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Paul Richards (baseball)

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Beginning in 1951, Richards reintroduced and was erroneously credited with inventing a tactic which had not been used in the major leagues since 1909. Four or five times in his career, Richards shifted a pitcher to the outfield and inserted a new pitcher in order to gain a platoon advantage before
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play first base for one batter, bringing in a right handed pitcher to face a right handed hitter, taking out the starting first baseman, and then replacing him when Pierce went back to pitch one hitter later. The White Sox led the American League in stolen bases for 11 consecutive years from
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to hold both positions simultaneously. As general manager, he was involved in a 17-player trade with the New York Yankees that remains the biggest trade in baseball history. Richards concentrated on signing good defensive players (such as
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Richards led American League managers in ejections for 11 consecutive seasons from 1951 to 1961, setting an all-time managerial record. In September 1961, Richards resigned as manager of the Orioles to become general manager of the new
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with a second-place finish after five disappointing seasons. The Orioles' second-place finish was Richards' best as a manager. Both the Associated Press and United Press International named him the American League Manager of the Year.
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season, Richards was given the title of general manager of the Braves. Richards' six years at the helm of the Atlanta organization were in some ways his most successful in baseball. He inherited a strong core of players including
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When professional baseball experienced a shortage of players during World War II, Richards returned to the major leagues in 1943 with the Detroit Tigers at the age of 34. While his batting average was a relatively low .220 in 100
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In 1945, Richards' batting average improved to career-high .256 and he once again led the league's catchers in fielding percentage and in range factor, as the Tigers won the American League championship, then, defeated the
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and, within two years, Leonard was back in the major leagues with the Washington Senators, where he became a 20-game winner in 1939. Richards played for the Crackers from 1936 to 1942. From 1938 to 1942, he served as a
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to return to Chicago as manager of the White Sox. After a losing record, he retired from the field at the end of the season, but stayed in the game as a player personnel advisor with the White Sox, and the
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for a .227 career batting average along with 15 home runs and 155 runs batted in. In 17 minor league seasons, he posted a career .295 batting average with 171 home runs. While he was a light-
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After playing for seven years in the minor leagues, he made his major league debut at the age of 23 with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 17, 1932. Richards' contract was then purchased by the
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and had 4 runs batted in. Richards was the Tigers' starting catcher in six games of the seven-game series and, contributed 6 runs batted in, second only to the 7 produced by
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however, Richards did not get to play in the post-season. After Richards batted just .160 in 1934, he was traded in May 1935 to
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After hitting only .201 in 1946, he returned to the minor leagues, playing three more seasons as a player-manager with the
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Richards was already showing a keen baseball mind as Atlanta's catcher in 1936 when he helped turn around pitcher
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for the 1933 season. Richards' future managing style was influenced by his time spent playing for Giants manager
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In September 1954, Richards was hired by the Baltimore Orioles, where he served as both field manager and
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in 2009, endorsed a reader's suggestion and introduced a name for the gambit, "the Waxahachie Swap."
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position, he pitched both right-handed and left-handed in a brief appearance, including facing a
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voting, due in part to his handling of the Tigers' pitching staff which led the league in
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The following year, Richards was hired as director of player personnel by the
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player, he excelled as a defensive catcher, ending his career with a .987
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become one of the best catchers in the major leagues and, he also helped
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for the Crackers. Richards led the Crackers to the pennant in 1938 and
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become a respectable catcher. He is known for designing the oversized
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With the Giants, Richards served as a reserve catcher working behind
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Richards became a successful manager with the Chicago White Sox in
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pennant in 1949 before, retiring as a player at the age of 40.
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title, but that team was swept by the eventual world champion
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In an eight-year major league career, Richards played in 523
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in June 1932. In 78 games with Minneapolis, he posted a .361
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American baseball player, manager, and executive (1908-1986)
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at the age of 77. In 1996, Richards was inducted into the
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club. Richards stocked the Houston club (soon renamed the
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career. After three seasons in the major leagues with the
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first used by Triandos to catch Hall of Fame knuckleball
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in 1926 at the age of 17. In a baseball oddity, Richards
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September 22, 1946, for the Detroit Tigers
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April 17, 1932, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
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season when the on-field results did not match owner
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The Braves failed to contend in 790:) and hard-throwing young pitchers (such as 2490: 2247: 1743: 1741: 1739: 1737: 1735: 1733: 4858: 4844: 4692: 4678: 4527: 4513: 4167: 4153: 3725: 3711: 3275: 3261: 2635: 2621: 2483: 2429:Paul Richards managerial career statistics 1945: 1731: 1729: 1727: 1725: 1723: 1721: 1719: 1717: 1715: 1713: 905:Braves, skippered by his longtime protege 713:Paul Richards while manager of the Orioles 442: 34: 5011:Baseball players from Ellis County, Texas 379:(November 21, 1908 – May 4, 1986) was an 1903:"1935 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics" 708: 446: 2438:Baseball Hall of Fame candidate profile 2109:"Former Sox Manager Paul Richards Dies" 1991:"1944 American League Fielding Leaders" 1973:"1943 American League Fielding Leaders" 1948:"Is Knuckler Losing Its Effectiveness?" 1710: 1632: 830:) with young players – including 5081:Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players 5076:Major League Baseball general managers 5021:Buffalo Bisons (minor league) managers 4963: 2458:Society for American Baseball Research 2383:"Need 'Punch' to Bolster Good Hurling" 1758:Society for American Baseball Research 517:and, he was subsequently purchased by 403:. 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Richards was one of the annual 407:and right-handed batter with the 5071:Major League Baseball executives 4550:Boston Bees / Braves (1936–1952) 1818:Hecht, Henry (August 25, 1986). 911:National League Western Division 4702:Houston Astros general managers 4537:Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves 2353:"More on 'the Waxahachie Swap'" 2344: 2326: 2309: 2295: 2274: 2241: 2223: 2202: 2184: 2166: 2148: 2127: 2079: 2060: 2042: 2024: 1983: 1965: 1939: 1913: 1885:"2020 Register Batting Leaders" 901:into a successful starter. 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Catcher
Manager
Waxahachie, Texas
Batting average
Home runs
Runs batted in
Brooklyn Dodgers
1932
New York Giants
1933
1935
Philadelphia Athletics
1935
Detroit Tigers
1943
1946
Chicago White Sox
1951
1954
Baltimore Orioles
1955
1961
Chicago White Sox
1976
Baltimore Orioles
1955
1958
Houston Colt .45s / Astros
1962

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