Lew Richie

Full Name: Lewis A. Richie	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 8"/165	First Game: May 8, 1906
Birthdate: August 23, 1883	Final Game: August 8, 1913
Birthplace: Ambler, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: August 15, 1936
Deathplace: Ambler, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on August 23, 1883 in Ambler, Pennsylvania, Lew Richie (Lewis A. Richie) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Doves and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 8 year career. Richie broke into the bigs on May 8, 1906 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 2.41 ERA in 205.2 innings pitched in 1906, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Lew Richie's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1911, when he posted a 2.31 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 78 batters. However, others believe that it was 1912, when he posted a 2.95 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 69 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1906	PHI	N	33	22	9	11	2.41	65	86	55	14	3	0	205.2	170	3	79	0	9	6
1907	PHI	N	25	12	6	6	1.77	40	37	23	9	2	0	117	88	0	38	0	1	5
1908	PHI	N	25	15	7	10	1.83	58	50	32	13	2	1	157.2	125	1	49	0	3	6
1909	PHI	N	11	1	1	1	2.00	11	14	10	0	0	1	45	40	0	18	0	1	2
1909	BOS	N	22	13	7	7	2.32	42	58	34	9	2	2	131.2	118	2	44	0	2	1
1909	TOT	N	33	14	8	8	2.24	53	72	44	9	2	3	176.2	158	2	62	0	3	3
1910	CHI	N	30	11	11	4	2.70	53	45	39	8	3	4	130	117	1	51	0	1	3
1910	BOS	N	4	2	0	3	2.76	7	11	5	0	0	0	16.1	20	0	9	0	3	0
1910	TOT	N	34	13	11	7	2.71	60	56	44	8	3	4	146.1	137	1	60	0	4	3
1911	CHI	N	36	29	15	11	2.31	78	88	65	18	4	1	253	213	6	103	1	2	2
1912	CHI	N	39	27	16	8	2.95	69	102	78	15	4	0	238	222	5	74	0	3	6
1913	CHI	N	16	5	2	4	5.82	15	53	42	0	0	0	65	77	3	30	0	1	1
Total			241	137	74	65	2.54	438	544	383	86	20	9	1359.1	1190	21	495	1	26	32

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1906	PHI	N	P	33	0	0	10	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1907	PHI	N	P	25	0	0	7	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.943
1908	PHI	N	P	25	0	0	7	40	6	4	0	0	0	0	.887
1909	PHI	N	P	11	0	0	2	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1909	BOS	N	P	22	0	0	6	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	.897
1909	TOT	N	P	33	0	0	8	31	4	2	0	0	0	0	.907
1910	CHI	N	P	30	0	0	6	38	2	2	0	0	0	0	.957
1910	BOS	N	P	4	0	0	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1910	TOT	N	P	34	0	0	8	45	3	2	0	0	0	0	.946
1911	CHI	N	P	36	29	252.2	13	70	3	2	1	7	15	3	.965
1912	CHI	N	P	39	0	0	2	57	5	0	0	0	0	0	.922
1913	CHI	N	P	16	0	0	2	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	.842
Total			P	241	29	252.2	57	327	26	10	1	7	15	3	.937

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	SB	GDP
1906	PHI	N	33	60	1	3	4	.050	.149	.100	1	1	7	0	1	0	0
1907	PHI	N	25	43	3	7	2	.163	.200	.209	0	1	2	0	2	0	0
1908	PHI	N	25	52	0	11	1	.212	.226	.288	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
1909	PHI	N	11	16	0	4	4	.250	.250	.375	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1909	BOS	N	22	44	1	5	1	.114	.152	.114	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
1909	TOT	N	33	60	1	9	5	.150	.177	.183	0	1	2	0	1	0	0
1910	CHI	N	30	40	6	9	1	.225	.279	.375	4	1	3	8	2	0	0
1910	BOS	N	4	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1910	TOT	N	34	44	6	9	1	.205	.255	.341	4	1	3	8	2	0	0
1911	CHI	N	36	91	7	14	4	.154	.181	.176	0	1	3	23	2	0	1
1912	CHI	N	39	76	7	10	4	.132	.185	.145	1	0	5	19	6	2	0
1913	CHI	N	16	17	2	2	0	.118	.211	.176	1	0	2	4	1	0	0
Total			241	443	27	65	21	.147	.192	.194	9	6	25	54	15	2	1

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Holyoke (Connecticut) to Brooklyn Superbas (August, 1905).
Purchase voided (@September, 1905).
Granted free agency (March 31, 1906).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (@April, 1906).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Buster Brown and Dave Shean to Boston Doves in exchange for Johnny Bates and Charlie Starr (July 16, 1909).
Traded by Boston Doves to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Doc Miller (May 13, 1910).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Kansas City (American Association) in exchange for Hippo Vaughn (August 9, 1913).

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