Paul Richards
1932–1946 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Athletics
523G
.227AVG
.305OBP
.301SLG
More career statistics
321H
15HR
155RBI
15SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 523 | 1,602 | 1,417 | 140 | 321 | 51 | 5 | 15 | 155 | 157 | 149 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 427 | .227 | .305 | .301 | .606 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1945-09-08 to 1945-09-15
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1945-08-06 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1945-09-09 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1933-08-04 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 258 | 775 | 150 | 7 | 63 | 61 | 75 | .215 | .272 | .286 |
| Away | 265 | 827 | 171 | 8 | 92 | 96 | 74 | .238 | .323 | .316 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 36 | 98 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 9 | .165 | .306 | .228 |
| May | 92 | 239 | 49 | 0 | 17 | 27 | 26 | .234 | .318 | .282 |
| June | 85 | 272 | 47 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 33 | .195 | .276 | .261 |
| July | 91 | 277 | 60 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 16 | .240 | .300 | .368 |
| August | 108 | 373 | 82 | 2 | 39 | 36 | 24 | .252 | .316 | .319 |
| September | 109 | 337 | 67 | 2 | 44 | 26 | 41 | .219 | .276 | .284 |
| October | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .667 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 64 | 215 | 40 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 23 | .212 | .288 | .317 |
| new-york-yankees | 64 | 222 | 47 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 18 | .242 | .306 | .340 |
| cleveland-guardians | 63 | 206 | 38 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 24 | .213 | .301 | .298 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 58 | 192 | 49 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 20 | .280 | .339 | .337 |
| chicago-white-sox | 57 | 182 | 35 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 14 | .211 | .275 | .313 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 52 | 173 | 46 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 14 | .301 | .358 | .392 |
| st-louis-browns | 51 | 183 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 13 | .199 | .295 | .237 |
| boston-braves | 22 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .162 | .158 | .189 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 3 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1933 |  New York Giants | 51 | 87 | 17 | – | 10 | – | .195 | – | – |
| 1934 | New York Giants | 42 | 75 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .160 | – | – |
| 1935 | New York Giants, Philadelphia Athletics | 92 | 261 | 64 | 4 | 29 | – | .245 | – | – |
| 1943 |  Detroit Tigers | 100 | 313 | 69 | 5 | 33 | 1 | .220 | – | – |
| 1944 | Detroit Tigers | 95 | 300 | 71 | 3 | 37 | 8 | .237 | – | – |
| 1945 | Detroit Tigers | 83 | 234 | 60 | 3 | 32 | 4 | .256 | – | – |
| 1946 | Detroit Tigers | 57 | 139 | 28 | – | 11 | 2 | .201 | – | – |