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| Player Report for #67 Paul Richards | | Saturday, September 28th, 1940 | 
| AB | 306 | | HR | 4 | | RBI | 42 | | AVG | .337 | | OPS | .870 |
| | Name: | Paul Richards | Contract: | Major League Contract | | Nickname: | | Salary: | $97,060 | | Birthday: | 11-21-1908 | Signed Through: | 1940 Season | | Age: | 31 | Years of Major League Service: | 5 Years, 42 Days | | Born in: | Waxahachie (Texas) | Major League Service Days this Year: | 168 Days | | Nationality: | American | | | | Height: | 6' 0" | Years on 40-Man Roster: | 7 Years, 68 Days | | Weight: | 178 lbs | Years of Pro Service: | 8 Years | | | | Arbitration Eligibility: | Eligible, but possibly free agent after season! | | Position: | C | Minor League Option Years: | Out of option years | | Bats: | Right | | | | Throws: | Right | Contract Extension | - | | Status: | Completely Rested | Drafted | 1931, 5th Pick in Round 4 | | Morale: | Great | Local Popularity (National) | Very Popular (Well Known) |
| | | Batting Ratings (OSA) | | Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's | | | Overall | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | | | Versus LHP | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | | | Versus RHP | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | | | Talent | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |
| Running & Bunting Ratings | | | Fielding Ratings | | Running Speed: | 3 | | Catcher 4 (Arm: 4) | | Stealing Ability: | 5 | | First Base 1 | | Baserunning Instincts: | 5 | | | | Sacrifice Bunt: | 9 | | | | Bunt for Hit: | 1 | | | | Hitter Type: | Pull Hitter | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Game Log, Last 10 Games | | Date | Opponent | Result | AB | R | H | BI | HR | BB | K | SB | | | | | | | | | | | 09-27-1940 | @ PIT | Loss, 1-6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-26-1940 | @ PIT | Win, 7-3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-25-1940 | BSN | Win, 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-24-1940 | BSN | Loss, 3-7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-23-1940 | BSN | Loss, 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-22-1940 | @ CHN | Win, 10-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-21-1940 | @ CHN | Win, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-20-1940 | @ CHN | Win, 10-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-18-1940 | @ SLN | Loss, 2-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-17-1940 | @ SLN | Win, 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Major League Baseball 1940 Batting Stats | | Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO | VORP | | Overall | 135 | 306 | 103 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 43 | 42 | 42 | .337 | .416 | .454 | .870 | .860 | .118 | 30.9 | | Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 | | | | Overall | 58 | 359 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 139 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 58.7 | 7.07 | | | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | Versus Left | | 200 | 72 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 33 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .360 | .436 | .470 | .906 | | Versus Right | | 106 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .292 | .379 | .425 | .804 | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | This Week | | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .154 | .267 | .154 | .421 | | Last Week | | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .444 | .400 | .444 | .844 | | April | | 27 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .407 | .484 | .593 | 1.076 | | May | | 61 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .377 | .465 | .508 | .973 | | June | | 63 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .317 | .403 | .492 | .895 | | July | | 42 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .310 | .383 | .381 | .764 | | August | | 59 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .305 | .382 | .390 | .772 | | September | | 54 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .333 | .403 | .407 | .811 | | Spring Training | | 39 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .396 | .385 | .780 | | Last Year | | 347 | 96 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 44 | 63 | 58 | 49 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .277 | .376 | .447 | .822 | | 2 Years Ago | | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .222 | .263 | .278 | .541 | | Career | | 1259 | 369 | 74 | 13 | 25 | 174 | 181 | 172 | 143 | 14 | 54 | 4 | .293 | .376 | .432 | .808 | | Home | | 154 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .325 | .419 | .461 | .880 | | Road | | 152 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .349 | .413 | .447 | .860 | | Grass | | 306 | 103 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 43 | 42 | 42 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .337 | .416 | .454 | .870 | | Day | | 91 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .330 | .402 | .429 | .831 | | Night | | 215 | 73 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .340 | .422 | .465 | .887 | | Pinch Hitting | | 63 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .254 | .319 | .397 | .716 | | Close/Late | | 102 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .324 | .417 | .520 | .936 | | Inning 1-3 | | 91 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .363 | .463 | .462 | .925 | | Inning 4-6 | | 73 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .315 | .346 | .342 | .689 | | Inning 7-9 | | 133 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .323 | .409 | .496 | .905 | | Extra Innings | | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .545 | .667 | 1.212 | | 0 Outs | | 131 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .313 | .397 | .443 | .840 | | 1 Outs | | 81 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .346 | .432 | .444 | .876 | | 2 Outs | | 94 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .362 | .429 | .479 | .907 | | Scoring Position | | 78 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .321 | .396 | .397 | .793 | | Bases Empty | | 175 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .349 | .430 | .503 | .933 | | Runner on 1st | | 53 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .321 | .400 | .377 | .777 | | Runner on 2nd | | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .280 | .292 | .572 | | Runner on 3rd | | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .462 | .364 | .825 | | Runner on 1st & 2nd | | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .294 | .400 | .588 | .988 | | Runner on 1st & 3rd | | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | | Runner on 2nd & 3rd | | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .417 | .500 | .417 | .917 | | Bases Loaded | | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .385 | .250 | .635 | | Two Strikes | | 126 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .340 | .365 | .706 | | First Pitch | | 59 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .407 | .417 | .559 | .976 | | Count 0-1 | | 28 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .429 | .429 | .571 | 1.000 | | Count 0-2 | | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .304 | .565 | | Count 1-0 | | 25 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .360 | .360 | .480 | .840 | | Count 1-1 | | 35 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .343 | .333 | .457 | .790 | | Count 1-2 | | 46 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .149 | .196 | .345 | | Count 2-0 | | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .556 | .556 | .889 | 1.444 | | Count 2-1 | | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | | Count 2-2 | | 34 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .471 | .471 | .706 | 1.176 | | Count 3-0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | | Count 3-1 | | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .792 | .556 | 1.347 | | Full Count | | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .514 | .261 | .774 | | Behind in Count | | 97 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .258 | .255 | .330 | .585 | | Ahead in Count | | 58 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .362 | .570 | .483 | 1.053 |
| | Career Minor League Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 1932 Durham - A | 23 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 0.7 | | 1932 Hialeah - AAA | 23 | 44 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .368 | .415 | .526 | .941 | 5.5 | | 1933 Colorado Springs - AA | 24 | 50 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .360 | .325 | .685 | 1.7 | | 1933 Hialeah - AAA | 24 | 45 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .389 | .476 | .722 | 1.198 | 8.8 | | 1934 Hialeah - AAA | 25 | 111 | 171 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 29 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .251 | .379 | .333 | .712 | 10.7 | | 1938 Hialeah - AAA | 29 | 105 | 406 | 148 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 62 | 83 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .365 | .477 | .510 | .987 | 66.6 | | Total AAA | | 305 | 651 | 219 | 32 | 4 | 17 | 99 | 129 | 129 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 8 | 2 | .336 | .447 | .476 | .923 | 91.6 | | Total AA | | 50 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .360 | .325 | .685 | 1.7 | | Total A | | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 0.7 |
| | Career Postseason Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 1938 Hialeah - AAA | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 0.0 | | Total AAA | | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 0.0 |
| | Player History | | 11-01-1931 | Drafted in the 1931 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 5, 53rd overall Pick) by the Philadelphia (N) Phillies. | | 01-01-1932 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (4); Power: 2 (2); Eye: 3 (6). | | 01-01-1933 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 2 (3); Eye: 5 (7). | | 01-01-1934 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 2 (3); Eye: 6 (7). | | 11-12-1934 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,967 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-1935 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 7 (7). | | 11-08-1935 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,188 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-1936 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 7 (7). | | 11-12-1936 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,499 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-1937 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 7 (7). | | 11-05-1937 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $7,231 through arbitration. | | 01-01-1938 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 7 (7). | | 06-01-1938 | Wins the AAA INT Batter of the Month Award. | | 07-10-1938 | Was selected to the 1938 Triple-A Baseball All-Star Game. | | 08-01-1938 | Wins the AAA INT Batter of the Month Award. | | 09-16-1938 | Wins the 1938 AAA INT Triple-A Gold Glove Award at C. | | 11-06-1938 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $15,856 through arbitration. | | 01-01-1939 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 8 (8). | | 11-08-1939 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $97,060 through arbitration. | | 01-01-1940 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 8 (8). | | 06-30-1940 | Was selected to the 1940 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. | | Leader Boards Appearances | | |
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