Gordie Richardson
Gordon Clark Richardson
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 19, 1938 in Colquitt, GA
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1964
Final Game: June 5, 1966
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1964 25 STL NL 4 2 .667 2.30 19 6 6 1 0 1 47.0 40 18 12 2 15 0 28 1 1 1 192 166 1.170 7.7 0.4 2.9 5.4 1.87
1965 26 NYM NL 2 2 .500 3.78 35 0 14 0 0 2 52.1 41 27 22 5 16 2 43 2 0 2 206 93 1.089 7.1 0.9 2.8 7.4 2.69
1966 27 NYM NL 0 2 .000 9.16 15 1 2 0 0 1 18.2 24 19 19 7 6 1 15 0 0 2 86 39 1.607 11.6 3.4 2.9 7.2 2.50
3 Seasons 6 6 .500 4.04 69 7 22 1 0 4 118.0 105 64 53 14 37 3 86 3 1 5 484 90 1.203 8.0 1.1 2.8 6.6 2.32
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .500 4.04 62 6 20 1 0 4 106 94 57 47 13 33 3 77 3 1 4 433 90 1.203 8.0 1.1 2.8 6.6 2.32
NYM (2 yrs) 2 4 .333 5.20 50 1 16 0 0 3 71.0 65 46 41 12 22 3 58 2 0 4 292 68 1.225 8.2 1.5 2.8 7.4 2.64
STL (1 yr) 4 2 .667 2.30 19 6 6 1 0 1 47.0 40 18 12 2 15 0 28 1 1 1 192 166 1.170 7.7 0.4 2.9 5.4 1.87

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1964 25 STL NL WS W NYY 0 0 40.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 3 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 7.500 40.5 13.5 27.0 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 0 40.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 3 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 7.500 40.5 13.5 27.0 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 25 STL NL 19 192 173 18 40 7 2 2 1 1 15 28 .231 .296 .329 .626 .266 57 5 1 3 0 0
1965 26 NYM NL 35 206 183 27 41 9 4 5 2 4 16 43 .224 .289 .399 .688 .261 73 3 2 2 3 2
1966 27 NYM NL 15 86 77 19 24 3 3 7 2 1 6 15 .312 .353 .701 1.054 .298 54 1 0 1 2 1
3 Seasons 69 484 433 64 105 19 9 14 5 6 37 86 .242 .303 .425 .728 .269 184 9 3 6 5 3
162 Game Avg. 62 433 387 57 94 17 8 13 4 5 33 77 .242 .303 .425 .728 .269 165 8 3 5 4 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1964 25 STL NL 19 6 3 2 1 2 1 3 3 .500 0 0 1 0 2 33% 51 75 36 8 0 2 1 4.6 5.3 5.3
1966 27 NYM NL 15 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 35 35 8 5 1 0 2.0 0.0 1.3
2 Seasons 34 7 3 3 1 2 1 3 4 .429 0 0 1 0 2 29% 49 75 35 16 5 3 1 4.2 5.2 4.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1964 25 STL NL 19 13 6 1 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 11 1 9% 9 0.899 6 2 5 2 4 7 7 6 4 5 4 3 3.5
1965 26 NYM NL 35 35 14 2 2 3 2 1 67% 3 0 46 11 24% 8 1.017 13 10 12 4 4 27 24 11 18 11 19 13 4.5
1966 27 NYM NL 15 14 2 0 1 3 1 2 33% 4 1 11 4 36% 6 1.097 4 1 9 4 1 9 7 7 6 7 7 2 3.7
3 Seasons 69 62 22 3 3 7 4 3 57% 9 2 68 16 24% 0.984 23 13 26 10 9 43 38 24 28 23 30 18 4.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1964 25 STL NL 192 74% 1.0% 14.6% 7.8% 5.7% 28% 0.73 74% 38 5 13%
1965 26 NYM NL 206 64% 2.4% 20.9% 7.8% 8.7% 44% 0.73 67% 32 3 9%
1966 27 NYM NL 86 69% 8.1% 17.4% 7.0% 15.1% 54% 0.82 66% 9 1 11%
3 Seasons 484 69% 2.9% 17.8% 7.6% 8.7% 40% 0.75 70% 79 9 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1964 25 STL NL 192 40 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 9 4 0 44% 4 1 0 78 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1965 26 NYM NL 206 41 5 0 9 3 2 3 2 22 13 2 59% 3 2 2 70 2 4 33% 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 9 0
1966 27 NYM NL 86 24 7 0 2 5 2 7 0 8 5 0 63% 2 2 0 28 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
3 Seasons 484 105 14 0 12 10 4 11 3 39 22 2 56% 9 5 2 176 5 6 45% 4 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 16 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1964 25 4 2 .667 2.30 19 6 6 1 0 1 47.0 40 18 12 2 15 0 28 1 1 1 192 166 1.170 7.7 0.4 2.9 5.4 1.87 166
1965 26 6 4 .600 3.08 54 6 20 1 0 3 99.1 81 45 34 7 31 2 71 3 1 3 398 119 1.128 7.3 0.6 2.8 6.4 2.29 119
1966 27 6 6 .500 4.04 69 7 22 1 0 4 118.0 105 64 53 14 37 3 86 3 1 5 484 90 1.203 8.0 1.1 2.8 6.6 2.32 90

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1964 25 4 1 .800 2.60 45.0 41 14 13 2 15 27 1 1.244 8.2 3.0 5.4 1.80 0.4 19
1965 26 2 3 .400 4.50 48.0 42 27 24 5 16 39 2 1.208 7.9 3.0 7.3 2.44 0.9 35
1966 27 0 2 .000 10.50 18.0 26 23 21 8 6 14 0 1.778 13.0 3.0 7.0 2.33 4.0 15
3 Seasons 6 6 .500 4.70 111.0 109 64 58 15 37 80 3 1.315 8.8 6.5 2.16 1.2 69

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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