Hardy Richardson
Abram Harding Richardson (Old True Blue)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 21, 1855 in Clarksboro, NJ
Signed as a Free Agent with the Buffalo Bisons in 1879. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1879
Final Game: September 10, 1892
Died: January 14, 1931 in Utica, NY
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Standard Batting

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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
1879 24 BUF NL 79 352 336 54 95 18 10 0 37 16 30 .283 .315 .396 .711 130 133 *5/2
1880 25 BUF NL 83 357 343 48 89 18 8 0 17 14 37 .259 .289 .359 .647 116 123 *5/2
1881 26 BUF NL 83 356 344 62 100 18 9 2 53 12 27 .291 .315 .413 .727 127 142 *O/456
1882 27 BUF NL 83 365 354 61 96 20 8 2 57 11 33 .271 .293 .390 .683 115 138 *4
1883 28 BUF NL 92 421 399 73 124 34 7 1 56 22 20 .311 .347 .439 .785 134 175 *4
1884 29 BUF NL 102 461 439 85 132 27 9 6 60 22 41 .301 .334 .444 .778 140 195 4O/53
1885 30 BUF NL 96 446 426 90 136 19 11 6 44 20 22 .319 .350 .458 .808 156 195 4O/16
1886 31 DTN NL 125 584 538 125 189 27 11 11 61 42 46 27 .351 .402 .504 .906 170 271 O4/165
1887 32 DTN NL 120 576 543 131 178 25 18 8 94 29 31 40 .328 .366 .484 .851 130 263 2 4O
1888 33 DTN NL 58 284 266 60 77 18 2 6 32 13 17 23 .289 .335 .440 .774 145 117 1 4
1889 34 BSN NL 132 589 536 122 163 33 10 6 79 47 48 44 .304 .367 .437 .803 119 234 5 4O
1890 35 BOS PL 130 607 555 126 181 26 14 13 146 42 52 46 .326 .384 .494 .878 130 274 0 *O/63
1891 36 BOS AA 74 319 278 45 71 9 4 7 52 16 40 26 .255 .351 .392 .743 110 109 1 O/563
1892 37 TOT NL 74 312 285 38 57 11 5 2 34 16 26 29 .200 .269 .295 .564 71 84 1 4O/365
1892 37 WHS NL 10 42 37 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 .108 .214 .108 .322 -1 4 0 /O54
1892 37 NYG NL 64 270 248 36 53 11 5 2 34 14 21 26 .214 .278 .323 .600 82 80 1 4O/36
14 Seasons 1331 6029 5642 1120 1688 303 126 70 822 205 377 445 .299 .344 .435 .779 130 2453 10
162 Game Avg. 162 734 687 136 205 37 15 9 100 46 54 .299 .344 .435 .779 130 299
BUF (7 yrs) 618 2758 2641 473 772 154 62 17 324 117 210 .292 .322 .417 .739 132 1101
DTN (3 yrs) 303 1444 1347 316 444 70 31 25 187 84 94 90 .330 .375 .483 .858 149 651 3
BOS (2 yrs) 204 926 833 171 252 35 18 20 198 58 92 72 .303 .373 .460 .832 124 383 1
NYG (1 yr) 64 270 248 36 53 11 5 2 34 14 21 26 .214 .278 .323 .600 82 80 1
WHS (1 yr) 10 42 37 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 .108 .214 .108 .322 -1 4 0
BSN (1 yr) 132 589 536 122 163 33 10 6 79 47 48 44 .304 .367 .437 .803 119 234 5
NL (12 yrs) 1127 5103 4809 949 1436 268 108 50 624 147 285 373 .299 .339 .430 .769 132 2070 9
AA (1 yr) 74 319 278 45 71 9 4 7 52 16 40 26 .255 .351 .392 .743 110 109 1
PL (1 yr) 130 607 555 126 181 26 14 13 146 42 52 46 .326 .384 .494 .878 130 274 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1879 24 BUF NL 352 241 42 4.7 68 .310 .283 .262 .315 .278 .396 .339 .711 .617 130 .634 11.2 1.3 .113
1880 25 BUF NL 357 254 35 3.7 63 .291 .259 .249 .289 .272 .359 .328 .647 .600 116 .568 5.7 0.7 .099
1881 26 BUF NL 356 244 45 4.9 74 .311 .291 .264 .315 .294 .413 .345 .727 .639 127 .631 9.8 1.1 .122
1882 27 BUF NL 365 258 40 4.2 72 .295 .271 .256 .293 .284 .390 .348 .683 .632 115 .560 5.8 0.6 .119
1883 28 BUF NL 421 275 61 5.9 82 .325 .311 .270 .347 .298 .439 .372 .785 .671 134 .671 17.4 1.8 .128
1884 29 BUF NL 461 307 65 5.6 76 .321 .301 .254 .334 .294 .444 .351 .778 .646 140 .685 20.0 2.2 .144
1885 30 BUF NL 446 290 68 6.2 71 .327 .319 .250 .350 .294 .458 .335 .808 .628 156 .752 25.1 2.8 .138
1886 31 DTN NL 584 349 109 8.1 82 .356 .351 .261 .402 .311 .504 .358 .906 .668 170 .807 46.2 4.9 1.029 .316 .152 17.4
1887 32 DTN NL 576 365 96 6.9 100 .343 .328 .279 .366 .338 .484 .397 .851 .735 130 .691 20.5 2.0 .890 .267 .157 12.5
1888 33 DTN NL 284 189 39 5.4 72 .300 .289 .246 .335 .294 .440 .337 .774 .630 145 .720 13.7 1.6 .783 .263 .150 8.2
1889 34 BSN NL 589 373 85 6.0 100 .323 .304 .280 .367 .352 .437 .382 .803 .734 119 .647 13.0 1.3 .895 .310 .132 10.6
1890 35 BOS PL 607 374 105 7.4 108 .339 .326 .285 .384 .364 .494 .396 .878 .760 130 .684 21.5 2.0 .984 .337 .168 19.9
1891 36 BOS AA 319 207 38 4.8 94 .261 .255 .266 .351 .350 .392 .359 .743 .709 110 .578 3.3 0.3 .802 .338 .137 9.7
1892 37 TOT NL 312 228 23 2.6 80 .217 .200 .250 .269 .323 .295 .335 .564 .658 71 .359 -10.5 -1.2 .557 .242 .095 3.6
1892 37 WHS NL 42 33 1 0.8 79 .118 .108 .248 .214 .321 .108 .332 .322 .653 -1 .058 -4.4 -0.5 .333 .189 .000 .0
1892 37 NYG NL 270 195 22 3.0 80 .232 .214 .250 .278 .324 .323 .335 .600 .659 82 .406 -6.1 -0.7 .595 .250 .109 3.5
14 Seasons 6029 3954 851 5.7 84 .316 .299 .264 .344 .314 .435 .360 .779 .674 130 .667 202.7 21.4 .770 .239 .136 104.4
162 Game Avg. 734 481 104 5.7 84 .316 .299 .264 .344 .314 .435 .360 .779 .674 130 .667 25 3 .770 .239 .136 13
BUF (7 yrs) 2758 1869 356 5.1 73 .313 .292 .258 .322 .288 .417 .346 .739 .634 132 .654 94.9 10.4 .125
DTN (3 yrs) 1444 903 244 7.0 87 .340 .330 .265 .375 .318 .483 .369 .858 .688 149 .747 80.4 8.5 .921 .286 .154 38.5
BOS (2 yrs) 926 581 143 6.5 103 .313 .303 .279 .373 .359 .460 .383 .832 .743 124 .653 24.8 2.4 .919 .337 .157 29.7
NYG (1 yr) 270 195 22 3.0 80 .232 .214 .250 .278 .324 .323 .335 .600 .659 82 .406 -6.1 -0.7 .595 .250 .109 3.5
WHS (1 yr) 42 33 1 0.8 79 .118 .108 .248 .214 .321 .108 .332 .322 .653 -1 .058 -4.4 -0.5 .333 .189 .000 .0
BSN (1 yr) 589 373 85 6.0 100 .323 .304 .280 .367 .352 .437 .382 .803 .734 119 .647 13.0 1.3 .895 .310 .132 10.6
NL (12 yrs) 5103 3373 708 5.5 80 .316 .299 .262 .339 .306 .430 .356 .769 .662 132 .671 177.9 19.0 .383 .129 .132 81.7
AA (1 yr) 319 207 38 4.8 94 .261 .255 .266 .351 .350 .392 .359 .743 .709 110 .578 3.3 0.3 .802 .338 .137 9.7
PL (1 yr) 607 374 105 7.4 108 .339 .326 .285 .384 .364 .494 .396 .878 .760 130 .684 21.5 2.0 .984 .337 .168 19.9

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1887 32 DTN NL WS STL W 15 67 66 12 13 5 2 1 4 7 1 9 .197 .209 .379 .588 25 0
1 WS 15 67 66 12 13 5 2 1 4 7 1 9 .197 .209 .379 .588 25 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1879 24 79 352 336 54 95 18 10 0 37 16 30 .283 .315 .396 .711 130 133
1880 25 162 709 679 102 184 36 18 0 54 30 67 .271 .302 .377 .679 123 256
1881 26 245 1065 1023 164 284 54 27 2 107 42 94 .278 .306 .389 .695 124 398
1882 27 328 1430 1377 225 380 74 35 4 164 53 127 .276 .303 .389 .692 122 536
1883 28 420 1851 1776 298 504 108 42 5 220 75 147 .284 .313 .400 .713 125 711
1884 29 522 2312 2215 383 636 135 51 11 280 97 188 .287 .317 .409 .726 128 906
1885 30 618 2758 2641 473 772 154 62 17 324 117 210 .292 .322 .417 .739 132 1101
1886 31 743 3342 3179 598 961 181 73 28 385 42 163 237 .302 .336 .432 .768 139 1372
1887 32 863 3918 3722 729 1139 206 91 36 479 71 194 277 .306 .341 .439 .780 138 1635 2
1888 33 921 4202 3988 789 1216 224 93 42 511 84 211 300 .305 .340 .439 .780 138 1752 3
1889 34 1053 4791 4524 911 1379 257 103 48 590 131 259 344 .305 .344 .439 .783 135 1986 8
1890 35 1183 5398 5079 1037 1560 283 117 61 736 173 311 390 .307 .348 .445 .793 135 2260 8
1891 36 1257 5717 5357 1082 1631 292 121 68 788 189 351 416 .304 .348 .442 .790 133 2369 9
1892 37 1331 6029 5642 1120 1688 303 126 70 822 205 377 445 .299 .344 .435 .779 130 2453 10

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1879 24 160 687 658 89 170 32 18 0 61 0 29 61 .258 .290 .362 .651 69 79
1880 25 158 673 647 85 163 33 15 0 30 0 26 71 .252 .281 .349 .630 63 83
1881 26 160 670 649 104 178 32 16 4 89 0 21 52 .274 .297 .391 .688 75 83
1882 27 158 670 652 92 160 33 13 3 86 0 18 63 .245 .266 .350 .615 61 83
1883 28 151 653 622 91 172 47 10 1 69 0 31 33 .277 .311 .389 .700 75 92
1884 29 145 625 598 95 162 33 11 7 67 0 27 58 .271 .302 .398 .700 72 102
1885 30 140 632 605 114 182 25 15 8 56 0 27 32 .301 .331 .431 .762 86 96
1886 31 163 727 674 133 218 31 13 13 65 48 53 35 .323 .373 .466 .839 116 125
1887 32 153 683 649 117 183 26 19 8 84 30 32 51 .282 .318 .418 .735 85 120
1888 33 69 336 315 70 90 21 2 7 37 15 20 27 .286 .330 .432 .762 45 58
1889 34 161 669 616 105 162 33 10 6 68 47 48 54 .263 .321 .378 .700 73 132
1890 35 160 674 626 97 167 24 13 12 112 39 48 56 .267 .319 .404 .723 81 130
1891 36 97 391 347 43 77 10 4 8 50 17 43 34 .222 .309 .343 .652 37 74
1892 37 78 323 296 35 56 11 5 2 31 16 26 31 .189 .257 .280 .537 21 74
14 Seasons 1953 8413 7954 1270 2140 391 164 79 905 212 449 658 .269 .309 .389 .698 959 1331
162 Game Avg. 162 698 660 105 178 32 14 7 75 37 55 .269 .309 .389 .698 80 1331

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1883 NL  .311 (10th)
1885 NL  .319 (4th)
1886 NL  .351 (5th)
1887 NL  .328 (6th)
Career  .299 (214th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1883 NL  .347 (9th)
1885 NL  .350 (10th)
1886 NL  .402 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1885 NL  .458 (5th)
1886 NL  .504 (5th)
1890 PL  .494 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1885 NL  .808 (6th)
1886 NL  .906 (5th)
1887 NL  .851 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1886 NL  125 (3rd)
1890 PL  130 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1886 NL  538 (1st)
1887 NL  543 (3rd)
1889 NL  536 (10th)
1890 PL  555 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1886 NL  584 (1st)
1887 NL  576 (6th)
1890 PL  607 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1881 NL  62 (10th)
1885 NL  90 (8th)
1886 NL  125 (4th)
1887 NL  131 (3rd)
1889 NL  122 (8th)
1890 PL  126 (10th)
Career  1120 (221st)

Hits s c a p y
1881 NL  100 (10th)
1885 NL  136 (7th)
1886 NL  189 (1st)
1887 NL  178 (3rd)
1889 NL  163 (8th)
1890 PL  181 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1881 NL  142 (9th)
1885 NL  195 (7th)
1886 NL  271 (3rd)
1887 NL  263 (3rd)
1890 PL  274 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1883 NL  34 (5th)
1884 NL  27 (8th)
1886 NL  27 (7th)
1889 NL  33 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1879 NL  10 (5th)
1880 NL  8 (10th)
1881 NL  9 (3rd)
1885 NL  11 (7th)
1886 NL  11 (8th)
1887 NL  18 (6th)
1889 NL  10 (10th)
Career  126 (87th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1881 NL  2 (7th)
1885 NL  6 (7th)
1886 NL  11 (1st)
1890 PL  13 (2nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1881 NL  53 (4th)
1882 NL  57 (4th)
1887 NL  94 (7th)
1890 PL  146 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1879 NL  16 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1880 NL  37 (4th)
1890 PL  46 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1886 NL  42 (4th)
1889 NL  47 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1885 NL  100 (7th)
1886 NL  140 (1st)
1887 NL  127 (3rd)
1890 PL  128 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1885 NL  156 (5th)
1886 NL  170 (5th)
Career  130 (159th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1885 NL  68 (7th)
1886 NL  109 (4th)
1887 NL  96 (5th)
1889 NL  85 (10th)
1890 PL  105 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1885 NL  25 (7th)
1886 NL  46 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1885 NL  2.8 (6th)
1886 NL  4.9 (5th)
Career  21.4 (233rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1880 NL  26 (10th)
1881 NL  29 (8th)
1883 NL  42 (9th)
1884 NL  42 (10th)
1886 NL  49 (4th)
1887 NL  51 (9th)
1889 NL  49 (6th)
1890 PL  53 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1883 NL  146 (9th)
1886 NL  235 (5th)
1887 NL  211 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1885 NL  .753 (5th)
1886 NL  .807 (5th)
1887 NL  .691 (8th)
Career  .667 (149th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1886 NL  17.4 (1st)
1890 PL  19.9 (2nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1886 NL  19.9 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1885 NL  71.0 (9th)
1886 NL  48.9 (2nd)
1890 PL  42.7 (4th)
1891 AA  39.7 (2nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1886 NL  349 (8th)
1887 NL  365 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1889 NL  born 1855-04-21 (10th)
1890 PL  born 1855-04-21 (7th)
1891 AA  born 1855-04-21 (5th)
1892 NL  born 1855-04-21 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 12 (194), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 120 (161), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 40 (458), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (317), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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