Hardy Richardson
Outfielder, Baseball Player
1855 – 1931
Who was Hardy Richardson?
Abram Harding "Hardy" Richardson, also known as "Hardie" and "Old True Blue", was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned from 1875 to 1892 with a brief minor league comeback in 1898. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball, playing at every position, including 585 games at second base, 544 games in the outfield, and 178 games at third base. Richardson played for six major league teams, with his longest stretches having been for the Buffalo Bisons, Detroit Wolverines and Boston Reds.
Richardson appeared in 1,331 major league games, compiled a .299 batting average and .435 slugging percentage, and totaled 1,120 runs scored, 1,688 hits, 303 doubles, 126 triples, 70 home runs, 822 RBIs, and 377 bases on balls. From 1881 to 1888, he was part of the "Big Four", a group of renowned batters who played together in Buffalo and Detroit and led Detroit to the National League pennant and 1887 World Series championship.
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- Born
- Apr 21, 1855
Clarksboro - Profession
- Lived in
- Clarksboro
- Died
- Jan 14, 1931
Utica
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on July 23, 2013
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