Richard
Shepard
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 220
 
Born: November 17, 1980 in USA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 20 ALB VL $ 100,000 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 5 7 7 7
2002 21 MIL VL   4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 7 7 7
2003 22 MIL VL $ 100,000 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 7 7 7
2004 23 MIL VL $ 100,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 8 8
2005 24 MIL VL $ 100,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8
2006 25 UTI VL $ 1,750,000 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8
2007 26 UTI VL $ 1,750,000 4 3 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8
2008 27 UTI VL $ 1,750,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8
2009 28 IND VL $ 750,000 4 3 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8
2010 29 MIN GL $ 750,000 4 3 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8
2011 30 MIN GL $ 750,000 4 3 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8
2012 31 LAS GL $ 150,000 4 3 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 8 8 8
2013 32 LAS GL $ 150,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8
2014 33 LAS GL $ 150,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8
2015 34 AWN VL $ 330,000 4 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8
2016 35 AWN VL $ 330,000 4 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 9 9
2017 36 AWN VL $ 330,000 4 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8
2018 37 KEN VL $ 640,000 3 3 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 8 8 8
2019 38 RIC GL $ 100,000 0 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 7 7 7
Min Ratings   0 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 7 7 7
Max Ratings $ 1,750,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 20 ALB VL 61 130 11 33 3 3 1 10 0 0 21 18 .254 .358 .346 .704 17.3 1.7
    AAA   5 13 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .154 .214 .154 .368 0.3  
    AA   46 180 23 54 11 1 0 19 0 0 16 26 .300 .357 .372 .729 23.3  
2002 21 AAA   6 30 6 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .367 .387 .467 .854 4.7  
    AA   154 598 82 181 28 3 0 39 4 5 78 59 .303 .383 .360 .743 83.9  
2003 22 MIL VL 67 212 21 47 9 2 0 23 0 0 20 23 .222 .289 .283 .572 18.1 1.1
    AAA   82 317 34 77 13 0 4 31 3 0 25 27 .243 .298 .322 .620 31.1  
2004 23 MIL VL 9 22 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 .273 .360 .364 .724 2.3 0.3
    AAA   96 353 50 118 17 5 4 46 0 0 37 17 .334 .397 .445 .842 59.2  
2005 24 MIL VL 78 222 30 56 15 3 4 21 0 0 9 10 .252 .280 .401 .681 24.3 0.4
2006 25 UTI VL 148 463 38 111 28 1 3 40 1 0 24 29 .240 .280 .324 .604 36.0 0.0
    AAA   6 23 2 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .217 .250 .348 .598 1.8  
2007 26 UTI VL 162 558 65 121 32 5 7 62 0 0 60 38 .217 .293 .330 .623 52.9 1.3
2008 27 UTI VL 81 217 25 48 8 0 3 21 0 0 16 12 .221 .274 .300 .574 18.9 0.6
2009 28 IND VL 12 41 4 8 4 0 0 4 0 0 5 2 .195 .271 .293 .564 4.0 0.0
    AAA   142 530 72 163 59 3 8 74 0 3 38 34 .308 .354 .475 .829 80.3  
2010 29 AAA   157 572 74 166 59 5 6 70 2 0 49 35 .290 .346 .442 .789 82.4  
2011 30 AAA   162 673 83 210 74 2 12 62 0 1 51 51 .312 .360 .481 .842 106.2  
2012 31 AAA   136 525 72 151 42 4 12 88 3 0 45 24 .288 .344 .451 .795 78.1  
2013 32 LAS GL 18 21 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .348 .286 .634 2.0 0.0
    AAA   89 358 32 109 36 4 7 48 0 0 37 25 .304 .370 .486 .856 59.8  
2014 33 LAS GL 23 50 4 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .260 .260 .300 .560 3.6 0.0
    AAA   30 103 10 28 10 1 1 16 1 0 9 8 .272 .330 .417 .748 13.7  
2015 34 AWN VL 15 21 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .333 .423 .333 .756 3.6 0.2
    AAA   78 312 34 92 30 3 3 36 0 2 19 19 .295 .335 .439 .774 41.7  
    A   35 54 6 15 5 0 1 10 1 0 10 4 .278 .391 .426 .817 9.4  
2016 35 AWN VL 89 267 15 62 10 0 2 25 0 0 12 24 .232 .271 .292 .563 18.4 0.3
2017 36 AWN VL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AA   126 514 64 165 39 4 11 71 2 3 34 23 .321 .363 .477 .840 81.0  
2018 37 KEN VL 148 446 30 93 35 1 1 31 2 1 26 39 .209 .256 .298 .555 30.3 0.0
2019 38 A   68 72 2 20 6 0 0 17 0 0 8 5 .278 .350 .361 .711 9.0  
14 Years Sim 913 2671 252 611 148 15 21 243 3 1 200 199 .229 .284 .319 .603 231.5 5.9
12 Years AAA 989 3809 471 1132 346 27 57 479 9 6 313 244 .297 .354 .447 .801 559.4  
3 Years AA 326 1292 169 400 78 8 11 129 6 8 128 108 .310 .372 .408 .780 188.2  
2 Years A 103 126 8 35 11 0 1 27 1 0 18 9 .278 .365 .389 .754 18.4  
17 Years Minors 1418 5227 648 1567 435 35 69 635 16 14 459 361 .300 .358 .436 .794 766.1  
162 Game Average 473 44 108 26 2 3 43 0 0 35 35 .229 .284 .319 .603 41.1  
Career Highs 162 558 65 121 35 5 7 62 2 1 60 39 .333 .423 .401 .756 52.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1874 170 401 108 11 15 162 2 0 136 149 .214 .269 .307 .576 149.5
vs LH   797 82 210 40 4 6 81 1 1 64 50 .263 .321 .346 .667 86.9
Home 451 1295 116 274 68 11 10 119 2 0 88 99 .212 .264 .304 .569 99.6
Away 462 1376 136 337 80 4 11 124 1 1 112 100 .245 .303 .333 .636 136.8
RISP   632 0 136 33 0 3 194 0 0 51 44 .215 .268 .282 .550 47.8
Pinch Hitting   14 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .214 .267 .214 .481 0.8
Close/Late   255 25 61 12 1 3 23 0 0 17 24 .239 .286 .329 .616 23.7
Mar/Apr 107 293 18 53 14 0 2 21 0 0 20 27 .181 .236 .249 .485 15.2
May 110 326 29 80 28 2 4 36 0 0 21 11 .245 .290 .380 .671 34.5
June 137 435 43 93 26 0 3 32 1 0 37 40 .214 .280 .294 .575 35.0
July 118 352 34 80 20 2 0 35 0 1 28 33 .227 .285 .295 .580 28.6
August 158 475 52 112 30 2 4 45 0 0 34 34 .236 .293 .333 .626 44.2
Sep/Oct 283 790 76 193 30 9 8 74 2 0 60 54 .244 .297 .335 .632 78.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2001 20 ALB VL 3B 19 9 91.0 11 21 2 0 .941 3.16   0.4
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 37 25 236.0 27 88 4 17 .966 4.39   1.1
2003 22 MIL VL 3B 64 61 525.7 26 146 7 14 .961 2.94   0.5
    SS 2 2 18.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.1
2004 23 MIL VL 3B 2 2 17.0 1 7 1 1 .889 4.24   0.1
    SS 6 5 38.0 9 16 0 4 1.000 5.92   0.3
2005 24 MIL VL 3B 19 9 111.3 10 34 1 2 .978 3.56   0.4
    SS 59 52 452.3 89 192 12 46 .959 5.59   2.0
2006 25 UTI VL 3B 12 12 97.0 9 36 1 4 .978 4.18   1.1
    SS 136 136 1112.3 186 400 22 87 .964 4.74   8.0
2007 26 UTI VL SS 162 161 1436.3 212 529 23 116 .970 4.64   10.8
2008 27 UTI VL 3B 19 2 55.7 4 15 1 3 .950 3.07   0.3
    SS 62 56 501.3 83 215 11 49 .964 5.35   4.0
2009 28 IND VL 3B 12 12 106.7 8 22 1 1 .968 2.53   0.3
2013 32 LAS GL 2B 2 0 6.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.27   0.0
    3B 10 1 20.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.15   0.1
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
2014 33 LAS GL 2B 2 1 10.7 1 3 1 1 .800 3.38   0.0
    3B 4 0 11.3 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.1
    SS 13 7 71.0 14 25 1 5 .975 4.94   0.5
2015 34 AWN VL 3B 4 2 21.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    SS 10 3 42.0 3 8 1 2 .917 2.36   0.1
2016 35 AWN VL 3B 22 9 105.7 7 18 3 1 .893 2.13   0.1
    SS 60 52 476.7 70 186 15 35 .945 4.83   2.3
2017 36 AWN VL 3B 2 0 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
2018 37 KEN VL 1B 1 0 6.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.0
    SS 147 146 1209.0 217 387 17 94 .973 4.50   5.2
  SS 696 645 5595.9 913 2053 106 456 .965 4.77   34.6
  3B 189 119 1166.0 79 315 17 26 .959 3.04   3.5
  2B 4 1 17.0 2 5 1 1 .875 3.71   0.1
  1B 1 0 6.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.0
  RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   892 765 6786.9 998 2374 124 483 .965 4.47   38.1
Career Highs   162 161 1436.3 221 529 23 116 1.000 5.40    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2006 25 UTI VL 12 31 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .161 .235 .226 .461
2007 26 UTI VL 8 24 5 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 .292 .346 .417 .763
Career Post-Season Batting 20 55 7 12 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 1 .218 .283 .309 .592
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
2007-1-162
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
 
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  5. James Robinson (928)
  6. Mohamed Schoonmaker (926)
  7. Hyoushirou Hyotaru (922)
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History
Drafted in 37th round, 1310th overall pick, by Albany in 2001
Injured on 5/5/2006 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Norwich to Utica on 7/2/2006
Injured on 8/31/2009 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Traded from Indianapolis to Minnesota on 5/28/2010
Injured on 8/4/2010 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 10/9/2010 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 2 weeks