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Paul Richards
Paul Rapier Richards

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 17, 1932
Final Game September 22, 1946
Born November 21, 1908 in Waxahachie, TX
Died May 4, 1986 in Waxahachie, TX

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1932 23 BRO NL   3    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1933 24 NYG NL  51   87    4   17   3  0   0   10   0      3  12  .195  .222  .230   30   20   2           0   5
 1934 25 NYG NL  42   75   10   12   1  0   0    3   0     13   8  .160  .284  .173   26   13   1           0   2
 1935 26 TOT     92  261   31   64  10  1   4   29   0  0  26  13  .245  .314  .337   69   88   5           0   0
         NYG NL   7    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      2   1  .250  .500  .250  110    1   0           0   0
         PHA AL  85  257   31   63  10  1   4   29   0  0  24  12  .245  .310  .339   68   87   5           0    
 1943 34 DET AL 100  313   32   69   7  1   5   33   1  0  38  35  .220  .307  .297   71   93   3           1   7
 1944 35 DET AL  95  300   24   71  13  0   3   37   8  3  35  30  .237  .318  .310   76   93   7           1  13 MVP-17
 1945 36 DET AL  83  234   26   60  12  1   3   32   4  0  19  31  .256  .315  .355   89   83   2           1   1 MVP-10
 1946 37 DET AL  57  139   13   28   5  2   0   11   2  0  23  18  .201  .315  .266   59   37   5           0   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      523 1417  140  321  51  5  15  155  15  3 157 149  .227  .305  .301   68  427  25   0   0   3  35
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        439   43   99  16  2   5   48   5  1  49  46  .227  .305  .301   68  132   8   0   0   1  11
 Career High    100  313   32   71  13  2   5   37   8  3  38  35  .256  .318  .355   89   93   7   0   0   1  13
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1932 23 BRO NL    8    8    0   0.0   102| .000  .282| .000  .334| .000  .408| .000  .742|-100  .000  -2.2  -0.2     
 1933 24 NYG NL   92   77    4   1.4    91| .195  .273| .222  .326| .230  .374| .452  .699|  30  .123  -8.0  -0.8     
 1934 25 NYG NL   89   66    4   1.6   103| .160  .285| .284  .340| .173  .405| .457  .744|  26  .123  -7.4  -0.7     
 1935 26 TOT     292  202   28   3.7   110| .245  .286| .314  .358| .337  .413| .651  .772|  69  .365 -12.3  -1.2   0%
         NYG NL    6    3    1   8.9   102| .250  .283| .500  .338| .250  .404| .750  .742| 110  .764   0.3   0.0     
         PHA AL  286  199   27   3.6   110| .245  .286| .310  .359| .339  .414| .649  .772|  68  .355 -12.6  -1.2   0%
 1943 34 DET AL  355  254   29   3.1    93| .220  .265| .307  .341| .297  .366| .604  .706|  71  .411 -11.7  -1.3 100%
 1944 35 DET AL  343  252   30   3.2    96| .237  .275| .318  .343| .310  .375| .628  .718|  76  .398  -9.1  -1.0  72%
 1945 36 DET AL  256  177   27   4.1    93| .256  .268| .315  .342| .355  .365| .670  .706|  89  .525  -3.6  -0.4 100%
 1946 37 DET AL  167  123   12   2.6   101| .201  .271| .315  .346| .266  .389| .581  .735|  59  .299  -7.3  -0.8 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1602 1159  134   3.1    98| .227  .274| .305  .344| .301  .381| .606  .726|  68  .367 -61.6  -6.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1932 23 BRO NL C 3 21 3 0 1 1.000 .980 8.00 3.97 0 1933 24 NYG NL C 36 74 17 1 2 .989 .982 2.53 3.75 0 1934 25 NYG NL C 37 86 15 0 3 1.000 .985 2.73 4.09 1 1935 26 TOT C 83 300 42 8 5 .977 .984 4.12 4.20 6 NYG NL C 4 7 2 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 4.17 0 PHA AL C 79 293 40 8 5 .977 .984 4.22 4.20 6 1943 34 DET AL C 100 537 86 9 12 .986 .981 6.23 4.61 6 1944 35 DET AL C 90 413 60 10 13 .979 .976 5.26 4.36 7 1945 36 DET AL C 83 361 44 2 7 .995 .986 4.88 4.31 4 1946 37 DET AL C 54 311 35 1 6 .997 .982 6.41 4.79 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1932 23 BRO NL C 3 21 3 0 1 1.000 .980 8.00 3.97 0 1933 24 NYG NL C 36 74 17 1 2 .989 .982 2.53 3.75 0 1934 25 NYG NL C 37 86 15 0 3 1.000 .985 2.73 4.09 1 1935 26 TOT C 83 300 42 8 5 .977 .984 4.12 4.20 6 NYG NL C 4 7 2 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 4.17 0 PHA AL C 79 293 40 8 5 .977 .984 4.22 4.20 6 1943 34 DET AL C 100 537 86 9 12 .986 .981 6.23 4.61 6 1944 35 DET AL C 90 413 60 10 13 .979 .976 5.26 4.36 7 1945 36 DET AL C 83 361 44 2 7 .995 .986 4.88 4.31 4 1946 37 DET AL C 54 311 35 1 6 .997 .982 6.41 4.79 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 486 2103 302 31 49 .987 .982 4.95 4.35 25 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 486 2103 302 31 49 .987 .982 4.95 4.35
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1945   WS    DET CHC     W   7  19   0   4  2  0  0   6   4   3  .211  .348  .316   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1944-AL-17-0.02
1945-AL-10-0.10
Car-839-0.12 shares

HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1347) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 15, 1932: Purchased by the Minneapolis (American Association) from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

September 15, 1932: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Minneapolis (American Association).

May 25, 1935: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the New York Giants.

December 20, 1946: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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