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John Richmond
John H. Richmond

Bats Unknown, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 22, 1875
Final Game July 10, 1885
Born March 5, 1855 in Pennsylvania
Died October 5, 1898 in Philadelphia, PA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1875 20 ATH NA  29  125   29   25   2  0   0   12   1  0   1   4  .200  .206  .216   42   27                    
 1879 24 SYR NL  62  254   31   54   8  4   1   23          4  24  .213  .225  .287   76   73                    
 1880 25 BSN NL  32  129   12   32   3  1   0    9          2  18  .248  .260  .287   87   37                    
 1881 26 BSN NL  27   98   13   27   2  2   1   12          6   7  .276  .317  .367  117   36                    
 1882 27 TOT     59  205   20   36   8  4   0   15   0     22      .176  .256  .254   66   52                    
         CLV NL  41  140   12   24   6  2   0   11         11  27  .171  .232  .243   55   34                    
         PHA AA  18   65    8   12   2  2   0    4   0     11      .185  .303  .277   88   18                    
 1883 28 COL AA  92  385   63  109   7  8   0    0   0     25      .283  .327  .343  123  132                    
 1884 29 COL AA 105  398   57  100  13  7   3    0   0     35      .251  .317  .342  122  136               3    
 1885 30 PIT AA  34  131   14   27   2  2   0   12   0      8      .206  .262  .252   63   33               2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      440 1725  239  410  45 28   5   83   1  0 103  53  .238  .283  .305   96  526   0   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        635   88  151  17 10   2   31   0  0  38  20  .238  .283  .305   96  194   0   0   0   2   0
 Career High    105  398   63  109  13  8   3   23   1  0  35  24  .283  .327  .343  123  136   0   0   0   3   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1875 20 ATH NA  126  100    6   1.6    62| .200  .265| .206  .272| .216  .325| .422  .597|  42  .211  -7.2  -0.9 100%
 1879 24 SYR NL  258  200   16   2.2    58| .213  .247| .225  .262| .287  .320| .512  .582|  76  .294  -6.1  -0.7     
 1880 25 BSN NL  131   97   10   2.7    60| .248  .243| .260  .266| .287  .321| .547  .587|  87  .435  -1.9  -0.2     
 1881 26 BSN NL  104   71   11   4.1    72| .276  .260| .317  .290| .367  .341| .684  .631| 117  .554   1.8   0.2     
 1882 27 TOT     227  169   13   2.0    69| .176  .253| .256  .281| .254  .339| .510  .620|  66  .274  -6.8  -0.7     
         CLV NL  151  116    8   1.8    68| .171  .250| .232  .278| .243  .341| .475  .619|  55  .224  -6.5  -0.7     
         PHA AA   76   53    5   2.5    69| .185  .259| .303  .287| .277  .335| .580  .622|  88  .390  -0.3   0.0     
 1883 28 COL AA  410  276   43   4.1    64| .283  .248| .327  .277| .343  .327| .670  .604| 123  .571  10.0   1.1     
 1884 29 COL AA  436  298   42   3.7    62| .251  .236| .317  .273| .342  .321| .659  .594| 122  .561  10.9   1.3     
 1885 30 PIT AA  141  104    8   2.0    73| .206  .251| .262  .297| .252  .337| .514  .634|  63  .281  -5.4  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1833 1315  149   3.0    64| .238  .247| .283  .276| .305  .327| .588  .603|  96  .443  -4.6  -0.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1875 20 ATH NA 2B 17 44 35 18 6 .814 .837 4.65 5.56 OF 11 18 4 5 0 .815 .818 2.00 1.77 2 3 6 C 3 6 4 3 0 .769 .820 3.33 5.20 0 1879 24 SYR NL OF 35 76 7 12 1 .874 .838 2.37 1.85 4 29 2 SS 28 52 68 18 4 .870 .873 4.29 4.54 C 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .889 2.00 6.25 4 1880 25 BSN NL SS 31 30 73 19 14 .844 .882 3.32 4.31 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.80 0 1 0 1881 26 BSN NL OF 25 59 4 2 1 .969 .871 2.52 2.00 0 24 1 SS 2 3 6 3 0 .750 .874 4.50 4.55 1882 27 TOT OF 59 94 16 11 0 .909 .852 1.86 1.85 0 58 1 CLV NL OF 41 65 12 7 0 .917 .855 1.88 1.88 0 41 0 PHA AA OF 18 29 4 4 0 .892 .846 1.83 1.78 0 17 1 1883 28 COL AA SS 91 122 304 60 19 .877 .836 4.68 3.84 OF 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.75 0 2 0 1884 29 COL AA SS 105 96 306 62 26 .866 .862 3.83 4.23 1885 30 PIT AA SS 23 14 65 14 6 .849 .879 3.43 4.67 OF 11 13 1 3 0 .824 .881 1.27 1.83 0 8 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1875 20 ATH NA 2B 17 44 35 18 6 .814 .837 4.65 5.56 1875 20 ATH NA C 3 6 4 3 0 .769 .820 3.33 5.20 0 1879 24 SYR NL C 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .889 2.00 6.25 4 1875 20 ATH NA OF 11 18 4 5 0 .815 .818 2.00 1.77 2 3 6 1879 24 SYR NL OF 35 76 7 12 1 .874 .838 2.37 1.85 4 29 2 1880 25 BSN NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.80 0 1 0 1881 26 BSN NL OF 25 59 4 2 1 .969 .871 2.52 2.00 0 24 1 1882 27 TOT OF 59 94 16 11 0 .909 .852 1.86 1.85 0 58 1 CLV NL OF 41 65 12 7 0 .917 .855 1.88 1.88 0 41 0 PHA AA OF 18 29 4 4 0 .892 .846 1.83 1.78 0 17 1 1883 28 COL AA OF 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.75 0 2 0 1885 30 PIT AA OF 11 13 1 3 0 .824 .881 1.27 1.83 0 8 3 1879 24 SYR NL SS 28 52 68 18 4 .870 .873 4.29 4.54 1880 25 BSN NL SS 31 30 73 19 14 .844 .882 3.32 4.31 1881 26 BSN NL SS 2 3 6 3 0 .750 .874 4.50 4.55 1883 28 COL AA SS 91 122 304 60 19 .877 .836 4.68 3.84 1884 29 COL AA SS 105 96 306 62 26 .866 .862 3.83 4.23 1885 30 PIT AA SS 23 14 65 14 6 .849 .879 3.43 4.67
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 280 317 822 176 69 .866 .856 4.07 4.18 OF 144 261 34 33 2 .899 .851 2.05 1.87 6 125 13 2B 17 44 35 18 6 .814 .837 4.65 5.56 C 5 10 4 3 0 .824 .838 2.80 5.62 4 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 446 632 895 230 77 .869 .854 3.42 3.50
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Bases on Balls
1883 AA-25-7
1884 AA-35-5

Singles
1883 AA-94-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

October 30, 1884: Purchased by the Pittsburg Alleghenys from the Columbus Buckeyes.


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