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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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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
1995	21	STL-min	A-	75	339	284	36	80	14	3	3	43	6	6	47	31	.282	.392	.384	.776		109	3	6	0	2	3		NJR · NYPL
1996	22	STL-min	A+	129	531	460	65	130	28	6	14	82	7	3	57	50	.283	.369	.461	.830		212	11	9	0	5	6		SPT · FLOR
1997	23	STL-min	AA	113	458	390	62	105	24	3	11	58	6	4	60	59	.269	.371	.431	.802		168	8	5	0	3	1		ARK · TL
1998	24	STL-min	AA,A+	36	131	119	12	26	7	1	2	18	1	1	10	15	.218	.282	.345	.627		41	3	1	0	1	0		ARK,PRW · TL,CARL
1999	25	STL-min	AA,AAA	137	517	459	81	137	28	3	30	98	7	7	44	77	.298	.366	.569	.934		261	15	8	0	6	5		ARK,MEM · TL,PCL
2000	26	STL-min	AAA	95	432	375	64	104	24	0	16	75	9	3	50	70	.277	.366	.469	.835		176	5	4	0	3	4		MEM · PCL
2000	26	TOT	MLB	62	239	215	39	57	14	2	14	37	7	5	17	40	.265	.326	.544	.871	120	117	5	4	0	3	3	3/9D7
2000	26	STL	NL	6	18	16	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	.125	.222	.313	.535	33	5	0	0	0	0	0	/397
2000	26	BAL	AL	56	221	199	38	55	14	2	13	36	7	5	15	38	.276	.335	.563	.898	127	112	5	4	0	3	3	3/D9
2001	27	BAL	AL	136	543	483	74	128	31	3	15	61	11	9	45	100	.265	.335	.435	.770	106	210	15	8	2	4	4	98D3
2002	28	BAL-min	AAA,AA,A-,Rk	18	78	65	13	23	8	0	7	22	0	0	8	17	.354	.423	.800	1.223		52	2	2	0	3	1		ROC,BOW,ADN,OLS · IL,EL,NYPL,GULF
2002	28	BAL	AL	50	171	155	15	36	11	0	4	21	0	3	12	30	.232	.292	.381	.673	82	59	2	2	0	2	0	D/3
2003	29	COL	NL	19	30	27	3	6	1	1	1	3	0	1	3	6	.222	.300	.444	.744	80	12	1	0	0	0	0	/73

2005	31	TEX-min	AAA	98	412	362	67	109	20	3	14	66	5	2	41	75	.301	.379	.489	.868		177	6	6	0	3	3		OKC · PCL
2006	32	PIT-min	AAA	106	404	337	53	82	16	4	17	67	6	5	58	81	.243	.359	.466	.825		157	5	5	0	4	4		INA · IL
2007	33	TBD-min	AAA	102	404	342	63	97	24	2	14	57	9	3	42	85	.284	.384	.488	.872		167	5	16	0	4	4		DHM · IL
2008	34	TBD-min	AAA	131	539	467	82	137	32	4	26	88	5	0	55	127	.293	.375	.546	.922		255	5	10	1	6	4		DHM · IL
2009	35	TBD-min	AAA	100	423	365	56	96	22	0	24	75	2	1	52	83	.263	.364	.521	.885		190	3	6	0	0	2		DHM · IL
2009	35	TBR	AL	13	23	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.105	.261	.105	.366	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
2010	36	TBD-min	AAA	117	497	430	68	129	39	1	20	79	0	0	60	96	.300	.390	.535	.925		230	9	5	0	2	7		DHM · IL
5 Yrs				280	1006	899	132	229	57	6	34	122	18	18	81	183	.255	.323	.445	.768	102	400	23	14	2	9	7
162 Game Avg.				162	582	520	76	132	33	3	20	71	10	10	47	106	.255	.323	.445	.768	102	231	13	8	1	5	4

BAL (3 yrs)				242	935	837	127	219	56	5	32	118	18	17	72	168	.262	.327	.455	.782	107	381	22	14	2	9	7
TBR (1 yr)				13	23	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.105	.261	.105	.366	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
COL (1 yr)				19	30	27	3	6	1	1	1	3	0	1	3	6	.222	.300	.444	.744	80	12	1	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				6	18	16	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	.125	.222	.313	.535	33	5	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				255	958	856	128	221	56	5	32	118	18	17	76	175	.258	.326	.447	.773	104	383	22	14	2	9	7
NL (2 yrs)				25	48	43	4	8	1	1	2	4	0	1	5	8	.186	.271	.395	.666	63	17	1	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2000	26	STL	NL	6	18	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.467	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$200,000	/397
2000	26	BAL	AL	56	221	6	0	0	-3	-4	0	0.1	7	7	0.7	.500	.500	1.0	-0.6	10	$	3/D9
2001	27	BAL	AL	136	543	4	-1	0	3	-6	-0	0.1	18	18	1.8	.500	.500	1.4	-0.1	15	$232,500	98D3
2002	28	BAL	AL	50	171	-4	-3	-0	2	-4	-9	-0.9	6	-3	-0.3	.482	.494	-0.6	-0.2	-6	$300,000	D/3
2003	29	COL	NL	19	30	-1	-0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.486	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$325,000	/73

2009	35	TBR	AL	13	23	-3	0	0	-3	-0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.456	.496	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$	3
5 Seasons				280	1006	1	-5	1	-2	-14	-20	-1.7	33	13	1.3	.493	.498	1.3	-1.3	15	$1,057,500

BAL (3 yrs)				242	935	6	-5	0	2	-14	-9	-0.7	31	22	2.2	.496	.498	1.8	-0.8	20	$532,500
TBR (1 yr)				13	23	-3	0	0	-3	-0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.456	.496	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$
COL (1 yr)				19	30	-1	-0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.486	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$325,000
STL (1 yr)				6	18	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.467	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$200,000

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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.

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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.
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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)

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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Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 19th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1995.
July 29, 2000: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Mark Nussbeck (minors) to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Timlin and cash.
March 21, 2003: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Colorado Rockies for Jack Cust.
October 6, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
March 6, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
November 16, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
March 30, 2006: Released by the Kansas City Royals.
April 26, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
January 9, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
November 16, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
November 3, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
December 3, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Rays.
November 3, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
December 14, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Rays.
November 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2000	26	St. Louis Cardinals	$200,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2001	27	Baltimore Orioles	$232,500	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	28	Baltimore Orioles	$300,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	29	Colorado Rockies	$325,000	4/3/03 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,057,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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