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Gene Richards played 8 major-league seasons (1977-1984) as a OF (806), 1B (83). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 8 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 24 | SDN | 146 | 525 | 79 | 152 | 5 | 32 | 56 | 60 | 80 | .290 | .754 | 109 |
| 1978 | 25 | SDN | 154 | 555 | 90 | 171 | 4 | 45 | 37 | 64 | 80 | .308 | .801 | 132 |
| 1979 | 26 | SDN | 150 | 545 | 77 | 152 | 4 | 41 | 24 | 47 | 62 | .279 | .708 | 101 |
| 1980 | 27 | SDN | 158 | 642 | 91 | 193 | 4 | 41 | 61 | 61 | 73 | .301 | .748 | 116 |
| 1981 | 28 | SDN | 104 | 393 | 47 | 113 | 3 | 42 | 20 | 53 | 44 | .288 | .780 | 129 |
| 1982 | 29 | SDN | 132 | 521 | 63 | 149 | 3 | 28 | 30 | 36 | 52 | .286 | .692 | 101 |
| 1983 | 30 | SDN | 95 | 233 | 37 | 64 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 17 | .275 | .712 | 104 |
| 1984 | 31 | SFN | 87 | 135 | 18 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 28 | .252 | .621 | 83 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | OF | 109 | 92 | 193 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1B | 32 | 29 | 223 | 22 | 5 | 23 |
| 1978 | OF | 124 | 114 | 210 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1B | 26 | 22 | 211 | 12 | 9 | 23 |
| 1979 | OF | 132 | 129 | 320 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| 1980 | OF | 156 | 155 | 307 | 21 | 7 | 4 |
| 1981 | OF | 102 | 101 | 178 | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| 1982 | OF | 103 | 102 | 200 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 1982 | 1B | 25 | 24 | 223 | 12 | 6 | 17 |
| 1983 | OF | 54 | 51 | 96 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | OF | 26 | 19 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1980, 1977.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 3 | 4 / 24 | 4 |
| 1980 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 24 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.