Player notes: Richardson is the first 19th century player to be featured here on Diamond Fans. Known as "Old True Blue" (for reasons unknown to me), Richardson played just about every position on the field during his career, but was best known as a second baseman, one of the best of the 19th century. He led the National League in both hits and home runs in 1886. He was a member of Buffalo's "Big Four" infield, perhaps the most famous infield in the game's history until the Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance infield of the Cubs in the Aughts and the the "Million Dollar Infield" of the Athletics in the early Teens. He also played on championship teams in Detroit in the late 1880s.