Richie
Hebner
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 212
 
Born: November 26, 1947 in Usa, MA, BOSTON
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1971    1973    1981   
Gold Glove 1981   
All-Star Selections 1971    1975    1977    1978    1979    1980    1982   
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
1969 21 MON NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 9 8
1970 22 MON NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 7 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9
1971 23 MON NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 7 8 8 7 7 7 8 9 9
1972 24 MON NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9
1973 25 MON NL $ 3,514,286   9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8
1974 26 MON NL $ 3,828,571   9 9 9 3 4 4 8 8 8 6 7 7 8 8 8
1975 27 MON NL $ 4,614,286   9 9 9 3 4 4 8 9 8 6 7 7 8 8 8
1976 28 MON NL $ 6,460,000   10 10 9 3 4 4 8 9 8 6 7 7 8 9 8
1977 29 MON NL $ 6,460,000   10 10 9 3 4 4 8 9 8 6 7 7 8 9 8
1978 30 MON NL $ 6,460,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
1979 31 MON NL $ 6,860,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7
1980 32 MON NL $ 6,860,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7
1981 33 NYG NL $ 6,860,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7
1982 34 NYG NL $ 6,860,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 7 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 7
1983 35 MIA NL $ 6,860,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 7 7 7 3 4 4 6 6 6
1984 36 MIA NL $ 6,860,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
1985 37 MIA NL $ 1,840,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,860,000   10 10 9 4 4 4 8 9 8 7 7 7 9 9 9
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
1969 21 MON NL 74 231 33 70 11 5 6 28 8 6 30 18 .303 .395 .472 .867 40.3 9.8
    AAA   81 299 52 110 15 3 7 36 9 15 55 28 .368 .466 .508 .974 63.9  
1970 22 MON NL 150 530 81 155 29 1 10 59 5 4 54 39 .292 .359 .408 .766 71.9 14.9
1971 23 MON NL 145 500 98 169 25 6 11 56 5 0 71 35 .338 .426 .478 .904 94.8 23.3
1972 24 MON NL 147 497 92 156 21 2 7 70 3 8 62 36 .314 .389 .406 .796 75.3 15.4
1973 25 MON NL 146 510 71 159 26 6 6 77 4 4 57 23 .312 .383 .422 .804 78.0 17.9
1974 26 MON NL 146 528 96 170 36 4 13 95 6 6 67 54 .322 .398 .479 .877 90.7 19.9
1975 27 MON NL 136 541 89 178 32 5 6 54 1 4 47 44 .329 .386 .440 .826 84.3 16.6
1976 28 MON NL 156 573 99 189 32 6 11 78 2 5 61 42 .330 .394 .464 .858 91.2 19.7
1977 29 MON NL 149 586 104 202 32 7 3 64 3 9 58 45 .345 .405 .439 .844 91.4 22.6
1978 30 MON NL 148 594 102 185 30 7 9 71 9 3 54 44 .311 .374 .431 .805 90.0 19.2
1979 31 MON NL 148 600 99 181 32 4 4 54 4 1 46 53 .302 .358 .388 .746 81.9 20.4
1980 32 MON NL 154 612 95 198 29 4 5 66 8 8 34 59 .324 .359 .408 .768 83.1 19.3
1981 33 MON NL 41 160 23 44 8 0 3 17 4 2 14 20 .275 .337 .381 .718 19.7 3.7
  NYG NL 101 355 51 98 18 2 5 34 8 6 32 47 .276 .337 .380 .717 43.1 8.2
  TOT   142 515 74 142 26 2 8 51 12 8 46 67 .276 .337 .381 .717 62.8 11.9
1982 34 NYG NL 126 448 55 146 31 1 7 54 9 9 34 45 .326 .378 .446 .824 70.6 15.7
1983 35 MIA NL 153 592 66 160 31 4 8 62 2 3 33 76 .270 .315 .377 .692 64.6 9.7
1984 36 MIA NL 143 553 46 149 25 2 4 39 1 2 33 91 .269 .314 .344 .658 56.3 9.3
1985 37 MIA NL 127 423 33 71 13 1 2 19 0 0 35 106 .168 .235 .217 .453 19.9 0.0
17 Years Sim 2390 8833 1333 2680 461 67 120 997 82 80 822 877 .303 .366 .412 .777 1247.0 265.6
1 Years AAA 81 299 52 110 15 3 7 36 9 15 55 28 .368 .474 .508 .982 63.9  
162 Game Average 598 90 181 31 4 8 67 5 5 55 59 .303 .366 .412 .777 84.5  
Career Highs 156 612 104 202 36 7 13 95 12 9 71 106 .345 .426 .479 .904 94.8  
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   6601 993 2045 344 44 92 740 62 59 618 633 .310 .372 .417 .789 973.4
vs LH   2232 340 635 117 23 28 257 20 21 204 244 .284 .346 .395 .741 294.9
Home 1198 4269 632 1310 227 31 57 472 36 41 396 442 .307 .368 .415 .783 619.2
Away 1192 4564 701 1370 234 36 63 525 46 39 426 435 .300 .363 .409 .771 649.2
RISP   2017 0 634 90 16 30 809 0 0 196 215 .314 .371 .419 .790 307.5
Pinch Hitting   150 25 43 7 1 3 37 1 0 21 12 .287 .375 .407 .782 23.4
Close/Late   1038 147 311 37 4 17 123 0 0 91 98 .300 .358 .392 .750 142.9
Mar/Apr 359 1329 207 409 67 10 19 159 9 8 123 109 .308 .370 .416 .786 195.1
May 404 1560 217 459 87 11 18 156 11 10 140 156 .294 .354 .399 .753 212.2
June 399 1492 221 449 77 9 16 149 12 17 134 167 .301 .360 .397 .757 203.5
July 383 1439 229 438 80 11 28 195 13 16 133 154 .304 .367 .434 .801 215.2
August 431 1554 253 491 70 11 22 164 22 16 158 144 .316 .383 .418 .801 238.0
Sep/Oct 414 1459 206 434 80 15 17 174 15 13 134 147 .297 .359 .408 .767 204.4
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
1969 21 MON NL SS 38 29 259.7 38 105 2 25 .986 4.96   1.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1970 22 MON NL SS 101 84 770.0 103 273 17 51 .957 4.39   2.6
    3B 44 42 381.3 23 89 7 11 .941 2.64   1.1
    1B 4 0 8.3 7 1 0 0 1.000 8.64   0.0
1971 23 MON NL SS 139 124 1137.0 154 442 14 78 .977 4.72   7.0
    3B 2 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
    1B 3 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1972 24 MON NL SS 140 128 1130.3 153 447 7 76 .988 4.78   8.0
    3B 3 0 8.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    1B 4 0 4.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1973 25 MON NL SS 137 128 1130.0 164 438 14 84 .977 4.79   8.5
    3B 8 0 15.3 2 3 0 2 1.000 2.94   0.1
1974 26 MON NL SS 143 139 1232.0 166 504 12 92 .982 4.89   9.8
    1B 3 0 8.0 10 0 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 27 MON NL SS 135 130 1169.0 150 506 10 68 .985 5.05   7.6
    1B 1 0 3.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
1976 28 MON NL SS 152 142 1258.7 170 533 22 90 .970 5.03   6.6
    3B 2 0 10.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1977 29 MON NL SS 135 130 1155.3 172 511 17 98 .976 5.32   7.9
    3B 11 2 43.0 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.51   0.1
    1B 2 1 9.3 11 1 0 1 1.000 11.58   0.0
1978 30 MON NL SS 141 138 1203.3 172 495 17 104 .975 4.99   6.3
    3B 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 31 MON NL SS 142 137 1226.0 160 537 12 116 .983 5.12   7.4
    3B 4 0 10.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 32 MON NL SS 145 141 1245.0 160 544 19 113 .974 5.09   5.3
    2B 1 1 8.0 1 6 0 1 1.000 7.88   0.1
    3B 4 0 8.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1981 33 MON NL SS 40 38 367.5 59 166 2 32 .991 5.51   2.1
    2B 1 1 5.6 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.82   0.0
  NYG NL SS 97 93 814.5 132 369 6 72 .988 5.54   5.8
    2B 1 1 12.4 1 5 0 1 1.000 4.35   0.1
  TOT   SS 137 131 1182.0 191 535 8 104 .989 5.53   7.9
      2B 2 2 18.0 2 7 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.1
1982 34 NYG NL SS 125 119 1086.7 168 474 10 72 .985 5.32   8.5
1983 35 MIA NL 3B 143 142 1245.3 101 279 21 24 .948 2.75   3.4
    1B 7 0 14.7 20 2 0 0 1.000 13.51   0.1
    SS 3 1 13.0 2 8 0 1 1.000 6.92   0.1
1984 36 MIA NL 3B 140 138 1196.7 80 261 18 20 .950 2.56   3.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1985 37 MIA NL SS 111 111 967.3 159 425 8 76 .986 5.43   6.6
    1B 12 12 95.0 127 11 0 11 1.000 13.07   0.4
    3B 3 2 19.0 2 7 0 1 1.000 4.26   0.2
  SS 1924 1812 16165.3 2282 6777 189 1248 .980 5.04   101.2
  3B 368 326 2947.3 215 661 46 58 .950 2.67   8.1
  1B 40 13 149.3 187 17 0 13 1.000 12.30   0.6
  2B 3 3 26.0 3 13 0 2 1.000 5.54   0.1
Career Totals   2335 2154 19287.9 2687 7468 235 1321 .977 4.74   110.0
Career Highs   154 143 1273.0 288 551 24 116 .989 6.08    
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
1970 22 MON NL 7 26 9 8 2 0 1 4 0 0 7 4 .308 .455 .500 .955
1971 23 MON NL 16 66 10 17 5 0 0 7 0 0 4 5 .258 .300 .333 .633
1972 24 MON NL 11 42 4 13 4 0 0 8 0 0 2 4 .310 .341 .405 .746
1973 25 MON NL 16 71 13 28 7 0 0 13 2 4 4 6 .394 .423 .493 .916
1974 26 MON NL 13 51 6 16 4 0 1 9 1 0 7 4 .314 .397 .451 .848
1975 27 MON NL 17 62 8 19 2 0 0 2 0 2 11 8 .306 .419 .339 .758
1976 28 MON NL 6 25 5 11 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .440 .481 .600 1.081
1977 29 MON NL 13 51 6 14 2 2 0 4 0 1 4 3 .275 .339 .392 .731
1979 31 MON NL 10 49 6 17 5 0 0 3 0 1 3 8 .347 .385 .449 .834
1981 33 NYG NL 16 58 7 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 9 .224 .292 .276 .568
1982 34 NYG NL 7 26 6 9 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 1 .346 .433 .385 .818
Career Post-Season Batting 132 527 80 165 39 2 2 58 4 8 53 53 .313 .378 .406 .784
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.
Batting Average
1971-1-.338
1972-5-.314
1973-4-.312
1974-4-.322
1975-4-.329
1976-1-.330
1977-3-.345
1978-10-.311
1980-2-.324
1982-8-.317*
On-Base Pct
1971-1-.426
1972-4-.389
1973-7-.383
1974-3-.398
1975-8-.386
1976-5-.394
1977-3-.405
Slugging Pct
1971-9-.478
1974-6-.479
OPS
1971-4-.904
1974-4-.877
1976-9-.858
1977-7-.844
XR
1971-9-94.8
1974-9-90.7
1977-7-91.4
1978-10-90.0
Games
1976-7-156
CAR-34-2390
At-Bats
1978-5-594
1979-5-600
1980-5-612
CAR-30-8833
Runs
1971-4-98
1972-10-92
1974-4-96
1975-9-89
1976-7-99
1977-2-104
1978-5-102
1979-6-99
1980-8-95
CAR-49-1333
Hits
1971-9-169
1974-9-170
1975-4-178
1976-1-189
1977-2-202
1978-3-185
1979-7-181
1980-3-198
CAR-19-2680
Total Bases
1976-9-266
Singles
1971-6-127
1972-5-126
1975-4-135
1976-2-140
1977-1-160
1978-4-139
1979-2-141
1980-2-160
CAR-7-2032
Doubles
1974-9-36
1977-8-32
CAR-50-461
Triples
1969-10-5
1971-3-6
1973-5-6
1975-10-5
1976-4-6
1977-5-7
1978-3-7
RBIs
1974-8-95
Caught Stealing
1972-9-8
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 116    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 58    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Montreal in 1969
Injured on 6/13/1969 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 6/28/1969 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 7/5/1969, off Jerry Koosman (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/20/1969, off Jim Mcandrew (PIT)
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis on 10/18/1971
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1971
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Los Angeles on 8/30/1972
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,514,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/22/1973 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1973
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,828,571 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1974, hitting .370 with 4 HR, 19 RBI
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,614,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Injured on 8/13/1975 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
9/22/1975: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $6,460,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1976, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1976, hitting .429 with 5 HR, 21 RBI
Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 4/27/1977
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/1977, hitting .542 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
5/1/1978: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $6,860,000 per year, for 6 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Milwaukee on 5/3/1978
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Injured on 9/27/1978 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks
Injured on 6/9/1979 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle on 6/23/1980
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Baltimore on 7/27/1980
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1980, hitting .516 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 9/16/1980, off Allen Ripley (PHN)
Injured on 5/24/1981 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from Montreal to New York (N) on 6/1/1981 (Going to MON: 1B Mike Tyson. Going to NYG: SS Richie Hebner, P Al Holland)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Milwaukee on 8/18/1981
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1981, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1981
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1981