The pressures on maris became so great that he began losing his hair. Visit the bobby richardson biography on baseball almanac for complete statistics. Christian faith marks yankee legend bobby richardsons. Year age agedif tm lg lev aff g pa ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs bb so ba obp slg. Baseball almanac says, maris was hated, booed, cussed, and generally abused by the press and fans. His service obligation completed, blanchard returned from germany on a cruise ship, ready to report to the yankees advance school. Bobby richardson society for american baseball research. Richardson spent the first five years of his professional baseball career in the milwaukee brewers minor league baseball system but was released by the team on april 2, 2015. Leaving a lasting legacy on and off the field 9781414383194.
Bobby richardson baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and fielding stats, along with uniform numbers, salaries, quotes, career stats and biographical data presented by baseball almanac. This page lists every known baseball award won by bobby richardson in chronological order. A baseball card checklist for bobby richardson that includes every baseball card in our baseball card database. Bill wise, 1963 official baseball almanac it seems merely the day before yesterday that richardson came to the yankees from sumter, south carolina via their farm operations in binghamton and denver where he played for ralph houk. The billy graham library welcomes bobby richardson, second baseman for the new york yankees and 1960 world series mvp, on saturday, oct. It shows pictures of bob gibson, bobby richardson, and mantle. Bobby became the baseball coach at the university of south carolina. Batting and throwing righthanded, he was a superb defensive infielder, as well as something of a clutch hitter, who played a large role in the yankee baseball dynasty of his day. My favorite parts were the a flame is lit event and the anecdote. Kimmel smith knows the feeling of watching a dream evaporate when you realize you dont possess the. Second baseman bobby richardson fumbled a double play ground ball struck by dick groat. The bolin family grew up on a farm and joe bolin was a farmer until bobby was 15.
Dvontrey dwayne richardson is an american professional baseball player who is currently a free agent. The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is ed by retrosheet. Bobby richardson every game played with complete stats, links to box scores and automated row summing for 1956. Thomsons dramatic threerun homer came in the ninth inning of the decisive third game of a threegame playoff. He played in major league baseball mlb for the new york yankees from. Win expectancy, run expectancy, and leverage index calculations provided by tom tango of, and coauthor of the book. Robert clayton shantz born september 26, 1925 is a former american professional baseball player.
The uk chapter of the society for american baseball research sabr is named the bobby. Batting and throwing righthanded, he formed a top double play combination with fellow yankee infielders clete boyer and tony kubek. Bobby richardson mvp of 1960 world series historic baseball. Richardson was by all accounts a slick, rangy glove man and a steady stick man. Defensive regression analysis data used here was obtained with permission from michael humphreys, author of wizardry. Bobby bolin society for american baseball research. Second baseman bobby richardson played 12 seasons for the new york yankees and was in 7 world series, hitting. Bobby richardson bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Scottish baseball team, the edinburgh diamond devils, named their home bobby thomson field. Bobby richardson played second base for the new york yankees from 1955 to 1966, a key contributor during one of the yankees most successful stretches in their legendary history. A heartwarming account of the deep personal faith of one of baseball s outstanding stars.
Richardson traces his childhood in sumter, south carolina through his high school years to the years in the minors and on into the big leagues with the yankees. He retired from baseball at age 31 and shortly thereafter became the first fulltime baseball coach at the university of south carolina, establishing a winning tradition that continues to the present. In the eighth, bobby richardson and tony kubek hit backto back singles before. Many detailed statistics are based on playbyplay accounts accumulated by retrosheet. Other teams before 1929 tried putting numbers on their uniforms, but mostly on an experimental only basis, usually not lasting longer than a season or sometimes even past a few games. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award. He was a chunky, quiet, brighteyed youth in search of a job in a. Total zone rating and initial framework for wins above replacement calculations provided by sean smith. Hideki matsui became the second ever 49 years after richardson and albert pujols was the third 51 years later. His biographical data, yearbyyear hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats where applicable, career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous itemsofinterest are presented by baseball almanac on this comprehensive kevin richardson baseball stats page. During the late 50s and early 60s, a man by the name of bobby richardson played second base for the ny yankees. Bobby grew up hating the giants team for whom he would spend most of his majorleague career, as billy joe was a giants fan and bobby liked the dodgers. The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank.
Certain novels seem especially personal for the author, and thats the case with bobby baseball by robert kimmel smith. Yankees bobby richardson was high school star in south. Mantle collectibles guide books part 4 sports collectors digest. Bobby richardson every game played with complete stats, links to box scores and automated row summing for 1957. He played as a lefthanded pitcher in major league baseball mlb. All professional baseball statistics for bobby richardson. This bobby richardson baseball card checklist includes every known baseball card that bobby richardson has appeared on, in chronological order. Johnny blanchard society for american baseball research. Part of a series of biographical books on baseball greats, reis traces mickeys. Bobby richardson world series stats by baseball almanac. Batting and throwing righthanded, he was a superb defensive infielder, as well as something of a clutch hitter, who played no small role in the yankee baseball dynasty of his day.
We have many more baseball books than the ones listed below. Bobby richardson was nominated as mvp of the american league nine times. In those days, baseball players were a lot more gruff than they are now. In baseball, the shot heard round the world was a gamewinning home run by new york giants outfielder and third baseman bobby thomson off brooklyn dodgers pitcher ralph branca at the polo grounds in new york city on october 3, 1951, to win the national league nl pennant. The bobby richardson story richardson, robert clinton on. A lifelong baseball fan who as a kid aspired to star in the big leagues, mr. Bobby richardson allstar stats by baseball almanac. He had the only 6rbi world series game in the 20th century. During the 1960 world series, richardson put together one of the greatest single innings of offense in the history of baseball. The bobby richardson story paperback unabridged, 1965. Get the latest updated stats for new york yankees bobby richardson on. The 1962 world series matched the defending american league and world series champions. Bobby richardson 1964 game by game batting logs on baseball almanac.
The 64 series is seen as an important, bellwether point in baseball history as it was the last hurrah. What was unusual about bobby was that he was a practicing christian and made no bones about it. Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract. In spring training, alltime yankee great joe dimaggio predicted that bobby richardson would be a. Leaving a lasting legacy on and off the field is the life story of new york yankee great bobby richardson. Bobby richardson, who will be inducted into the nfhs national high school hall of fame july 2 in providence, rhode island, was a high school baseball and basketball standout in south carolina before his eventual stardom with the new york yankees.
Bobby richardson was a member of the great yankees teams of those days. Leaving a lasting legacy on and off the field kindle edition by bobby richardson, joe girardi, david thomas. Bill wise, 1964 official baseball almanac in this era of the home run craze and overpowering pitching, the. During the 1981 major league baseball strike, giants radio flagship knbr.
Robert clinton bobby richardson born august 19, 1935 is a former second baseman in major league baseball who played for the new york yankees from 1955 through 1966. Bobby richardson trades and transactions by baseball almanac. Kevin richardson baseball stats by baseball almanac. The new york yankees were the first team to begin regularly wearing uniform numbers.
Bobby richardson baseball cards by baseball almanac. A heartfelt, helpful, if occasionally humdrum autobiography of a person with a worthwhile story. Bobby richardson baseball stats by baseball almanac. Among the 32 other players at the 1955 camp were tony kubek, bobby richardson, johnny kucks, whitey herzog, and mickey mantles brothers roy and ray. Did you know that in the bobby richardson miscellaneous allstar items of interest section seen above you can click the stats link under the allstar label and a truly comprehensive history of that allstar game will appear on your screen. It was opened by the man himself in 2003, while he was in scotland to be inducted into the scottish sports hall of fame. Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books rules scoring.
Over the next twelve years, bobby played in more than 1400 games while the yankees were winning american league pennants in nine of his first ten years. Bobby richardson joined the new york yankees at the age of 19. The book was written by bobby richardson, telling his story. He played in major league baseball mlb for the new york yankees from 1955 through 1966.