Hardy Richardson

Positions: Second Baseman, Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg)

Born: April 21, 1855 in Clarksboro, NJ us

Died: January 14, 1931 in Utica, NY

Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, NY

Debut: May 1, 1879 (Age 24-010d, 395th in major league history)

Last Game: September 10, 1892 (Age 37-142d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1879 season

Full Name: Abram Harding Richardson

Nicknames: Old True Blue

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1887 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

41.0

5657

1694

.300

1127

RBI

828

207

OBP

.344

SLG

.437

OPS

.781

OPS+

131

Summary of 73 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

11 leading off, 1 walk-off, 0 tying, 1 go ahead, 69 lacking some details

5 Tms
DTN	25
BOS	20
BUF	17
BSN	6
NYG	2

Platoon
vs RHP	57
vs LHP	8
vs ?HP	5

Home/Road
Home	38
Away	32

Outs
Unk	59
0	11

23 Opps
CHC	13
IND	8
BSN	7
PHA/PHQ	6
WHS	5
SLM	4
PRO	3
BUF	3
PBB	3
LOU	2
NYG	2
NYI	2
BAL	2
Unk	1
TRO	1
BWW	1
CLV	1
DTN	1
CHI	1
WHS	1
PHI	1
KCN	1
WOR	1

43 Pitchers
Old Hoss Radbourn	4
Egyptian Healy	4
John Clarkson	4
Ben Sanders	3
Fred Goldsmith	3
George Weidman	3
Jim McCormick	3
Henry Boyle	3
Al Maul	2
Will Calihan	2
John Kirby	2
Dupee Shaw	2
Charlie Buffinton	2
George Haddock	2
Jim Whitney	2
Mark Baldwin	2
George Davies	1
Charlie Bartson	1
Frank Killen	1
Pretzels Getzien	1
Bob Barr	1
Ed Daily	1
Bert Cunningham	1
Al Bauer	1
Gus Weyhing	1
George Keefe	1
John Tener	1
John Ward	1
Jersey Bakley	1
Jouett Meekin	1
John Buckley	1
Lee Richmond	1
Ice Box Chamberlain	1
Kid Madden	1
Ed Crane	1
John Coleman	1
George Van Haltren	1
Mickey Welch	1
Tim Keefe	1
Lee Viau	1
Ed Bagley	1
Larry Corcoran	1
Lev Shreve	1

24 Parks
CongressSt G (BOS)	16
RecreationPk (DET)	12
WestSide Pk (CHI)	6
Olympic Pk I (BUF)	5
7th St Pk 3 (IND)	4
SouthEndGrd2 (BOS)	4
SouthEnd Grd (BOS)	3
MesserSt Grd (PRO)	2
Swampoodle G (WAS)	2
Union Grnds (STL)	2
PoloGrnds1SE (NYC)	1
JefferStGrnd (PHI)	1
7th St Pk 2 (IND)	1
Boundary Fld (WAS)	1
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	1
SouthSidePk2 (CHI)	1
HaymakersGrd (TRO)	1
Forepaugh Pk (PHI)	1
RiversideGrd (BUF)	1
Assoc. Pk (KAN)	1
AgCountyFG (WOR)	1
LakeFrontPk2 (CHI)	1
Olympic Pk 2 (BUF)	1
LakeFrontPk1 (CHI)	1

Where Hit

11 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	60
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

121 RBI

Inning
1	13
2	8
3	14
4	6
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	6
9	5

1-3	35
4-6	17
7-end	18

RelScore
Tied	1
Unk	69

Tied	1
Unk	69

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	32
2B	26
CF	6
1B	3
RF	2
3B	1

OrderPos
1st	29
Unk	25
5th	6
4th	4
3rd	4
2nd	1
6th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1881	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
1	1	1	1	1881-06-21	BUF	@	TRO	Mickey Welch		t 8		1	4	8
2	2	2	1	1881-09-13	BUF	@	WOR	Lee Richmond		t 7		2	4	8		IPHR
1882	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
3	3	1	1	1882-05-18	BUF	@	CHC	Fred Goldsmith		b 1		3		4
4	4	2	1	1882-08-25	BUF	@	PRO	John Ward		t 4		3		4
1883	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
5	5	1	1	1883-07-19	BUF		PHI	John Coleman		b 4		3		4		IPHR
1884	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
6	6	1	1	1884-05-19	BUF	@	NYG	Ed Bagley		t 3		1	3	8
7	7	2	1	1884-05-27	BUF		CHC	Fred Goldsmith		b 1	0	1	1	3		Lead-Off
8	8	3	2	1884-05-27	BUF		CHC	Fred Goldsmith		b 8		1	1	3
9	9	4	1	1884-07-07	BUF		PRO	Old Hoss Radbourn		b 8		2	3	4
10	10	5	1	1884-08-09	BUF	@	CHC	Larry Corcoran		t 3		2	4	4
11	11	6	1	1884-09-03	BUF	@	PRO	Old Hoss Radbourn		t 4		1	3	4
1885	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
12	12	1	1	1885-05-08	BUF		CHC	John Clarkson		b 3		2	1	4
13	13	2	1	1885-05-13	BUF	@	BSN	Jim Whitney		t 3		2	1	8
14	14	3	1	1885-05-19	BUF	@	BSN	Charlie Buffinton		t 7		1	1	8
15	15	4	1	1885-06-09	BUF		DTN	George Weidman		b 7		1	1	4
16	16	5	1	1885-06-17	BUF	@	CHC	John Clarkson		t 1	0	1	1	8		Lead-Off
17	17	6	1	1885-09-02	BUF	@	CHC	Jim McCormick		t 1	0	1	1	4		Lead-Off
1886	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
18	18	1	1	1886-06-02	DTN	@	WHS	Bob Barr		t 4		2	4	4
19	19	2	1	1886-06-11	DTN		SLM	Al Bauer		b 1	0	1	1	7		Lead-Off,IPHR
20	20	3	1	1886-06-28	DTN		WHS	Dupee Shaw		b 3		2	1	4
21	21	4	2	1886-06-28	DTN		WHS	Dupee Shaw		b 6		1	1	4
22	22	5	1	1886-07-14	DTN	@	KCN	George Weidman		t 3		1	1	4
23	23	6	1	1886-07-15	DTN	@	SLM	John Kirby		t 3		2	1	4		IPHR
24	24	7	1	1886-07-24	DTN		SLM	John Kirby		b 2		2	1	7		IPHR
25	25	8	1	1886-08-21	DTN		CHC	Jim McCormick		b 3		2	1	7		IPHR
26	26	9	2	1886-08-21	DTN		CHC	Jim McCormick		b 4		1	1	7
27	27	10	1	1886-08-28	DTN		BSN	Charlie Buffinton		b 7		1	1	5
28	28	11	1	1886-09-17	DTN	@	SLM	Egyptian Healy		t 1	0	1	1	7		Lead-Off
1887	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
29	29	1	1	1887-05-06	DTN		IND	Egyptian Healy		b 1		3	5	7
30	30	2	1	1887-06-16	DTN	@	CHC	John Clarkson		t 6		1	1	7
31	31	3	1	1887-06-17	DTN	@	CHC	Mark Baldwin		t 1	0	1	1	7		Lead-Off
32	32	4	2	1887-06-17	DTN	@	CHC	Mark Baldwin		t 5		1	1	7
33	33	5	1	1887-07-04 (1)	DTN		BSN	Kid Madden		b 2		2	1	7
34	34	6	1	1887-07-14	DTN	@	BSN	Old Hoss Radbourn		t 1	0	1	1	4		Lead-Off
35	35	7	1	1887-08-06	DTN		BSN	Old Hoss Radbourn		b 1	0	1	1	4		Lead-Off
36	36	8	1	1887-10-05	DTN	@	IND	Lev Shreve		t 9		1	1	7
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
37	37	1	1	1888-04-27	DTN	@	IND	Egyptian Healy		t 6		2		4
38	38	2	1	1888-05-15	DTN		WHS	Ed Daily		b 6		2		4		IPHR
39	39	3	1	1888-05-26	DTN	@	CHC	George Van Haltren		t 9		1		4
40	40	4	1	1888-06-08	DTN	@	BSN	John Clarkson		t 1	0	1	1	4		Lead-Off
41	41	5	1	1888-06-30	DTN	@	IND	Henry Boyle		t 2		3		4
42	42	6	1	1888-07-05	DTN		NYG	George Weidman		b 3		2		4
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
43	43	1	1	1889-05-24	BSN		IND	Jim Whitney		b 5		1	3	4
44	44	2	1	1889-06-24	BSN	@	IND	Pretzels Getzien		t 8		1	5	4
45	45	3	1	1889-08-05	BSN	@	IND	Henry Boyle		t 3		2	5	4
46	46	4	1	1889-09-02 (2)	BSN		IND	Henry Boyle		b 1	0	1	1	7		Lead-Off
47	47	5	1	1889-09-14 (1)	BSN		CLV	Jersey Bakley		b 8		2	1	7
48	48	6	1	1889-09-21	BSN	@	WHS	George Haddock		t 1	0	1	1	7		Lead-Off
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
49	49	1	1	1890-04-26	BOS		NYI	Ed Crane		b 6		2		7
50	50	2	1	1890-05-22	BOS		PBB	Al Maul		b 2		2		7
51	51	3	1	1890-06-05	BOS	@	PHQ	Ben Sanders		t 2		3	2	7
52	52	4	1	1890-06-14 (1)	BOS		PHQ	Ben Sanders		b 3		2		7
53	53	5	2	1890-06-14 (1)	BOS		PHQ	Ben Sanders	tied 5-5	b 9		1		7		Walk-Off
54	54	6	1	1890-06-17 (1)	BOS		BWW	Gus Weyhing		b 3		1		7
55	55	7	1	1890-07-14	BOS		BUF	George Haddock		b 8		2		7
56	56	8	1	1890-07-15	BOS		BUF	John Buckley		b 7		3		7
57	57	9	1	1890-07-23	BOS	@	CHI	Charlie Bartson		t 6		2	5	7		IPHR
58	58	10	1	1890-08-01	BOS	@	BUF	George Keefe		t 5		3	5	7		IPHR
59	59	11	1	1890-08-06	BOS		NYI	Tim Keefe		b 2		1		7
60	60	12	1	1890-08-29	BOS		PBB	Al Maul		b 9		2		7
61	61	13	1	1890-08-30 (1)	BOS		PBB	John Tener		b 5		4		7
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
62	62	1	1	1891-04-21	BOS		PHA	Will Calihan		b 7		1		7
63	63	2	1	1891-04-24	BOS		BAL	Bert Cunningham		b 3		2		7
64	64	3	1	1891-04-30	BOS	@	PHA	Will Calihan		t 7		2	5	7		IPHR
65	65	4	1	1891-07-20	BOS		LOU	Jouett Meekin		b 4		1		9
66	66	5	1	1891-08-18	BOS		BAL	Egyptian Healy		b 2		4		3
67	67	6	1	1891-08-21	BOS		PHA	Ice Box Chamberlain		b 9		2		7
68	68	7	1	1891-08-25	BOS			George Davies		b 2		2		7
1892	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
69	69	1	1	1892-06-06	NYG		LOU	Lee Viau		b 3		3	6	9
70	70	2	1	1892-06-22	NYG	@	WHS	Frank Killen		t 5		2		4		IPHR