Paul Richards

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: November 21, 1908 in Waxahachie, TX us

Died: May 4, 1986 in Waxahachie, TX

Buried: Hillcrest Burial Park, Waxahachie, TX

High School: Waxahachie HS (Waxahachie, TX)

Debut: April 17, 1932 (Age 23-148d, 7,464th in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 22, 1946 (Age 37-305d)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Paul Rapier Richards

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.3

1417

321

.227

140

RBI

155

OBP

.305

SLG

.301

OPS

.606

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	DET	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 19	DET	@	SLB	W,1-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	4	Apr 20	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
4	5	Apr 21	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	8	2	0	10	0
5	8 (2)	Apr 29 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	16 (7)	May 11	DET		NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
7	18 (1)	May 13 (2)	DET		BOS	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	19	May 19 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	20	May 19 (2)	DET		WSH	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
10	21	May 20 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	22	May 20 (2)	DET		WSH	L,0-1	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	23	May 23	DET	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	8	4	0	12	0
13	24	May 24	DET	@	PHA	L,2-7	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
14	25	May 25	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	26	May 26	DET	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
16	27	May 27 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
17	28	May 27 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
18	30 (1)	May 30 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
19	31	May 31	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	32	Jun 1	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS	37	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	33	Jun 2	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
22	35 (1)	Jun 3 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
23	36	Jun 5	DET	@	CLE	L,0-9	GS	0		5	1	0	6	0
24	37	Jun 6	DET	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	38	Jun 7	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
26	42 (3)	Jun 10 (2)	DET		CHW	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	43	Jun 12	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	47	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
28	46 (2)	Jun 16 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	47	Jun 16 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
30	49 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	52 (2)	Jun 20	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
32	56 (3)	Jun 24 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
33	59 (2)	Jun 28	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	63 (3)	Jul 1 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
35	68 (4)	Jul 6	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
36	69	Jul 7	DET		NYY	W,3-2	GS	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
37	71 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
38	72	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS	19	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	88 (15)	Jul 31	DET		SLB	W,5-4	GF	0		3	1	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	92 (3)	Aug 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	94 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
42	96 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-7	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
43	98 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-7	GS	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	101 (2)	Aug 11	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	103 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	DET		NYY	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	104	Aug 13 (1)	DET		NYY	W,15-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	106 (1)	Aug 15	DET		WSH	L,0-8	GS	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	107	Aug 16	DET		WSH	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
49	109 (1)	Aug 18	DET		WSH	L,5-11	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	110	Aug 19 (1)	DET		PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
51	112 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
52	114 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	DET		PHA	L,6-7	GF	0		4	0	0	4	0
53	115	Aug 21 (2)	DET		PHA	W,7-6	GS	38	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
54	116	Aug 22	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	118 (1)	Aug 24	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
56	119	Aug 26 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	121 (1)	Aug 28	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
58	123 (1)	Aug 31	DET		CLE	L,2-7	GS	25	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	124	Sep 1	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
60	125	Sep 2	DET		CLE	L,2-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	126	Sep 3 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	GS	0		3	1	0	4	0
62	128 (1)	Sep 4	DET	@	NYY	W,10-0	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
63	129	Sep 5 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,10-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	130	Sep 5 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
65	132 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	133	Sep 7	DET	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
67	134	Sep 8	DET	@	NYY	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
68	135	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	136	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	BOS	T,3-3	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
70	137	Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	45	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
71	139 (1)	Sep 11	DET	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
72	140	Sep 12 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
73	143 (2)	Sep 14	DET	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	144	Sep 15 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
75	145	Sep 15 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
76	146	Sep 16 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
77	148 (1)	Sep 18	DET	@	WSH	L,5-12	CG	45	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
78	149	Sep 19	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	GS	26	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
79	151 (1)	Sep 22	DET		SLB	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
80	152	Sep 23	DET		SLB	L,0-5	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	153	Sep 26 (1)	DET		CLE	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
82	154	Sep 26 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-3	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	155	Sep 30	DET	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
							83gm		623.0	361	44	2	407	7