49 Facts About Bobby Richardson

Bobby Richardson played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees from 1955 through 1966.

Bobby Richardson became the only World Series Most Valuable Player to be selected from the losing team when he won the award for his play in the 1960 World Series.

Bobby Richardson lost starts at second base to Gil McDougald later in the year, though, and was mostly a reserve player in 1958.

Bobby Richardson won the next two World Series, ending the 1962 series by catching McCovey's line drive in what The Sporting News called baseball's 13th most memorable play in 1999.

From 1961 to 1965, Bobby Richardson won five straight Gold Glove Awards at second base.

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Bobby Richardson played in the All-Star Game every year from 1962 through 1966.

Bobby Richardson led the University of South Carolina to its first College World Series in 1975 and laid the groundwork for their later success.

Bobby Richardson ran for the United States House of Representatives in South Carolina's 5th congressional district as a Republican in 1976 but lost to incumbent Kenneth Holland.

Bobby Richardson spoke at the White House in 1970 as a representative of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, appeared in five Billy Graham Crusades, and frequently speaks at churches and other organizations.

Hutchinson and Bobby Richardson became American Legion champions in 1952, Bobby Richardson's junior year of high school.

Ultimately, Bobby Richardson decided to forgo college and sign with the Yankees out of high school.

Bobby Richardson started his minor league career in 1953 with the Norfolk Tars of the Class B Piedmont League, travelling by bus to Norfolk from Sumter with $85 in coins friends and family had given him.

In 1954, Bobby Richardson was promoted, heading up to the Class A Binghamton Triplets of the Eastern League without having to return to Norfolk.

Bobby Richardson made the team in 1957 and soon took over the second base job from Billy Martin.

Bobby Richardson doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, he doesn't chew, he doesn't stay out late, and he still can't hit.

Ultimately, Stengel chose Coleman, who started all seven games for the Yankees as Bobby Richardson was limited to two appearances as a pinch-runner and defensive replacement.

Bobby Richardson considered quitting baseball that season because of his struggles, but Ralph Houk, the Yankees' first base coach and Bobby Richardson's former manager at Denver, convinced him to keep playing.

In 1959, Bobby Richardson switched to a heavier bat and tried swinging harder at pitches.

Bobby Richardson was on the roster for the second All-Star Game of the year and remained the starting second baseman the rest of the season.

Bobby Richardson flew out to Albie Pearson in his first at bat but got hits in his next two at bats to move his average to.

In 1960, Bobby Richardson remained the Yankees' starting second baseman all season.

Bobby Richardson is both the only World Series MVP who played primarily second base and the only MVP who was playing for the losing team when he won the award.

Bobby Richardson finished 24th in MVP voting and won the Gold Glove at second base, the first of five straight he would win at the position.

Bobby Richardson had no RBI in the 1961 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds but did bat.

Bobby Richardson missed 11 games during the year visiting him and helping get his affairs in order.

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Bobby Richardson led the league in at bats for the second year in a row, finished seventh with 167 hits and tied three other players for seventh with 15 stolen bases.

Bobby Richardson again garnered AL MVP votes, finishing tenth this time.

Bobby Richardson won the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award, given by Gehrig's Columbia University fraternity to the major leaguer who best demonstrates Gehrig's character.

Bobby Richardson had a mere three hits in the World Series but played each game; Richardson had now played in 23 straight World Series games dating back to 1960.

The hit had proved difficult to come by for Bobby Richardson, who had put the ball in play seven times in his last two games without reaching base safely.

Bobby Richardson led the league with 148 singles, ranked third in the league with 181 hits, and tied Bob Allison for ninth in the AL with 90 runs scored.

Bobby Richardson had the dubious distinction of committing errors that affected the outcome of two games in the Series.

Bobby Richardson made the All-Star Game for the fifth year in a row, his seventh and final selection.

Bobby Richardson had decided to retire after the 1965 season, but the Yankees convinced him to play one more season since Kubek had to retire due to injuries after the 1965 season.

From 1961 to 1965, Bobby Richardson won five straight Gold Gloves at second base while forming a top double play combination with shortstop and roommate Kubek.

Bobby Richardson rarely got on base and almost never got into scoring position.

Plus Bobby Richardson used up a zillion outs while he was not scoring runs.

Bobby Richardson told him no twice, as he was under a personal services contract with the Yankees.

However, after Dietzel asked him a third time, Bobby Richardson secured permission from the Yankees to take the job, assuming the role in 1970.

Worthington, who had become Liberty's athletic director, served as pitching coach under Bobby Richardson, who coached the Flames for the next four seasons before retiring in 1990.

In 1974, Nixon tried to convince Bobby Richardson to run as a Republican for the United States House of Representatives in South Carolina's 5th congressional district.

Two years later, President Gerald Ford convinced Bobby Richardson to resign from his coaching position at the University of South Carolina to run for the seat.

Bobby Richardson lost to incumbent Democrat Kenneth Holland by a narrow margin.

Bobby Richardson's campaign was supported by former baseball players Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Bob Feller, and Wilmer "Vinegar Bend" Mizell among others, though former roommate Kubek declined to campaign for him because Kubek was a Democrat.

Bobby Richardson served as the president of the Baseball Chapel for 10 years, served on the President's Council for Physical Fitness, and earned the Golden Gavel Award from Toastmasters International.

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One of four representatives, Bobby Richardson spoke on Jesus and the rich young man from Mark, Chapter 10.

Bobby Richardson is a speaker with Christian Speakers 360, available to appear at events.

Shortly before Mantle's death, as Bobby Richardson had visited Mantle in a Dallas hospital, Mantle had told Bobby Richardson that he had become a Christian.

Bobby Richardson released a new autobiography in 2012 called Impact Player.