Gene Richards

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: September 29, 1953 in Monticello, SC us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (1st) of the 1975 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from South Carolina State University (Orangeburg, SC).

School: South Carolina State University (Orangeburg, SC)

Debut: April 6, 1977 (Age 23-189d, 13,837th in major league history)
vs. CIN 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 31-001d)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Eugene Richards

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.7

3549

1028

.290

502

RBI

255

247

OBP

.357

SLG

.383

OPS

.739

OPS+

112

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
2	2	Apr 8	SDP	@	SFG	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
3	3	Apr 9	SDP	@	SFG	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
4	4	Apr 10	SDP	@	ATL	L,7-8	GS	44	8.2	6	1	0	7	2	1B LF
5	5	Apr 11	SDP	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
6	6	Apr 14	SDP		SFG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	14	1	1	16	2	1B
7	7	Apr 16	SDP		SFG	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
8	8	Apr 18	SDP		HOU	L,1-5	CG	46	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
9	9	Apr 19	SDP		HOU	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
10	10	Apr 20	SDP		ATL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
11	12 (1)	Apr 22	SDP		ATL	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
12	13	Apr 23	SDP		ATL	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
13	14	Apr 24	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	37	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
14	15	Apr 25	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
15	17 (1)	Apr 28	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
16	18	Apr 29	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
17	19	Apr 30	SDP	@	PHI	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	9	0	3	12	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	20	May 1	SDP	@	PIT	L,4-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
19	21	May 2	SDP	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
20	22	May 3	SDP	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	23	May 5	SDP	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
22	24	May 6	SDP	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	25	May 7	SDP	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
24	26	May 9	SDP		CHC	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
25	27	May 10	SDP		CHC	W,1-0	GS	32	9.0	16	0	1	17	2	1B LF
26	28	May 11	SDP		CHC	L,3-4	GS	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B LF
27	29	May 12	SDP		PIT	W,6-4	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
28	30	May 13	SDP		PIT	W,6-5	GS	37	9.0	9	1	1	11	4	1B LF
29	31	May 14	SDP		PIT	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
30	32	May 15	SDP		STL	W,4-3	GS	52	14.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF CF
31	33	May 16	SDP		STL	W,7-5	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
32	34	May 17	SDP		STL	W,5-2	GS	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF LF
33	35	May 19	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
34	36	May 20	SDP	@	CIN	L,6-10	GS	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
35	37	May 21 (1)	SDP	@	CIN	W,7-2	GS	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF LF
36	38	May 21 (2)	SDP	@	CIN	L,0-1	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF 1B
37	39	May 22	SDP		LAD	L,1-8	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	40	May 23	SDP		LAD	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
39	41	May 24	SDP		LAD	W,9-3	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
40	42	May 26	SDP		CIN	L,1-3	GS	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
41	43	May 27	SDP		CIN	L,2-5	GS	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
42	44	May 28	SDP		CIN	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	45	May 29	SDP	@	LAD	L,6-9	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
44	47 (1)	May 31	SDP	@	LAD	W,3-1	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	48	Jun 2	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
46	49	Jun 3	SDP	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
47	50	Jun 4	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-2	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
48	51	Jun 5	SDP	@	MON	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF LF
49	52	Jun 6 susp	SDP	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	54 (1)	Jun 9	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
51	55	Jun 10	SDP	@	CHC	W,10-8	GS	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF LF
52	56	Jun 11	SDP	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
53	57	Jun 12	SDP		NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	58	Jun 13	SDP		NYM	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
55	59	Jun 14 (1)	SDP		MON	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
56	60	Jun 14 (2)	SDP		MON	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
57	61	Jun 15	SDP		MON	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
58	63 (1)	Jun 17	SDP		PHI	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
59	64	Jun 18	SDP		PHI	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	65	Jun 20	SDP		ATL	L,3-5	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	66	Jun 21	SDP		ATL	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	67	Jun 22	SDP		ATL	W,2-0	GS	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF LF
63	68	Jun 23	SDP		HOU	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	69	Jun 24	SDP		HOU	W,6-5	CG	50	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	70	Jun 25 (1)	SDP		HOU	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
66	71	Jun 25 (2)	SDP		HOU	W,7-4	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
67	72	Jun 26	SDP		SFG	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
68	73	Jun 27	SDP		SFG	L,1-9	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
69	74	Jun 28 (1)	SDP		SFG	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	75	Jun 28 (2)	SDP		SFG	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
71	76	Jun 30	SDP	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	77	Jul 1 (1)	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-9	GS	36	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
73	78	Jul 1 (2)	SDP	@	HOU	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	79	Jul 2	SDP	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	80	Jul 3	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	81	Jul 4	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	82	Jul 5	SDP	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	3	0	1	4	0	LF
78	83	Jul 6	SDP	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 1B
79	84	Jul 7	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-11	GS	41	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
80	85	Jul 8 (1)	SDP	@	ATL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	86	Jul 8 (2)	SDP	@	ATL	W,7-0	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
82	87	Jul 9	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
83	88	Jul 13	SDP	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
84	89	Jul 14	SDP	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	92 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	SDP	@	PIT	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
86	93	Jul 17	SDP	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	44	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
87	94	Jul 18	SDP	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	95	Jul 19	SDP	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	96	Jul 20	SDP	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
90	97	Jul 21	SDP		CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
91	98	Jul 22	SDP		CHC	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
92	99	Jul 23	SDP		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
93	100	Jul 25	SDP		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
94	101	Jul 26	SDP		PIT	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
95	102	Jul 27	SDP		PIT	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	103	Jul 28	SDP		STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
97	104	Jul 29	SDP		STL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
98	105	Jul 30	SDP		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
99	106	Jul 31	SDP		LAD	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	107	Aug 1	SDP		LAD	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
101	108	Aug 2	SDP		LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
102	109	Aug 4	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
103	110	Aug 5	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
104	111	Aug 6	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
105	113 (1)	Aug 8	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
106	114	Aug 9	SDP	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
107	115	Aug 10	SDP		CIN	W,15-3	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
108	116	Aug 11	SDP		CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
109	117	Aug 12	SDP		CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
110	118	Aug 13	SDP		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
111	119	Aug 15	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
112	120	Aug 16	SDP	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
113	121	Aug 17	SDP	@	NYM	W,9-2	GS	17	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
114	122	Aug 18	SDP	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
115	123	Aug 19	SDP	@	MON	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
116	124	Aug 20	SDP	@	MON	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
117	125	Aug 21	SDP	@	PHI	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
118	126	Aug 22	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
119	127	Aug 23	SDP	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
120	128	Aug 24	SDP		NYM	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
121	131 (2)	Aug 27	SDP		NYM	W,3-0	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
122	132	Aug 28	SDP		PHI	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
123	133	Aug 29	SDP		PHI	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
124	134	Aug 30	SDP		PHI	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
125	135	Aug 31	SDP		MON	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	136	Sep 1	SDP		MON	L,2-3	CG	46	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
127	137	Sep 2	SDP		MON	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
128	138	Sep 4	SDP	@	ATL	W,8-4	GS	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
129	141 (2)	Sep 7	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-6	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
130	143 (1)	Sep 9	SDP	@	HOU	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
131	144	Sep 10	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
132	148 (3)	Sep 14	SDP		CIN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
133	149	Sep 15	SDP		HOU	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
134	150	Sep 16	SDP		HOU	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
135	151	Sep 17	SDP		HOU	W,3-1	GS	27	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
136	154 (2)	Sep 21	SDP		SFG	W,5-1	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
137	155	Sep 22	SDP	@	LAD	W,12-3	GS	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
138	156	Sep 23	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
139	157	Sep 24	SDP	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
140	158	Sep 26	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-1	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
141	159	Sep 27	SDP	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
142	160	Sep 29	SDP		LAD	W,3-1	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
143	161	Sep 30	SDP		LAD	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
144	162	Oct 1	SDP		LAD	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							167gm		1184.1	416	20	17	453	23