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Gene
Richards		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: September 29, 1953 in Usa, SC, MONTICELLO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1977 23 MIL NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8
1978 24 MIL NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1979 25 MIL NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1980 26 MIL NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1981 27 MIL NL $ 2,750,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 7 6 7 8 8
1982 28 MIL NL $ 2,785,714   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7
1983 29 MIL NL $ 2,928,571   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8
1984 30 MIL NL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1985 31 MIL NL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 7
1986 32 MIL NL $ 4,500,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6
1987 33 DET AL $ 1,500,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
1988 34 DET AL $ 1,500,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 23 MIL NL 149 590 92 168 17 10 6 42 64 43 71 63 .285 .365 .378 .743 80.6 18.2
1978 24 MIL NL 155 583 72 145 19 8 4 45 70 32 61 64 .249 .324 .329 .653 65.6 11.0
1979 25 MIL NL 135 522 78 132 12 7 7 50 64 26 55 38 .253 .326 .343 .669 63.6 10.0
    AAA   4 15 1 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 .400 .438 .533 .971 2.7  
1980 26 MIL NL 153 622 96 178 16 7 9 61 90 35 66 58 .286 .355 .378 .733 89.5 19.0
1981 27 MIL NL 127 483 80 129 24 8 7 46 56 25 61 55 .267 .350 .393 .743 71.6 18.0
1982 28 MIL NL 154 617 87 178 18 10 3 51 74 35 51 48 .288 .343 .365 .707 75.2 13.9
1983 29 MIL NL 156 630 91 175 26 4 6 49 72 48 61 70 .278 .340 .360 .701 74.9 11.8
1984 30 MIL NL 154 635 75 174 30 7 5 56 51 29 56 83 .274 .334 .367 .701 73.4 12.5
1985 31 MIL NL 155 624 85 174 21 9 1 41 56 24 68 80 .279 .351 .346 .697 78.1 18.5
1986 32 MIL NL 143 581 76 158 30 3 3 46 42 22 52 85 .272 .333 .349 .683 68.1 11.0
1987 33 DET AL 96 260 39 73 10 1 2 28 19 18 23 40 .281 .339 .350 .689 27.2 3.2
1988 34 AAA   128 484 58 146 9 6 4 43 20 18 45 95 .302 .361 .370 .731 62.7  
11 Years Sim 1577 6147 871 1684 223 74 53 515 658 337 625 684 .274 .342 .360 .702 767.8 147.2
2 Years AAA 132 499 59 152 9 7 4 45 20 19 46 95 .305 .366 .375 .740 65.4  
162 Game Average 631 89 172 22 7 5 52 67 34 64 70 .274 .342 .360 .702 78.9  
Career Highs 156 635 96 178 30 10 9 61 90 48 71 85 .288 .365 .393 .743 89.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4475 664 1255 160 53 41 360 496 249 466 484 .280 .349 .367 .717 588.8
vs LH   1672 207 429 63 21 12 155 162 88 159 200 .257 .323 .341 .664 186.7
Home 781 2947 409 801 102 38 30 244 305 161 298 335 .272 .341 .363 .704 370.3
Away 796 3200 462 883 121 36 23 271 353 176 327 349 .276 .343 .358 .701 405.1
RISP   1254 0 331 41 16 11 415 0 0 126 115 .264 .329 .348 .678 147.7
Pinch Hitting   66 8 23 2 2 0 9 5 5 8 9 .348 .419 .439 .858 10.9
Close/Late   698 95 193 29 11 4 63 0 1 80 82 .277 .354 .367 .721 91.0
Mar/Apr 257 1032 141 270 35 15 9 91 120 43 96 107 .262 .324 .351 .675 126.6
May 289 1158 187 336 37 22 10 102 136 50 109 124 .290 .354 .386 .740 164.0
June 253 985 136 266 47 9 11 85 100 54 86 113 .270 .330 .370 .699 119.5
July 232 894 122 240 27 5 9 65 103 53 94 95 .268 .340 .340 .680 107.9
August 285 1098 149 294 36 17 7 84 110 64 128 141 .268 .344 .351 .695 136.3
Sep/Oct 261 980 136 278 41 6 7 88 89 73 112 104 .284 .359 .359 .718 121.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 23 MIL NL LF 141 138 1246.3 270 3 14 2 .951 1.97   2.6
    RF 2 2 20.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.35    
    CF 4 1 12.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75    
1978 24 MIL NL LF 150 144 1241.7 278 6 5 1 .983 2.06   3.9
    CF 2 1 10.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 25 MIL NL LF 131 125 1082.0 209 6 2 1 .991 1.79   3.0
    CF 3 1 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 1 1 9.0 12 0 0 2 1.000 12.00   0.0
1981 27 MIL NL LF 4 0 10.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1982 28 MIL NL LF 109 105 895.7 203 2 5 0 .976 2.06   3.5
    RF 40 40 360.3 79 1 4 0 .952 2.00    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 29 MIL NL CF 92 88 791.0 183 4 10 2 .949 2.13   3.1
1984 30 MIL NL LF 152 150 1371.3 274 5 7 4 .976 1.83   4.8
1985 31 MIL NL LF 153 149 1345.0 263 3 5 1 .982 1.78   3.4
1986 32 MIL NL LF 142 138 1228.7 208 8 8 2 .964 1.58   2.4
1987 33 DET AL CF 58 52 462.7 148 5 2 2 .987 2.98   2.4
    LF 13 6 66.7 14 0 1 0 .933 1.89    
    RF 6 6 49.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.65    
  LF 995 955 8487.3 1723 33 47 11 .974 1.86   23.7
  CF 160 143 1289.7 343 10 12 4 .967 2.46   5.6
  RF 49 49 438.3 91 1 5 0 .948 1.89    
  1B 1 1 9.0 12 0 0 2 1.000 12.00   0.0
Career Totals   1205 1148 10224.3 2169 44 64 17 .972 1.95   29.3
Career Highs   153 150 1371.3 282 8 15 4 1.000 3.60    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1982 28 MIL NL 10 39 8 12 3 0 1 3 4 4 6 2 .308 .400 .462 .862
1984 30 MIL NL 7 30 2 6 2 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 .200 .242 .267 .509
Career Post-Season Batting 17 69 10 18 5 0 1 6 6 6 8 4 .261 .333 .377 .710
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1978-3-155
1983-4-156
1985-10-155
 At-Bats
1977-10-590
1980-2-622
1982-4-617
1983-1-630
1984-1-635
1985-3-624
 Runs
1977-10-92
1980-5-96
 Hits
1980-5-178
1983-10-175
1984-6-174
1985-8-174
 Singles
1977-6-135
1980-4-146
1982-4-147
1983-6-139
1984-6-132
1985-4-143
1986-9-122
 Triples
1977-2-10
1978-1-8
1980-4-7
1981-3-8
1982-1-10
1984-6-7
1985-5-9
Stolen Bases
1977-2-64
1978-1-70
1979-2-64
1980-1-90
1981-2-56
1982-1-74
1983-3-72
1984-6-51
1985-5-56
1986-7-42
CAR-6-658
 Caught Stealing
1977-1-43
1978-1-32
1979-1-26
1980-1-35
1981-2-25
1982-1-35
1983-2-48
1984-4-29
1985-6-24
1986-5-22
1987-4-18
CAR-4-337
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 54    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. George Myatt (901)
  2. Terry Puhl (896)
  3. Snuffy Stirnweiss (893)
  4. Jose Cruz (891)
  5. Dick Howser (890)
  6. Jerry White (884)
  7. Al Gionfriddo (879)
  8. Lyman Bostock (876)
  9. Brett Butler (875)
  10. Tim Raines (874)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 1977
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/4/1977, off Dennis Leonard (CLN)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1977, hitting .458 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,750,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/15/1981 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4 weeks
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
7/1/1983: Signed a contract extension with Milwaukee, $4,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 7/6/1986 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/16/1987 to a 4-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Injured on 8/27/1988 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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