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 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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 SDP NL 23 OF 109 92 850.2 214 193 13 8 0 .963 -0.3 -0.4 -6.3 -2.0 -4.3 6 2.18 1.89 .979 2.26 1.93 RoY-3
1977 SDP NL 23 LF 75 60 545.1 117 103 9 5 0 .957 2.7 5.9 -1.3 -1.0 -0.3 4 1.85 1.49 .973 1.93 1.51 RoY-3
1977 SDP NL 23 CF 37 31 299.1 91 84 4 3 0 .967 -2.7 -10.8 -4.7 -0.7 -4.0 2 2.65 2.38 .987 2.73 2.34 RoY-3
1977 SDP NL 23 1B 32 29 237.0 250 223 22 5 23 .980 -4.0 -20.3 -4.0 -1.6 -2.4 0 9.30 7.66 .991 9.89 8.31 RoY-3
1977 SDP NL 23 RF 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -60.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80 RoY-3
1978 SDP NL 24 OF 124 114 989.1 226 210 8 8 0 .965 -2.2 -2.7 -3.2 -4.8 1.6 1 1.98 1.76 .981 2.31 1.94
1978 SDP NL 24 LF 115 90 822.0 168 155 6 7 0 .958 -4.2 -6.1 -3.2 -2.9 -0.3 -1 1.76 1.40 .979 1.99 1.55
1978 SDP NL 24 1B 26 22 195.0 232 211 12 9 23 .961 -5.0 -30.8 -5.0 -1.9 -3.1 0 10.29 8.58 .992 9.98 8.32
1978 SDP NL 24 CF 26 24 167.1 53 50 2 1 0 .981 2.0 14.3 0.0 -1.9 1.9 2 2.80 2.00 .983 2.80 2.29
1979 SDP NL 25 OF 132 129 1118.0 336 320 7 9 2 .973 -4.3 -4.6 -4.3 -3.8 -0.5 0 2.63 2.48 .979 2.33 2.00
1979 SDP NL 25 CF 122 119 1032.0 315 299 7 9 2 .971 -4.7 -5.5 -4.7 -3.9 -0.8 0 2.67 2.51 .986 2.82 2.43
1979 SDP NL 25 LF 11 10 86.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 5.6 0.4 0.1 0.3 0 2.09 1.82 .970 2.01 1.58
1980 SDP NL 26 LF 156 155 1383.1 335 310 19 6 4 .982 3.2 2.8 1.2 1.8 -0.7 2 2.14 2.11 .976 2.06 1.68 MVP-22
1980 SDP NL 26 OF 156 155 1384.1 335 307 21 7 4 .979 3.0 2.6 1.0 1.6 -0.7 2 2.13 2.10 .980 2.31 1.98 MVP-22
1980 SDP NL 26 RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 1.80 1.70 MVP-22
1981 SDP NL 27 LF 102 101 895.0 203 184 14 5 1 .975 -4.6 -6.2 -5.6 -5.4 -0.2 1 1.99 1.94 .975 2.12 1.79
1981 SDP NL 27 OF 102 101 895.0 197 178 14 5 1 .975 -4.6 -6.2 -5.6 -5.4 -0.2 1 1.93 1.88 .980 2.33 2.02
1982 SDP NL 28 OF 103 102 838.1 213 200 8 5 1 .977 14.9 21.3 8.9 3.6 5.3 6 2.23 2.02 .978 2.25 1.91
1982 SDP NL 28 LF 102 101 830.0 211 198 8 5 1 .976 14.5 21.0 8.5 3.2 5.3 6 2.23 2.02 .973 2.08 1.60
1982 SDP NL 28 1B 25 24 198.0 241 223 12 6 17 .975 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 0 10.68 9.40 .992 10.23 8.89
1982 SDP NL 28 RF 1 1 8.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 57.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 4.32 4.00 .975 2.05 1.60
1983 SDP NL 29 LF 54 51 391.2 97 94 2 1 0 .990 2.7 8.3 1.7 -1.0 2.6 1 2.21 1.78 .976 2.03 1.60
1983 SDP NL 29 OF 54 51 391.2 100 96 2 2 0 .980 2.7 8.3 1.7 -1.0 2.6 1 2.25 1.81 .980 2.27 1.92
1984 SFG NL 30 OF 26 19 196.1 50 46 1 3 0 .940 -1.6 -9.8 -1.6 -2.8 1.1 0 2.15 1.81 .980 2.27 1.91
1984 SFG NL 30 LF 15 10 102.2 32 31 0 1 0 .969 1.9 22.2 1.9 -0.5 2.3 0 2.72 2.07 .972 2.03 1.53
1984 SFG NL 30 RF 11 9 91.2 18 15 1 2 0 .889 -3.5 -45.8 -3.5 -2.3 -1.2 0 1.57 1.45 .983 2.07 1.69
1984 SFG NL 30 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
8 Seasons OF 806 763 6663.2 1671 1550 74 47 8 .972 7.6 1.4 -9.4 -14.6 4.9 17 2.19 2.01 .979 2.30 1.96
8 Seasons LF 630 578 5056.0 1183 1095 58 30 6 .975 16.6 3.9 3.6 -5.7 9.0 13 2.05 1.83 .975 2.04 1.63
4 Seasons CF 186 174 1500.2 459 433 13 13 2 .972 -5.4 -4.3 -9.4 -6.5 -2.9 4 2.67 2.40 .986 2.80 2.39
3 Seasons 1B 83 75 630.0 723 657 46 20 63 .972 -9.1 -17.3 -9.1 -3.9 -5.2 0 10.04 8.47 .992 10.02 8.49
4 Seasons RF 14 11 107.0 23 19 1 3 0 .870 -3.6 -40.4 -3.6 -2.4 -1.2 0 1.68 1.43 .983 2.07 1.69
8 Seasons TOT 889 838 7293.2 2394 2207 120 67 71 .972 -1.5 -0.2 -18.5 -18.5 -0.3 17 0 2.87 2.62 .955 2.97 2.57
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1977 SDP NL 23 146 121 146 129 0 0 32 0 0 0 75 37 1 109 0 17 5
1978 SDP NL 24 154 136 154 144 0 0 26 0 0 0 115 26 0 125 0 11 5
1979 SDP NL 25 150 129 150 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 122 0 132 0 20 1
1980 SDP NL 26 158 155 158 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 1 156 0 2 0
1981 SDP NL 27 104 101 104 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 0 0 102 0 3 0
1982 SDP NL 28 132 126 132 127 0 0 25 0 0 0 102 0 1 103 0 5 1
1983 SDP NL 29 95 51 95 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 54 0 40 4
1984 SFG NL 30 87 19 87 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 11 26 0 58 4
8 Seasons 1026 838 1026 870 0 0 83 0 0 0 630 186 14 807 0 156 20
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 -- LF*

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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%
1977 SDP NL 23 5 0 5 0 2 9 0 0 1 7 19 15 0 18 5 4 14 6 3 4 1 0 6 6 0 61 33 54.1% 21 7 11.5% 2 2499 64% 78% 25% 242 46%
1978 SDP NL 24 7 0 6 1 1 6 0 4 0 2 16 14 0 22 5 2 18 9 1 8 2 0 13 11 0 77 41 53.2% 33 3 3.9% 3 3582 65% 81% 25% 340 48%
1979 SDP NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 16 11 68.8% 5 0 0.0% 0 379 56% 81% 22% 49 41%
1980 SDP NL 26 6 0 6 0 1 19 0 6 3 8 59 48 0 56 13 4 37 17 2 19 4 1 23 21 1 194 103 53.1% 83 8 4.1% 11 6159 64% 80% 24% 710 46%
1981 SDP NL 27 5 0 5 0 1 14 0 5 2 7 27 22 1 32 8 2 24 5 5 8 1 1 19 17 0 110 53 48.2% 48 9 8.2% 5 4024 62% 80% 25% 439 45%
1982 SDP NL 28 5 0 5 0 2 8 0 1 3 3 30 30 0 27 10 2 18 12 0 15 5 1 15 15 0 105 72 68.6% 30 3 2.9% 5 3582 62% 80% 28% 402 51%
1983 SDP NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 15 13 0 8 2 0 10 8 0 1 1 0 7 6 0 41 30 73.2% 11 0 0.0% 2 1771 61% 79% 26% 195 49%
1984 SFG NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 474 42% 80% 24% 31 100%
8 Seasons 30 0 29 1 7 58 0 16 11 27 175 148 1 164 44 14 124 58 11 59 15 3 87 80 1 609 345 56.7% 234 30 4.9% 28 22470 63% 80% 25% 2408 48%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.7% 57% 79% 26% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1977 SDP NL 23 3 0 3 0 2 4 0 0 2 1 15 9 1 15 0 1 5 2 0 4 2 0 10 10 0 49 23 46.9% 24 2 4.1% 2 1371 69% 79% 27% 172 51%
1978 SDP NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 6 3 0 5 4 0 15 9 60.0% 6 0 0.0% 2 719 63% 78% 27% 70 74%
1979 SDP NL 25 9 0 9 0 4 7 0 1 2 2 35 26 0 26 3 0 6 2 1 16 2 1 33 26 0 116 59 50.9% 55 2 1.7% 5 4532 67% 79% 24% 503 60%
1984 SFG NL 30 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 8 25% 63% 13% 0
4 Seasons 13 0 13 0 6 13 0 3 4 3 51 36 1 42 3 1 13 5 1 26 7 1 48 40 0 180 91 50.6% 85 4 2.2% 9 6630 67% 79% 25% 745 59%
MLB Averages 42.8% 2.2% 57% 79% 26% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1977 SDP NL 23 1125 66% 76% 23% 55 87% 0 221 11 209 2 25 20 10 3 0 2 5 1 4 0 2 23 1 0 0 21 1 2 0 2 5 100%
1978 SDP NL 24 873 66% 80% 29% 37 78% 0 211 4 206 2 19 11 6 0 0 0 9 1 7 1 7 23 0 0 0 21 0 2 0 2 2 100%
1982 SDP NL 28 879 67% 81% 28% 49 90% 0 221 7 212 2 28 10 8 0 0 2 6 1 5 0 5 17 0 0 0 16 0 1 0 1 5 100%
3 Seasons 2877 66% 79% 26% 141 86% 0 653 22 627 6 72 41 24 3 0 4 20 3 16 1 14 63 1 0 0 58 1 5 0 5 12 100%
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1977 SDP NL 23 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 31 74% 68% 32% 0
1980 SDP NL 26 1 0 1 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 7 57% 86% 43% 1 0%
1982 SDP NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 40 40% 80% 30% 7 57%
1984 SFG NL 30 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 429 53% 79% 23% 19 79%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 507 54% 79% 24% 27 70%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.0% 57% 79% 26% 54%

* 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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