL AL 27 OF 96 92 78 804.2 234 228 6 0 2 1.000 1 2 2.62 2.44 .984 2.30 2.28
2001 BAL AL 27 RF 69 61 57 538.1 160 155 5 0 1 1.000 6 12 2.67 2.32 .982 2.09 2.07
2001 BAL AL 27 CF 36 31 21 266.1 74 73 1 0 1 1.000 -4 -19 2.50 2.06 .988 2.67 2.65
2001 BAL AL 27 DH 20 19
2001 BAL AL 27 1B 18 14 13 132.0 136 127 9 0 10 1.000 2 15 9.27 7.56 .993 9.39 9.31
2002 BAL AL 28 DH 36 36
2002 BAL AL 28 1B 9 7 6 60.0 66 63 3 0 0 1.000 2 46 9.90 7.33 .993 9.33 9.23
2003 COL NL 29 LF 3 3 1 21.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 -6 -57 2.14 1.67 .980 1.93 1.90
2003 COL NL 29 OF 3 3 1 21.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 -6 -57 2.14 1.67 .984 2.19 2.13
2003 COL NL 29 1B 1 0 0 3.0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 120 0 12.00 4.00 .992 9.60 9.50
2009 TBR AL 35 1B 13 5 3 55.0 62 59 2 1 2 .984 -0 -3 -4 -65 9.98 4.69 .994 9.13 9.02
3 Seasons OF 103 99 83 860.2 249 243 6 0 2 1.000 2 -1 3 -57 2.60 2.42 .984 2.30 2.27
5 Seasons 1B 96 78 71 719.0 733 694 33 6 65 .992 1 -3 1 -62 9.10 7.57 .993 9.35 9.24
2 Seasons RF 72 64 60 564.1 168 163 5 0 1 1.000 6 13 2.68 2.33 .982 2.09 2.07
1 Season CF 36 31 21 266.1 74 73 1 0 1 1.000 -4 -19 2.50 2.06 .988 2.67 2.65
2 Seasons LF 4 4 2 30.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 -8 -57 2.10 1.75 .979 1.92 1.90
5 Seasons TOT 199 177 154 1579.2 982 937 39 6 67 .994 2 -5 2 -75 5.56 4.90 .991 5.51 5.63
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2000 STL NL 26 1B -0 -33 -0 -0 0
2000 STL NL 26 RF 0 14 0 0 0 0
2000 STL NL 26 LF -0 -13 -0 0 -0 0
2000 BAL AL 26 1B -4 -9 -4 0 -4 0
2000 BAL AL 26 RF 1 80 1 1 0 0
2001 BAL AL 27 RF 6 12 8 7 0 -2
2001 BAL AL 27 CF -4 -19 -3 -1 -2 -1
2001 BAL AL 27 1B 2 15 2 2 -1 0
2002 BAL AL 28 1B 2 46 2 0 2 0
2003 COL NL 29 LF -0 -6 -0 -0 0 0 -1 -57 -1 0
2003 COL NL 29 1B 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 TBR AL 35 1B -0 -4 -0 0 -0 0 -3 -65 -1 0 -1
5 Seasons 1B 1 1 1 3 -3 0 -3 -62 -1 0 -1
2 Seasons RF 6 13 8 8 0 -2
1 Season CF -4 -19 -3 -1 -2 -1
2 Seasons LF -0 -8 -0 -0 0 0 -1 -57 -1 0
5 Seasons TOT 2 2 5 9 -4 0 -3 -5 -75 -2 0 -1 0

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2000 BAL AL 26 56 54 56 54 0 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
2000 STL NL 26 6 3 6 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 0
2001 BAL AL 27 136 125 136 111 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 36 69 105 20 4 3
2002 BAL AL 28 50 43 50 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 5 0
2003 COL NL 29 19 3 19 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 15 0
2009 TBR AL 35 13 5 13 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 280 233 280 196 0 0 96 0 0 0 4 36 72 112 57 27 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2000 BAL AL 26 2061 58% 75% 28% 91 93% 0 441 30 401 10 40 18 13 2 0 2 5 0 4 1 5 52 0 0 0 49 0 3 0 3 5 80%
2000 STL NL 26 18 56% 83% 22% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 BAL AL 27 589 54% 77% 27% 34 100% 0 127 12 115 0 15 9 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 10 1 0 0 0 0
2002 BAL AL 28 273 53% 77% 29% 20 100% 0 63 4 59 0 15 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 COL NL 29 15 27% 87% 27% 2 50% 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2009 TBR AL 35 233 52% 76% 33% 11 91% 0 59 1 58 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 3189 56% 76% 28% 158 95% 0 696 47 639 10 78 31 21 6 0 2 6 0 4 2 6 65 0 0 1 62 1 3 0 3 5 80%
MLB Averages 58% 77% 31% 95% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2000 STL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 81 81% 69% 35% 10 50%
2000 BAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 34 65% 91% 38% 4 75%
2001 BAL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 1 38 17 0 23 3 0 11 6 1 5 0 0 14 11 0 91 37 40.7% 52 1 1.1% 4 2391 53% 81% 42% 296 54%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 1 40 19 0 24 4 0 11 6 1 5 0 0 15 11 0 95 40 42.1% 53 1 1.1% 4 2506 54% 80% 42% 310 54%
MLB Averages 46.4% 2.3% 58% 77% 40% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2001 BAL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 11 0 13 3 0 2 1 0 5 1 0 6 4 0 43 20 46.5% 23 0 0.0% 1 1151 52% 80% 42% 132 55%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 11 0 13 3 0 2 1 0 5 1 0 6 4 0 43 20 46.5% 23 0 0.0% 1 1151 52% 80% 42% 132 55%
MLB Averages 45.3% 2.1% 58% 77% 40% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2000 STL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 23% 78% 33% 6 33%
2003 COL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 99 45% 76% 47% 14 36%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 139 39% 76% 43% 20 35%
MLB Averages 63.8% 2.4% 58% 77% 40% 46%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2001 AL  6 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2001 AL  1.000 (1st)

                           

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