Lance Richbourg
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Lance Richbourg (Lance Clayton Richbourg) was born on December 18, 1897 in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. He made his Major League debut on July 4, 1921 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1927, his rookie year, he hit .309 with 2 home runs and 34 RBI. Richbourg played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators, Boston Braves and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 8 year career.
Most people believe that Lance Richbourg's best season was 1928, when he hit for a .337 average and knocked in 52 runs.
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| 1921
| PHI
| N
| 10
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .400
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| WAS
| A
| 15
| 32
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 1
| .281
| .324
| .406
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| BOS
| N
| 115
| 450
| 57
| 139
| 2
| 34
| .309
| .342
| .389
| 12
| 9
| 22
| 30
| 1
| 18
| 24
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| BOS
| N
| 148
| 612
| 105
| 206
| 2
| 52
| .337
| .399
| .428
| 26
| 12
| 62
| 39
| 2
| 9
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| BOS
| N
| 139
| 557
| 76
| 170
| 3
| 56
| .305
| .355
| .411
| 24
| 13
| 42
| 26
| 1
| 16
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| BOS
| N
| 130
| 529
| 81
| 161
| 3
| 54
| .304
| .331
| .395
| 23
| 8
| 19
| 31
| 2
| 7
| 13
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| BOS
| N
| 97
| 286
| 32
| 82
| 2
| 29
| .287
| .331
| .388
| 11
| 6
| 19
| 14
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| CHI
| N
| 44
| 148
| 22
| 38
| 1
| 21
| .257
| .295
| .318
| 2
| 2
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 683
| 2587
| 375
| 797
| 13
| 246
| .308
| .353
| .400
| 99
| 50
| 172
| 147
| 6
| 59
| 65
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 15
| 32
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 1
| .281
| .324
| .406
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 698
| 2619
| 378
| 806
| 13
| 247
| .308
| .352
| .400
| 101
| 51
| 174
| 147
| 6
| 60
| 65
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1921
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1924
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1927
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 110
| 0
| 0
| 233
| 10
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1928
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 148
| 0
| 0
| 367
| 8
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1929
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 134
| 0
| 0
| 323
| 14
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1930
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 128
| 0
| 0
| 294
| 9
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1931
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 154
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1932
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 70
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 631
| 0
| 0
| 1452
| 48
| 46
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by New York Giants with Goldie Rapp and Lee King to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Casey Stengel, Johnny Rawlings and Red Causey (July 1, 1921).
- Claimed on waivers by New York Yankees from Washington Senators (May 20, 1924).
- Returned to Washington Senators (May 20, 1924).
- Claimed on waivers by Chicago Cubs from Boston Braves (December 17, 1931).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Bob Smith, Rollie Hemsley and Johnny Moore to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Babe Herman (November 30, 1932).
- Sold by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Cardinals with Al Eckert (January 3, 1933).
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