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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	48-34 / in Starts: 44-27
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	52 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 8 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 256 PAs	32
Actual Runners on Base	129 (67-40-22) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 256 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	169 (87-54-27)

Most Driven In
R York	6
J Outlaw	5
R Cullenbine	5
Self	2
B Maier	1
S Webb	0
D Cramer	0

Most Driven In By
S Webb	3
Self	2
J Hoover	2
R Borom	2
E Mayo	2
D Cramer	2
R Cullenbine	1
H Greenberg	1

1945 Batting Game Log

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1945 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	384	1	Apr 17	DET	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	8	.55	0.088	1.39	0.13%	0.69	C
2	385	3 (1)	Apr 19	DET	@	SLB	W,1-0	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	8	1.87	-0.046	4.69	-0.07%	-0.74	C
3	386	4	Apr 20	DET		CLE	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.571	.714	8	1.62	-0.128	4.35	-0.21%	-1.23	C
4	387	5	Apr 21	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2		1	0	1			0	0	0	.111	.273	.444	.717	8						C
5	388	8 (2)	Apr 29 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	1	0	.091	.286	.364	.649	8						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	389	16 (7)	May 11	DET		NYY	L,3-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.235	.286	.521	8	.80	-0.060	3.06	-0.14%	-0.54	C
7	390	18 (1)	May 13 (2)	DET		BOS	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.059	.200	.235	.435	8	.50	-0.038	1.46	-0.07%	-0.61	C
8	391	19	May 19 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.056	.190	.222	.413	8	.20	-0.005	.63	-0.01%	-0.35	C
9	392	20	May 19 (2)	DET		WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.048	.200	.190	.390	8	.81	-0.023	2.43	-0.04%	-0.49	C
10	393	21	May 20 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.214	.208	.423	8	.52	0.033	1.66	0.06%	0.06	C
11	394	22	May 20 (2)	DET		WSH	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.214	.208	.423	8						C
12	395	23	May 23	DET	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.148	.281	.259	.541	8						C
13	396	24	May 24	DET	@	PHA	L,2-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.273	.250	.523	8						C
14	397	25	May 25	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.188	.297	.344	.641	8						C
15	398	26	May 26	DET	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.317	.343	.660	8	.81	-0.007	2.66	-0.01%	0.14	C
16	399	27	May 27 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.289	.308	.597	8	.51	-0.049	1.80	-0.11%	-0.74	C
17	400	28	May 27 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.271	.286	.557	8	.95	-0.093	3.64	-0.21%	-0.87	C
18	401	30 (1)	May 30 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.178	.275	.289	.563	8						C
19	402	31	May 31	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.259	.271	.530	8	.98	-0.074	4.60	-0.21%	-0.84	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
20	403	32	Jun 1	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.281	.294	.575	8	1.47	0.023	5.85	0.06%	0.01	C
21	404	33	Jun 2	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.262	.273	.535	8	.95	-0.097	3.64	-0.22%	-0.77	C
22	405	35 (1)	Jun 3 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.277	.328	.605	8	.64	0.138	2.30	0.30%	0.62	C
23	406	36	Jun 5	DET	@	CLE	L,0-9	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.183	.269	.317	.585	8						C
24	407	37	Jun 6	DET	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.172	.254	.297	.550	8						C
25	408	38	Jun 7	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.191	.267	.309	.575	8						C
26	409	42 (3)	Jun 10 (2)	DET		CHW	L,4-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	4	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.194	.266	.347	.613	8						C
27	410	43	Jun 12	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.265	.342	.607	8	1.43	-0.100	7.02	-0.30%	-0.54	C
28	411	46 (2)	Jun 16 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.265	.342	.607	8						C
29	412	47	Jun 16 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.264	.329	.593	8	.33	-0.010	1.74	-0.03%	-0.52	C
30	413	49 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.183	.256	.317	.573	8						C
31	414	52 (2)	Jun 20	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.186	.255	.314	.569	8						C
32	415	56 (3)	Jun 24 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.242	.297	.539	8	.55	-0.081	3.11	-0.27%	-1.75	C
33	416	59 (2)	Jun 28	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.255	.319	.574	8	1.42	0.187	7.42	0.59%	1.71	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
34	417	63 (3)	Jul 1 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0			0	0	0	.196	.264	.320	.584	8						C
35	418	68 (4)	Jul 6	DET		NYY	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.266	.320	.586	8	.87	0.013	6.18	0.06%	0.29	C
36	419	69	Jul 7	DET		NYY	W,3-2	GS-9	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.283	.337	.620	8	1.50	0.154	10.48	0.65%	1.28	C
37	420	71 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.215	.276	.327	.603	8						C
38	421	72	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.220	.280	.330	.610	8	1.10	0.050	7.25	0.20%	0.38	C
39	422	88 (15)	Jul 31	DET		SLB	W,5-4	0-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.216	.275	.324	.599	8						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
40	423	92 (3)	Aug 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.268	.316	.584	8	.96	-0.068	6.63	-0.28%	-0.71	C
41	424	94 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.268	.322	.590	8	.72	-0.035	5.02	-0.15%	-0.22	C
42	425	96 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-7	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.268	.322	.590	8						C
43	426	98 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.269	.322	.592	8	.66	-0.016	4.54	-0.07%	-0.28	C
44	427	101 (2)	Aug 11	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.210	.269	.315	.583	8						C
45	428	103 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	DET		NYY	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.219	.275	.320	.596	8						C
46	429	104	Aug 13 (1)	DET		NYY	W,15-4	CG	5	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.280	.338	.618	8	.31	-0.034	2.70	-0.18%	0.08	C
47	430	106 (1)	Aug 15	DET		WSH	L,0-8	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.276	.333	.609	8	.70	-0.031	7.29	-0.20%	-0.57	C
48	431	107	Aug 16	DET		WSH	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.282	.338	.620	8	.49	0.077	5.35	0.51%	1.36	C
49	432	109 (1)	Aug 18	DET		WSH	L,5-11	7-GF	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.291	.355	.646	8	.06	0.006	.70	0.04%	0.73	PH C
50	433	110	Aug 19 (1)	DET		PHA	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.290	.352	.642	8	.77	-0.072	5.86	-0.33%	-0.86	C
51	434	112 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.243	.291	.351	.642	8	1.18	-0.128	9.01	-0.58%	-1.48	C
52	435	114 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	DET		PHA	L,6-7	0-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.240	.288	.347	.634	8						C
53	436	115	Aug 21 (2)	DET		PHA	W,7-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.282	.340	.622	8	.90	-0.066	6.77	-0.30%	-0.84	C
54	437	116	Aug 22	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.231	.277	.333	.610	8						C
55	438	118 (1)	Aug 24	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-9	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.284	.342	.626	8	1.00	0.072	7.63	0.33%	0.64	C
56	439	119	Aug 26 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.279	.335	.614	8	1.41	-0.098	10.94	-0.46%	-0.65	C
57	440	121 (1)	Aug 28	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.284	.335	.619	8	.19	0.026	1.68	0.14%	0.81	C
58	441	123 (1)	Aug 31	DET		CLE	L,2-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.281	.331	.612	8	1.17	-0.074	9.70	-0.37%	-0.58	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
59	442	124	Sep 1	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	1	0	.235	.286	.341	.627	8						C
60	443	125	Sep 2	DET		CLE	L,2-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.286	.341	.627	8						C
61	444	126	Sep 3 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.233	.283	.337	.620	8						C
62	445	128 (1)	Sep 4	DET	@	NYY	W,10-0	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.286	.335	.621	8	.37	-0.033	4.34	-0.23%	0.68	C
63	446	129	Sep 5 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,10-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.286	.335	.621	8						C
64	447	130	Sep 5 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.286	.331	.618	8	.24	-0.008	2.61	-0.05%	0.06	C
65	448	132 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.232	.291	.331	.622	8	.80	0.060	9.84	0.45%	0.42	C
66	449	133	Sep 7	DET	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.228	.286	.326	.613	8	.44	-0.010	4.86	-0.06%	-0.27	C
67	450	134	Sep 8	DET	@	NYY	W,11-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.289	.328	.617	8	.62	-0.003	6.46	-0.02%	0.68	C
68	451	135	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	3	3	0	0	5	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.244	.298	.352	.650	8						C
69	452	136	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	BOS	T,3-3	0-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.298	.352	.650	1						C
70	453	137	Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.302	.352	.654	8	.68	0.094	6.57	0.54%	0.19	C
71	454	139 (1)	Sep 11	DET	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.306	.352	.657	8	1.30	0.036	13.38	0.22%	0.22	C
72	455	140	Sep 12 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.314	.356	.670	8	1.00	-0.005	8.79	-0.02%	0.91	C
73	456	143 (2)	Sep 14	DET	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG(5)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.315	.358	.673	8	1.51	0.051	17.24	0.35%	0.39	C
74	457	144	Sep 15 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.319	.361	.679	8	.93	0.170	23.68	2.61%	1.95	C
75	458	145	Sep 15 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.317	.358	.676	8	2.28	0.026	50.94	0.35%	-0.29	C
76	459	146	Sep 16 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.313	.353	.667	8	1.00	-0.071	14.44	-0.61%	-0.51	C
77	460	148 (1)	Sep 18	DET	@	WSH	L,5-12	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.312	.356	.668	8	.69	-0.008	8.04	-0.05%	0.82	C
78	461	149	Sep 19	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.314	.355	.668	8	1.24	0.027	13.57	0.18%	0.17	C
79	462	151 (1)	Sep 22	DET		SLB	W,9-0	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.321	.359	.680	8	.56	0.015	6.32	0.11%	1.48	C
80	463	152	Sep 23	DET		SLB	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.318	.356	.674	8	.50	-0.027	5.58	-0.18%	-0.31	C
81	464	153	Sep 26 (1)	DET		CLE	W,11-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.317	.358	.675	8	.26	0.094	.00	0.00%	1.35	C
82	465	154	Sep 26 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-3	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.316	.357	.673	8	1.91	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.22	C
83	466	155	Sep 30	DET	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.315	.355	.670	8	2.19	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.09	C
							48-34		256	234	26	60	12	1	3	32	19	1	31	1	2		0	1	4	0	.256	.315	.355	.670		.86	-0.182	6.83	1.82%	0.46

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