Rich Severson
Richard Allen Severson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 174 lb.

Born: January 18, 1945 in Artesia, CA
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1970
Final Game: September 29, 1971
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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
1970 25 KCR AL 77 260 240 22 60 11 1 1 22 0 0 16 33 .250 .300 .317 .616 71 76 5 1 3 0 2 64
1971 26 KCR AL 16 33 30 4 9 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 5 .300 .364 .433 .797 127 13 0 0 0 0 0 /465
2 Seasons 93 293 270 26 69 11 3 1 23 0 0 19 38 .256 .307 .330 .637 77 89 5 1 3 0 2
162 Game Avg. 162 510 470 45 120 19 5 2 40 0 0 33 66 .256 .307 .330 .637 77 155 9 2 5 0 3

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
1970 25 KCR AL 260 188 23 3.3 97 .286 .250 .257 .300 .331 .317 .392 .616 .723 71 .380 -9.6 -1.0 .503 .133 .067 .0
1971 26 KCR AL 33 21 5 6.4 91 .360 .300 .254 .364 .326 .433 .377 .797 .702 127 .700 0.8 0.1 .762 .233 .133
2 Seasons 293 209 28 3.6 96 .294 .256 .256 .307 .330 .330 .390 .637 .720 77 .422 -8.8 -0.9 .529 .144 .074 .0
162 Game Avg. 510 364 49 3.6 96 .294 .256 .256 .307 .330 .330 .390 .637 .720 77 .422 -8.8 -0.9 .529 .144 .074

Ratio Batting*

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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
1970 25 KCR AL 260 0.4% 12.7% 6.2% 5.0% 22% 2.06 7.3 240.0 10.9 1.21 79%
1971 26 KCR AL 33 0.0% 15.2% 9.1% 6.1% 22% 1.67 6.0 30.0 2.20 76%
2 Seasons 293 0.3% 13.0% 6.5% 5.1% 22% 2.00 7.1 270.0 11.7 1.27 79%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1970 25 KCR AL 8 0 28% 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 47% 9 6 3 3 2 1 5 0 4
1971 26 KCR AL 1 0 33% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
2 Seasons 9 0 28% 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 55% 11 6 5 3 2 1 6 0 5
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1970 25 KCR AL 260 39% 60 6 1 0 0 1.34 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 100% 55 5 9% 21 6 29% 151 23 15% 17 8 47% 11 3 27% 0
1971 26 KCR AL 33 15% 9 3 1 0 0 0.51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 0 0% 13 1 8% 2 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
2 Seasons 293 36% 69 9 2 0 0 1.06 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 100% 59 5 8% 23 6 26% 164 24 15% 19 8 42% 14 5 36% 0
MLB Averages

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
1970 25 77 260 240 22 60 11 1 1 22 0 0 16 33 .250 .300 .317 .616 71 76 5 1 3 0 2
1971 26 93 293 270 26 69 11 3 1 23 0 0 19 38 .256 .307 .330 .637 77 89 5 1 3 0 2

Neutralized Batting

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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
1970 25 77 260 242 23 62 11 1 1 23 0 17 33 .256 .308 .322 .630 24 77
1971 26 16 34 31 5 10 0 2 0 1 0 3 5 .323 .382 .452 .834 6 16
2 Seasons 93 294 273 28 72 11 3 1 24 0 20 38 .264 .316 .337 .653 30 93
162 Game Avg. 162 512 476 49 125 19 5 2 42 0 35 66 .264 .316 .337 .653 52 93

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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