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Name	Team	Age
Bobby Richardson	Retired (1979, Age 37)	47
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 32 (1963)	2B	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Old Jeter Wood League	0	12 years (132 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	B-	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A-	A-	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D+	0	11/4/1941
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
2	3	5
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (LF)
C  (43.9 %)	D  (12.0 %)	D- (6.9 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1970

Majors

55.52

143

104

19

0 / 5

2 / 6

0 / 7

1 / 9

2 / 11

2 / 5

2 / 12

9 / 55

1971

Majors

51.36

130

95

32

0 / 9

0 / 7

4 / 7

1 / 10

1 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 6

6 / 51

1972

Majors

66.91

162

134

0

1 / 7

0 / 11

1 / 13

0 / 10

1 / 9

0 / 8

1 / 8

4 / 66

1973

Majors

65.65

162

132

0

0 / 14

1 / 8

1 / 7

0 / 9

1 / 9

1 / 9

0 / 9

4 / 65

1974

Majors

53.63

144

95

18

1 / 6

0 / 11

0 / 8

1 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 6

1 / 7

3 / 53

1975

Majors

58.84

151

110

11

0 / 7

-3 / 8

-2 / 10

1 / 7

-3 / 7

0 / 10

-1 / 9

-8 / 58

1976

Majors

63.84

162

122

0

-2 / 14

-2 / 6

0 / 8

-4 / 16

1 / 11

0 / 3

-3 / 5

-10 / 63

1977

Majors

64.50

162

121

0

-1 / 7

0 / 6

-1 / 14

-6 / 11

-2 / 9

1 / 10

-1 / 7

-10 / 64

1978

Majors

47.79

162

62

0

-2 / 12

-6 / 6

-2 / 8

-3 / 4

-6 / 8

0 / 3

-2 / 6

-21 / 47

1979

Minors

13.00

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 2

1 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 1

2 / 13

1979

Majors

15.72

68

19

18

-4 / 2

-1 / 1

-3 / 3

-6 / 3

-7 / 2

-1 / 0

-3 / 4

-25 / 15

Total

1446

994

98

-6 / 85

-9 / 70

-2 / 88

-15 / 88

-11 / 83

3 / 62

-6 / 74

-46 / 550

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1979-11-01	Bobby Richardson has retired from the New York Yankees
1979-08-08	The New York Yankees have promoted Troy Mullin to the major league team. The New York Yankees have designated Bobby Richardson for assignment.
1979-06-23	Bobby Richardson of the New York Yankees is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1979-06-01	The New York Yankees have promoted Bobby Richardson to the major league team. The New York Yankees have designated Troy Mullin for assignment.
1979-05-01	The New York Yankees have promoted Billy Margoneri to the major league team. The New York Yankees have designated Bobby Richardson for assignment.
1975-09-19	Bobby Richardson of the New York Yankees is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1974-07-25	Bobby Richardson of the New York Yankees is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1972-04-04	The New York Yankees have renamed Buck Schwing to Bobby Richardson.
1971-09-24	Buck Schwing of the New York Yankees is injured and is expected to be out 46 days.
1971-06-21	Buck Schwing of the New York Yankees is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1970-05-20	Buck Schwing of the New York Yankees is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1970-04-27	Trade #1332848 has been completed between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees receive Maurie Koskie, Buck Schwing, Juan Hamilton from the Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Bill Schultz, Verle Papa.
1970-04-26	The Brooklyn Dodgers have placed Buck Schwing on the trade block.