John Richmond

John H. Richmond

Positions: Shortstop, Centerfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 5, 1855 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1875
Teams (by GP): Buckeyes/Stars/RedStockings/Athletics/Blues/... 1875-1885

Final Game: July 10, 1885
Died: October 5, 1898 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Northwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1875	ATH	NA	20	2B	17				97	44	35	18	6	.814		4.65	.837		5.89
1875	ATH	NA	20	OF	11				27	18	4	5	0	.815		2.00	.818		1.88	2-3-6
1875	ATH	NA	20	C	3				13	6	4	3	0	.769		3.33	.823		5.70		17
1879	SYR	NL	24	OF	35				96	77	7	12	1	.875		2.40	.838		1.89	4-29-2
1879	SYR	NL	24	SS	28				138	52	68	18	4	.870		4.29	.872		4.56
1879	SYR	NL	24	C	2				4	4	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.890		6.45		4
1880	BSN	NL	25	SS	31				122	30	73	19	14	.844		3.32	.882		4.38
1880	BSN	NL	25	OF	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.860		1.80	0-1-0
1881	BSN	NL	26	OF	25				65	59	4	2	1	.969		2.52	.871		2.06	0-24-1
1881	BSN	NL	26	SS	2				12	3	6	3	0	.750		4.50	.873		4.65
1882	TOT	MLB	27	OF	59				121	94	16	11	0	.909		1.86	.853		1.90	0-58-1
1882	CLV	NL	27	OF	41				84	65	12	7	0	.917		1.88	.855		1.93	0-41-0
1882	PHA	AA	27	OF	18				37	29	4	4	0	.892		1.83	.848		1.83	0-17-1
1883	COL	AA	28	SS	91				486	122	304	60	19	.877		4.68	.836		3.94
1883	COL	AA	28	OF	2				2	0	2	0	0	1.000		1.00	.850		1.80	0-2-0
1884	COL	AA	29	SS	105				464	96	306	62	26	.866		3.83	.862		4.28
1885	PIT	AA	30	SS	23				93	14	65	14	6	.849		3.43	.879		4.69
1885	PIT	AA	30	OF	11				17	13	1	3	0	.824		1.27	.879		1.87	0-8-3
	6 Seasons			SS	280				1315	317	822	176	69	.866		4.07	.857		4.24
	7 Seasons			OF	144				329	262	34	33	2	.900		2.06	.851		1.92	6-125-13
	1 Season			2B	17				97	44	35	18	6	.814		4.65	.837		5.89
	2 Seasons			C	5				17	10	4	3	0	.824		2.80	.839		6.00		21
	8 Seasons			TOT	446				1758	633	895	230	77	.869		3.43	.854		3.58	6-125-13	21
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	2B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF
1875	ATH	NA	20	29	29	3	17	0	2	3	6	11
1879	SYR	NL	24	62	62	2	0	28	4	29	2	35
1880	BSN	NL	25	32	32	0	0	31	0	1	0	1
1881	BSN	NL	26	27	27	0	0	2	0	24	1	25
1882	CLV	NL	27	41	41	0	0	0	0	41	0	41
1882	PHA	AA	27	18	18	0	0	0	0	17	1	18
1883	COL	AA	28	92	92	0	0	91	0	2	0	2
1884	COL	AA	29	105	105	0	0	105	0	0	0	0
1885	PIT	AA	30	34	34	0	0	23	0	8	3	11
	8 Seasons			440	440	5	17	280	6	125	13	144

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y 1883 AA 306 (1st)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1883 AA 91 (5th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1883 AA 122 (2nd)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1883 AA 304 (1st)
Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1883 AA 60 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1883 AA 4.68 (1st)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1883 AA .877 (1st)

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