MLB / Players

Lance Richbourg

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 160 lb

BornDecember 18, 1897 · DeFuniak Springs, FL, USA

MLB debutJuly 4, 1921

Final gameSeptember 25, 1932

Seasons8 (1921–1932)

Philadelphia Phillies 1921; Washington Senators 1924; Boston Braves 1927–1931; Chicago Cubs 1932

Percentile snapshot

1930 season — qualified batters

130

557

53.7

529

64.2

52.2

161

62.7

53.7

27.6

RBI

16.4

42.5

78.4

31.3

.304

41.8

OBP

.331

17.2

SLG

.395

23.1

OPS

.726

20.9

wRC+

76.2

15.7

OPS+

77.2

18.7

wOBA

.324

15.7

sWAR

-0.5

7.5

of 135 qualified 1930 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

4.7

78.7

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	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1921	10	5	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	33.7	47.9	.260	0.0
1924	15	35	32	3	9	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	.281	.324	.406	.730	86.6	90.7	.340	0.0
1927	115	491	450	57	139	12	9	2	34	22	30	24	0	.309	.342	.389	.731	99.0	100.4	.339	1.0
1928	148	685	612	105	206	26	12	2	52	62	39	11	0	.337	.399	.428	.828	121.5	119.1	.385	3.4
1929	139	616	557	76	170	24	13	3	56	42	26	7	0	.305	.355	.411	.766	91.2	91.5	.350	0.7
1930	130	557	529	81	161	23	8	3	54	19	31	13	0	.304	.331	.395	.726	76.2	77.2	.324	-0.5
1931	97	311	286	32	82	11	6	2	29	19	14	9	0	.287	.331	.388	.719	95.1	96.4	.331	0.5
1932	44	159	148	22	38	2	2	1	21	8	4	0	0	.257	.295	.318	.612	64.4	66.4	.280	-0.3

Career totals

698

2,859

2,619

378

806

101

RBI

247

174

147

.3078

OBP

.3523

SLG

.4002

OPS

.7525

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.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1927-06-08	ATL @ STL Gameday	6	2	4	0	1	1	3	9
1928-08-16	ATL @ STL Gameday	5	1	3	1	1	1	6	9
1929-07-31	ATL @ CHC Gameday	5	4	3	0	3	0	0	9
1930-08-28	ATL @ PHI Gameday	6	4	4	0	2	0	3	8
1927-09-18	ATL @ CHC Gameday	5	1	4	1	1	0	2	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1921-04-13	SF @ PHI Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1921-04-14	SF @ PHI Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1921-04-16	SF @ PHI Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1921-04-19	LAD @ PHI Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1921-04-20	LAD @ PHI Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.