Given the question: Facts: - finalteam: new york giants - finalyear: 1892 - death place: utica , new york - statlabel: batting average hits runs batted in - position: infielder / outfielder - statvalue: .299 1,688 822 - throws: right - debutteam: buffalo bisons - bats: right - debutdate: may 1 - death date: 14 january 1931 - birth date: 21 april 1855 - finaldate: september 10 - name: hardy richardson - image: hrichardson.jpg - birth place: clarksboro , new jersey - debutyear: 1879 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of hardy richardson .
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abram harding '' hardy '' richardson -lrb- april 21 , 1855 -- january 14 , 1931 -rrb- , also known as '' hardie '' and '' old true blue '' , was an american professional baseball player whose career spanned from 1875 to 1892 with a brief minor league comeback in 1898 .he played 14 seasons in major league baseball , playing at every position , including 585 games at second base , 544 games in the outfield , and 178 games at third base .richardson played for six major league teams , with his longest stretches having been for the buffalo bisons -lrb- 1879 -- 85 -rrb- , detroit wolverines -lrb- 1886 -- 88 -rrb- and boston reds -lrb- 1890 -- 91 -rrb- .richardson appeared in 1,331 major league games , compiled a .299 batting average and .435 slugging percentage , and totaled 1,120 runs scored , 1,688 hits , 303 doubles , 126 triples , 70 home runs , 822 rbis , and 377 bases on balls .from 1881 to 1888 , he was part of the '' big four '' , a group of renowned batters -lrb- the others being dan brouthers , jack rowe , and deacon white -rrb- who played together in buffalo and detroit and led detroit to the national league pennant and 1887 world series championship .