Stay up to date this MLB Season with the daily Baseball Reference Newsletter.

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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

2x World Series

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	3	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	3	0	1	4	0
3	5 (1)	Apr 25 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
4	6	Apr 28	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	8 (1)	May 1	DET		CLE	W,3-2	GS	0		3	2	0	5	0
6	10 (1)	May 4	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
7	14 (3)	May 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
8	16 (1)	May 12	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	15.0	11	4	0	15	1
9	18 (1)	May 14	DET		PHA	L,6-7	GS	44	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
10	20 (1)	May 16 (1)	DET		WSH	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
11	21	May 16 (2)	DET		WSH	L,6-10	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	22	May 21	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	13.0	12	1	0	13	0
13	24 (1)	May 23 (1)	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
14	25	May 23 (2)	DET		BOS	L,2-3	GF	0		0	2	0	2	0
15	26	May 27	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
16	27	May 28	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
17	28	May 29	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	29	May 30 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	31 (1)	May 31 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
20	32	May 31 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	33	Jun 1	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	35 (1)	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	W,8-2	GF	0		1	1	0	2	0
23	36	Jun 4	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	GS	0		9	3	0	12	0
24	37	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
25	38	Jun 6 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS	0		3	2	0	5	0
26	40 (1)	Jun 9	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	41	Jun 10	DET		CHW	L,5-11	CG	52	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
28	42	Jun 12	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
29	43	Jun 13 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
30	45 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	8	0	0	8	0
31	46	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GF	11	2.2	2	0	0	2	0
32	47	Jun 18	DET		SLB	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
33	48	Jun 19	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	55	12.0	14	0	0	14	0
34	50 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	51	Jun 23 (1)	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
36	53 (1)	Jun 24	DET		CLE	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
37	55 (1)	Jun 26	DET	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	56	Jun 27 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-6	GS	26	6.0	4	2	0	6	0
39	58 (1)	Jun 30	DET		BOS	T,3-3	CG	45	12.0	9	0	0	9	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	60 (1)	Jul 2	DET		BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
41	61	Jul 3 (1)	DET		NYY	W,6-5	GS	37	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
42	63 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	DET		NYY	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	65 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	DET		WSH	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
44	67 (1)	Jul 6	DET		WSH	W,4-3	GS	46	12.0	5	1	0	6	0
45	68	Jul 7	DET		WSH	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
46	70 (1)	Jul 9	DET		PHA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	71	Jul 10	DET		PHA	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
48	73 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	74	Jul 15	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	GS	30	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	76 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
51	77	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
52	79 (1)	Jul 21	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	4	1	0	5	1
53	80	Jul 22 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
54	82 (1)	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	W,12-6	CG	46	10.0	11	2	0	13	0
55	83	Jul 24	DET	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	84	Jul 25 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
57	87 (2)	Jul 28 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	89 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
59	91 (1)	Jul 31	DET	@	NYY	W,7-6	GS	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	92	Aug 1 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
61	94 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
62	96 (1)	Aug 6	DET		CHW	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
63	97	Aug 7	DET		CHW	L,4-7	GS	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
64	99 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	100	Aug 11	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	101	Aug 12	DET		WSH	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
67	103 (1)	Aug 14	DET		WSH	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
68	105 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	106	Aug 17	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	107	Aug 18	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	108	Aug 19 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	111 (2)	Aug 21	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	12.0	2	1	1	4	0
73	113 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	DET		NYY	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
74	114	Aug 23	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
75	115	Aug 24 (1)	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
76	118 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	DET		NYY	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	119	Aug 27	DET	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
78	122 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	123	Sep 2 (1)	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
80	125 (1)	Sep 3	DET		SLB	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
81	127 (1)	Sep 5	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
82	128	Sep 7 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
83	130 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
84	131	Sep 9 (2)	DET		CLE	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	132	Sep 10 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	7	4	0	11	1
86	135 (2)	Sep 12	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	136	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
88	137	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
89	138	Sep 15	DET	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
90	140 (1)	Sep 18	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	28	6.0	2	0	1	3	0
91	141	Sep 19 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	142	Sep 19 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	143	Sep 22	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	144	Sep 23	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
95	145	Sep 24	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	146	Sep 25	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	51	13.2	4	1	0	5	0
97	148 (1)	Sep 26 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	149	Sep 27	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
99	150	Sep 28	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
100	152 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
							100gm		844.0	537	86	9	632	12