Hebner held gathright at third even though it was obvious that joey with his great speed would have been safe and up. Beckett media baseball card values almanac baseball. Louis cardinals,234 words exact match in snippet view article find links to article. The 1970 pittsburgh pirates season resulted in the team winning their first national league east title with a record of 8973, five games ahead of the chicago cubs. Richie hebner was born on november 26, 1947 in boston, massachusetts, usa as richard joseph hebner. Revered by fans, and eagerly sought by collectors, heres a list of 10 great roberto clemente baseball cards. Nov 03, 2011 nevertheless, in the fifth inning, forsch was protecting a 10 cardinals lead.
Reviewing my 33yearold grudge against richie hebner. Following the 1978 season, he was traded to the phillies for richie hebner and jose moreno. Check out richie hebner career batting and fielding statistics including batting average, hits, home runs, rbi and award history as part of whatifsports free simmatchup baseball. Richie hebner society for american baseball research. Nov 17, 2014 not to sound unfeeling, but richie hebner. Richie hebner world series stats by baseball almanac. Images can also be viewed at the hall of fame online exhibit dressed to the nines. Going to a white sox team that was somewhat of a joke around major league baseball at the time, considering they were coming off a 100plus loss. Hebner was a first round draft pick of the pittsburgh pirates in 1966. Check back frequently to see if books do appear as we update this service daily. Boy, when richie hebner came aboard in 1979, it really seemed as if the dark days were over, and here was a guy that was going to help us turn the corner. Fangraphs the baseball cube baseballalmanac hall of stats retrosheet.
Richard joseph hebner born november 26, 1947 is an american former professional baseball third baseman and current coach, who played in major league baseball mlb from 1968 through 1985, most notably as a member of the pittsburgh pirates teams that won five national league eastern division titles in six years between 1970 and 1975 and won the world series in 1971. Baseball almanac richie hebner at baseball almanac dave cash at baseball almanac gene clines at baseball almanac don schwall at baseball. With one out, he walked richie hebner the phillies first baserunner. April 11, 1977 the texas rangers defeated the cleveland indians in ten innings on a oneout insidethepark home run to left field by third baseman toby harrah. New book about baseball in the 1970s plays it safe indy week. Year age agedif tm lg lev aff g pa ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs bb so ba obp slg. Richie hebner world series stats by baseball almanac did you know that in the richie hebner miscellaneous world series items of interest section seen above you can click the stats link under the world series label and a truly comprehensive history of that world series will appear on your screen. Defensive regression analysis data used here was obtained with permission from michael humphreys, author of wizardry. Richard joseph hebner born november 26, 1947 is an american former professional baseball third baseman and current coach, who played in major league. Richie hebner stands before me in his windbreaker and his old tyme pirates cap. The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is ed by retrosheet. Richie shaffer assigned to colorado springs sky sox from biloxi shuckers. He would make his major league debut in 1968 and would be part of the pirates 1971 world series team that defeated the baltimore orioles.
Richie hebner baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and fielding stats, along. Were on something like a baseball field, some other shadowy figures in baseball uniforms drifting around. Rich hebner had just completed his first season with the cubs after signing as a free agent in january 1984. The general truth is that richie hebner hit vastly better last year in philadelphia than on the road. The checklist includes robin yount, nolan ryan and pete rose. Richie hebner is the new coach of the north shore navigators futures league, as the former major leaguer enters the summercollegiate field. Three rivers stadium 1971 pittsburgh pirates souvenir book baseball. Richie hebner career batting statistics for major league, minor league, and postseason baseball. The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank. However, they lost the nlcs to the nl west champion cincinnati reds, three games to none. It was filled with fascinating sidebars and anecdotes and even though ive read just about everything, i kept saying gee, i didnt know that. Whenever i see one of these sitting in a dugout shots for a player near the end of his career, it makes me sad. Most times when he stepped into the batters box, he wiped off home plate whether it was dirty or not. Richard joseph hebner born november 26, 1947 is an american former professional baseball third baseman and current coach, who played in major league baseball.
Aug 22, 2014 richie hebner the dreamboat of the early 70s pirates. Lineup analysis number of games in each batting order position in games in which richie hebner was in the starting lineup. Hed appear in just 44 games and last one more season before calling it a career. His biographical data, yearbyyear hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats where applicable, career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous itemsofinterest are presented by baseball almanac on this comprehensive richie hebner baseball stats page. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games hebner appeared in, specifically relating to his 1985 hitting statistics. The richie hebner page is available to be sponsored. According to baseball almanac, the alltime itphr record is held by jesse. Win shares are calculated using the formula in the book win shares by bill james. At that point, that was my favorite baseball moment. He gazes right at me, or maybe through me, gaping, vacant. Uniform images used with permission from marc okkonen, author of baseball uniforms of the 20th century. The college biology professor set out to meet every player whose image appeared on those old pieces of cardboard from garry. But that is the only highlight of richie hebners stay with the mets.
I do remember when i was 11 years old in 1979, the mets were down 74 in the 9th inning, richie hebner hit a gametying threerun home run to tie it, and frank taveraz hit a single in the 10th inning and mets won 87. Despite growing up in a home so filled with baseball, bob forsch attended only one majorleague game as a. Richie hebner appeared in 78 major league games during the 1983 regular season. Cf andrew mccutchenbehind max carey rf paul waner behind roberto clemente sp wilbur cooper behind babe adams. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting tidbits. Above replacement richie hebner nth best season compared to hofers 1st 3rd 5th. He played in major league baseball as an outfielder and first baseman from 1968 through 1985, most notably as a member of the pittsburgh pirates teams that won five national league eastern division titles in six years between 1970 and 1975 and, won the world series in 1971. The only thing that can stop the white sox in 2020 is the coronavirus. Richie hebner trades and transactions by baseball almanac. Richie hebner mlb player profile page from whatifsports. Richie hebner autographed mlb baseball sports vault. Find collections of all the annual card values of baseball cards here. The richie hebner world series stats seen below include his world series year byyear hitting stats, world series fielding stats, and world series pitching stats. Sponsor this page attach your namecompany to the richie hebner page and 1 help support the baseball cube 2 remove ads from this page for other visitors.
Gary egglestons scouting career spans from the likes of richie hebner to secondyear nhler jonathan huberdeau. However, the most noticeable thing for collectors is the groovy design. Hebner put himself in scoring position by stealing second. May 02, 2020 new york ap brad balukjian tore open a pack of 1986 topps baseball cards, chewed the stale, brittle bubblegum and then planned a road trip most sports fans could only dream about. Apr 01, 2002 the baseball almanac is more a bathroom book than a coffeetable volume. This mlb baseball is personally autographed by richie hebner. Former padres pitcher jerry nyman not responsible for digging his own pension grave. Jul 21, 2010 back in the early 1970s, richie hebner supplemented his income by digging graves in the offseasons. Rhp cody hebner assigned to lake elsinore storm from fort wayne tincaps. As another release loaded with future hall of fame players, the checklist includes multiple rising stars as well as aging veterans. Hebner was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on september 23, 1968, with the pittsburgh pirates. Richie gravedigger hebner came to the plate against eddie fisher and. Nowadays, some ballplayers are forbidden by their teams from playing winter baseball.
New york ap brad balukjian tore open a pack of 1986 topps baseball cards, chewed the stale, brittle bubblegum and then planned a road trip most sports fans could only dream about. Hebner was known for working as a gravedigger at a cemetery run by his father and brother, dennis, during the offseason. If it is important to you that difference might have been. Richie hebner appeared in 104 major league games during the 1980 regular season. Richie hebner made his major league debut on 09231968 with the pittsburgh pirates. Games where richie hebner had 4 or more hits at chicago nl 040579. He played his entire career in major league baseball as a shortstop for the pittsburgh pirates from 1963 through 1973.
Just retired after 39 yrs as a police officer and it seems like yesterday. Drafted by the pittsburgh pirates in the 1st round 15th of the 1966 mlb june amateur draft from norwood hs norwood, ma. Richie hebner 1985 game by game batting logs richie hebner appeared in 83 major league games during the 1985 regular season. Find link is a tool written by edward betts searching for baseball almanac 503 found 5067 total alternate case.
A twotime allstar player, alley was a member of pirates teams that won three consecutive national league eastern division titles between 1970 and 1972 and, won the world series in 1971. The wax pack chronicles baseball cardfueled road trip. Richie hebner was an awsome athlete when i was growing up in west rox. This richie hebner baseball card checklist includes every known baseball card that richie hebner has appeared on, in chronological order. Even though it had been less than two years since ownership had imploded the entire franchise, it felt like forever. He reminds me of the older guys in my high school, back.
Sponsor this pageattach your namecompany to the richie hebner page and 1 help support the baseball cube 2 remove ads from this page for other visitors. Second best at each teams positions baseball fever. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games hebner appeared in, specifically relating to his 1983 hitting statistics. All professional baseball statistics for richie hebner. You can leave it on top of the porcelain, pick it up, read it backwards, and still get an enormous charge out of it. Leonard eugene alley born july 10, 1940 is an american former professional baseball player. Baseball almanac and, however, both list him as being. Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract.
Allenson was relieved as third base coach by hitting coach richie hebner. With joey gathright on first robert andino doubled to deep right center. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games hebner appeared in, specifically relating to his 1980 hitting statistics. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. Louis cardinals,234 words exact match in snippet view article find links to article baseball hall of fame and museum website. Dock ellis threw a nohitter against the san diego padres. Although forsch had struck out no one to that point, he ended the threat by striking out the next two batters. Richie hebner led one of the more colorful major league baseball careers. Hebner held gathright at third even though it was obvious that joey with his great speed would have been safe and up at the concourse hot dog stand before the throw came in. Richie gravedigger hebner came to the plate against eddie fisher and delivered a gamewinning smash to right field to seize a 54 win for the pirates. Beckett media presents the yearly almanac of baseball cards price guide in print edition. My book hardball retrospective is available in digital format on. Back in the early 1970s, richie hebner supplemented his income by digging graves in the offseasons. Cody hebner roster status changed by fort wayne tincaps.
But that is the only highlight of richie hebner s stay with the mets. Richard joseph hebner born november 26, 1947 is an american former major league baseball third baseman, and the current batting coach for the toronto blue jays tripleaa affiliate, the buffalo bisons. Richie hebner baseball cards a baseball card checklist for richie hebner that includes every baseball card in our baseball card database. Richie hebner was born on wednesday, november 26, 1947, in boston, massachusetts. Ss arky vaughan behind honus wagner lf willie stargell behind barry bonds. The baseball almanac is more a bathroom book than a coffeetable volume. Arnulfo acevedo espinosa august 15, 1953 december 24, 1987 was a dominican professional baseball pitcher. According to ellis, in donald halls book, in the country of baseball, the pirates were starting a westcoast road trip. Baseball almanac is sorry to advise you, but there are currently no richie hebner books currently listed on.
Baseball almanac richie hebner at baseball almanac dave cash at baseball almanac gene clines at baseball almanac don schwall at baseball almanac major rocky colavito 3,376 words view diff case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article. Get the latest updated stats for chicago cubs first baseman richie hebner on. The pittsburgh pirates of the 1970s, led by the lumber company, entertained fans at three rivers stadium throughout the decade and ultimately won two world series. Though his macabre offseason job led to his gravedigger nickname, teammates later tagged him as hacker or hack due to his exuberance at the plate. Richie hebner the dreamboat of the early 70s pirates.