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Paul Richards
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Birthdate: 11/21/1908 Died: 5/4/1986
Height / Weight: ' " / 180 lbs. Place of Birth: Waxahachie, TX, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Started managing the Atlanta Crackers, a minor league team, in 1938 until 1942. During World War ll, Paul was a catcher with the Detroit Tigers. In 1950, he started managing the Chicago White Sox and his handling of young pitchers put them, in 1951, in fourth place. This was the highest finish for the White Sox in 9 years. The Chi Sox were 81-73. Again in 1952 they won 81 games, won 89 in 1953 and 91 in 1954, they ended in fourth place all four years. The Chi Sox could not best the Yankees, Indians or Red Sox. Richards moved on to Baltimore Orioles, managing them until 1961, when he became the first general manager of the Houston Colts. In 1966, Richards was off to the Atlanta Braves and was vice president of baseball operations until 1973. In 1976, he managed the White Sox again for one year. 

Paul Richards was a great innovator and invented the pitching machine and the big catcher's mitt used to catch knuckle balls. He helped develop several young pitchers; Jack Harshman, Billy Pirece, Milt Pappas, Consuegra, Hoyt Wilhelm, O'Dell, and Dick Donovan into top pitchers. Paul Richards lifetime managing record was 923 wins and 901 loses. Richards landed jobs with last place teams and when they started to win, he would leave to start anew elsewhere. baseballhistorian.com


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
9 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1932 BRO (NL) 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1933 NYG (NL) 51 87 4 17 3 0 0 10 3 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 .195 .222 SLG
1934 NYG (NL) 42 75 10 12 1 0 0 3 13 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 .160 .284 SLG
1935 NYG (NL) 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .500 SLG
1935 PHA (AL) 85 257 31 63 10 1 4 29 24 12 0 0 0 0 5 0 .245 .310 SLG
1943 DET (AL) 100 313 32 69 7 1 5 33 38 35 1 0 0 1 3 0 .220 .307 SLG
1944 DET (AL) 95 300 24 71 13 0 3 37 35 30 8 3 0 1 7 0 .237 .318 SLG
1945 DET (AL) 83 234 26 60 12 1 3 32 19 31 4 0 0 1 2 0 .256 .315 SLG
1946 DET (AL) 57 139 13 28 5 2 0 11 23 18 2 0 0 0 5 0 .201 .315 SLG
9 years   523 1417 140 321 51 5 15 155 157 149 15 3 0 3 25 0 .227 .305 .SLG



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