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Gene Richards

Padres Career team 1977 to 1983
Position LF
Born Sep 29, 1953

Key Insights

1984
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Richards more often than Joseph Niekro: 81 plate appearances, in which Richards has hit .243/.284/.324.

18 hits, 1 home run and 5 strikeouts across 81 plate appearances.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Tommy John has struck Richards out 8 times in 13 plate appearances, 61.5% of everything between them.

8 strikeouts in 13 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Richards is 12 for 18 against Preston Hanna, a .667 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

19 career plate appearances.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Randy Lerch walks Richards in 33.3% of their meetings, 5 times in 15 plate appearances.

5 walks in 15 plate appearances.
He has faced this opponent enough for it to mean something

Richards has faced 285 different pitchers across 3,617 plate appearances, and seen 107 of them at least 12 times.

all-time head-to-head totals.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 29, 1953