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Paul
Richards		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 21, 1908 in Usa, TX, WAXAHACHIE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1932 23 BOS AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 6 5 5 8 8 8
1933 24 BOS AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 5 6 5 6 8 8 8
1934 25 BOS AL     4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 5 6 8 8 8
1935 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 6 6 8 8 8
1936 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 6 7 8 8 8
1937 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 7 6 7 8 8 8
1938 29 BOS AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 6 6 8 7 8
1939 30 BOS AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 7 8
1940 31 BOS AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 5 6 5 5 7 7 7
1941 32 CLE AL $ 715,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 4 5 6 5 5 7 6 7
1942 33 CLE AL $ 715,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5
1943 34 BRK NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 715,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 7 6 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
1932 23 AA   65 253 33 54 5 0 2 16 3 2 35 21 .213 .309 .257 .566 22.7  
    A   72 223 22 67 14 0 6 41 2 0 39 13 .300 .405 .444 .849 40.9  
1933 24 A   137 485 63 145 32 2 3 48 7 2 116 29 .299 .434 .392 .826 90.9  
1934 25 A   137 478 72 156 28 1 6 52 9 4 125 34 .326 .466 .427 .893 102.3  
1935 26 BOS AL 43 106 15 28 6 0 1 11 0 0 13 9 .264 .342 .349 .691 11.9 1.1
1936 27 BOS AL 42 107 10 21 5 0 0 11 0 0 13 15 .196 .281 .243 .524 6.4 0.0
1937 28 BOS AL 53 139 12 38 9 0 0 15 0 0 10 15 .273 .318 .338 .656 13.3 1.1
1938 29 BOS AL 125 427 42 115 17 4 3 51 0 0 46 55 .269 .336 .349 .685 48.6 5.9
1939 30 BOS AL 84 249 22 51 7 2 2 32 0 0 28 33 .205 .282 .273 .555 21.5 0.6
1940 31 BOS AL 69 193 17 44 5 1 1 16 0 0 19 30 .228 .296 .280 .576 15.3 0.3
1941 32 CLE AL 81 249 28 63 13 3 1 27 0 0 22 40 .253 .310 .341 .652 27.2 2.9
1942 33 CLE AL 63 191 18 42 8 0 2 21 0 0 14 43 .220 .272 .293 .565 15.0 0.6
1943 34 BRK NL 20 46 3 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 .130 .184 .174 .358 0.2 0.0
    AA   26 87 12 29 7 0 1 9 1 1 10 10 .333 .402 .448 .850 14.7  
9 Years Sim 580 1707 167 408 70 11 10 185 0 0 167 246 .239 .304 .310 .615 159.4 12.5
2 Years AA 91 340 45 83 12 0 3 25 4 3 45 31 .244 .334 .306 .640 37.3  
3 Years A 346 1186 157 368 74 3 15 141 18 6 280 76 .310 .440 .416 .856 234.0  
5 Years Minors 437 1526 202 451 86 3 18 166 22 9 325 107 .296 .418 .391 .809 271.3  
162 Game Average 476 46 113 19 3 2 51 0 0 46 68 .239 .304 .310 .615 44.5  
Career Highs 125 427 42 115 17 4 3 51 0 0 46 55 .273 .342 .349 .691 48.6  
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   1164 124 283 48 8 7 128 0 0 110 163 .243 .307 .316 .623 115.8
vs LH   543 43 125 22 3 3 57 0 0 57 83 .230 .299 .298 .598 51.0
Home 276 821 85 204 40 8 4 86 0 0 81 113 .248 .315 .331 .646 87.2
Away 304 886 82 204 30 3 6 99 0 0 86 133 .230 .295 .291 .586 79.6
RISP   468 0 110 14 4 2 163 0 0 57 75 .235 .308 .295 .602 47.1
Pinch Hitting   61 10 21 5 1 0 12 0 0 7 8 .344 .406 .459 .865 10.7
Close/Late   185 26 52 9 2 2 20 0 0 21 29 .281 .354 .384 .738 25.3
Mar/Apr 89 281 29 70 15 2 4 36 0 0 26 49 .249 .312 .359 .671 31.7
May 96 287 26 66 13 4 0 22 0 0 26 44 .230 .290 .303 .593 25.6
June 105 310 29 76 10 1 2 38 0 0 26 41 .245 .299 .303 .602 29.0
July 78 213 24 54 8 1 2 19 0 0 28 28 .254 .339 .329 .667 25.4
August 102 297 33 73 13 1 2 33 0 0 36 43 .246 .326 .316 .643 32.5
Sep/Oct 110 319 26 69 11 2 0 37 0 0 25 41 .216 .270 .263 .533 22.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1935 26 BOS AL C 37 31 258.7 98 9 2 0 .982 3.72 13 3 .231 1 1.4
1936 27 BOS AL C 33 29 242.7 99 7 0 0 1.000 3.93 8 4 .500 0 1.0
    2B 2 0 2.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 28 BOS AL C 40 35 302.0 127 6 1 1 .993 3.96 6 1 .167 1 1.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 29 BOS AL C 122 118 1052.0 467 43 3 1 .994 4.36 40 17 .425 3 5.7
1939 30 BOS AL C 80 72 639.3 269 29 6 0 .980 4.20 28 9 .321 2 2.0
1940 31 BOS AL C 65 55 489.3 202 21 4 0 .982 4.10 17 9 .529 1 2.9
1941 32 CLE AL C 73 70 609.0 269 33 1 0 .997 4.46 31 9 .290 6 3.2
    SS 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1942 33 CLE AL C 50 49 420.0 187 22 4 0 .981 4.48 21 7 .333 1 3.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1943 34 BRK NL C 14 11 103.7 68 8 0 0 1.000 6.60 6 4 .667 0 0.9
  C 514 470 4116.6 1786 178 21 2 .989 4.29 170 63 .371 15 21.2
  SS 2 0 3.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.92 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 2 0 2.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   520 470 4125.0 1788 180 21 2 .989 4.29 170 63 .371 15 21.3
Career Highs   122 118 1052.0 467 43 6 1 1.000 6.60 40 17 .667 6  
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Tony Pena (980)
  2. Dave Van Gorder (978)
  3. Geno Petralli (969)
  4. Ron Hassey (969)
  5. Roy Partee (967)
  6. Larry Howard (965)
  7. Gilly Campbell (963)
  8. Ted Simmons (960)
  9. Al Lopez (957)
  10. Sammy White (956)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1932
Had first career hit on 4/3/1935, off Jack Russell (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1935, off Bobo Newsom (ATL)
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1937
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/3/1941 to a 2-year deal worth $715,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 4/2/1943 to a minor league deal
 
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