About Bobby "Bobby" Richardson is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees from 1955 through 1966. He racked up 1,432 hits in his career, with a lifetime batting average of .266, 34 home runs and 390 RBIs. He won five Gold Gloves at second base, while forming a top double play combination with shortstop Tony Kubek. His most famous defensive play came at the end of the 1962 World Series, mentioned below, when Richardson made a clutch catch that prevented Willie Mays and Matty Alou from scoring the runs that would have beaten the Yankees and given the Series to the San Francisco Giants. Richardson's 12-year career statistics also include 643 runs scored and 73 stolen bases. He also had 196 doubles and 37 triples. In 1962, he made the AL All-Star team, won his second Gold Glove, and came in second in the AL MVP voting, just behind teammate Mickey Mantle. Richardson ran for the United States Congress from South Carolina's 5th Congressional District in 1976, losing to incumbent Kenneth Holland by a narrow margin. Today he is a national leader in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and a much sought-after keynote speaker.