Bobby Richardson

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg)

Born: August 19, 1935 in Sumter, SC us

High School: Edmunds HS (Sumter, SC)

Debut: August 5, 1955 (Age 19-351d, 11,281st in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1966 (Age 31-044d)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Agents: John Boggs & Associates

Full Name: Robert Clinton Richardson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.0

5386

1432

.266

643

RBI

390

OBP

.299

SLG

.335

OPS

.634

OPS+

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

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
2	2	Apr 14	NYY	@	BAL	W,13-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
4	4	Apr 16	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
5	5	Apr 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS	34	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
6	6	Apr 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,16-7	GS	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS 2B
7	7	Apr 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
8	8	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
9	9	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	54	14.0	6	4	0	10	2	2B
10	10	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	2	1	5	2	2B
11	11	Apr 25	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	CG	44	11.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
12	12	Apr 26 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	GS	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
13	13	Apr 26 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	8	0	11	0	2B
14	14	Apr 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	2	6	1	SS
15	15	Apr 30	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	46	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	GF	12	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
17	17	May 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
18	18	May 3 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
19	19	May 3 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
20	20	May 5	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-2	GS	24	6.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
21	23 (2)	May 10 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
22	26 (2)	May 15	NYY		CHW	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	0	4	2	6	0	SS
23	39 (12)	May 29	NYY		BAL	W,5-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
24	40	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-2	GF	25	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B 2B
25	41	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-0	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	45 (3)	Jun 4	NYY	@	DET	W,14-3	GF	10	2.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	47 (1)	Jun 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	49 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
29	51 (1)	Jun 10	NYY		KCA	W,6-4	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
30	53 (1)	Jun 12	NYY		DET	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
31	54	Jun 13	NYY		DET	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
32	55	Jun 14 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-3	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
33	56	Jun 14 (2)	NYY		DET	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
34	57	Jun 16	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
35	58	Jun 17	NYY		CHW	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
36	59	Jun 18	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
37	60	Jun 19	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B 3B
38	61	Jun 20	NYY		CLE	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	2	2B
39	62	Jun 21 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	GS	28	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
40	63	Jun 21 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	GS	43	11.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
41	64	Jun 22	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
42	65	Jun 23	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
43	66	Jun 24	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
44	67	Jun 25	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	2B
45	68	Jun 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
46	69	Jun 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
47	70	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
48	71	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
49	72	Jun 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	73	Jul 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
51	74	Jul 2	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
52	75	Jul 3	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
53	76	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
54	77	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
55	78	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	L,0-7	GS	28	7.0	6	4	0	10	3	2B
56	79	Jul 8	NYY		BOS	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
57	80	Jul 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-14	CG	44	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
58	81	Jul 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	GS	35	7.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
59	82	Jul 11	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	46	9.1	1	3	0	4	0	2B
60	83	Jul 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-7	GS	28	6.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B
61	84	Jul 13	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
62	85	Jul 14	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
63	86	Jul 16 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-5	CG	43	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
64	87	Jul 16 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
65	88	Jul 17	NYY		CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
66	89	Jul 18	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
67	90	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
68	91	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
69	92	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
70	93	Jul 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
71	94	Jul 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
72	95	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	6	1	10	0	2B
73	96	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	49	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
74	97	Jul 26	NYY	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	36	9.2	2	2	0	4	0	2B
75	98	Jul 28	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
76	99	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	T,4-4	CG	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
77	100	Jul 30	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
78	101	Jul 31	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	102	Aug 1	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
80	103	Aug 2	NYY	@	KCA	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	2B
81	104	Aug 4	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
82	105	Aug 5	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
83	106	Aug 6	NYY		DET	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
84	107	Aug 7	NYY		KCA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
85	108	Aug 8	NYY		KCA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
86	109	Aug 9 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,4-3	CG	58	14.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
87	110	Aug 9 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
88	111	Aug 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS	36	7.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
89	112	Aug 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
90	113	Aug 12	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
91	114	Aug 13	NYY		WSH	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
92	115	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
93	116	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	L,4-12	CG	53	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
94	117	Aug 16 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
95	118	Aug 16 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
96	119	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
97	120	Aug 19	NYY	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
98	121	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	L,2-14	CG	49	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
99	122	Aug 21	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
100	123	Aug 22	NYY	@	KCA	L,7-8	CG	50	9.2	3	4	1	8	2	2B
101	124	Aug 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	2B
102	125	Aug 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
103	126	Aug 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	2	2B
104	127	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
105	128	Aug 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	6	3	1	10	2	2B
106	129	Aug 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
107	130	Aug 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
108	131	Aug 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	132	Sep 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
110	133	Sep 2	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
111	134	Sep 3	NYY		WSH	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
112	135	Sep 4	NYY		BAL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
113	136	Sep 5	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
114	137	Sep 6	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
115	138	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
116	139	Sep 9	NYY		KCA	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
117	140	Sep 10	NYY		KCA	W,12-1	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
118	141	Sep 11	NYY		DET	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
119	142	Sep 12	NYY		DET	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
120	143	Sep 13 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	46	11.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
121	144	Sep 13 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
122	145	Sep 14	NYY		CLE	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
123	146	Sep 15	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
124	147	Sep 16	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
125	148	Sep 18	NYY		BOS	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
126	149	Sep 19	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
127	150	Sep 20	NYY		BOS	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	5	4	1	10	2	2B
128	151	Sep 22	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
129	152	Sep 23	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	4	2B
130	153	Sep 25	NYY		BAL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
131	154	Sep 26	NYY		BAL	L,2-7	CG	48	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
132	155	Sep 27	NYY		BAL	L,1-3	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
							135gm		1084.0	269	336	22	627	94