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Lee Richard

Lee Edward Richard (Bee Bee)

Positions: Shortstop, Pinch Runner and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 18, 1948 in Lafayette, LA
School: Southern University and A&M College (Baton Rouge, LA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1971
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Cardinals 1971-1976

Final Game: October 3, 1976
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Standard Batting

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
1971 22 CHW AL 87 288 260 38 60 7 3 2 17 8 9 20 46 .231 .286 .304 .590 66 79 5 1 5 2 0 68
1972 23 CHW AL 11 29 29 5 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 .241 .241 .241 .483 43 7 1 0 0 0 0 /86
1974 25 CHW AL 32 72 67 5 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 8 .164 .222 .179 .401 16 12 0 0 0 0 1 5/6D49
1975 26 CHW AL 43 49 45 11 9 0 1 0 5 2 3 4 7 .200 .265 .244 .510 44 11 0 0 0 0 0 5/6D4
1976 27 STL NL 66 97 91 12 16 4 2 0 5 1 0 4 9 .176 .211 .264 .474 34 24 4 0 2 0 1 46/5
5 Yrs 239 535 492 71 103 12 6 2 29 12 12 33 77 .209 .259 .270 .530 50 133 10 1 7 2 2
162 Game Avg. 162 363 333 48 70 8 4 1 20 8 8 22 52 .209 .259 .270 .530 50 90 7 1 5 1 1
CHW (4 yrs) 173 438 401 59 87 8 4 2 24 11 12 29 68 .217 .270 .272 .542 53 109 6 1 5 2 1
STL (1 yr) 66 97 91 12 16 4 2 0 5 1 0 4 9 .176 .211 .264 .474 34 24 4 0 2 0 1
AL (4 yrs) 173 438 401 59 87 8 4 2 24 11 12 29 68 .217 .270 .272 .542 53 109 6 1 5 2 1
NL (1 yr) 66 97 91 12 16 4 2 0 5 1 0 4 9 .176 .211 .264 .474 34 24 4 0 2 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1971 22 CHW AL 87 288 -10 -0 -0 1 4 -6 -0.8 10 3 0.2 .492 .496 0.1 0.6 2 $ 68
1972 23 CHW AL 11 29 -2 1 -0 -1 0 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .467 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $ /86
1974 25 CHW AL 32 72 -7 1 0 -1 0 -7 -0.7 2 -4 -0.5 .476 .495 -0.4 -0.0 -4 $ 5/6D49
1975 26 CHW AL 43 49 -4 -2 0 0 0 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.4 .487 .497 -0.4 0.1 -4 $ 5/6D4
1976 27 STL NL 66 97 -8 1 -0 -2 2 -8 -0.9 3 -5 -0.6 .487 .495 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $ 46/5
5 Seasons 239 535 -32 -0 0 -2 6 -28 -3.2 17 -11 -1.6 .486 .496 -1.1 0.5 -9 $
CHW (4 yrs) 173 438 -23 -1 0 -0 4 -21 -2.4 14 -6 -1.0 .486 .496 -0.8 0.5 -6 $
STL (1 yr) 66 97 -8 1 -0 -2 2 -8 -0.9 3 -5 -0.6 .487 .495 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $

Advanced Batting

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
1971 22 CHW AL 288 221 21 2.6 95 .271 .231 .258 .286 .331 .304 .384 .590 .714 66 .303 -12.5 -1.3 .463 .146 .073 3.2
1972 23 CHW AL 29 23 2 2.3 85 .318 .241 .250 .241 .319 .241 .361 .483 .680 43 .309 -2.2 -0.2 .348 .034 .000 .0
1974 25 CHW AL 72 56 3 1.4 92 .186 .164 .262 .222 .327 .179 .376 .401 .703 16 .127 -7.5 -0.8 .304 .090 .015
1975 26 CHW AL 49 39 3 2.1 94 .237 .200 .260 .265 .331 .244 .382 .510 .713 44 .207 -3.6 -0.4 .359 .111 .044 .0
1976 27 STL NL 97 81 4 1.3 93 .195 .176 .264 .211 .330 .264 .376 .474 .706 34 .114 -8.4 -0.9 .367 .143 .088 .0
5 Yrs 535 420 33 2.1 93 .243 .209 .259 .259 .330 .270 .380 .530 .709 50 .233 -34.2 -3.6 .406 .128 .061 3.4
162 Game Avg. 363 285 22 2.1 93 .243 .209 .259 .259 .330 .270 .380 .530 .709 50 .233 -34.2 -3.6 .406 .128 .061 2
CHW (4 yrs) 438 339 29 2.3 93 .255 .217 .258 .270 .329 .272 .381 .542 .710 53 .262 -25.8 -2.7 .416 .125 .055 3.4
STL (1 yr) 97 81 4 1.3 93 .195 .176 .264 .211 .330 .264 .376 .474 .706 34 .114 -8.4 -0.9 .367 .143 .088 .0
AL (4 yrs) 438 339 29 2.3 93 .255 .217 .258 .270 .329 .272 .381 .542 .710 53 .262 -25.8 -2.7 .416 .125 .055 3.4
NL (1 yr) 97 81 4 1.3 93 .195 .176 .264 .211 .330 .264 .376 .474 .706 34 .114 -8.4 -0.9 .367 .143 .088 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1971 22 CHW AL 288 0.7% 16.0% 6.9% 4.2% 20% 2.30 5.7 130.0 15.3 1.00 74%
1972 23 CHW AL 29 0.0% 24.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.1 29.0 0.55 76%
1974 25 CHW AL 72 0.0% 11.1% 6.9% 1.4% 9% 1.60 8.4 67.0 0.68 82%
1975 26 CHW AL 49 0.0% 14.3% 8.2% 2.0% 11% 1.75 6.4 9.0 0.53 78%
1976 27 STL NL 97 0.0% 9.3% 4.1% 6.2% 38% 2.25 10.1 18.2 1.32 85%
5 Yrs 535 0.4% 14.4% 6.2% 3.7% 19% 2.33 6.4 246.0 17.0 0.92 78%
MLB Averages 1.8% 13.6% 8.6% 5.9% 26% 1.57 6.5 48.7 9.1 1.09 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1971 22 CHW AL -12.8 -1.4 313 -2.4 4.0 -6.3 1.07 -1.2 -1.0 -12.2 -1.3 0.92 -12.1 2.39 6
1972 23 CHW AL -2.2 -0.2 30 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 .93 -0.3 0.2 -2.1 -0.2 0.94 -2.5 0.68 2
1974 25 CHW AL -7.5 -0.8 73 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .94 -0.8 0.3 -7.8 -0.8 0.89 -9.0 0
1975 26 CHW AL -3.6 -0.4 54 -0.9 0.7 -1.6 1.38 -0.4 -0.2 -6.6 -0.7 1.01 -4.9 1.36 1
1976 27 STL NL -8.4 -0.9 100 -0.9 1.1 -2.0 1.10 -1.0 0.2 -8.7 -0.9 0.99 -9.6 0.81 4
5 Yrs -34.5 -3.6 570 -4.7 7.0 -11.7 1.08 -3.7 -0.7 -37.4 -3.9 0.94 -38.1 1.56 13

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1971 22 CHW AL 4 0 46% 104 8 9 47% 8 9 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 11 63% 15 8 7 2 1 1 7 0 7
1972 23 CHW AL 0 0 71% 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1
1974 25 CHW AL 1 0 31% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 67% 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1
1975 26 CHW AL 0 0 85% 55 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 39% 9 6 3 0 0 0 4 1 2
1976 27 STL NL 1 0 60% 50 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 90% 4 1 3 2 0 2 4 0 4
5 Yrs 6 0 51% 246 12 12 50% 12 11 0 0 0 1 6 2 12 18 66% 37 17 20 4 1 3 17 1 15

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1971 22 CHW AL 288 38% 60 6 0 0 0 2.39 2 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 8 5 63% 38 5 13% 19 7 37% 128 15 12% 11 3 27% 5 2 40% 0
1972 23 CHW AL 29 14% 7 2 2 0 0 0.68 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 10 1 10% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1974 25 CHW AL 72 65% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 5 0 0% 31 1 3% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1975 26 CHW AL 49 47% 9 1 0 0 0 1.36 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 10 1 10% 39 5 13% 10 4 40% 3 0 0% 0
1976 27 STL NL 97 49% 16 4 0 0 0 0.81 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 22 4 18% 7 3 43% 66 7 11% 6 2 33% 1 1 100% 0
5 Yrs 535 43% 103 13 2 0 0 1.56 2 0 14 2 0 1 1 0 11 7 64% 81 10 12% 42 11 26% 274 29 11% 30 9 30% 10 3 30% 0
MLB Averages 55% 75% 11% 32% 14% 48% 53%

Cumulative Batting

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
1971 22 87 288 260 38 60 7 3 2 17 8 9 20 46 .231 .286 .304 .590 66 79 5 1 5 2 0
1972 23 98 317 289 43 67 7 3 2 18 9 9 20 53 .232 .282 .298 .580 64 86 6 1 5 2 0
1973 24 98 317 289 43 67 7 3 2 18 9 9 20 53 .232 .282 .298 .580 64 86 6 1 5 2 0
1974 25 130 389 356 48 78 8 3 2 19 9 9 25 61 .219 .271 .275 .546 55 98 6 1 5 2 1
1975 26 173 438 401 59 87 8 4 2 24 11 12 29 68 .217 .270 .272 .542 53 109 6 1 5 2 1
1976 27 239 535 492 71 103 12 6 2 29 12 12 33 77 .209 .259 .270 .530 50 133 10 1 7 2 2

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1971 22 88 294 265 42 64 7 3 2 19 9 21 46 .242 .298 .313 .611 25 87
1972 23 11 31 31 6 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 .258 .258 .258 .516 2 11
1974 25 32 73 68 6 12 1 0 0 1 0 5 8 .176 .233 .191 .424 3 32
1975 26 43 49 45 11 9 0 1 0 5 2 4 7 .200 .265 .244 .510 3 43
1976 27 66 99 93 14 18 4 2 0 6 1 4 9 .194 .227 .280 .506 6 66
5 Yrs 240 546 502 79 111 12 6 2 32 13 34 77 .221 .271 .281 .552 39 239
162 Game Avg. 162 369 339 53 75 8 4 1 22 9 23 52 .221 .271 .281 .552 26 239

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1971 AL  9 (7th)

                                         

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