Hardy Richardson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 9 in · 170 lb

BornApril 21, 1855 · Clarksboro, NJ, USA

MLB debutMay 1, 1879

Final gameSeptember 10, 1892

Seasons14 (1879–1892)

Buffalo Bisons 1879–1885; Detroit Wolverines 1886–1888; Boston Beaneaters 1889; Boston Reds 1890–1891; New York Giants 1892; Washington Senators 1892

Percentile snapshot

1890 season — qualified batters

133

78.4

622

89.9

570

94.6

133

93.2

187

96.6

85.8

83.1

100

RBI

152

100

54.7

8.1

67.6

.328

89.2

OBP

.384

74.3

SLG

.511

96.6

OPS

.895

92.6

wRC+

125.1

81.1

OPS+

137.4

83.1

wOBA

.414

87.2

sWAR

3.5

79.7

of 149 qualified 1890 batters (min 412 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

124.1

OPS+

133.0

92.5

sWAR

39.2

97.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1879	79	352	336	54	95	18	10	0	37	16	30	0	.283	.315	.396	.711	124.1	132.1	.321	2.4
1880	83	357	343	48	89	18	8	0	17	14	37	0	.259	.289	.359	.647	112.9	116.5	.293	2.0
1881	83	356	344	62	100	18	9	2	53	12	27	0	.291	.315	.413	.727	119.0	125.4	.331	2.3
1882	83	365	354	61	96	20	8	2	57	11	33	0	.271	.293	.390	.683	111.9	116.9	.304	1.9
1883	92	421	399	73	124	34	7	1	56	22	20	0	.311	.347	.439	.785	125.9	135.1	.348	3.0
1884	102	461	439	85	132	27	9	6	60	22	41	0	.301	.334	.444	.778	130.2	142.9	.350	3.5
1885	96	446	426	90	136	19	11	6	44	20	22	0	.319	.350	.458	.808	142.9	159.1	.370	4.3
1886	125	584	538	125	189	27	11	11	61	46	27	42	.351	.402	.504	.906	155.0	173.6	.414	6.0
1887	120	576	543	131	178	25	18	8	94	31	40	29	.328	.366	.484	.851	124.8	134.0	.383	3.6
1888	58	284	266	60	77	18	2	6	32	17	23	13	.289	.335	.440	.774	135.5	144.6	.354	2.4
1889	132	589	536	122	163	33	10	6	79	48	44	47	.304	.367	.437	.803	117.0	122.8	.379	3.1
1890	133	622	570	133	187	28	14	16	152	52	47	44	.328	.384	.511	.895	125.1	137.4	.414	3.5
1891	74	319	278	45	71	9	4	7	52	40	26	16	.255	.351	.392	.743	108.6	112.2	.364	1.2
1892	74	312	285	38	57	11	5	2	34	26	29	16	.200	.269	.295	.564	74.4	69.9	.278	0.0

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1885	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	1	0	4.0	2.25	2.000	2.25	4.42	157.0	125.2	4.3
1886	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	11	6	10	5	1	12.0	4.50	1.750	3.75	5.83	177.3	73.1	6.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

1,334

6,044

5,657

1,127

245th-most career R

1,694

491st-most career H

305

472nd-most career 2B

126

88th-most career 3B

RBI

828

486th-most career RBI

377

446

207

344th-most career SB

.2995

228th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3443

SLG

.4366

OPS

.7809

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

SO (P)

BB allowed

ERA

3.938

WHIP

1.8125

K/9

3.38

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.