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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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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

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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 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 (1667th)

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

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Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 25 (753), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1361), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1003), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - 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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