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Lee Richmond Stats

Lee Richmond was born on Tuesday, May 5, 1857, in Sheffield, Ohio. Richmond was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 27, 1879, with the Boston Red Caps. 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 Lee Richmond baseball stats page.

"On June 12, 1880, against Cleveland-occurred (his perfect game) after the pitcher had stayed up all night at a pregraduation party at Brown University, played in an early-morning baseball game between his alma mater and Yale, and skipped lunch to reach Worcester in time for his starting assignment." - Donald Dewey in The Biographical History of Baseball (1995)

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Birth Name:	J. Lee Richmond
Nickname:	None
Born On:	05-05-1857
Born In:	Sheffield, Ohio
Zodiac:	Taurus
Died On:	10-01-1929
Died In:	Toledo, Ohio
Cemetery:	Forest Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio

College:	Brown University
Bats:	Unknown
Throws:	Left
Height:	5-10
Weight:	155
First Game:	09-27-1879 (Age 22)
Last Game:	10-04-1886
Draft:	Not Applicable

Lee Richmond Lee Richmond Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1879	Red Caps	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	36	4	2	6	0	1	-	11	1	0	0	-
1880	Ruby Legs	74	66	9	32	32	.500	2.15	57	5	3	590.2	2,410	541	141	278	7	74	-	243	29	0	0	-
1881	Ruby Legs	53	52	1	25	26	.490	3.39	50	3	0	462.1	1,992	547	174	302	7	68	-	156	24	0	1	-
1882	Ruby Legs	48	46	2	14	33	.298	3.74	44	0	0	411.0	1,876	525	171	343	11	88	-	123	26	0	0	-
1883	Grays	12	12	0	3	7	.300	3.33	8	0	0	92.0	416	122	34	67	2	27	-	13	6	0	0	-
1886	Red Stockings	3	2	1	0	2	.000	8.00	1	0	0	18.0	91	24	16	22	0	11	-	6	0	2	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
6 Years		191	179	13	75	100	.429	3.06	161	8	3	1,583.0	6,821	1,763	538	1,018	27	269	-	552	86	2	1	-

Lee Richmond Lee Richmond Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1879	Red Caps	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-	1	-	-	0	-	.333	.333	.333
1880	Ruby Legs	77	309	44	70	8	4	0	0	34	9	-	32	-	-	0	-	.227	.248	.278
1881	Ruby Legs	61	252	31	63	5	1	0	0	28	10	-	10	-	-	0	-	.250	.279	.278
1882	Ruby Legs	55	228	50	64	8	9	2	0	28	9	-	11	-	-	0	-	.281	.308	.421
1883	Grays	49	194	41	55	8	6	1	0	19	15	-	-	-	-	0	-	.284	.335	.402
1886	Red Stockings	8	29	3	8	0	0	0	0	3	3	-	-	-	-	0	-	.276	.344	.276
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
6 Years		251	1,018	169	262	29	20	3	0	113	46	-	54	-	-	0	-	.257	.289	.334

Lee Richmond Lee Richmond Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1879 Red Caps	P	1	1	27	2	2.0	2	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.00	-
1880 Ruby Legs	OF	20	-	-	9	0.5	6	4	2	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.667	0.00	-
1880 Ruby Legs	P	74	66	1,772	133	1.8	110	13	97	23	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.827	1.68	-
1881 Ruby Legs	OF	11	-	-	14	1.3	9	8	1	5	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.643	0.00	-
1881 Ruby Legs	P	53	52	1,387	126	2.4	118	18	100	8	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.937	2.30	-
1882 Ruby Legs	OF	11	-	-	17	1.5	12	8	4	5	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.706	0.00	-
1882 Ruby Legs	P	48	46	1,233	126	2.6	112	15	97	14	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.889	2.45	-
1883 Grays	OF	41	-	-	70	1.7	50	47	3	20	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.714	0.00	-
1883 Grays	P	12	12	276	23	1.9	21	2	19	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.913	2.05	-
1886 Red Stockings	CF	7	-	-	10	1.4	4	4	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.400	0.00	-
1886 Red Stockings	P	3	2	54	4	1.3	4	2	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.00	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		191	179	4,749	414	2.2	367	50	317	47	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.886	2.09	--
OF Totals		83	0	0	110	1.3	77	67	10	33	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.700	0.00	--
CF Totals		7	0	0	10	1.4	4	4	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.400	0.00	--
6 Years		281	179	4,749	534	1.9	448	121	327	86	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.839	2.55	--

Lee Richmond Lee Richmond Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1879 Red Caps	-	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	6.0	6.0	11.00	11.00	1.00
1880 Ruby Legs	-	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	9.7	9.1	3.28	3.70	1.13
1881 Ruby Legs	-	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	25.2	9.0	2.29	3.04	1.32
1882 Ruby Legs	-	-	-	-	-	n/a	114.0	20.7	8.1	1.40	2.69	1.93
1883 Grays	-	-	-	-	-	n/a	194.0	0.0	10.2	0.48	1.27	2.64
1886 Red Stockings	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	9.7	0.55	3.00	5.50
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
6 Years	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	339.3	18.9	9.0	2.05	3.14	1.53

Lee Richmond Lee Richmond Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1879 Boston Red Caps	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1880 Worcester Ruby Legs	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1881 Worcester Ruby Legs	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1882 Worcester Ruby Legs	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1883 Providence Grays	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1886 Cincinnati Red Stockings	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
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