Hardy Richardson Stats

Hardy Richardson was born on Saturday, April 21, 1855, in Clarksboro, New Jersey. Richardson was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 1, 1879, with the Buffalo Bisons. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Hardy Richardson baseball stats page.
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Hardy Richardson
 
 
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Birth Name:   Abram Harding Richardson
Nickname:   Old True Blue
Born On:   04-21-1855
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Clarksboro, New Jersey
Zodiac:   Taurus
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-14-1931
Place of Death Data Died In:   Utica, New York
Cemetery:   Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09½
Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   05-01-1879 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-10-1892
Draft:   Not Applicable
Hardy Richardson

Hardy Richardson Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1885 Bisons 1 0 1 0 0 .000 2.25 0 0 0 4.0 20 5 1 2 0 3 - 1 2 0 0 -
1886 Wolverines 4 0 4 3 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 0 12.0 63 11 6 8 1 10 - 5 2 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
2 Years 5 0 5 3 0 1.000 3.94 0 0 0 16.0 83 16 7 10 1 13 - 6 4 0 0 -
Hardy Richardson

Hardy Richardson Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1879 Bisons 79 336 54 95 18 10 0 0 37 16 - 30 - - 0 - .283 .315 .396
1880 Bisons 83 343 48 89 18 8 0 0 17 14 - 37 - - 0 - .259 .289 .359
1881 Bisons 83 344 62 100 18 9 2 0 53 12 - 27 - - 0 - .291 .315 .413
1882 Bisons 83 354 61 96 20 8 2 0 57 11 - - - - 0 - .271 .293 .390
1883 Bisons 92 399 73 124 34 7 1 0 56 22 - - - - 0 - .311 .347 .439
1884 Bisons 102 439 85 132 27 9 6 0 60 22 - - - - 0 - .301 .334 .444
1885 Bisons 96 426 90 136 19 11 6 0 44 20 - - - - 0 - .319 .350 .458
1886 Wolverines 125 538 125 189 27 11 11 0 61 46 - - - - 0 - .351 .402 .504
1887 Wolverines 120 543 131 178 25 18 8 0 94 31 - 40 - - 2 - .328 .366 .427
1888 Wolverines 58 266 60 77 18 2 6 0 32 17 - 23 - - 1 - .289 .335 .440
1889 Beaneaters 132 536 122 163 33 10 6 0 79 48 - 44 - - 5 - .304 .367 .437
1890 Red Stockings 130 555 126 181 26 14 13 1 146 52 - 46 - - 0 - .326 .384 .494
1891 Red Stockings 74 278 45 71 9 4 7 1 52 40 - 26 - - 1 - .255 .351 .392
1892 Senators 10 37 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 3 - - 0 - .108 .214 .108
1892 Giants 64 248 36 53 11 5 2 0 34 21 - 26 - - 1 - .214 .278 .323
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
14 Years 1,331 5,642 1,120 1,688 303 126 70 2 822 377 - 302 - - 10 - .299 .344 .435
Hardy Richardson

Hardy Richardson Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1879 Bisons 3B 78 - - 280 3.6 236 83 153 44 13 n/a n/a n/a .843 0.00 -
1879 Bisons C 1 - - 11 11.0 11 11 0 0 0 3 - - 1.000 0.00 -
1880 Bisons 3B 81 - - 309 3.8 262 108 154 47 6 n/a n/a n/a .848 0.00 -
1880 Bisons C 5 - - 29 5.8 24 15 9 5 0 14 - - .828 0.00 -
1881 Bisons 2B 5 - - 27 5.4 24 12 12 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 0.00 -
1881 Bisons 3B 1 - - 3 3.0 3 2 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1881 Bisons CF 79 - - 245 3.1 224 179 45 21 3 n/a n/a n/a .914 0.00 -
1881 Bisons SS 1 - - 6 6.0 6 2 4 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1882 Bisons 2B 83 - - 618 7.4 555 275 280 63 28 n/a n/a n/a .898 0.00 -
1883 Bisons 2B 92 - - 701 7.6 633 289 344 68 33 n/a n/a n/a .903 0.00 -
1884 Bisons 1B 3 - - 32 10.7 31 31 0 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .969 0.00 -
1884 Bisons 2B 71 - - 484 6.8 434 191 243 50 18 n/a n/a n/a .897 0.00 -
1884 Bisons 3B 5 - - 22 4.4 19 9 10 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .864 0.00 -
1884 Bisons CF 24 - - 52 2.2 49 44 5 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .942 0.00 -
1885 Bisons 2B 50 - - 367 7.3 332 163 169 35 17 n/a n/a n/a .905 0.00 -
1885 Bisons OF 48 - - 140 2.9 126 120 6 14 2 n/a n/a n/a .900 0.00 -
1885 Bisons P 1 0 12 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50 -
1885 Bisons SS 1 - - 3 3.0 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1886 Wolverines 2B 42 - - 235 5.6 221 103 118 14 15 n/a n/a n/a .940 0.00 -
1886 Wolverines 3B 2 - - 6 3.0 6 1 5 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1886 Wolverines LF 80 - - 169 2.1 152 131 21 17 1 n/a n/a n/a .899 0.00 -
1886 Wolverines P 4 0 36 2 0.5 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.50 -
1886 Wolverines SS 3 - - 15 5.0 14 7 7 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .933 0.00 -
1887 Wolverines 2B 64 - - 461 7.2 434 219 215 27 27 n/a n/a n/a .941 0.00 -
1887 Wolverines OF 59 - - 125 2.1 117 109 8 8 1 n/a n/a n/a .936 0.00 -
1888 Wolverines 2B 58 - - 387 6.7 358 173 185 29 21 n/a n/a n/a .925 0.00 -
1889 Beaneaters 2B 86 - - 602 7.0 556 246 310 46 44 n/a n/a n/a .924 0.00 -
1889 Beaneaters LF 46 - - 85 1.8 80 74 6 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .941 0.00 -
1890 Red Stockings 1B 1 - - 14 14.0 14 13 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1890 Red Stockings LF 124 - - 261 2.1 248 235 13 13 3 n/a n/a n/a .950 0.00 -
1890 Red Stockings SS 6 - - 35 5.8 35 12 23 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1891 Red Stockings 1B 3 - - 22 7.3 21 21 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .955 0.00 -
1891 Red Stockings 3B 9 - - 28 3.1 26 12 14 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .929 0.00 -
1891 Red Stockings OF 60 - - 111 1.9 106 101 5 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .955 0.00 -
1891 Red Stockings SS 4 - - 26 6.5 24 7 17 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .923 0.00 -
1892 Senators 2B 1 - - 5 5.0 5 3 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1892 Senators 3B 2 - - 2 1.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1892 Senators LF 7 - - 17 2.4 16 16 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .941 0.00 -
1892 Giants 1B 9 - - 112 12.4 109 106 3 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1892 Giants 2B 33 - - 204 6.2 190 82 108 14 11 n/a n/a n/a .931 0.00 -
1892 Giants OF 17 - - 23 1.4 21 20 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .913 0.00 -
1892 Giants SS 6 - - 39 6.5 34 10 24 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .872 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
2B Totals 585 0 0 4,091 7.0 3,742 1,756 1,986 349 214 n/a n/a n/a .915 0.00 --
LF Totals 257 0 0 532 2.1 496 456 40 36 5 n/a n/a n/a .932 0.00 --
OF Totals 184 0 0 399 2.2 370 350 20 29 5 n/a n/a n/a .927 0.00 --
3B Totals 178 0 0 650 3.7 554 215 339 96 22 n/a n/a n/a .852 0.00 --
CF Totals 103 0 0 297 2.9 273 223 50 24 5 n/a n/a n/a .919 0.00 --
SS Totals 21 0 0 124 5.9 116 39 77 8 11 n/a n/a n/a .935 0.00 --
1B Totals 16 0 0 180 11.3 175 171 4 5 6 n/a n/a n/a .972 0.00 --
C Totals 6 0 0 40 6.7 35 26 9 5 0 17 n/a n/a .875 0.00 --
P Totals 5 0 48 4 0.8 4 0 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25 --
14 Years 1,355 0 48 6,317 4.7 5,765 3,236 2,529 552 268 17 n/a n/a .913 3,242.81 --
Hardy Richardson

Hardy Richardson Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1879 Bisons - - - - - n/a 0.0 11.2 9.1 - - -
1880 Bisons - - - - - n/a 0.0 9.3 20.2 - - -
1881 Bisons - - - - - n/a 172.0 12.7 6.5 - - -
1882 Bisons - - - - - n/a 177.0 0.0 6.2 - - -
1883 Bisons - - - - - n/a 399.0 0.0 7.1 - - -
1884 Bisons - - - - - n/a 73.2 0.0 7.3 - - -
1885 Bisons - - - - - n/a 71.0 0.0 9.7 0.33 2.25 6.75
1886 Wolverines 42 - - - - n/a 48.9 0.0 8.8 0.50 3.75 7.50
1887 Wolverines 29 - - - - n/a 67.9 13.6 5.8 - - -
1888 Wolverines 13 - - - - n/a 44.3 11.6 8.3 - - -
1889 Beaneaters 47 - - - - n/a 89.3 12.2 6.8 - - -
1890 Red Stockings 42 - - - - n/a 42.7 12.1 3.8 - - -
1891 Red Stockings 16 - - - - n/a 39.7 10.7 5.3 - - -
1892 Senators 2 - - - - n/a 0.0 12.3 0.0 - - -
1892 Giants 14 - - - - n/a 124.0 9.5 7.3 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
14 Years 205 - - - - n/a 80.6 18.7 6.9 0.46 3.38 7.31
Hardy Richardson

Hardy Richardson Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1879 Buffalo Bisons n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1880 Buffalo Bisons n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1881 Buffalo Bisons n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1882 Buffalo Bisons n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1883 Buffalo Bisons n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Buffalo Bisons n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Buffalo Bisons n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1886 Detroit Wolverines n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Detroit Wolverines n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Detroit Wolverines n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Boston Beaneaters n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Boston Red Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Boston Red Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a




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