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Gene Richards

Eugene Richards

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 29, 1953 in Monticello, SC
School: South Carolina State University (Orangeburg, SC)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1977
Teams (by GP): Padres/Giants 1977-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984
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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 Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 SDP NL 23 OF 109 92 79 850.2 214 193 13 8 0 .963 -0 -0 2.18 1.89 .978 2.26 2.26 RoY-3
1977 SDP NL 23 LF 75 60 51 545.1 117 103 9 5 0 .957 3 6 1.85 1.49 .972 1.93 1.93 RoY-3
1977 SDP NL 23 CF 37 31 28 299.1 91 84 4 3 0 .967 -3 -11 2.65 2.38 .986 2.73 2.74 RoY-3
1977 SDP NL 23 1B 32 29 17 237.0 250 223 22 5 23 .980 -4 -20 9.30 7.66 .991 9.89 9.89 RoY-3
1977 SDP NL 23 RF 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.10 RoY-3
1978 SDP NL 24 OF 124 114 81 989.1 226 210 8 8 0 .965 -2 -3 1.98 1.76 .980 2.31 2.29
1978 SDP NL 24 LF 115 90 74 822.0 168 155 6 7 0 .958 -4 -6 1.76 1.40 .978 1.99 1.97
1978 SDP NL 24 1B 26 22 18 195.0 232 211 12 9 23 .961 -5 -31 10.29 8.58 .992 9.98 9.90
1978 SDP NL 24 CF 26 24 7 167.1 53 50 2 1 0 .981 2 14 2.80 2.00 .983 2.80 2.77
1979 SDP NL 25 OF 132 129 110 1118.0 336 320 7 9 2 .973 -4 -5 2.63 2.48 .979 2.33 2.32
1979 SDP NL 25 CF 122 119 105 1032.0 315 299 7 9 2 .971 -5 -5 2.67 2.51 .986 2.82 2.81
1979 SDP NL 25 LF 11 10 5 86.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 2.09 1.82 .970 2.01 2.00
1980 SDP NL 26 LF 156 155 148 1383.1 335 310 19 6 4 .982 3 3 2.14 2.11 .976 2.06 2.06 MVP-22
1980 SDP NL 26 OF 156 155 148 1384.1 335 307 21 7 4 .979 3 3 2.13 2.10 .980 2.31 2.31 MVP-22
1980 SDP NL 26 RF 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 .980 1.80 2.10 MVP-22
1981 SDP NL 27 LF 102 101 96 895.0 203 184 14 5 1 .975 -5 -6 1.99 1.94 .975 2.12 2.13
1981 SDP NL 27 OF 102 101 96 895.0 197 178 14 5 1 .975 -5 -6 1.93 1.88 .980 2.33 2.34
1982 SDP NL 28 OF 103 102 55 838.1 213 200 8 5 1 .977 15 21 2.23 2.02 .978 2.25 2.26
1982 SDP NL 28 LF 102 101 54 830.0 211 198 8 5 1 .976 14 21 2.23 2.02 .973 2.08 2.08
1982 SDP NL 28 1B 25 24 18 198.0 241 223 12 6 17 .975 -0 -1 10.68 9.40 .992 10.23 10.26
1982 SDP NL 28 RF 1 1 1 8.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 58 4.32 4.00 .978 2.05 2.00
1983 SDP NL 29 LF 54 51 28 391.2 97 94 2 1 0 .990 3 8 2.21 1.78 .977 2.03 2.02
1983 SDP NL 29 OF 54 51 28 391.2 100 96 2 2 0 .980 3 8 2.25 1.81 .980 2.27 2.26
1984 SFG NL 30 OF 26 19 16 196.1 50 46 1 3 0 .940 -2 -10 2.15 1.81 .979 2.27 2.26
1984 SFG NL 30 LF 15 10 9 102.2 32 31 0 1 0 .969 2 22 2.72 2.07 .971 2.03 2.02
1984 SFG NL 30 RF 11 9 7 91.2 18 15 1 2 0 .889 -4 -46 1.57 1.45 .979 2.07 2.06
1984 SFG NL 30 CF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
8 Seasons OF 806 763 613 6663.2 1671 1550 74 47 8 .972 8 1 2.19 2.01 .979 2.30 2.29
8 Seasons LF 630 578 465 5056.0 1183 1095 58 30 6 .975 17 4 2.05 1.83 .975 2.04 2.04
4 Seasons CF 186 174 140 1500.2 459 433 13 13 2 .972 -5 -4 2.67 2.40 .986 2.80 2.79
3 Seasons 1B 83 75 53 630.0 723 657 46 20 63 .972 -9 -17 10.04 8.47 .992 10.02 10.00
4 Seasons RF 14 11 8 107.0 23 19 1 3 0 .870 -4 -40 1.68 1.43 .979 2.07 2.06
8 Seasons TOT 889 838 666 7293.2 2394 2207 120 67 71 .972 -2 -0 2.87 2.62 .983 2.97 3.01
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/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
1977 SDP NL 23 LF 3 6 -1 -0 -1 4
1977 SDP NL 23 CF -3 -11 -5 -4 -1 2
1977 SDP NL 23 1B -4 -20 -4 -2 -2 0
1977 SDP NL 23 RF -0 -60 -0 0 -0
1978 SDP NL 24 LF -4 -6 -3 -0 -3 -1
1978 SDP NL 24 1B -5 -31 -5 -3 -2 0
1978 SDP NL 24 CF 2 14 0 2 -2 2
1979 SDP NL 25 CF -5 -5 -5 -1 -4 0
1979 SDP NL 25 LF 0 6 0 0 0 0
1980 SDP NL 26 LF 3 3 1 -1 2 2
1980 SDP NL 26 RF -0 -240 -0 0 -0 0
1981 SDP NL 27 LF -5 -6 -6 -0 -5 1
1982 SDP NL 28 LF 14 21 8 5 3 6
1982 SDP NL 28 1B -0 -1 -0 0 -0 0
1982 SDP NL 28 RF 0 58 0 0 0 0
1983 SDP NL 29 LF 3 8 2 3 -1 1
1984 SFG NL 30 LF 2 22 2 2 -0 0
1984 SFG NL 30 RF -4 -46 -4 -1 -2 0
1984 SFG NL 30 CF 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons LF 17 4 4 9 -6 13
4 Seasons CF -5 -4 -9 -3 -7 4
3 Seasons 1B -9 -17 -9 -5 -4 0
4 Seasons RF -4 -40 -4 -1 -2 0
8 Seasons TOT -2 -0 -19 -0 -19 0 17
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 1 113 0 17 5
1978 SDP NL 24 154 136 154 144 0 0 26 0 0 0 115 26 0 141 0 11 5
1979 SDP NL 25 150 129 150 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 122 0 133 0 20 1
1980 SDP NL 26 158 155 158 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 1 157 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 27 0 58 4
8 Seasons 1026 838 1026 870 0 0 83 0 0 0 630 186 14 830 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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%
1977 SDP NL 23 5 0 5 0 2 9 0 0 1 7 28 23 1 18 5 4 14 6 3 4 1 0 7 7 0 71 42 59.2% 21 8 11.3% 1 2381 67% 82% 27% 242 46%
1978 SDP NL 24 7 0 6 1 1 6 0 4 0 2 27 21 0 22 5 2 18 9 1 8 2 0 16 13 0 91 50 54.9% 38 3 3.3% 3 3436 68% 84% 26% 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% 0 364 58% 84% 23% 49 41%
1980 SDP NL 26 6 0 6 0 1 19 0 6 3 8 80 62 1 56 13 4 37 17 2 19 4 1 27 24 2 219 120 54.8% 89 10 4.6% 9 5854 67% 85% 25% 710 46%
1981 SDP NL 27 5 0 5 0 1 14 0 5 2 7 45 35 1 32 8 2 24 5 5 8 1 1 19 17 0 128 66 51.6% 53 9 7.0% 5 3826 65% 84% 26% 439 45%
1982 SDP NL 28 5 0 5 0 2 8 0 1 3 3 39 37 1 27 10 2 18 12 0 15 5 1 20 19 0 119 83 69.7% 32 4 3.4% 4 3455 64% 83% 29% 402 51%
1983 SDP NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 18 15 0 8 2 0 10 8 0 1 1 0 7 6 0 44 32 72.7% 12 0 0.0% 2 1697 64% 83% 27% 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 3 3 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 443 45% 85% 26% 31 100%
8 Seasons 30 0 29 1 7 58 0 16 11 27 246 199 4 164 44 14 124 58 11 59 15 3 102 92 2 695 408 58.7% 253 34 4.9% 24 21456 66% 84% 26% 2408 48%
MLB Averages 59.5% 2.9% 60% 82% 27% 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%
1977 SDP NL 23 3 0 3 0 2 4 0 0 2 1 27 16 3 15 0 1 5 2 0 4 2 0 12 11 0 63 31 49.2% 28 4 6.3% 0 1321 72% 82% 28% 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 8 7 0 18 12 66.7% 6 0 0.0% 2 695 65% 80% 28% 70 74%
1979 SDP NL 25 9 0 9 0 4 7 0 1 2 2 48 32 0 26 3 0 6 2 1 16 2 1 38 28 0 134 67 50.0% 65 2 1.5% 5 4380 70% 82% 25% 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 7 29% 71% 14% 0
4 Seasons 13 0 13 0 6 13 0 3 4 3 76 49 3 42 3 1 13 5 1 26 7 1 58 46 0 215 110 51.2% 99 6 2.8% 7 6403 70% 82% 26% 745 59%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.4% 60% 82% 27% 60%

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%
1977 SDP NL 23 1070 69% 80% 24% 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 24 838 69% 83% 30% 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 28 843 70% 85% 29% 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 2751 69% 82% 28% 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 60% 82% 27% 94% 88%

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%
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 30 77% 70% 33% 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 39 41% 82% 31% 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% 1 409 56% 83% 24% 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% 1 485 56% 82% 25% 27 70%
MLB Averages 41.8% 3.1% 60% 82% 27% 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 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1980 NL (22, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1982 NL  15 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1978 NL  9 (5th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1980 NL  156 (2nd)
1981 NL  102 (3rd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1980 NL  310 (2nd)
1981 NL  184 (3rd)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1977 NL  9 (4th)
1980 NL  19 (1st)
1981 NL  14 (1st)
1982 NL  8 (4th)
Career  58 (77th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 NL  7 (4th)
1980 NL  6 (4th)
1981 NL  5 (4th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 NL  9 (2nd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1980 NL  156 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1977 NL  13 (4th)
1980 NL  21 (1st)
1981 NL  14 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 NL  15 (1st)
Career  17 (71st)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1980 NL  2.14 (5th)
1982 NL  2.23 (3rd)
Career  2.05 (51st)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1980 NL  2.11 (4th)
1982 NL  2.02 (3rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 NL  .976 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1982 NL  15 (2nd)

             

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