Gene Richards (baseball)
| Gene Richards | |
|---|---|
Richards with the San Francisco Giants in 1984 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: September 29, 1953 Monticello, South Carolina, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 6, 1977, for the San Diego Padres | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 30, 1984, for the San Francisco Giants | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .290 |
| Home runs | 26 |
| Runs batted in | 255 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Eugene Richards Jr. (born September 29, 1953) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. He played eight seasons in the Majors, from 1977 until 1984, for the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants. As a rookie with San Diego in 1977, he set a modern-day MLB rookie single-season record for stolen bases.