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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
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:18AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1006. Dave Collins… #1007. Marcus Giles… #1008. George Harper… #1009. GENE RICHARDS… #1010. Braggo Roth… #1011. Chick Gandil… #1012. Solly Hofman… 

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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 *3 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 *3
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 *
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 * 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 *
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 3
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
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
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1977 23 SDP NL 591 7 7 -1 1 -4 -5 18 23 2.4 27 2.8 -0.4 $19,000 *3 RoY-3
1978 24 SDP NL 629 27 0 0 0 -7 -7 19 32 3.5 39 4.2 -0.7 $ *3
1979 25 SDP NL 606 1 4 2 0 -4 -2 18 18 1.9 23 2.5 -0.6 $ *
1980 26 SDP NL 712 7 9 -1 1 3 -8 20 31 3.3 28 3.1 0.2 $ * MVP-22
1981 27 SDP NL 453 17 1 1 2 -5 -5 13 24 2.7 29 3.2 -0.5 $ *
1982 28 SDP NL 562 9 -5 -3 1 15 -6 17 28 2.8 13 1.4 1.4 $ 3
1983 29 SDP NL 252 2 -1 2 0 3 -2 8 12 1.2 9 0.9 0.3 $550,000
1984 30 SFG NL 153 -3 -1 -1 0 -2 -1 5 -3 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $
8 Seasons 3958 67 14 -1 5 -1 -36 118 165 17.4 167 18.0 -0.6 $569,000
SDP (7 yrs) 3805 70 15 0 5 0 -35 113 168 17.8 168 18.1 -0.3 $569,000
SFG (1 yr) 153 -3 -1 -1 0 -2 -1 5 -3 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $

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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 Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 SDP NL 23 OF 109 214 193 13 8 0 .963 -0 1.89 .978 2.26 RoY-3
1977 SDP NL 23 1B 32 250 223 22 5 23 .980 -4 7.66 .991 9.89 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 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 124 226 210 8 8 0 .965 -2 1.76 .980 2.29
1978 SDP NL 24 1B 26 232 211 12 9 23 .961 -5 8.58 .992 9.90
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 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 132 336 320 7 9 2 .973 -4 2.48 .979 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 OF 156 335 307 21 7 4 .979 3 2.10 .980 2.31 MVP-22
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 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 OF 102 197 178 14 5 1 .975 -5 1.88 .980 2.34
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
1982 SDP NL 28 OF 103 213 200 8 5 1 .977 15 2.02 .978 2.26
1982 SDP NL 28 1B 25 241 223 12 6 17 .975 -0 9.40 .992 10.26
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 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 OF 54 100 96 2 2 0 .980 3 1.81 .980 2.26
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
1984 SFG NL 30 OF 26 50 46 1 3 0 .940 -2 1.81 .979 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 1671 1550 74 47 8 .972 8 2.01 .979 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 83 723 657 46 20 63 .972 -9 8.47 .992 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 2394 2207 120 67 71 .972 -2 2.62 .983 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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  • 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1980 NL (22, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1713th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1981 NL  3.2 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1982 NL  1.4 (3rd)

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 (174th)

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

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)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  58 (76th)

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
Career  17 (69th)

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)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 29 (805), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1409), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1054), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Jimmy Barrett (932)
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  4. Jack Smith (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Amos Strunk (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Amos Strunk (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Luis Polonia (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Luis Polonia (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • January 9, 1975: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January).
  • November 7, 1983: Granted Free Agency.
  • March 28, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
  • November 8, 1984: 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 Notes
197723San Diego Padres$19,000TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
198329San Diego Padres$550,0005/30/83 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$569,000
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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