Gordie Richardson
[edit] Biography
Born on July 19, 1938 in Colquitt, Georgia, Gordie Richardson (Gordon Clark Richardson) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets over the course of his 3 year career. Richardson broke into the bigs on July 26, 1964 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.78 ERA in 52.1 innings pitched in 1965, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1964
| STL
| N
| 19
| 6
| 4
| 2
| 2.30
| 28
| 18
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 47
| 40
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1965
| NY
| N
| 35
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 3.78
| 43
| 27
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 52.1
| 41
| 5
| 16
| 2
| 2
| 2
|
| 1966
| NY
| N
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 9.16
| 15
| 19
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 18.2
| 24
| 7
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 69
| 7
| 6
| 6
| 4.04
| 86
| 64
| 53
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 118
| 105
| 14
| 37
| 3
| 5
| 3
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1964
| STL
| N
| P
| 19
| 6
| 47
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| NY
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 52.1
| 4
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 0
| .909
|
| 1966
| NY
| N
| P
| 15
| 1
| 18.2
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 69
| 7
| 118
| 7
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 6
| 0
| .947
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1964
| STL
| N
| 19
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .077
| .200
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| NY
| N
| 35
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| NY
| N
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 69
| 21
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .048
| .130
| .048
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1957).
- Selected by Los Angeles Angels from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 26, 1962).
- Returned to St. Louis Cardinals (March 25, 1963).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Johnny Lewis to New York Mets in exchange for Tracy Stallard and Elio Chacon (December 7, 1964).
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