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Hardy Richardson
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Birthdate: 4/21/1855
Died: 1/14/1931
Height / Weight: ' " / 170 lbs.
Place of Birth: Clarksboro, NJ, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

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Hardy Richardson Baseball Card

Debut May 1879 Buffalo Bisons

 

A splendid early baseball pioneer, Hardy Richardson was a member of Buffalo’s “Big Four,” a quartet of outstanding players who starred for the team during its brief seven-year tenure in the National League, 1879-1885.

 

Dan Brouthers, a member of the baseball Hall of Fame, Deacon White, Jack Rowe, and Richardson kept Buffalo in pennant contention most seasons, but they couldn’t fill up the park. In 1886 Detroit paid $7,000 for the whole team just to get the Big Four. Richardson led the NL in hits and home runs in his first year with the Wolverines. In 1887 the Big Four paid off by bringing Detroit a pennant.

 

A sterling fielding second baseman, Hardy Richardson also played wherever he was needed, even pitching and catching on a few occasions. His strength was his bat: he compiled a .299 batting average over 14 seasons and, with Boston of the Players League in 1890, he hit .326 and had a league-leading 146 RBIs.

 

Off the diamond Hardy Richardson also was an excellent marksman. He specialized in on-the-wing shooting, and offered a $1,000 prize to anyone who could outshoot him, but he never lost.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1885 BUF (NL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 2.25
1886 DTN (NL) 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 12.0 11 8 6 1 10 0 5 2 0 0 4.50
15 years   5 0 3 0 0 0 0 16.0 16 10 7 1 13 0 6 4 0 0 3.94
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1879 BUF (NL) 79 336 54 95 18 10 0 37 16 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 .315 SLG
1880 BUF (NL) 83 343 48 89 18 8 0 17 14 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .289 SLG
1881 BUF (NL) 83 344 62 100 18 9 2 53 12 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 .315 SLG
1882 BUF (NL) 83 354 61 96 20 8 2 57 11 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 .293 SLG
1883 BUF (NL) 92 399 73 124 34 7 1 56 22 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311 .347 SLG
1884 BUF (NL) 102 439 85 132 27 9 6 60 22 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301 .334 SLG
1885 BUF (NL) 96 426 90 136 19 11 6 44 20 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319 .350 SLG
1886 DTN (NL) 125 538 125 189 27 11 11 61 46 27 42 0 0 0 0 0 .351 .402 SLG
1887 DTN (NL) 120 543 131 178 25 18 8 94 31 40 29 0 0 2 0 0 .328 .366 SLG
1888 DTN (NL) 58 266 60 77 18 2 6 32 17 23 13 0 0 1 0 0 .289 .335 SLG
1889 BSN (NL) 132 536 122 163 33 10 6 79 48 44 47 0 0 5 0 0 .304 .367 SLG
1890 BOS (PL) 130 555 126 181 26 14 13 146 52 46 42 0 0 0 0 0 .326 .384 SLG
1891 BOS (AA) 74 278 45 71 9 4 7 52 40 26 16 0 0 1 0 0 .255 .351 SLG
1892 WHS (NL) 10 37 2 4 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .108 .214 SLG
1892 NYG (NL) 64 248 36 53 11 5 2 34 21 26 14 0 0 1 0 0 .214 .278 SLG
15 years   1331 5642 1120 1688 303 126 70 822 377 445 205 0 0 10 0 0 .299 .344 .SLG



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