Dick Redding

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

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

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

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

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

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

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
106 72 214 164 147 17 8 1538.7 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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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 71.7 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 14.7 14 8 3 2 4.91 3.07 (-60%) -1325.6
1914 NLG EAS 7 4 14 12 9 1 0 103.3 100 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 80.7 73 24 23 50 2.68 2.78 (+4%) 1215.3
1917 CAG WES 14 3 22 16 15 5 3 153.7 87 14 44 111 0.82 2.69 (+70%) 3882.6
1918 BRG EAS 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 18.7 16 0 4 11 0.00 2.83 (+100%) 502.4
1919 BRG EAS 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.3 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 1 103.7 95 35 28 65 3.04 3.45 (+12%) 1855.0
1921 AC EAS 16 10 29 24 21 3 1 213.7 217 74 63 119 3.12 4.02 (+22%) 2839.2
1922 NYB IND 10 7 21 16 15 0 0 147.7 173 59 39 72 3.60 4.18 (+14%) 2279.6
1923 BRG ECL 4 4 11 8 6 0 0 87.7 102 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 43.3 58 22 9 25 4.57 4.55 (avg) 1618.9
1926 BRG ECL 1 5 7 5 4 0 0 42.3 35 14 14 10 2.98 4.11 (+28%) 225.2
1927 BRG ECL 1 4 7 6 4 0 0 42.3 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

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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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

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Away120101.500

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Away18.0148639.00

Last 1 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1924-08-03 BRGBLSL 201000100

Last 1 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1924-08-03 BRGBLS L 8.014128630

Fielding Statistics

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

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

Circle size = games played at each position.

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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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.