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Gordie Richardson

Gordon Clark Richardson

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Mets/Cardinals 1964-1966

Final Game: June 5, 1966
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Standard Pitching

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
1957	18	STL-min	D-,D	5	6	.455	4.01	17	11					83.0	74	52	37	5	37								1.337	8.0	0.5	4.0			WYV,ABY · APPY,GAFL
1958	19	STL-min	D,AA	13	5	.722	2.92	23	17					120.0	111	54	39	3	58								1.408	8.3	0.2	4.4			ABY,HSN · GAFL,TL
1959	20	STL-min	B	11	8	.579	3.78	30	20					157.0	144	74	66	8	77								1.408	8.3	0.5	4.4			WSM · CARL
1960	21	STL-min	AA	8	7	.533	4.50	32	21		4	2		140.0	141	88	70	8	89	3	65	3	1	7			1.643	9.1	0.5	5.7	4.2	0.73	TUL · TL
1961	22	STL-min	AA	10	8	.556	3.38	40	20		5	1		165.0	163	83	62	10	78	11	114	3	0	7			1.461	8.9	0.5	4.3	6.2	1.46	TUL · TL
1962	23	STL-min	AA	13	6	.684	3.18	36	23		9	2		198.0	194	86	70	13	57	5	153	1	1	6			1.268	8.8	0.6	2.6	7.0	2.68	TUL · TL
1963	24	STL-min	AA	12	8	.600	3.85	31	27					187.0	192	92	80	21	57		171						1.332	9.2	1.0	2.7	8.2	3.00	TUL · TL
1964	25	STL-min	AAA	9	3	.750	1.55	21	9		5	2		116.0	90	31	20	5	29	6	77	1	2	5			1.026	7.0	0.4	2.2	6.0	2.66	JCK · IL
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	168	1.170	7.7	0.4	2.9	5.4	1.87
1965	26	NYM-min	AAA	2	8	.200	3.31	30	7		0	0		87.0	77	36	32	6	29	4	77	2	1	1			1.218	8.0	0.6	3.0	8.0	2.66	BFL · IL
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-min	AAA	6	3	.667	3.25	33	3		1	1		61.0	65	25	22	5	23	1	45	1	0	5			1.443	9.6	0.7	3.4	6.6	1.96	JCK · IL
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	41	1.607	11.6	3.4	2.9	7.2	2.50
3 Yrs				6	6	.500	4.04	69	7	22	1	0	4	118.0	105	64	53	14	37	3	86	3	1	5	484	91	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	91	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	69	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	168	1.170	7.7	0.4	2.9	5.4	1.87

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1964	25	STL	NL	47.0	19	6	18	3.45	4.11	0.11	-0.01	103.6	4.13	3	0.3	1.5	-0.0	0.8	8	.518	.502	$
1965	26	NYM	NL	52.1	35	0	27	4.64	4.08	-0.06	-0.17	101.2	4.02	-4	-0.4	1.4	-0.2	-0.1	2	.488	.497	$
1966	27	NYM	NL	18.2	15	1	19	9.16	4.06	-0.21	-0.15	98.8	4.06	-11	-1.1	1.1	-0.1	-1.0	-9	.425	.493	$
3 Seasons				118.0	69	7	64	4.88	4.09	-0.02	-0.10	101.8	4.07	-11	-1.2	1.4	-0.3	-0.3	2	.483	.498	$

NYM (2 yrs)				71.0	50	1	46	5.83	4.07	-0.10	-0.16	100.6	4.03	-14	-1.5	1.3	-0.3	-1.1	-7	.469	.495	$
STL (1 yr)				47.0	19	6	18	3.45	4.11	0.11	-0.01	103.6	4.13	3	0.3	1.5	-0.0	0.8	8	.518	.502	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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*

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	ROE
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	4
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	3
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	2
3 Yrs				69	484	433	64	105	19	9	14	5	6	37	86	.242	.303	.425	.728	.269	184	9	3	6	5	3	9
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	8
MLB Averages																.248	.311	.375	.686	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1964	25	STL	NL	5.8	0.6	196	-0.0	3.0	-3.0	.87	0.3	-0.4	2.9	0.3	0.87	4.8	4	3	5
1965	26	NYM	NL	-2.3	-0.2	218	1.0	3.8	-2.9	.95	0.2	0.8	4.2	0.5	0.95	0.5	12	7	16
1966	27	NYM	NL	-10.2	-1.0	91	-0.8	1.6	-2.4	1.05	-1.0	0.2	-9.7	-1.0	1.05	-10.6	4	1	9
3 Yrs				-6.8	-0.7	505	0.1	8.4	-8.3	.94	-0.5	0.6	-2.6	-0.2	0.94	-5.3	20	11	30

Starting Pitching*

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
1964	25	STL	NL	19	6	3	2	1	2	1	3	3	.500	0	0	1	0	2	33%	50.8	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%	35.0	35	35	8	5	1	0	2.0	0.0	1.3
2 Yrs				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													.500						54%	53	116	0					4.0	4.0	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1964	25	STL	NL	19	13	6	1	0	1	1	0	100%	2	1	11	1	9%	9	.868	4	3	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	.955	12	7	16	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	1.053	4	1	9	4	1	9	7	7	6	7	7	2	3.7
3 Yrs				69	62	22	3	3	7	4	3	57%	9	2	68	16	24%		.938	20	11	30	10	9	43	38	24	28	23	30	18	4.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1964	25	STL	NL	192	26%	1.0%	14.6%	7.8%	5.7%	28%	0.73	74%	38	5	13%
1965	26	NYM	NL	206	36%	2.4%	20.9%	7.8%	8.7%	44%	0.73	67%	32	3	9%
1966	27	NYM	NL	86	31%	8.1%	17.4%	7.0%	15.1%	54%	0.82	66%	9	1	11%
3 Yrs				484	31%	2.9%	17.8%	7.6%	8.7%	40%	0.75	70%	79	9	11%
MLB Averages					47%	2.2%	15.7%	7.9%	6.3%	28%	1.10	73%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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 Yrs				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																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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	1	47.0	40	18	12	2	15	0	28	1	1	1	192	168	1.170	7.7	0.4	2.9	5.4	1.87	168
1965	26	6	4	.600	3.08	54	6	20	1	3	99.1	81	45	34	7	31	2	71	3	1	3	398	120	1.128	7.3	0.6	2.8	6.4	2.29	120
1966	27	6	6	.500	4.04	69	7	22	1	4	118.0	105	64	53	14	37	3	86	3	1	5	484	91	1.203	8.0	1.1	2.8	6.6	2.32	91

Neutralized Pitching

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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	4.69	48.0	43	28	25	5	17	39	2	1.250	8.1	3.2	7.3	2.29	0.9	35
1966	27	0	2	.000	10.00	18.0	25	22	20	7	6	15	0	1.722	12.5	3.0	7.5	2.50	3.5	15
3 Yrs		6	6	.500	4.70	111.0	109	64	58	14	38	81	3	1.324	8.8		6.6	2.13	1.1	69

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