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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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.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,6-7		0		2	2	0	4	1
2	10	Apr 30 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
3	11	Apr 30 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12	May 2	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	13	May 3	DET	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
6	14	May 4	DET	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
7	15	May 6	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	16	May 7 (1)	DET		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	19 (2)	May 11	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	23 (3)	May 14 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	24	May 15	DET	@	PHA	L,2-6	GF	6	0.2	1	0	0	1	0
12	25	May 16	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	5	3	0	8	0
13	26	May 17	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	27	May 18	DET	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
15	31 (3)	May 21 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
16	33 (1)	May 25	DET		PHA	L,0-2	GS	0		2	1	0	3	0
17	35 (1)	May 27	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	5	2	0	7	1
18	37 (1)	May 28 (2)	DET		WSH	W,15-2	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
19	40 (2)	May 30 (2)	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	42 (1)	Jun 1	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	16.0	14	2	0	16	2
21	44 (1)	Jun 3	DET		BOS	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	46 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	DET		BOS	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
23	49 (2)	Jun 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
24	52 (2)	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
25	53	Jun 15	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	0		2	1	0	3	0
26	55 (1)	Jun 17	DET		SLB	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	56	Jun 18 (1)	DET		SLB	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
28	59 (2)	Jun 21	DET		CLE	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
29	60	Jun 22	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GS	0		2	2	0	4	0
30	62 (1)	Jun 24	DET	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
31	64 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	66 (1)	Jun 29	DET	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	68 (1)	Jul 1	DET	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
34	70 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	71	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
36	74 (2)	Jul 6	DET	@	BOS	L,3-13	GS	26	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	76 (1)	Jul 8	DET	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	78 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	8	1	1	10	0
39	80 (1)	Jul 14	DET		CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
40	81	Jul 15 (1)	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
41	83 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
42	85 (1)	Jul 18	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	87 (1)	Jul 20	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
44	88	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,6-5	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
45	89	Jul 22	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
46	90	Jul 23 (1)	DET		PHA	L,3-13	GS	33	5.0	1	0	1	2	0
47	93 (2)	Jul 25	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
48	94	Jul 26	DET		BOS	T,1-1	CG	0	7.1	3	1	0	4	0
49	97 (2)	Jul 29	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
50	99 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	DET		NYY	W,13-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	100	Aug 1	DET		NYY	W,8-4	GF	31	6.1	7	0	0	7	0
52	101	Aug 5	DET	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	102	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
54	103	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
55	104	Aug 9	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
56	105	Aug 10	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
57	106	Aug 11	DET	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	107	Aug 12	DET	@	WSH	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
59	108	Aug 13 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
60	109	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
61	110	Aug 14	DET	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	111	Aug 15	DET	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
63	112	Aug 16	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	114 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
65	116 (1)	Aug 19	DET	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
66	117	Aug 20 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
67	119 (1)	Aug 21	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	120	Aug 22	DET	@	NYY	L,7-9	CG	42	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
69	122 (1)	Aug 26	DET		SLB	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
70	123	Aug 27 (1)	DET		SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
71	126 (2)	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
72	127	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	128	Sep 1	DET	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
74	130 (1)	Sep 3	DET	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
75	131	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	133 (1)	Sep 5	DET	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	134	Sep 6	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
78	136 (1)	Sep 9	DET		CLE	W,15-6	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
79	137	Sep 10 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
80	140 (2)	Sep 15 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
81	141	Sep 17 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	143 (1)	Sep 19	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
83	145 (1)	Sep 21	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	7	2	0	9	0
84	146	Sep 22 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	149 (2)	Sep 24	DET		BOS	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
86	150	Sep 25	DET		PHA	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	152 (1)	Sep 27	DET		PHA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
88	153	Sep 29 (1)	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
89	155 (1)	Sep 30	DET		WSH	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
90	156	Oct 1	DET		WSH	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							90gm		747.0	413	60	10	483	13