Was Dick Redding a pitcher?

Yes. Dick Redding pitched in the major leagues, recording 106 wins and 918 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Dick Redding hit?

Dick Redding hit 8 career home runs with 165 hits.

What was Dick Redding's career batting average?

Dick Redding batted .241 over his career, with 165 hits in 685 at bats.

How many RBI did Dick Redding have?

Dick Redding drove in 87 runs in his career.

What was Dick Redding's career ERA?

Dick Redding finished with a 2.88 career ERA, going 106-72 with 918 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Dick Redding have?

Dick Redding recorded 918 career strikeouts.

Dick Redding

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

Dick Redding was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for 7 teams, including the Philadelphia Giants. Across 214 career appearances, he went 106-72 with a 2.88 ERA and 918 strikeouts. He also batted .241 with 8 home runs. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 23631.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 106–72

ERA 2.88

WHIP 1.22

SO 918

Pitcher PIV 23631.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 210 lb
Born: 4/15/1890 in Atlanta, GA, USA
Died: 10/31/1948 in Islip, NY, USA

Full name: Richard Redding

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Dick Redding — Batting
PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
29.0	25.0	5.0	6.0	1.0	0	0	3.0	3.0	0	0	.240	.321	.280	.601

Pitching

Dick Redding — Pitching
W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
7	1	10	8	1	0	81.1	78	33	18	1	16	27	1.99	1.16

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Dick Redding — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting
Season	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1936	3.0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Listed seasons · 1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Dick Redding — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching
Season	W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1936	1	0	1	1	1	0	9.1	10	4	0	0	1	2	0.00	1.18
Listed seasons · 1	1	0	1	1	1	0	9.1	10	4	0	0	1	2	0.00	1.18

Career Pitching Statistics

Dick Redding — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
106	72	214	164	147	17	8	1538.2	1,438	493	43	435	918	2.88	23631.1

Career ERA 2.88 vs. league average 3.54 across their career seasons — 18.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Dick Redding Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1911	PG	EAS	2	4	6	6	6	0	0	54.0	45	16	21	34	2.67	3.37 (+21%)	428.2
1911	NLG	EAS	6	1	10	8	7	1	0	71.2	70	34	29	55	4.27	3.37 (-27%)	509.1
1912	NLG	EAS	5	5	10	9	9	1	0	82.0	68	20	17	73	2.20	3.36 (+35%)	2409.6
1913	NLG	EAS	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	14.2	14	8	3	2	4.91	3.07 (-60%)	-1325.6
1914	NLG	EAS	7	4	14	12	9	1	0	103.1	100	48	39	62	4.18	2.93 (-43%)	440.0
1915	NLS	EAS	8	3	17	10	10	1	3	108.0	73	13	31	77	1.08	2.90 (+63%)	2737.6
1915	NLG	EAS	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	11.0	8	1	2	16	0.82	2.90 (+72%)	783.8
1916	NLG	EAS	8	2	10	8	8	2	0	80.2	73	24	23	50	2.68	2.78 (+4%)	1215.3
1917	CAG	WES	14	3	22	16	15	5	3	153.2	87	14	44	111	0.82	2.69 (+70%)	3882.6
1918	BRG	EAS	4	0	4	1	1	0	0	18.2	16	0	4	11	0.00	2.83 (+100%)	502.4
1919	BRG	EAS	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	8.1	7	1	3	2	1.08	—	0.0
1919	AC	EAS	7	3	11	7	6	1	0	85.0	55	16	17	46	1.69	3.09 (+45%)	1893.7
1920	AC	EAS	6	6	14	12	11	2	1	103.2	95	35	28	65	3.04	3.45 (+12%)	1855.0
1921	AC	EAS	16	10	29	24	21	3	1	213.2	217	74	63	119	3.12	4.02 (+22%)	2839.2
1922	NYB	IND	10	7	21	16	15	0	0	147.2	173	59	39	72	3.60	4.18 (+14%)	2279.6
1923	BRG	ECL	4	4	11	8	6	0	0	87.2	102	32	20	39	3.29	4.03 (+18%)	1543.0
1924	BRG	ECL	3	5	8	8	8	0	0	67.0	92	37	18	36	4.97	4.13 (-20%)	43.3
1925	BRG	ECL	3	4	8	5	4	0	0	43.1	58	22	9	25	4.57	4.55 (avg)	1618.9
1926	BRG	ECL	1	5	7	5	4	0	0	42.1	35	14	14	10	2.98	4.11 (+28%)	225.2
1927	BRG	ECL	1	4	7	6	4	0	0	42.1	50	25	11	13	5.31	4.08 (-30%)	-249.8
Career · 20 seasons			106	72	214	164	147	17	8	1,538.2	1,438	493	435	918	2.88	—	23,631

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Dick Redding — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
263	685	78	165	20	9	8	87	3	32	9	.241	.276	.331	.607	-1,301

Career AVG .241 vs. league average .270 across their career seasons — 10.8% below league average.

Career OBP .276 vs. league average .334 across their career seasons — 17.4% below league average.

Career SLG .331 vs. league average .366 across their career seasons — 9.4% below league average.

Career OPS .607 vs. league average .700 across their career seasons — 13.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Dick Redding Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1911	PG	EAS	11	26	3	7	1	1	0	5	0	2	0	.269	—	—	—	—	0.0
1911	NLG	EAS	10	31	5	10	3	0	1	6	1	0	0	.323	—	—	—	—	0.0
1912	NLG	EAS	10	32	1	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1913	NLG	EAS	4	14	6	7	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1914	NLG	EAS	15	45	7	11	2	0	0	5	1	7	0	.244	—	—	—	—	-3.8
1915	NLS	EAS	17	53	5	13	1	0	0	7	0	1	0	.245	.250 (-2%)	.318 (-19%)	.332 (-21%)	.651 (-20%)	-159.1
1915	NLG	EAS	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	-159.1
1916	NLG	EAS	13	41	3	8	3	0	0	5	1	3	0	.195	—	—	—	—	0.0
1917	CAG	WES	22	56	7	16	2	0	0	8	0	1	0	.286	.248 (+15%)	.312 (-5%)	.323 (-1%)	.635 (-3%)	-33.7
1918	BRG	EAS	4	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	—	—	—	—	0.0
1919	BRG	EAS	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1919	AC	EAS	13	35	8	13	1	2	1	6	0	1	0	.371	—	—	—	—	0.0
1920	AC	EAS	21	48	6	12	2	2	0	6	0	3	0	.250	—	—	—	—	-47.1
1921	AC	EAS	31	88	6	12	2	1	1	11	0	3	4	.136	.286 (-52%)	.344 (-52%)	.395 (-45%)	.739 (-49%)	-714.8
1922	NYB	IND	23	61	6	14	1	0	0	9	0	1	0	.230	.285 (-20%)	.345 (-30%)	.397 (-38%)	.743 (-34%)	-342.8
1923	BRG	ECL	15	40	5	11	1	2	2	4	0	1	2	.275	—	—	—	—	0.0
1924	BRG	ECL	16	36	4	7	1	1	0	4	0	1	1	.194	—	—	—	—	0.0
1925	BRG	ECL	11	23	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.217	—	—	—	—	0.0
1926	BRG	ECL	13	22	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.182	—	—	—	—	0.0
1927	BRG	ECL	11	21	2	5	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	.238	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 20 seasons			263	685	78	165	20	9	8	87	3	32	9	.241	—	—	—	—	-1,460

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Dick Redding — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Away	1	2	0	1	0	1	.500

Pitching — Home / Away

Dick Redding — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Away	1	8.0	14	8	6	3	9.00

Last 1 Games — Batting

Dick Redding — Last 1 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO
1924-08-03	BRG	BLS	L	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0

Last 1 Games — Pitching

Dick Redding — Last 1 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1924-08-03	BRG	BLS	L	8.0	14	12	8	6	3	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dick Redding — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	6	3	31	2	3	2
2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
3B	1	1	0	0	0	0
OF	17	2	8	1	1	1
P	214	100	37	468	39	19

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dick Redding — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1911	PG	OF	4	0	1	0	0	0
1911	PG	P	6	0	1	20	3	1
1911	NLG	P	10	0	2	14	1	2
1912	NLG	P	10	0	5	16	3	0
1913	NLG	OF	2	0	4	1	0	1
1913	NLG	P	2	0	0	2	0	0
1914	NLG	OF	2	0	1	0	0	0
1914	NLG	P	14	0	3	35	7	1
1915	NLS	OF	3	0	2	0	0	0
1915	NLS	P	17	0	4	25	5	2
1915	NLG	P	2	0	0	1	0	0
1916	NLG	OF	4	2	0	0	1	0
1916	NLG	P	10	8	1	29	1	4
1917	CAG	P	22	0	6	50	1	1
1918	BRG	P	4	0	0	6	0	0
1919	BRG	P	1	1	0	7	0	0
1919	AC	1B	1	0	5	0	0	0
1919	AC	P	11	7	1	26	1	1
1920	AC	1B	3	2	18	1	2	1
1920	AC	P	14	12	4	34	4	1
1921	AC	3B	1	1	0	0	0	0
1921	AC	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1921	AC	P	29	24	6	80	4	2
1922	NYB	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1922	NYB	P	21	16	3	45	2	3
1923	BRG	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1923	BRG	P	11	8	1	26	2	0
1924	BRG	1B	1	0	3	0	0	1
1924	BRG	P	8	8	0	23	2	0
1925	BRG	P	8	5	0	0	0	0
1926	BRG	1B	1	1	5	1	1	0
1926	BRG	P	7	5	0	14	0	1
1927	BRG	P	7	6	0	15	3	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Dick Redding Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	214
First Base	6
Second Base	1
Third Base	1
Left Field	2
Center Field	2
Right Field	13

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Dick Redding: the record in brief

Dick Redding's record on this page is drawn from the season tables, which run from 1911 to 1927. Club by club, the record runs the Philadelphia Giants (1911), the New York Lincoln Giants (1911 through 1916), the New York Lincoln Stars (1915), the Chicago American Giants (1917), the Brooklyn Royal Giants (1918 through 1927), the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (1919 to 1921), and the New York Bacharach Giants (1922). Redding played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Born on April 15, 1890, in Atlanta, GA, USA, Redding was listed at 6'1" and 210 pounds. Redding's death is recorded on October 31, 1948, in Islip, NY, USA. Redding's full given name, per the bio, is Richard Redding.

Redding's career pitching line is 106 wins, 72 losses and a 2.88 ERA over 214 appearances. The same table counts 918 strikeouts, 147 complete games, and 17 shutouts. That 2.88 ERA compares with a 3.54 league average across the same seasons, 18.5% better.

Frequently Asked Questions about Dick Redding

Was Dick Redding a pitcher?: Yes. Dick Redding pitched in the major leagues, recording 106 wins and 918 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Dick Redding hit?: Dick Redding hit 8 career home runs with 165 hits.
What was Dick Redding's career batting average?: Dick Redding batted .241 over his career, with 165 hits in 685 at bats.
How many RBI did Dick Redding have?: Dick Redding drove in 87 runs in his career.
What was Dick Redding's career ERA?: Dick Redding finished with a 2.88 career ERA, going 106-72 with 918 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Dick Redding have?: Dick Redding recorded 918 career strikeouts.