Gordie Richardson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1938
Place of Birth: Colquitt, Georgia, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Gordie Richardson
- Gordon Clark Richardson (born July 19, 1938) is an American former professional baseball player, a left-handed pitcher who played in the major leagues from 1964–66 for the St.
- Louis Cardinals and New York Mets.
- He stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg) as an active player. As a rookie in 1964, Richardson made a substantial contribution to the eventual National League and 1964 World Series champion Cardinals.
- After a stellar 9–3 record and 1.55 earned run average for the Triple-A Jacksonville Suns, he was recalled by the Cardinals and made his major league debut as a starting pitcher against the first-place Philadelphia Phillies on July 26 at Connie Mack Stadium.
- Richardson responded with a complete game, 6–1 victory in which he gave up only five hits and three bases on balls.
- It was Richardson's only complete game in the majors.
- He also recorded his first major league save against the Phillies on September 30 at St.
- Louis, preserving an 8–5 win for Redbird lefthander Curt Simmons.
- Richardson's efforts were crucial, as they enabled the Cardinals to overtake the Phillies to finish in first place in the National League by a single game. Richardson appeared in 19 games for the 1964 Cardinals, 13 in relief, fashioning a 4–2 record and a 2.30 earned run average in 47 innings pitched.
- However, he was not effective in the 1964 World Series, giving up three earned runs in two-thirds of an inning over two appearances. Traded to the Mets during the offseason, Richardson appeared in parts of the 1965 and 1966 seasons for New York, largely as a relief pitcher.
- All told, Richardson gave up 105 hits and 37 bases on balls, with 86 strikeouts, in 118 major league innings.
- He retired from baseball after the 1966 season, his tenth as a professional.
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