| Simeon Woods Richardson | |||||||||||||||
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_(cropped).jpg) Woods Richardson with theSt. Paul Saints in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Minnesota Twins – No. 24 | |||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: (2000-09-27)September 27, 2000 (age 25) Sugar Land, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| October 2, 2022, for the Minnesota Twins | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through 2025 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 12–10 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 4.21 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 232 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats atBaseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Simeon Woods Richardson (born September 27, 2000) is an American professionalbaseballpitcher for theMinnesota Twins ofMajor League Baseball (MLB). He played for theUnited States national baseball team in the2020 Summer Olympics.
Upon his debut, he surpassed seven players for the longest last name in MLB history with 15 characters. This was surpassed on July 17, 2023, byChristian Encarnacion-Strand of the Cincinnati Reds, setting the new mark at 17 characters.[1]
Woods Richardson attendedKempner High School inSugar Land, Texas. He committed to attend theUniversity of Texas at Austin to playcollege baseball. TheNew York Mets selected Woods Richardson in the second round of the2018 Major League Baseball draft with the 48th overall selection.[2][3]
Woods Richardson was assigned to theRookie-levelGulf Coast League Mets, and later promoted to theRookie AdvancedKingsport Mets, and posted a 1–0win–loss record, 1.56earned run average (ERA), and 26strikeouts in17+1⁄3innings pitched.[4] He began the 2019 season with theClass-AColumbia Fireflies of theSouth Atlantic League.[5] He was promoted to theAdvanced-ASt. Lucie Mets of theFlorida State League (FSL) in July 2019.[6]
Before Woods Richardson could report to St. Lucie, the Mets traded him andAnthony Kay to the Blue Jays forMarcus Stroman.[7] The Blue Jays assigned Woods Richardson to the Advanced-ADunedin Blue Jays following the trade.[6] Over 26 starts between Columbia and Dunedin, Woods Richardson pitched to a 6–10 record, 3.80 ERA, and 126 strikeouts in106+2⁄3 innings.[4] He opened the 2021 season with theNew Hampshire Fisher Cats of theDouble-A Northeast.[8]
On July 30, 2021, Woods Richardson was traded to theMinnesota Twins along withAustin Martin in exchange forJosé Berríos.[9] He was assigned to theWichita Wind Surge of theDouble-A Central. Over 15 games (14 starts) between the two teams, he went 3–5 with a 5.91 ERA, 77 strikeouts, and 34 walks over53+1⁄3 innings.[10] He opened the 2022 season back with Wichita,[11] and the Twins promoted Woods Richardson to theSt. Paul Saints of theTriple-AInternational League in August.[12]
On October 2, 2022, Woods Richardson was promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[13] He made his MLB debut for the Twins the same day against theDetroit Tigers.[14] Upon his debut, he surpassed seven players for the longest last name in MLB history with 15 characters.[15] This was surpassed on July 17, 2023, byChristian Encarnacion-Strand of the Cincinnati Reds, setting the new mark at 17 characters.[1]
Woods Richardson was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul to begin the 2023 season.[16] He made only one appearance for Minnesota, allowing five runs on seven hits with five strikeouts across4+2⁄3 innings of work. Woods Richardson was again optioned to Triple–A St. Paul to begin the 2024 season.[17]
On April 13, 2024, Woods Richardson was recalled as the 27th man in a doubleheader versus theDetroit Tigers, where he would earn his first career win.[18] He would be optioned back the following day to Triple-A St. Paul.
On April 25, 2024, Woods Richardson would again be recalled to the Twins.[19]
In May 2021, Woods Richardson was named to the roster of theUnited States national baseball team for qualifying forbaseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[20] After the team qualified, he was named to the Olympics roster on July 2.[21] The team went on to win silver, falling to Japan in the gold-medal game.[22]
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