Paul Richards

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: November 21, 1908 in Waxahachie, TX us

Died: May 4, 1986 in Waxahachie, TX

Buried: Hillcrest Burial Park, Waxahachie, TX

High School: Waxahachie HS (Waxahachie, TX)

Debut: April 17, 1932 (Age 23-148d, 7,464th in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 22, 1946 (Age 37-305d)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Paul Rapier Richards

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.3

1417

321

.227

140

RBI

155

OBP

.305

SLG

.301

OPS

.606

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	34-23 / in Starts: 28-16
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	51 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 167 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	96 (49-33-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 167 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	108 (55-35-17)

Most Driven In
D Wakefield	2
R Cullenbine	2
P Higgins	1
P Mullin	1
H Greenberg	1
J Bloodworth	1
S Webb	0
J Outlaw	0

Most Driven In By
E Lake	3
E Mayo	3
D Cramer	2
H Evers	1
H Newhouser	1
S Overmire	1
V Trucks	0

1946 Batting Game Log

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1946 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	467	1	Apr 16	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.99	-0.100	2.50	-0.15%	-1.03	C
2	468	3 (1)	Apr 18	DET		SLB	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	8	.42	-0.009	1.07	-0.01%	-0.35	C
3	469	10 (6)	Apr 27	DET		CLE	W,5-4	10-11	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	8	2.25	0.074	7.14	0.14%	0.38	C
4	470	11	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,1-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	8	1.07	0.029	3.45	0.06%	0.05	C
5	471	12	Apr 30	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.357	.182	.539	8	.72	0.054	2.47	0.11%	0.48	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	472	14 (1)	May 2	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.313	.154	.466	8	1.03	-0.048	3.28	-0.09%	-0.51	C
7	473	16 (1)	May 4	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.316	.188	.503	8	.95	0.008	2.30	0.01%	-0.24	C
8	474	18 (1)	May 5 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.222	.586	8	1.15	0.077	1.79	0.07%	0.42	C
9	475	19	May 6	DET	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.385	.238	.623	8	.96	0.055	1.67	0.06%	0.07	C
10	476	21 (1)	May 8	DET	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.217	.357	.217	.575	8	1.73	0.043	3.64	0.06%	-0.01	C
11	477	23 (1)	May 11	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.185	.313	.185	.498	8	.70	-0.093	1.56	-0.13%	-2.74	C
12	478	25 (1)	May 13	DET		CHW	W,6-5	GS-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.324	.179	.502	8	.71	0.017	1.93	0.03%	0.00	C
13	479	30 (4)	May 19 (1)	DET		BOS	L,0-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.324	.179	.502	8						C
14	480	31	May 19 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.161	.297	.161	.459	8	.60	-0.009	2.04	-0.02%	0.28	C
15	481	32	May 21	DET		BOS	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.300	.176	.476	8	1.05	-0.047	3.87	-0.11%	-0.53	C
16	482	33	May 22	DET		NYY	L,3-5	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.317	.176	.494	8	1.53	0.045	4.04	0.07%	0.21	C
17	483	35 (1)	May 24	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.184	.311	.211	.522	8	.61	0.022	1.04	0.02%	-0.16	C
18	484	37 (1)	May 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.225	.354	.300	.654	8	1.16	0.175	2.05	0.19%	1.26	C
19	485	39 (1)	May 29	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.365	.286	.651	8	.55	-0.005	.94	0.00%	0.46	C
20	486	41 (1)	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			1	0	0	.205	.352	.273	.625	8						C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	487	43 (1)	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.229	.362	.292	.654	8	.53	0.128	.87	0.13%	1.30	C
22	488	46 (2)	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.355	.275	.629	8	.51	-0.024	.65	-0.02%	-0.27	C
23	489	47	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	L,4-15	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.200	.343	.255	.598	8	.16	-0.029	.33	-0.04%	-1.06	C
24	490	48	Jun 9 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	GS-0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.207	.343	.276	.619	8						C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	491	70 (21)	Jul 3	DET		CHW	W,2-1	9-GF(10)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.352	.305	.657	8	1.78	0.118	1.66	0.07%	0.41	C
26	492	72 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,8-9	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.226	.360	.306	.666	8	1.13	0.089	1.47	0.07%	1.04	C
27	493	80 (7)	Jul 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.367	.338	.706	8	.93	0.204	.68	0.09%	2.21	C
28	494	87 (6)	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,11-7	CG(7)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.235	.373	.338	.712	8						C
29	495	91 (3)	Jul 26	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.236	.368	.347	.715	8						C
30	496	93 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-2	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.375	.356	.731	8	1.53	0.045	.52	0.01%	0.21	C
31	497	94	Jul 28 (2)	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.380	.364	.744	8	.40	0.042	.12	0.01%	0.37	C
32	498	96 (1)	Jul 30	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.375	.350	.725	8	.66	-0.056	.29	-0.02%	-0.51	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	499	98 (1)	Aug 1	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.253	.374	.349	.723	8						C
34	500	100 (1)	Aug 3	DET		BOS	L,3-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.374	.349	.723	8						C
35	501	102 (1)	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.244	.363	.337	.700	8						C
36	502	106 (3)	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.362	.337	.699	8	1.66	0.011	.13	0.00%	-0.14	C
37	503	107	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.239	.352	.326	.678	8	1.28	-0.058	.07	0.00%	-0.59	C
38	504	109 (1)	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	0-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.237	.349	.323	.671	8						C
39	505	110	Aug 15	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.354	.323	.677	8	.67	-0.004	.02	0.00%	-0.33	C
40	506	111	Aug 16	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.353	.333	.687	8	1.11	0.162	.06	0.01%	1.26	C
41	507	112	Aug 17	DET		SLB	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.358	.333	.692	8	.68	0.028	.03	0.00%	0.75	C
42	508	113	Aug 18 (1)	DET		SLB	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.238	.350	.324	.673	8						C
43	509	115 (1)	Aug 20	DET	@	PHA	L,0-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.341	.315	.656	8	1.29	-0.098	.01	0.00%	-0.63	C
44	510	120 (4)	Aug 25	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.227	.341	.309	.650	8	1.06	-0.048	.01	0.00%	0.38	C
45	511	122 (1)	Aug 27	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.341	.309	.650	8						C
46	512	124 (1)	Aug 29	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	13-GF(14)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.341	.309	.650	8						C
47	513	125	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.356	.310	.665	8	.79	0.121	.00	0.00%	1.27	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	514	127 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.353	.307	.660	9	.15	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.30	PH
49	515	128	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	0-GF(16)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.353	.307	.660	8						C
50	516	129	Sep 4	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			1	0	0	.220	.343	.297	.639	8						C
51	517	133 (3)	Sep 8 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.336	.289	.625	8	1.04	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.45	C
52	518	137 (3)	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,6-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.333	.287	.620	8	.21	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.47	C
53	519	138	Sep 13	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1		0	2	0	0	.210	.333	.282	.616	8	2.51	-0.157	.00	0.00%	-0.94	C
54	520	141 (2)	Sep 16	DET		WSH	W,11-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.203	.325	.273	.598	8						C
55	521	142	Sep 17	DET		WSH	W,6-4	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.318	.267	.585	8	.66	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.40	C
56	522	143	Sep 18	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.316	.267	.583	8	1.92	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-0.42	C
57	523	147 (3)	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.201	.315	.266	.581	8	.77	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.81	C
							34-23		167	139	13	28	5	2	0	11	23	4	18	0	5		1	7	2	0	.201	.315	.266	.581		.93	0.532	1.04	0.61%	0.69

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