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 Stockings. 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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Lee Richmond
 
 
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Birth Name:   J. Lee Richmond
Nickname:   None
Born On:   05-05-1857  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Sheffield, Ohio
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-01-1929 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Toledo, Ohio
Cemetery:   Forest Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Undetermined
College:   Brown University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Unknown   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   155
First Game:   09-27-1879 (Age 22)
Last Game:   10-04-1886
Draft:   Not Applicable
Lee Richmond

Lee Richmond 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
1879 22 Red Stockings 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 23 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 24 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 25 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 26 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 29 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 -
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
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1879 22 Red Stockings 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 - - 0 - .333 .333 .333
1880 23 Ruby Legs 77 309 44 70 8 4 0 0 34 9 - 32 - - 0 - .227 .248 .278
1881 24 Ruby Legs 61 252 31 63 5 1 0 0 28 10 - 10 - - 0 - .250 .279 .278
1882 25 Ruby Legs 55 228 50 64 8 9 2 0 28 9 - 11 - - 0 - .281 .308 .421
1883 26 Grays 49 194 41 55 8 6 1 0 19 15 - - - - 0 - .284 .335 .402
1886 29 Red Stockings 8 29 3 8 0 0 0 0 3 3 - - - - 0 - .276 .344 .276
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL 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
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1879 Red Stockings 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
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
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
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1879 Red Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.0 6.0 11.00 11.00 1.00
1880 Ruby Legs - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 9.7 9.1 3.28 3.70 1.13
1881 Ruby Legs - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 25.2 9.0 2.29 3.04 1.32
1882 Ruby Legs - - - 0 0 n/a 114.0 20.7 8.1 1.40 2.69 1.93
1883 Grays - - - 0 0 n/a 194.0 0.0 10.2 0.48 1.27 2.64
1886 Red Stockings 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 9.7 0.55 3.00 5.50
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
6 Years 0 - - 0 0 n/a 339.3 18.9 9.0 2.05 3.14 1.53
Lee Richmond

Lee Richmond Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1879 Boston Red Stockings 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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