Ken Richardson

Kenneth Franklin Richardson

Positions: Second Baseman, Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: May 2, 1915 in Orleans, IN
High School: Lincoln (Ruston, LA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1942
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Athletics 1942-1946

Final Game: May 2, 1946
Died: December 7, 1987 in Woodland Hills, CA
Cremated
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

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	Pos
1934	19	CHC-min	AA	24	54	54		15	4	0	0						.278	.278	.352	.630		19				LOS · PCL
1935	20	CHC-min	C,A	130	473	473		126	30	8	6						.266	.266	.402	.668		190				PCY,DMO · WA,WL
1936	21	CHC-min	C	144	550	550		174	43	20	18						.316	.316	.565	.882		311				PCY · WA
1937	22	CHC-min	AA,B	134	497	497		121	30	5	15						.243	.243	.414	.658		206				LOS,MOL · PCL,IIIL
1938	23	SFG-BOS-min	A1,AA	94	270	270		61	11	3	3						.226	.226	.322	.548		87				JER,CNG,MNE · IL,SOUA,AA
1939	24	OAK-min	A	130	427	427		131	27	3	27						.307	.307	.574	.881		245				WPT · EL
1940	25	OAK-min	A	124	430	430		117	23	1	15						.272	.272	.435	.707		187				WPT · EL
1941	26	OAK-min	A	132	434	434		116	23	4	11						.267	.267	.415	.682		180				WPT · EL
1942	27	OAK-min	A	122	391	391		105	20	2	8						.269	.269	.391	.660		153				WPT · EL
1942	27	PHA	AL	6	18	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.067	.176	.067	.243	-30	1	0	0	1	/O7359

1946	31	PIT-min	AAA	73	275	236	35	58	11	4	5	37	5		35	39	.246	.343	.390	.733		92		0	4	HOL · PCL
1946	31	PHI	NL	6	20	20	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		0	2	.150	.150	.200	.350	0	4	1	0	0	/4
1948	33	DET-min	AAA	65	156	135	13	30	5	1	1	21	1		17	21	.222	.309	.296	.606		40		0	4	SLE · PCL
1949	34	-min	B	126	426	426		138	29	1	24						.324	.324	.566	.890		241				SPO · WINT
1950	35	-min	C	126	407	407		115	22	3	12						.283	.283	.440	.722		179				RVS · SUSE
1951	36	-min	B	126	435	435		140	30	8	12						.322	.322	.510	.832		222				SPO · WINT
1952	37	-min	C,A,Opn	95	308	303	2	94	21	4	8	2	0		4	2	.310	.321	.485	.807		147		1	0	TUC,YAK,SFR · AZTX,WINT,PCL
1953	38	BAL-min	A	133	458	458		138	27	0	15						.301	.301	.459	.760		210				LEW · WINT
1954	39	-min	A	117	406	406		119	21	1	14						.293	.293	.453	.746		184				VAN · WINT
1955	40	-min	B	14	44	44		14	3	0	1						.318	.318	.455	.773		20				ELP · WTNM
2 Seasons				12	38	35	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.114	.162	.143	.305	-13	5	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	513	473	27	54	14	0	0	27	0		27	27	.114	.162	.143	.305	-13	68	14	0	14

PHI (1 yr)				6	20	20	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		0	2	.150	.150	.200	.350	0	4	1	0	0
PHA (1 yr)				6	18	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.067	.176	.067	.243	-30	1	0	0	1

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
1942	27	PHA	AL	18	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/O7359

1946	31	PHI	NL	20	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-2	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$	/4
2 Seasons				38	-4	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-4	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$

PHI (1 yr)				20	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-2	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$
PHA (1 yr)				18	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1942	PHA	AL	27	OF	3	3	3	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	1.67	.976	2.37
1942	PHA	AL	27	LF	2	2	2	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.00	.975	2.25
1942	PHA	AL	27	1B	1	1	1	15	14	0	1	1	.933	14.00	.989	10.10
1942	PHA	AL	27	3B	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	.940	3.20
1942	PHA	AL	27	RF	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	.970	2.10
1946	PHI	NL	31	2B	6	5	5	33	16	15	2	1	.939	5.17	.970	5.55
	1 Season			2B	6	5	5	33	16	15	2	1	.939	5.17	.970	5.55
	1 Season			OF	3	3	3	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	1.67	.976	2.37
	1 Season			LF	2	2	2	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.00	.975	2.25
	1 Season			RF	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	.970	2.10
	1 Season			1B	1	1	1	15	14	0	1	1	.933	14.00	.989	10.10
	1 Season			3B	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	.940	3.20
	2 Seasons			TOT	11	9	9	54	34	17	3	2	.944	4.64	.975	4.88

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.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
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.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

October, 1945: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for players to be named later. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Stan Andrews (December 10, 1945) and George Estock (March 30, 1946) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

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