Gene Richards
Eugene Richards Jr.
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 29, 1953 in Monticello, SC
School: South Carolina State University
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1977
Final Game: September 30, 1984
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Standard Batting

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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
1977 23 SDP NL 146 591 525 79 152 16 11 5 32 56 12 60 80 .290 .363 .390 .754 112 205 9 2 2 2 12 *783/9 RoY-3
1978 24 SDP NL 154 629 555 90 171 26 12 4 45 37 17 64 80 .308 .381 .420 .801 134 233 9 4 2 4 7 *738
1979 25 SDP NL 150 606 545 77 152 17 9 4 41 24 8 47 62 .279 .343 .365 .708 100 199 7 8 3 3 6 *87
1980 26 SDP NL 158 712 642 91 193 26 8 4 41 61 16 61 73 .301 .363 .385 .748 115 247 9 2 7 0 7 *7/9 MVP-22
1981 27 SDP NL 104 453 393 47 113 14 12 3 42 20 8 53 44 .288 .373 .407 .780 129 160 6 1 5 1 3 *7
1982 28 SDP NL 132 562 521 63 149 13 8 3 28 30 20 36 52 .286 .333 .359 .692 98 187 5 2 1 2 1 73/9
1983 29 SDP NL 95 252 233 37 64 11 3 3 22 14 5 17 17 .275 .325 .386 .712 100 90 8 1 0 1 1 7
1984 30 SFG NL 87 153 135 18 34 4 0 0 4 5 3 18 28 .252 .340 .281 .621 79 38 3 0 0 0 2 79/8
8 Seasons 1026 3958 3549 502 1028 127 63 26 255 247 89 356 436 .290 .357 .383 .739 112 1359 56 20 20 13 39
162 Game Avg. 162 625 560 79 162 20 10 4 40 39 14 56 69 .290 .357 .383 .739 112 215 9 3 3 2 6
SDP (7 yrs) 939 3805 3414 484 994 123 63 26 251 242 86 338 408 .291 .357 .387 .744 113 1321 53 20 20 13 37
SFG (1 yr) 87 153 135 18 34 4 0 0 4 5 3 18 28 .252 .340 .281 .621 79 38 3 0 0 0 2

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1977 23 SDP NL 591 398 81 5.5 94 .333 .290 .257 .363 .323 .390 .392 .754 .715 112 .578 10.6 1.0 .789 .299 .101 9.2
1978 24 SDP NL 629 416 92 5.9 87 .352 .308 .251 .381 .317 .420 .369 .801 .687 134 .654 26.6 2.7 .783 .263 .112 7.2
1979 25 SDP NL 606 414 72 4.7 94 .307 .279 .260 .343 .325 .365 .386 .708 .711 100 .527 0.9 0.1 .662 .202 .086 6.9
1980 26 SDP NL 712 481 96 5.4 90 .335 .301 .260 .363 .321 .385 .377 .748 .698 115 .608 13.8 1.4 .749 .249 .084 7.5
1981 27 SDP NL 453 300 63 5.7 86 .317 .288 .254 .373 .318 .407 .364 .780 .683 129 .644 15.5 1.6 .769 .285 .120 5.2
1982 28 SDP NL 562 400 62 4.2 91 .312 .286 .261 .333 .323 .359 .379 .692 .702 98 .497 -2.5 -0.3 .592 .161 .073 5.5
1983 29 SDP NL 252 183 28 4.1 94 .285 .275 .260 .325 .328 .386 .385 .712 .712 100 .486 -0.5 -0.1 .643 .223 .112 4.9
1984 30 SFG NL 153 107 13 3.3 91 .318 .252 .260 .340 .324 .281 .378 .621 .702 79 .390 -3.0 -0.3 .542 .178 .030 .0
8 Seasons 3958 2699 507 5.1 91 .323 .290 .258 .357 .322 .383 .379 .739 .701 112 .575 61.4 6.3 .710 .238 .093 47.0
162 Game Avg. 625 426 80 5.1 91 .323 .290 .258 .357 .322 .383 .379 .739 .701 112 .575 10 1 .710 .238 .093 7
SDP (7 yrs) 3805 2592 494 5.1 91 .323 .291 .258 .357 .322 .387 .379 .744 .701 113 .581 64.4 6.6 .717 .240 .096 47.0
SFG (1 yr) 153 107 13 3.3 91 .318 .252 .260 .340 .324 .281 .378 .621 .702 79 .389 -3.0 -0.3 .542 .178 .030 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1977 23 SDP NL 591 0.9% 13.5% 10.2% 5.4% 21% 1.33 6.6 105.0 16.4 1.83 75%
1978 24 SDP NL 629 0.6% 12.7% 10.2% 6.7% 25% 1.25 6.9 138.8 12.3 1.60 76%
1979 25 SDP NL 606 0.7% 10.2% 7.8% 5.0% 20% 1.32 8.8 136.3 13.3 1.66 80%
1980 26 SDP NL 712 0.6% 10.3% 8.6% 5.3% 20% 1.20 8.8 160.5 15.7 1.87 79%
1981 27 SDP NL 453 0.7% 9.7% 11.7% 6.4% 26% 0.83 8.9 131.0 9.4 1.69 77%
1982 28 SDP NL 562 0.5% 9.3% 6.4% 4.3% 16% 1.44 10.0 173.7 18.6 1.99 83%
1983 29 SDP NL 252 1.2% 6.8% 6.8% 6.8% 27% 1.00 13.7 77.7 10.6 1.92 85%
1984 30 SFG NL 153 0.0% 18.3% 11.8% 2.6% 12% 1.56 4.8 33.8 2.41 70%
8 Seasons 3958 0.7% 11.0% 9.0% 5.5% 21% 1.22 8.1 136.5 13.9 1.80 78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1977 23 SDP NL 6 0 35% 221 56 12 82% 52 11 4 1 0 0 9 1 6 20 39% 28 21 7 6 4 2 25 10 14
1978 24 SDP NL 7 0 37% 271 37 17 69% 36 15 1 2 0 0 7 1 10 21 32% 37 30 6 5 3 2 26 11 14
1979 25 SDP NL 11 0 36% 269 24 8 75% 21 7 3 1 0 0 4 0 5 14 54% 27 17 10 4 3 1 23 3 18
1980 26 SDP NL 10 0 35% 278 61 16 79% 55 13 5 3 1 0 6 2 13 17 56% 39 18 21 2 1 1 29 10 17
1981 27 SDP NL 7 0 27% 173 20 8 71% 20 7 0 1 0 0 2 1 8 6 53% 25 13 12 11 5 5 15 2 10
1982 28 SDP NL 5 0 33% 187 30 20 60% 29 19 1 0 0 1 7 3 16 15 46% 35 21 14 7 4 3 24 8 13
1983 29 SDP NL 7 0 43% 103 14 5 74% 13 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 7 36% 14 10 3 4 3 1 10 4 6
1984 30 SFG NL 1 0 35% 74 5 3 63% 5 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 6 47% 10 4 4 3 3 0 6 1 5
8 Seasons 54 0 35% 1576 247 89 74% 231 78 15 10 1 1 39 8 64 106 46% 215 134 77 42 26 15 158 49 97
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1977 23 SDP NL 591 83% 152 14 4 0 3 1.87 5 0 10 4 1 2 3 0 2 2 100% 84 9 11% 36 10 28% 262 28 11% 22 8 36% 27 9 33% 0
1978 24 SDP NL 629 70% 171 10 1 0 2 1.64 4 0 11 4 0 1 3 0 3 2 67% 75 9 12% 38 14 37% 276 44 16% 27 15 56% 41 19 46% 0
1979 25 SDP NL 606 72% 152 20 3 0 2 1.66 4 0 11 2 2 0 4 0 4 3 75% 60 7 12% 30 8 27% 258 40 16% 22 10 45% 33 12 36% 0
1980 26 SDP NL 712 77% 193 2 1 0 0 1.33 4 0 10 4 0 1 3 0 9 7 78% 78 9 12% 42 15 36% 314 39 12% 20 7 35% 41 21 51% 0
1981 27 SDP NL 453 68% 113 2 1 0 1 2.15 3 0 9 2 1 0 3 0 6 5 83% 79 6 8% 36 19 53% 266 43 16% 27 18 67% 35 13 37% 0
1982 28 SDP NL 561 69% 149 3 0 0 0 1.90 3 0 7 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 100% 54 5 9% 28 9 32% 239 26 11% 22 7 32% 29 16 55% 1
1983 29 SDP NL 252 81% 64 36 6 0 3 1.61 3 0 9 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 48 8 17% 21 9 43% 142 22 15% 18 10 56% 13 10 77% 0
1984 30 SFG NL 153 93% 34 48 10 0 0 1.58 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 3 10% 9 3 33% 84 4 5% 8 3 38% 8 2 25% 0
8 Seasons 3957 75% 1028 135 26 0 11 1.65 26 0 72 21 5 6 20 1 25 20 80% 508 56 11% 240 87 36% 1841 246 13% 166 78 47% 227 102 45% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 23 146 591 525 79 152 16 11 5 32 56 12 60 80 .290 .363 .390 .754 112 205 9 2 2 2 12
1978 24 300 1220 1080 169 323 42 23 9 77 93 29 124 160 .299 .373 .406 .778 123 438 18 6 4 6 19
1979 25 450 1826 1625 246 475 59 32 13 118 117 37 171 222 .292 .363 .392 .755 115 637 25 14 7 9 25
1980 26 608 2538 2267 337 668 85 40 17 159 178 53 232 295 .295 .363 .390 .753 115 884 34 16 14 9 32
1981 27 712 2991 2660 384 781 99 52 20 201 198 61 285 339 .294 .364 .392 .757 117 1044 40 17 19 10 35
1982 28 844 3553 3181 447 930 112 60 23 229 228 81 321 391 .292 .359 .387 .746 114 1231 45 19 20 12 36
1983 29 939 3805 3414 484 994 123 63 26 251 242 86 338 408 .291 .357 .387 .744 113 1321 53 20 20 13 37
1984 30 1026 3958 3549 502 1028 127 63 26 255 247 89 356 436 .290 .357 .383 .739 112 1359 56 20 20 13 39

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1977 23 146 617 545 88 172 18 12 6 36 63 68 80 .316 .392 .426 .818 91 146
1978 24 154 665 582 110 198 30 14 5 55 43 74 80 .340 .417 .466 .882 112 154
1979 25 150 629 564 87 171 19 10 4 46 27 53 62 .303 .370 .394 .764 81 150
1980 26 158 743 671 106 222 30 9 5 48 70 70 73 .331 .396 .425 .820 112 158
1981 27 157 723 625 87 201 25 21 5 78 36 94 67 .322 .411 .453 .864 117 104
1982 28 132 573 531 71 159 14 9 3 31 32 38 52 .299 .347 .377 .724 69 132
1983 29 95 255 235 41 66 11 3 3 24 14 18 17 .281 .333 .391 .725 31 95
1984 30 87 158 138 20 37 4 0 0 4 5 20 28 .268 .361 .297 .658 15 87
8 Seasons 1079 4363 3891 610 1226 151 78 31 322 290 435 459 .315 .386 .418 .804 628 1026
162 Game Avg. 162 655 584 92 184 23 12 5 48 44 65 69 .315 .386 .418 .804 94 1026

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1980 NL (22, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1684th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1978 NL  .308 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1978 NL  .381 (6th)
1981 NL  .373 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1980 NL  158 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1980 NL  642 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1980 NL  712 (3rd)
1981 NL  453 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1978 NL  90 (9th)
1980 NL  91 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1980 NL  193 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1977 NL  11 (2nd)
1978 NL  12 (2nd)
1979 NL  9 (10th)
1980 NL  8 (9th)
1981 NL  12 (1st)
1982 NL  8 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1981 NL  53 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1977 NL  56 (3rd)
1978 NL  37 (6th)
1980 NL  61 (5th)
Career  247 (227th)

Singles s c a p y
1980 NL  155 (1st)

Runs Created s c a p y
1980 NL  96 (9th)
1981 NL  63 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1978 NL  239 (9th)
1980 NL  256 (3rd)
1981 NL  167 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 NL  8 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1978 NL  17 (3rd)
1980 NL  16 (6th)
1982 NL  20 (3rd)
Career  89 (158th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1980 NL  481 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 29 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1367), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1089), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Amos Strunk (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Amos Strunk (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Luis Polonia (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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